Easy peasy craft project to sell or make just for fun
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Easy peasy craft project to sell or make just for fun

Wireless photo printing makes it easy to personalise your crafting projects, whether it’s with images of yourself, your kids or even your pets.

Follow these easy steps set out by Alice from Handmade by You to learn how to make a vintage-style silhouette card that is ideal for Mother’s Day, Easter and special birthdays.

The following project is an easy craft project that everyone can do for fun or as something to sell (once you’ve got your designs right).

A new manager at work doesn’t have to spell doom – learn how to break them in
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A new manager at work doesn’t have to spell doom – learn how to break them in

Having a new boss at work can bring a mix of emotions. If you had a good working relationship with their predecessor, you may be a bit anxious about establishing a similar rapport with someone new who does know and understand you. Maybe you had your old boss wrapped around your little finger, and that made coming into a job you didn’t like all that much ever easier and now things are bound the change…

If you couldn’t wait to see the back of an irritating or incompetent line manager, anyone else will do, and you could come across as a bit too eager with a new boss who doesn’t know the history!

Whichever side you sit on, most people feel a little nervous, but if you play your cards right, a new boss can be a very positive thing. Here’s how:

Parents blow up to £150 a year replacing lost school uniform because they don’t use name tags and labels
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Parents blow up to £150 a year replacing lost school uniform because they don’t use name tags and labels

Every parent of a child in nursery or school knows the pain of losing clothing or uniform that is never returned (especially when they are new or expensive items!). If this is a reality for you and your children you and your fellow school run mums are not alone!

Thinking of taking on an extra job? Read this first
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Thinking of taking on an extra job? Read this first

Are you thinking about taking on a second job to bring more money home? Do you work already and have young children? Have you worked out how much time you actually have to take on another job – with the responsibility of juggling a family?

Here are some things to consider before you take on the extra job, so that you don’t end up adding more stress with no gain actual financial to your life:

The 15-minute rule and how it can make a working mum’s life easier
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The 15-minute rule and how it can make a working mum’s life easier

We all know what it’s like when you come home with the children having picked them up from nursery or school and you know that you’ve got a mountain of work that you need to get through.

It’s not unusual to shove a quick snack in front of them and get straight back into the work asking for “10 minutes” to just fire off a quick email.

Video tutorial: How to use Google Alerts a d why you should be using them
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Video tutorial: How to use Google Alerts a d why you should be using them

Keeping on top of what your competitors are doing online is important to your online success. But you can’t spend every minute of your working day trying to play detective on what your competitors are doing online.

Business mums in the know use Google Alerts to bring the news straight to their inbox.

It takes only takes couple of minutes to set up a Google alert and best of all, it is free to set up as many alerts as you want.

Watch this video to see just how to do it.

Get ready for summer with in trend ladies’ coats and jackets
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Get ready for summer with in trend ladies’ coats and jackets

We can’t always guarantee the weather in a British summer, so it’s best to be prepared by having at least one summer coat in your wardrobe.

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Video tutorial: how to sell adverts on your blog or information-based site

Do you have a blog or a website where you impart your pearls of wisdom to the world for free? Do you enjoy what you’re doing but wish you could just make some money to pay for your hosting and a little of your time?

This video tutorial will show you how you can make money on your blog without having to turn into a sales supremo overnight.

Do you want to have your cake and eat it?
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Do you want to have your cake and eat it?

No one said being a working mum would be easy – in fact, if you listen to all the so-called experts, research and stay-at-home mums, you’d probably give up before you get started.

But at Mothers Who Work, we think we’ve found the secret recipe for success – baking the right cake for you and your family is all about the recipe.

Childminders say no to Childcare minister’s plans to increase adult to child ratio
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Childminders say no to Childcare minister’s plans to increase adult to child ratio

A petition against the government’s plans to change the ratios of the number of adults to children in early years settings such as nurseries and registered childminders has received more than 21,000 signatures in less than three weeks.

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What is professional indemnity insurance and why is it necessary?

We live in a world where compensation claims have entered the popular psyche. This puts the individual and more prevalently the business owner at great risk of being sued. Some of these claims may be entirely justifiable due to gross professional negligence whereas others may be more innocuous; the point is that they all need to be legislated against in terms of a decent Professional Indemnity Insurance policy.

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Video tutorial: marketing your products and services on Facebook

Facebook is a fantastic way to Market and promote your business, products or services to an active buying audience. And the best part of it is that it is free (unless you choose to pay for ads, which you don’t need to do anyway).

Would you like to learn how to market yourself, your business or products you are selling on Facebook?

Have you tried to do just that but have had little to show for your efforts in the past? Have you been using it personally but don’t know how to approach it for your business and get the sales and customers you need?

Sign up to the Mothers Who Work Club today so you can take this Facebook Marketing video course and learn:

  • Why you should always have a Facebook fan Page for your business.
  • How to use Facebook for business without compromising your personal privacy.
  • The most effective ways to connect with your customers to create strong business relationships.
  • How to use Facebook ads to get more traffic to your Facebook fan page, more likes and more people in your network.
  • The difference between ads on Facebook and other sites like Google.

Login or register for the Mothers Who Work Club and get a headstart today

Is going to work making you broke? Find out how with this infograph
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Is going to work making you broke? Find out how with this infograph

Do you feel like a dog who’s chasing its tail when it comes to work and money? Working all the available hours and still come short in the money stakes?

Three ways collaborative working helps your business succeed
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Three ways collaborative working helps your business succeed

It’s been an industry buzzword for a couple of years now but collaborative working seems to have exploded in popularity in the last year; with new co-working centres being set up in Bath and London and in many other cities across the UK.

Two simple ways to boost the sales of your online store overnight
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Two simple ways to boost the sales of your online store overnight

If I had a pound for online stores with the perfect products but the poorest website structures that I’ve come across I’d be sipping ice tea on a beach somewhere…all year round.

If you have an online business, you have to come up with strategies to help you generate more sales than your competitors…and what better way to do that than by making those customers who are already on your website spend more.

Eeek! half term is here again! How to work at home with the kids during school holidays
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Eeek! half term is here again! How to work at home with the kids during school holidays

Every mumpreneur or mum who works from home is thinking about how they’ll better juggle work and the kids. And half term is only a few days away for many!

Here are some surefire tips to make sure you get as much work done as possible – while making sure you spend some quality time with the kids…and have fun:

Real mum profile: Vanessa Blake of dreamgenii
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Real mum profile: Vanessa Blake of dreamgenii

When most people think about the best time to start a business, during a pregnancy isn’t one that often comes up – but then business mums don’t always do things in the traditional way, do they?

Married mum of two Vanessa Blake, director of dreamgenii® tells Motherswhowork.co.uk how having problems sleeping during her pregnancy and finding nothing to help improve things was the impetus to starting her award-winning business.

Video tutorial: set up your own website in less than a day!
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Video tutorial: set up your own website in less than a day!

It’s February already – where have the past few weeks gone? This is a question that many of us are asking. If, for you, that means you haven’t got any closer to getting that website you’ve spoken about any closer to becoming a reality, this video tutorial is for you!