Three simple rules for choosing a market for your business – plus a list of 20 markets to think about starting a business in

Three simple rules for choosing a market for your business – plus a list of 20 markets to think about starting a business in

We often get asked by women who want to start making money online how to start, and one of the areas they often don’t consider is how they should go about choosing a market, sector or niche for business.

We’ll be providing you a list of markets to consider a little later in this article, but before that, a good starting point for choosing a market are these three simple criteria:

20,000 mums have taken up a direct selling business in the past year alone

20,000 mums have taken up a direct selling business in the past year alone

Are in need of extra cash and are thinking of a way to do this flexibly? Do you wish you could earn money in a way that doesn’t have to require a huge sacrifice on the time you spend with your family?

You’re not alone – around 20,000 mothers with young children started to ‘direct selling’ jobs in the past year fitting it around their commitments.

How to manage long-term sickness

How to manage long-term sickness

Most of the time short term sickness absence is dealt with easily in the workplace as it fits within the allotted amount of sick days and doesn’t cause disruption of the job. However, what happens when an employee has frequently occurring short term absences from work or a long term absence due to a serious illness?

A boy called Jack: the naughtiest boy in class, according to teachers

A boy called Jack: the naughtiest boy in class, according to teachers

Britain’s naughtiest schoolchild is called Jack, according to a poll for The Schoolwear Association. He answers back, refuses to do his work and doesn’t wear a school uniform, apparently.

Apologies in advance if your little treasure is called Jack! But you’re not alone – other names of children teachers said behaved badly are William, James, Josh and Kyle.

Tutorial: How to launch your product online

Staring an online business exciting, and when you’re raring to go, it can be disappointing when you don’t get the desired efforts after all your hard work.

If only you had someone to cross check with and make sure you haven’t missed anything, or done anything wrong so you don’t throw in the towel when you know deep down that your business idea should be raking it in.

This audio tutorial will teach you how to launch your online product successfully, and easily.

Sponsored video: destroy germs and create smiles

Sponsored video: destroy germs and create smiles

As a mum, you’ve probably lost count of how many times you’ve had to remind your young children about washing their hands after using the toilet.

When you’re out and about with them,you take it for granted that there will be clean toilets for them to use – it’s more of an issue when toilets you come across aren’t kept to at least average standards.

Crowdfunding can help you get the money you need for your business idea

Crowdfunding: free money for your business idea

So you have a business idea but no money to make it a reality? You can’t (or won’t) ask your family or friends for help, but you still have that burning desire to launch your business idea.

Crowdfunding is the way forward. We’ve teamed up with Crowdfunder.co.uk to make it easier for you to get your project and ideas funded.

Visit our funding page today, and get the ball rolling. You’re only a pitch away from making that business idea a reality.

A quarter of mums feel discriminated against at work. Find out what to do if that sounds like you

A quarter of mums feel discriminated against at work. Find out what to do if that sounds like you

One in four mums who have returned to work believe they have been subjected to discrimination, either before or after the birth of their child, according to research by employment law specialists Slater & Gordon.

Five skills that will get you that promotion at work

Five skills that will get you that promotion at work

You know in your own mind that you deserve a raise or promotion, but you can’t seem to get the attention of your boss to prove it.

Maybe you’ve even been overlooked in the past because of your family commitments, and now you’re ready to prove to everyone that you can more than do your jobs at a senior level.

I hate you so much right now! How to survive difficult coworkers

I hate you so much right now! How to survive difficult coworkers

Workplaces are made up of a mix of people – some are always nice and others just don’t seem to have anything nice about them. No matter how pleasant everyone is to them, they always seem to find a way to be unbearable.

It’s one thing when you don’t have to work closely with them – you can ignore them, or keep communication with them to the bare minimum. But what happens when you do have to work closely with a difficult coworker? What can you do to make your work experience still a positive one?

The Mothers Who Work Club – are you in?

  • Are you a mum who is struggling financially?
  • Are you always scrimping borrowing from fed up friends and family and STILL going without because you’re on state benefits?
  • Does your heart sink when the postman drops those white envelopes through your letterbox because you are being chased to pay bills and bad debts?
Video: how to stay awake at work when you’ve been burning the candle at both ends

Video: how to stay awake at work when you’ve been burning the candle at both ends

The work of a working mum is very demanding. You go to work, come home and continue working on chores, doing homework, bath time, and anything else that crops up. You probably don’t get enough hours of sleep – especially when you child is unwell. And if you’re a 5 to 9er who comes home from work and then starts working on your business in the evenings then you get even less sleep than your counterparts.

Lack of sleep can start to take a toll after a while and you may find yourself dozing off at work. This video will give you some tips on staying awake and avoiding embarrassment – or the wrath of your boss!

Four tips to help you buy school uniform on a tight budget

Four tips to help you buy school uniform on a tight budget

Tight budget or not, buying school uniforms is a must for every parent with school-aged children. And the older they get the more expensive and mandatory school uniform becomes.

So how can parents shop on a budget when purchasing school uniform during times of austerity? Here are four tips to help you buy school uniform on a tight budget:

How to remember people’s names

How to remember people’s names

Is it Jane? Is it Vanessa? Maybe Jack? Aargh! Remembering names in a work or business environment can be quite a head scratcher. It’s too embarrassing to make a mistake, and you don’t want to offend by getting it wrong.

Watch this video tutorial to help you find ways to remember names and take the stress out of meeting new people.

Six distraction-busting tips that will transform the way you work

If you find yourself spending all day to compose an email, write an article, or create a memorable video, chances are that you’re getting very distracted. Do you find yourself lulling away the time and always rushing work the night before because time just evaporated for a few weeks?

If you start lots of projects that take too long or don’t get finished at all, apply these distraction-busting tips:

Having problems with the kids? Just call Nanny Mewes

Having problems with the kids? Just call Nanny Mewes

Calling Mums and Dads:

  • Are you and your family at your wits end with tantrums and bad behaviour?
  • Can you no longer connect with your child?
  • Is the dinner table a daily battle ground?
  • Are you shattered from sleepless nights?
  • Perhaps you and your partner feel like you have exhausted the endless advice in blogs, forums, books and magazines and you’ve still not had the breakthrough you deserve.
Three ways busy working mums can get a total body workout for a tenner or less

Three ways busy working mums can get a total body workout for a tenner or less

The calendar might say we’re in summer but the weather is saying something completely different. But that doesn’t have to be a complete negative. If you’ve been feeling a little body conscious, nows your chance to tone up a bit while the weather sorts itself out.

Working up is a great way to release those feel-good hormones around your body to help beat stress, tiredness and perk up your mood.

Here are three ways you can tone up with a total body workout for a tender or less: