Up With the Larks! My First Breakfast Network Meeting
Last week I got an email from a virtual contact of mine. Someone who lives in my village but (to my shame) all our previous communication has been online via various business forums. I rang her for a chat and she suggested that I tried out a local breakfast meeting as her guest. Now, although [...]
Six of the Best UK Trade Shows
I’ve blogged previously about the usefulness of trade shows and how to get the best out of your visit. It’s not easy to decide which you’ll opt for, but new start ups should take the time out to attend all they can and make a note of their usefulness for the future when you may [...]
Review: Inaugural Mumpreneur Conference 3 October 2009
I trotted off to the Mumpreneur Conference at the weekend a little unsure of what to expect. Unlike most conferences there wasn’t much pre-publicity about the day’s content, and apart from knowing I was running a seminar about web site optimization, I really didn’t know what else was on the agenda. I showed up later [...]
Business Mums London Meet Up – 7 October
This week is ‘Business Mum Week” with lots of networking events taking place around the UK. Nat and I will be at the London meet up, hosted by the fab Tab (sorry, couldn’t resist the rhyme!) from Mimimyne over at at private room at Ping Pong Dim Sum (EC1). I’ll be running a “how-to” session [...]
Mumpreneur Conference – Birmingham – 3 October 2009
Here at Self Employed Mum we’re still undecided whether the title of “mumpreneur” makes us gag on our cornflakes or beam with pride. However, there’s a golden opportunity coming up for networking with, er, “fellow entrepreneurs who have a child” – at the first Mumsclub Mumpreneur Conference. The idea of Jane, who manages the networking [...]
#FollowFriday @selfemployedmum 14 August 2009
Hey, rather than call out our #Follow Friday list via Twitter, we prefer to say why we’re following these peeps, so you can decide whether they’re your cup of tea too… @hootsuite – cool Twitter tool @melissatalago – writes one of the best blogs around – “Home Office Mum.” @MummyBloggers – UK network for, erm, [...]
Online Networking – Mumszone
Mumszone has a well established business zone amongst its general forums, and in contrast with many similar parenting sites attracts a high number of mums who own full-time businesses, and boasts several “bricks and clicks” members too. Mumszone is a general parenting site and to be able to post in the business section you need [...]
#FollowFriday @selfemployedmum 17 July 2009
Hey, rather than call out our #Follow Friday list via Twitter, we prefer to say why we’re following these peeps, so you can decide whether they’re your cup of tea too @everywomanUK – Pressure group, networking forum and voice for female entrepreneurs @Netmums- Ace networking forum for mums! We recently visited their business forum @thegreenfamilia- [...]
Online Networking – Baby Greenhouse
Baby Greenhouse wins the award for most bizarrely structured online forum. Ever. So odd does it look that I have known one or two peeps stop using the site because the layout confused them so much. Seriously, it’s like taking a tardis back to the early days of T’internet. Or roadkill in cyberspace. But don’t [...]
Online Networking – Five Things to Figure Out First
If you’re running an online business networking online is something you really have to get right. Trouble is, cyberspace can be a confusing place to hang out, particularly for business owners. Here are five things to think about when you start online networking: Find your forum: Some bizz forums are just that – an online [...]
