Whether you have been in business for a while or jut starting a new business, you will want your business to be performing at 100%. So if you do not think it is, read on to find the steps to involved in developing your business and how to make sure  any changes are effective.
Step 1: Come up with areas that need improvement. Analyse what you do, what works and what doesn’t.
Step 2: Develop ideas that will improve the areas where your business struggles.
Step 3: Implement the ideas and monitor the …

Networking is an important part of building your business and growing your reputation as an exert in your niche. Finding local networking groups that fit in around your family life can be hard, breakfast networking does’t fit in with the school run and not everyone can make an evening meeting either.
Networking Mummies is a great family friendly networking group, with local groups around the UK. Providing lots of different types of networking events from guilt-free networking at a soft play centre, where you can take your little one’s networking with …

Let’s back up a bit, what about if you’re not sure of what your core message is? Or maybe you’re not very clear on who your target market is? That’s ok. Well, I mean it’s ‘ok’ to accept that now and do something to change all that!
The key to effective marketing is knowing your audience, I mean REALLY knowing your audience. Do you know what makes your audience tick? What they do at the weekend? What they eat for breakfast? This might sound a little bit stalker, but really, the …

Do you have an information product that you would like to see in the Mumpreneur Shop or ACE Business Training? We love to feature partner products that are high quality and represent good value for our customers.  Read on to find out more about what we’re looking for and see if you have a product that might fit:
 
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information products, such as eBooks, Books, eCourses or membership sites
products that will help people start or grow a business

 
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A long long  time ago in a village far away in Yorkshire there lived a little fairy called Sarah.  Now Sarah being a mummy and being worried about providing for her family, worked all hours god sent on her family’s business but alas to no avail, as it went under in January 2011 last year. Undeterred Sarah would not give up that easily and so The Ironing Fairy was born.
Life was pretty tough last year we had no money as we lost it all with our previous business that we …

If you’ve decided to return to work following maternity leave, agreed your working pattern, and the time to return is edging ever closer, check out these top tips for ensuring a smooth and stress free return to work.
5. Book some time in the diary in the first week back with people you know and trust. Being out of the workplace for a period of time can make you feel like the new girl again.  Get some coffee time in or arrange to do lunch with someone.  The combination of being …

Have you always wanted to know a bit more about Antonia Chitty and how she started her businesses?
Wendy Tomlinson recently featured Antonia on her Get the Business You Really Want site, asking her some questions about how she started and what her top 3 tips where for creating business success and what business plans does Antonia have this year for ACEInspire?
To find out all of this pop over to Wendy’s site and have a look at what Antonia had to say!

Name of Business: Maga Therapy
Your Name and Age:  Dawn Symons, 44.
Tell us about your family: Three children 22-12yo. Lovely partner, Tony. I live near the coast in mid-Cornwall, where I was born and grew up. I commute (most weeks) to South Surrey where I share a flat, then into London to treat clients at The Hale Clinic, I have a private office at St Pauls.
What did you do before coming up with your business idea (previous career, stay at home mum etc) and how was it making the transition? Back in 1985 I studied …

Promoting your business is a big part of making your business a success, so our present to you this Easter is 50% off Antonia Chitty’s A Guide To Promoting Your Business.
A Guide To Promoting Your Business  is for you if you are:

Already have a business and are trying to grow 
Starting a new business and would like to do your own PR
Creating a PR plan
Looking for ideas on how to get coverage for you business
Trying to increase business sales
Looking for more clients.

What other customers have said about A Guide To Promoting Your Business:

“This workbook …

It was 7.33am on a bitter January morning and it was pitch black. There I was standing knee deep in snow in the nursery car park on my first day back at work after a year off on maternity leave whilst two helpful Dads frantically tried to push my struggling car out of the massive snow drift I’d managed to park in.  My youngest was safely deposited in the colourful warmth of the baby room in the nursery that my eldest had also attended since she was six months old. …