Business Plus Baby

Business Mums Blog Carnival for May

Helen — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:16 +0000

Got kids, a business and a blog? Then why not join in the May Business Mums Blog Carnival? You don’t even need to write a post for the carnival, just pick your favourite from the posts already up on your blog and send the link to the carnival host. This month your host is Rachel [...]

I’m speaking at BritMums Live!

Helen — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000

I’ve just been invited to speak at BritMums Live, the top UK parent blogging conference! I’ll be part of a panel in the session ‘Monetising: Innovative ideas for making money’ on Friday 21st June in London. I’ll tell you more about it later, but I just wanted to introduce myself on the BritMums blog linky [...]

Review: Sales, Pricing and Marketing Skills course

Helen — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:46:52 +0000

Today we have guest poster Joan Walllingtom of Little Hands Music reviewing the Sales, Pricing and Marketing Skills course from High Speed Training: I agreed to review a course for High Speed Training today and decided to pick the Sales, Pricing and Marketing Skills course. High Speed Training offer lots of different courses and a [...]

Do I need business insurance?

Helen — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:27:35 +0000

Insurance. It’s definitely not the most exciting part of starting a business but you really do need it. There are a range of different types of insurance that you might need, even as a one-person home-based business and I’m going to cover the basics here: Liability Insurance If you injure someone or damage their property [...]

I started a business with a family: Rhys Davies of Your Jigsaw Puzzles

Helen — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:00:25 +0000

Tell us a little about your business… YourJigsawPuzzles is an online retailer of… you guessed it… jigsaw puzzles. We started the business in early 2012 with no outside funding or bank loans. We are a purely family-run business. What was your job before starting your business? I’ve actually been self-employed and run multiple businesses since [...]

Take your library on the move with a Kindle

Helen — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:11:51 +0000

Today’s guest post comes from journalist, copywriter and author Emily Buckley. Over to you, Emily! First launched in 1997, the Amazon Kindle has revolutionised the way we read. Paying for extra baggage at the airport because you’ve brought ten bestsellers on holiday with you is a thing of the past, as is shoulder ache from [...]

My advice to myself on my baby’s 5th birthday

Helen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:50:51 +0000

Last week my baby (well, my first baby!) had her fifth birthday! So if I could go back to when I decided to not return to work full-time, what would I say to myself? And what’s my advice to you if you’re trying to balance business and baby? Let me tell you in this video… [...]

I started a business with a baby – Salima Manji of The London Dinner Club

Helen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:00:23 +0000

Tell us a little about your business The London Dinner Club was set up in 2010 to help like-minded single professionals meet at exclusive locations around London for dinner and drinks. What was your job before starting your business? I achieved a degree in Business Economics from the University of London and decided to continue [...]

3 reasons why you’re not outsourcing your money stuff (and what to do about it)

Helen — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:10:56 +0000

The tasks that most small business hate the most tend to be the ones around money: keeping the books, staying on top of which taxes you need to be paying (and when) and paying people who work for you. It’s time-consuming work, especially if you hate doing it or aren’t skilled or experienced in this [...]

How to stick to your goals when January is long gone

Helen — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:30:09 +0000

You can’t go anywhere in January without hearing about how you should be setting goals for the year. But as we enter the second quarter of 2013, your goals may be long forgotten. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. You can set and achieve goals at any time of the year. One place [...]

How to keep your children safe when you’re working from home

Helen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:50:08 +0000

As mums we are usually nothing short of obsessed with the safety of our kids, but I don’t often see safety discussed in the business mums’ community. Perhaps we assume we’ve already taken care of safety because we’re working from home? Anyway, I thought it might be good to share some tips here… - I’m [...]

How to tell if your business is really a hobby in disguise

Helen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:37:46 +0000

Have you been stuck in start-up mode for too long? Then perhaps you’ve got a hobby, not a business. I’ll come clean here. When I first started Business Plus Baby, I was in a crowd with some mums who were running successful businesses and some who were making a few pounds (or dollars) from a [...]

What should you outsource first?

Helen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:28:52 +0000

Outsourcing for a small business means paying someone else to work in your business on a freelance basis rather than as employee. Being able to offload a stack of work to someone else sounds very tempting, but where on earth do you start? The first tasks to outsource are the ones you simply can’t do [...]

How a little tool called Workflowy can save your sanity

Helen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:39:24 +0000

Today I’m introducing a new guest blogger to Business Plus Baby – Christelle Donaldson of The Handy Marketer. Over to you Christelle! When it comes to work, I am a very organized person and I make the most out of the tools available at hand. I plan my week, I plan my day, I set [...]

Do I need a business credit card?

Helen — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:56:19 +0000

You’ve already got one personal credit card – or maybe more. So do you really need one for your business too? Having a credit card for business use can actually be a very smart move. This is because a credit card can effectively give you a one month interest-free loan – if you use it [...]

Whatever happened to my new blog, WomanPlusBusiness.com?

Helen — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:19:50 +0000

Just a few weeks ago I launched my new blog, WomanPlusBusiness.com. And I’ve decided to close it down already! Why on earth would I do that? Let me explain…. Back last year I realised that I was blogging about subjects here at Business Plus Baby that would be useful for any woman with a small [...]

How to make money online

Helen — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:54:14 +0000

It’s not long now until Business Plus Baby’s fourth birthday. In the last four years I’ve seen a LOT of business opportunities and I’m still being approached by people who want to recruit me to theirs. “I’ve just found this amazing new opportunity and it blew my mind. Here, take a look..” No thanks. (By [...]

How to grow a business if you’re an introvert

Helen — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:00:13 +0000

You might think that an introvert is a person who is shy, but that’s not always true. I’m an introvert and I actually enjoy doing presentations and networking. Yes, I’m a bit weird. Lately I’ve been surprised by the people who’ve told me they are introverts. Some appear to have total confidence when delivering presentations, [...]

Is it taking too long to get your business started?

Helen — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:55:58 +0000

One of the huge problems I faced when starting a business from home around my kids was the frustration. It just took soooooo long to get anything done. That was for both things like writing articles (I was so tired and got distracted by kids!) and the way it took months to see much progress [...]

It’s the Business Mums Blog Carnival for February!

Helen — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:45:59 +0000

It’s that time again! So if you’ve got a business blog, why not join in the February Business Mums Blog Carnival? You don’t even need to write a post for the carnival, just pick your favourite from the posts already up on your blog and send the link to the carnival host. This month your [...]