Why Enter Awards?
I won an award this year and it felt great.  But my feelings aside, entering awards can really help your business. I know that external validation can encourage people to trust my advice, buy my books

Top 10 Tips for Newsworthy PR
Making sure that your press release contains real news is so important, and can be hard if you are doing your own PR. I’ve written some tips on newsworthy press releases for a new site, Top 10 Tips. Read my top 10 tips for newsworthy PR and see if they help you write your own press release.

Book review: Powerful Marketing on a Shoestring Budget by Dee Blick
We have all seen at first hand how businesses are coping in the current economic climate. Some are struggling and some are not, and the difference this book suggests, is the effectiveness of their marketing & communication strategy with both their customers and their suppliers. In Dee Blick’s book,

Nation of super mums want more time for me
Survey reveals the average mother in the UK needs an extra 3.5 hours every day to be able to fit in ‘me time’   UK super mums cram over 100 hours of work, chores and childcare into one week – over 14.25 hours every day, seven days a week Two thirds of British mothers have little or no time to themselves 90 per cent of mothers in the UK say that ‘me time’ is important for their  emotional wellbeing and to re-charge batt

Mumpreneur News: Sarah-Jane launches Bambizi
Like most mothers, Sarah-Jane Matthews wanted to create the dream nursery for her baby daughter. But unlike most mothers, she went back to the drawing-board and designed it herself. Formerly an interior designer, Sarah knew that she wanted the nursery to be an extension of the rest of her home, a beautiful haven for her baby. Why shouldn’t a nursery be stylish and beautiful as well as practical? What’s more, she wanted it to grow with her child, rather than being disca