If you plan to launch a New Business in the New Year, You have Just 10 Weeks Left …

That’s just 10 weeks to put in place your plans and actions to create a great customer base to ensure your business’s success.

If that sounds like a tall order, don’t panic. There are lots of low cost, straightforward ways to promote your business. And I’ve brought them together for you in an easy-to-follow work book.

A Guide to Promoting Your Business is designed for the business owner who wants to reach more and more customers by promoting their business for just a few minutes each day.

It is packed with practical exercises that actually help you promote your business. And everything in the book has been tried and tested in my own business and my client’s businesses.

So, if you’d love more PR coverage in 2010 but are unsure how to get it, A Guide to Promoting Your Business will make it clear.

If you want to raise your business’s online profile in 2010, A Guide to Promoting Your Business demystifies online promotion.

And if you want to get to grips with affordable marketing ideas, A Guide to Promoting Your Business is the book you need.

At just £15 it could be the first step to business success in 2010.

Click here to Buy A Guide to Promoting Your Business: The Ultimate Workbook for Business Owners

 

Win Facepaints – Mystery Shopping Job – Case Study of Business Mum Needed

There’s lots going on at Family Friendly Working. You have just one more day to enter a competition to win some Snazaroo face paints. I have got news of an opportunity to sign up as a mystery shopper. There’s news including a report on why becoming a mum cuts your income and how being a working mum won’t harm your child. And I’m now looking for business mums and dads to feature in Family Friendly Working in December. Ideally your business will have some sort of seasonal theme. Email antonia@familyfriendlyworking.co.uk to find out more.

Special Needs Child: Maintaining Your Relationship Review

Special Needs Child: Maintaining Your Relationship: A Couple’s Guide to Having a Relationship That Works
reviewed by www.oneplusone.org.uk

Becoming a parent can put new, unexpected strains on any relationship and those who have a child with special needs will face additional challenges depending on the severity of the disability. This practical book is packed with advice from parents who have children with a wide range of special needs, physical and behavioural/mental in nature, and gives valuable insight into how they have maintained their relationships. It is a book to be ‘dipped in to’ rather than read from cover to cover, as the range of special needs and the diversity of families means that not all of the material will be relevant to all families.

“Inspirational Business Mum of the Year” Award for Author and Entrepreneur

Antonia Chitty has been awarded the “Inspirational Business Mum of the Year” Award at this weekend’s Mumpreneur Conference in Birmingham. She says, “It is great to be recognized for the work I do to help women start and develop their own businesses. Running my own enterprise has made an enormous difference to my life and I’m passionate about inspiring others to succeed. I’m very proud to be the ‘Inspirational Business Mum of the Year’”

The Sussex-based entrepreneur started her PR own business seven years ago after the birth of her daughter so that she could work flexibly.  Since then, Antonia’s business has grown and expanded, as has her family. Antonia runs Family Friendly Working, a site packed with ideas for anyone who wants a flexible way to work which grew out of one of her first books. She has written eight business, health and parenting books. Her latest release is The Mumpreneur Guide, a practical workbook for any woman who wants to start a business that fits in with the family. She is mum to Daisy, 7, Jay, 3 and Kit, 6months.

What would £500 do for your business?

 Today, I’m talking to a business adviser. I want some outside help in prioritising and planning for the next few years of my business. It is good to help someone else’s views on your business, and business advisers often can help you access further help for your business.

If you don’t have time to get to see a business adviser, I’ve put together a package which will help you take a fresh look at your business. Buy The Mumpreneur Guide today and you will also get £500 worth of valuable tools to help you develop your business.

The Mumpreneur Guide is a practical step by step guide to growing and developing a business. You will learn new business essentials whether you have been running a business for years or are right at the start.

So, buy today and you get

BONUS 1: ACCESS TO The Mumpreneur Guide’s Secret Blog: VALUE £300

When you buy the book, you also get a link to The Mumpreneur Guide’s Secret Blog. In this blog, exclusively for you, I’ll share extra advice and answer your questions. If you’ve enjoyed the Family Friendly Working Blog, you’ll LOVE The Mumpreneur Guide’s Secret Blog. Each month we’ll look at different business issues and I’ll answer member’s questions.

BONUS 2: MORE ME TIME: VALUE – PRICELESS

Every mumpreneur feels short of ‘me time’ at times. Bonus 4 will help you look after yourself at the same time as running the family AND the business.

•Do you ever feel like hitting the escape button when stress hits?

•Do you wish that life were simpler?

•Do you crave some time for yourself?

How long can you carry on like this?

Follow your bonus plan from Heather Bestel, psychotherapist & stress management consultant and the founder of A Little Bit of Me Time and you will become:

•Calm

•Confident and

•In control

BONUS 3: 3-PART MARKETING COURSE: VALUE – £150

Your business is nothing without marketing. Not only do you get great marketing advice when you buy The Mumpreneur Guide Start Your Own Business Book but if you BUY BEFORE 30 SEPTEMBER you can also get a three part marketing course, created especially for The Mumpreneur Guide by Louisa Bird of The Womens Marketing Forum.

BONUS 4: WIN A PLACE ON THE MUMS IN BIZ Training Course

Everyone who buys the book BEFORE 30 SEPTEMBER will get a chance to win a place on one of Mums In Biz’s definitive ‘Start Your own Business’ Days. Buy the book to find out how to enter.

