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Business & Careers Related Articles
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Business & Careers Articles:
 Protecting Family Time (Business Mums Network)
For many home based businesses, the line between business time and family time can be blurred. It is easy for clients for demand attention at all hours. As parents, it is more important than ever to protect your family time, drawing a line between work and leisure... read more
 Setting up an office for your child (Business Mums Network)
Children like to do what their parents are doing and to be where their parents are. While working from home, what better way to keep your children entertained than by setting up their own office in your office?... read more
7
Steps to finding your most profitable target market (Diva Promotions)
When starting a business you can get so bogged down in getting all the
necessary bits and pieces ready, that you forget about taking time to
research just who, exactly, is going to buy your product/service? Utilise
these 7 steps to uncover who your most profitable customer is and how
to target them!... read
more
8
tips for Mums in Business who want to run a successful small business
(Mums in Business)
Congratulations, you are off and running with your new business, but
how do you make sure that you don't fall into the same trap that many
mums do. How do you create a successful small business that will bring
a great income into your household?... read
more
10
Steps to Starting Your Own Business (Mums in Business)
There are many reasons why people want to start a business - flexibility,
earning money, better lifestyle. Coming up with a business idea is usually
easy. But how do you turn an idea into a business?... read
more
A
game plan to help you find a flexible job (www.careermums.com.au)
Despite a national skills shortage, finding flexible working conditions
can still be a challenge. Some of our CareerMums have expressed frustration
when dealing with recruitment firms who are not as excited about their
potential in the job market when they say those 3 little words: "part
time job"... read
more
Choose
to stop or choose to go (Leaps 'n' Bounds Coaching)
I've been pondering the question lately - how do you know the difference
between when to keep going and when you're flogging a dead horse (so
to speak). I'm a strong supporter of patience and persistence being
the major difference between those that are successful and those that
aren't... read
more
Combining
Work and Breastfeeding (Nuvo Maternity)
New mums returning to work in the first year of their baby's life are
often faced with the dilemma of combining breastfeeding and work. It
is one of the most common reasons why women stop breastfeeding and make
the switch to formula... read
more
Combining
Work and Family (Flying Solo)
Is working as a soloist a solution to returning-to-work mothers? Self-employment
offers flexibility, work-life balance and a chance to excel in your
chosen career. However when combining work and family you need
to think through all the issues... read
more
Does
the end justify the means? (Leaps 'n' Bounds Coaching)
When you started your business did you have a dream about how it was
going to be somewhere in the not too distant future? I don't mean goals
(which I definitely recommend), but a full blown dream where your most
heart felt desires came out to play?... read
more
Going
Back to Work After Having Your Baby - What The Doctors Say
Mothers in our society often have no choice. They will not be able to
stay at home with their new bundles of joy for very long after delivery.
An infant is lucky if he or she has a mother all to him or her self
throughout childhood... read
more
How
Mums in Business are saving thousands of dollars on their marketing...
(Mums in Business)
Most businesses, whether or not they are a small business, are guilty
of this. They are so busy trying to get sales that they lose sight of
how much it is costing them to get those sales. Sound familiar?... read
more
How
to take maternity leave from your business (Business Mums Network)
When you are running your own business, taking Maternity Leave may seem
like a sure fire way to lose clients and ruin your business. With some
planning, this does not have to be the case. Different points will apply
to different aspects of your business... read
more
Is
Your Family Really Benefiting When You Work at Home?
You've beaten the obstacles and found a way to work at home, whether
by finding a job or starting a home business. But is your work getting
in the way of time with your family? read
more
Little
Boss Big Boss (Hire My Mum)
Thinking about returning to the workforce? Then this four part guide
is just what you need to get you prepared! It will get you thinking
about why you are returning to the workforce including work lifestyle
balance issues, help you work out what type of work suits you and your
family best, prepare your resume, apply for a position and prepare for
an interview... read
more
Managing
Your Career as a Working Parent (www.careermums.com.au)
Managing your career becomes more challenging after you have children.
