Work when you want, choose who you work with and for and name your price…these are some of the benefits of being your own boss as a freelance or consultant.
Watch this video tutorial to see how you can set yourself up doing just that, and find out how to get paying clients beating your door down for your services.
With the school Easter holidays just around the corner, many families are looking for getaways for the family – with the mother-in-law in tow!
It seems that despite the stereotypical jokes and jibes more than 50% of people would happily go on holiday with their mother-in-law.
There are hundreds of direct selling companies that offer work at home mums the ability to make money and stay home with the children…it’s just a matter of finding the best product that fits your interest, pasion and provides the best financial package for your needs.
When you work in direct sales you are an independent contractor for a company – your role is to sell their products or services, which you then get a commission for selling. We touch on in it our guide Affiliate Marketing: Selling Other People’s Products but this article will give you some more tips.
These days, employers want to get as much value for money as possible – and often that will mean more work, longer hours for less pay.
If you’re a woman, you probably know that there is a huge gender pay gap as it is, and effectively, you ‘stop getting payed’ around October when your annual salary is compared to your male counterparts.
Having a website is all about getting the right traffic to buy your product or service. Your website needs to be able to attract that traffic – and the right type of traffic. SEO is a way to do this, and most of it you can do for free.
This video tutorial will give you the insights you need to understand SEO and apply it to your website – or pay someone else to do it for you, without feeling like they are speaking another language!
Looking after children is a full-time job, so much credit goes out to business mums and mumpreneurs who regularly juggle looking after the kids with working from home.
If this is something you want to do and don’t know how to make working from home while looking after the kids work for you, here are some tips:
Working from home is is less frowned upon these days in most industries than a few years ago, when it was seen as an excuse to skive at home.
Thankfully, many employes see i’s merits and this often gives many employees the work-life balance they need while remaining productive.
Taking the entire family out for an evening of fun can be exciting and something all parents want to do on a regular basis, especially with older children, but the costs can be a hindrance,
So, if you want to enjoy an evening with your family consider here are five cheap nights out where you can really enjoy some family bonding while saving money at the same time:
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn…if your new to the online business promotion it can feel a little daunting.
This video tutorial will help you get an understanding of exactly what Internet marketing is, why your business needs it and how to do it.
Every mum tries their best, but sometimes circumstances can seem to take over our lives and then caps sets in.
Here are five red flags to watch out for, and tips to change their impact on your life:
Are you new to the business world and getting confused with all this talk about having to do marketing and advertising for your business? Fear not, this article will help to demystify the two.
While the two sound similar, advertising and marketing are not the same thing.
Is your website not delivering the type of response you want? Do you wish you could test out a new design on some of your visitors and see if the conversions are better before you change everything entirely and have to start from scratch again?
A/B split tests are a great way to see how your audience responds to your promotional activity or material so you can go with the best fit. This video tutorial will show you how.
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).
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:
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!
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:
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.
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.
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.