So, what are you waiting for?

And remember: this offer ends at midnight on the 30th of September. 

Still not sure? Get more details on the book at www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk

Sunday Night Round Up

We’ve been enjoying a fabulous weekend with beautiful weather. It is Dh and my 12th wedding anniversary too so we had a lovely lunch out with the kids – all good.
Now, I’m just catching up with a little work, planning for the week ahead and trying to work a little in advance to make some time for networking events for Business Mum Week and The Mumpreneur Conference which I’ll be attending in Birmingham on the 3rd of October. I’m mildly terrified about the conference purely because I’ll be driving up on my own (well, with Kit too) and I hate long drives … since we were driven into about 10 years ago. The drive will take around 5 hours.

 

Anyway, apart from that, this week I’m writing about gifts and traditions for one of the blogs I work on, plus personal finance and money saving for another. I’ve done a good update for Family Friendly Working which should see me past the conference – I schedule features well in advance and have mumpreneurs booked in for the profile slots right up until the end of October.

 

I’ve done the first chapter for the book on Down’s Syndrome. It is not totally complete and I suspect I’ll need to revise it as I work on the following chapters but it is good to make a start. I aim to do two chapters next month and two in November which shouldn’t be too much pressure.

 

Writing that up all feels quite under control. The things I can’t control are the volume of sales for the Mumpreneur Guide. The special offer ends on Wednesday, and if there is another big sales day this could push aside all my plans for a week of writing.

 

I’m also due to do some work on the business. I’m meeting a business adviser next Wednesday, need to do the end of month invoices and have a couple of stray invoices to chase up plus missing parcels to claim from the post office. Such excitement! Let’s hope the weather stays good so I can get all this done in the sun.

September Update – What I’m Working On

At the moment I’m just embracing the challenges of being back after maternity leave.

I’ve launched The Mumpreneur Guide with plenty of online noise which has resulted in great sales – now the challenge is to keep that up! I’m taking part in three different events over Business Mum Week which should help.

Alongside that, I’m

• providing blogging services to a couple of new clients
• picking up some feature writing on learning disability for longstanding client SeeAbility
• working on exciting new book idea for Family Friendly Working
• about to start on a book about Down’s Syndrome for Need2Know books
• meeting Everywoman to talk about the workshop I;m running at their conference in November
• talking to Which? about future health policy work

I’ve got an appointment with a business adviser coming up too as I work on my medium-long term plan – there’s lots to do right now.

Announcing the Essential Guide for Every Mum Who Wants a Successful Business – Extra Bonuses End Today

The Mumpreneur Guide Start Your Own Business Book is the kick start you need for your business.

A practical workbook, it is full of manageable advice that you can implement immediately.

It will help you:

• focus on the business you want to run
• take the steps to make that business a reality
• enjoy the journey.

 

BUY TODAY, 8^th September, & YOU GET MORE THAN £600 OF BONUSES:

 

BONUS 1: ACCESS TO THE MUMPRENEUR GUIDE’S SECRET BLOG: VALUE £300

When you buy the book, you also get a link to The Mumpreneur Guide’s Secret Blog. In this blog, I share extra advice and answer your questions.

 

BONUS 2: ONLINE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: VALUE £50

The Mumpreneur Guide Online Business Development Programme will give you confidential help and expert advice to develop your business. Trial this programme to see how it could help you.

 

BONUS 3: SORT YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE: VALUE £120

It is a dilemma for everyone – how to balance being a mumpreneur and having time for the family. In Bonus 3 coach Sam Pringle of Beeleaf Consulting helps you sort out your own balance.

 

BONUS 4: MORE ME TIME: VALUE PRICELESS

Every mumpreneur feels short of ‘me time’ at times. Bonus 4 will help you look after yourself. Follow your plan from Heather Bestel, psychotherapist, stress management consultant & founder of A Little Bit of Me Time to become Calm, Confident and In Control

 

BONUS 5: 3-PART MARKETING COURSE: VALUE £150

Your business is nothing without marketing. If you BUY TODAY you can also get a three part marketing course, created especially for The Mumpreneur Guide by Louisa Bird of The Women’s Marketing Forum.

 

BONUS 6: WIN A PLACE ON THE MUMS IN BIZ TRAINING COURSE 

Everyone who buys the book TODAY will get a chance to win a place on one of Mums In Biz’s definitive ‘Start Your own Business’ Days.

 

 

BUY THE BOOK

The Mumpreneur Guide – Meet the Author, Q&A and Book Signing

If you’ve read about The Mumpreneur Guide and want to find out more, come and meet Antonia Chitty on Tuesday 6th of October.

You can ask questions, have a drink, and find out about all sorts of useful resources for mums in business.

The event is being run in co-operation with Mums in Biz training courses.

Venue: The Sussex Innovation Centre

Time: 12-30-1.30

Date: Tuesday 6th of October

Please RSVP if you think you might be coming to antonia@themumpreneurguide.co.uk so we can have enough drinks for everyone.

 The first 10 people to sign up will get a voucher for a free copy of A Guide to Promoting Your Business – to be collected at the event ONLY.