Thriving in Tandem: How Working Mothers Can Advance Their Careers
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Thriving in Tandem: How Working Mothers Can Advance Their Careers

In the UK, the narrative of the working mother is evolving. No longer just about keeping the work and family plates spinning, it’s about moving forward in your career while nurturing a happy home life. This delicate balance, with the right approach, can be less of a high-wire act and more of a fulfilling journey.

mother and child against a sunsetting backdrop highlights the importance of work-life balance
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Work-Life Balance: The Balancing Act We Didn’t Sign Up For

Remember the days when ‘balance’ meant mastering a yoga pose or perhaps not falling over after a night out with friends? Those were the days. Now, ‘balance’ has taken on an entirely new meaning involving work deadlines, school runs, and what might be an impossible juggling act.

Is work-life balance a mythical creature for working mums, or is it a reality waiting to be claimed? Let’s dig in, shall we?

The truth: How working for myself made me a better mother
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The truth: How working for myself made me a better mother

You know you’re not in a happy place when you don’t want to talk or play, or do much with your family – especially your children. And that’s a situation I found myself in many times before I bit the bullet and starting my full-time business Geek School Tutoring a few years ago.

3 reasons every working mum needs a hobby
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3 reasons why every working mum should have a hobby

Let’s get straight into it – work and family life is a big machine that doesn’t stop moving. If you stand still, it can feel like the washing, school run and other responsibilities could literally knock you over and run you down!

Having a hobby is one sure way to help relieve some of the stress and tension that keeping this machine of life moving can produce.

Four reasons why mums should keep their foot in the office door
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Four reasons why mums should keep their foot in the office door

We’re so over the working mums vs stay at home mums debate – if that’s what you were expecting to read, you’ll be disappointed.

This article is about how to avoid setting yourself up for a fall and protecting your future.

Four reasons why working mums should be proud
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Four reasons why working mums should be proud

Being a working mum can be a mixed bag sometimes – you want (or need) to work on the one hand, but that can mean you can’t always be there for your child the way you want to be.

But its really not all doom and gloom – it’s rewarding, you feel alive and you wouldn’t change it for the world…right? Here are more reasons why you should be proud to be a working mum:

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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?
Revamped jobs board on Motherswhowork.co.uk for mum, dad and the teens
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Revamped jobs board on Motherswhowork.co.uk for mum, dad and the teens

It’s been a while, but we’ve finally got the jobs board back and it’s a new and improved version for all the family – see for yourself, go to Motherswhowork.co.uk/jobs

We know that it’s not just mums who are looking for flexible work, extra income and freelance projects to do in the home – your hubby and teenage children may also be looking for the very same thing! That’s what makes the jobs board all the different.

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.

Mothers Who Work doesn’t usually look like this…
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Mothers Who Work doesn’t usually look like this…

We’ve had a facelift, tuck and brow lift – did you notice?

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Video tutorials: Lead generation – a must for getting customers

Having a website is great, but without customers it’s just a hobby. And the same applies for any kind of business.

If you have a website that doesn’t convert browsers into paying customers, you need to find a way to get buying visitors to your website.

One way to do this is to use a technique called lead generation. Big brands do it all the time, and successful small businesses understand its importance and have made it part of their way of gleaming more business.

Lead generation can and should be done online and offline. Watch this video tutorial to find out how to do lead generation and make it pay.