Before children, all you had to worry about was your career, your social
life and your personal relationships. Children add a whole new dimension
of responsibility and selflessness to your life, and unashamedly to
most people, they take priority to a career... read
more
Marketing
Mix - Discover How This Powerful Concept Can Be 100% Responsible for
Your Success (Diva Promotions)
I'm sure you are wondering "can the marketing mix really be held accountable
for my success?" You bet it can. You see, the marketing mix is the foundations
of any business promotion. Read on to find how it works... read
more
Mum's Little Duckling Inspires a Career Change (Ducks n Drakes)
For some women having a baby is a time to put their career aside, either temporarily or permanently, for others it leads to renewed ambition and, for a lucky few, it leads them to discover a whole new career direction... read more
Protecting Family Time (Business Mums Network)
For many home based businesses, the line between business time and family time can be blurred. It is easy for clients for demand attention at all hours. As parents, it is more important than ever to protect your family time, drawing a line between work and leisure... read more
Publicity
and Press Releases - What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know
(Diva Promotions)
Publicity and writing press releases can yield plenty of new customers
to your business. The best thing is that, done correctly, a publicity
campaign can be completely free! Learn how the publicity experts do
it... read
more
Running
your business on little sleep (Business Mums Network)
As any parent will tell you, one of the worst things about having small
children is sleep deprivation. New babies require feeds around the clock,
as they get older, there is teething, illness, toilet training, nightmares,
and more that can result in sleep deprivation for parents... read
more
Setting up an office for your child (Business Mums Network)
Children like to do what their parents are doing and to be where their parents are. While working from home, what better way to keep your children entertained than by setting up their own office in your office?... read more
Show
Mummy The Money - Developing a Website (Bump, Baby and Beyond)
You've got a great idea and you know it will sell, you've done your
research, and you think a website is the way to go. So what's next?
How does a modern mummy go about creating her own little (or big!) online
empire?... read
more
Sustaining
Success (Strawberry Communications)
As a business person you might think there would be no business if you
weren't around, but this is not always the case. It pays to put some
time into thinking about the type of business you want and plan for
the end at the beginning... read
more
Taking
your baby to your parties (Business Mums Network)
As a Mum and a Party Plan consultant, having a baby doesn't need to
stop your business. These tips will work well for a baby that is not
yet mobile; however it is up to you whether or not you are able to work
while you have a small baby.... read
more
Tips
for running an online store (Nuvo Maternity)
When I first dreamed up business ideas after the birth of my second
son, running an online store seemed the perfect choice. I had visions
of easily combining work and motherhood while my two young sons played
quietly as I happily typed away on the computer. What was I thinking?...
read more
Top
5 Low Cost Marketing Ideas (Diva Promotions)
Whether you are in business by yourself, or employ 1-2 people, every
business will benefit from low cost marketing. The following are some
strategies you can use to expose your business... read
more
Working
from Home (www.careermums.com.au)
Working from home is something most of us would love to do. Being able
to work part time and structure work around your family is so appealing.
Current skills shortages combined with globalisation and technological
advances are changing the mindsets of organisations about working flexibly...
read
more
Business & careers Related Media Releases
Women confident of overcoming tough economic times - Telstra Business Womens Awards
Women who own or operate their own business overwhelmingly believe they can successfully weather the tough economic times, according to new research commissioned for the 2009 Telstra Business Women's Awards. Nominations are now open for the 2009 awards... read more
New DIY PR website for Mumpreneurs (Handle Your Own PR)
Many Mumpreneurs want to publicise their clever products or services but just can't afford to pay a professional PR agency to do it for them. The Handle Your Own PR website (www.handleyourownpr.com.au) has been created to allow Mumpreneurs and other small and home-based businesses to publicise their products or services themselves... read more
Thinking Business - Offering Cost Effective Advertising for Small Businesses (Thinking Business)
The team behind the Australian Website Directory Shopseek has recently launched a new project aimed at providing free advertising for small Australian businesses - Thinking Business. The philosophy behind the site is to provide a free outlet for small businesses to promote themselves by means of constructive content such as articles... read more
Help for Women Turning to Home Business in Global Economic Crisis
(Home Biz Chicks)
A new Australian-first web site for women in home business has been launched - www.homebizchicks.com. The site is the ultimate resource for women who want to start a home business, or those who already work from home and are seeking greater success... read more
WANTED: A regular Aussie woman for a business and life makeover!
(Essentially for Women)
During difficult economic times, popular women's networking organisation Essentially for Women is providing hope, motivation and inspiration to Australian women by announcing the Business and Life Makeover Awards... read more
February
is "Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Month" (Business
Mums Network)
If you're a home-based entrepreneur, it's time to don your bathrobe
as "Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Month" approaches in February, 2008.
Bathrobes are no longer for lounging around. Rather, they are the emblem
of freedom for an ever-growing, hard-working and focused group of people
known as work-from-home entrepreneurs... read
more
Just
Be... Mother and MD! (Just Be)
Just Be provides women with the tools to create the perfect work-life
balance. Just Be is Australia's first online job search and career resource
for women, created to address a gap in the job search industry for employers
and female job seekers... read
more
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