Throughout my e-newsletter and blog articles, I have often emphasised the importance of creating and maintaining a comprehensive business plan. Of course executing the plan is essential to your ongoing business success! I’d like to share an effective framework, which will help you deliver your projects, products and services in the most time efficient and methodical way.

Businesses, sectors and people vary considerably, which means your project will be completely different to the next mumpreneur. However, there will be similar steps to each project that will ensure tasks are completed...

Managing a successful business from home requires discipline and self-motivation. The home is filled with distractions that eat up your time and reduce your productivity. How can you ensure you maximise your time when working before family life resumes?

Schedule Your Working Hours

Knowing when you are working is beneficial for you and your entire family. Set your working hours when your children are at school or in bed to ensure they cannot demand your attention. The benefit of working for yourself is that you do not have to commit to a traditional 9-5 but you must give yourself enough...

Working from home offers many benefits to successful mumpreneurs yet it is also a haven for distractions and temptations that ought to be avoided! Distractions can easily lower your productivity and cut your bottom line. With only you as the boss, it can be difficult to stay focused on the task in hand.

The Biscuit Bulge

Many mumpreneurs find they overindulge when working from home. It is all too easy to snack on biscuits and other unhealthy snacks. With the best intentions, you reach for the snack cupboard to save time rather than making a meal but this does nothing for your waistline!...

Balancing your business commitments and family life, especially if you work from home, can be challenging yet becoming a mumpreneur does provide many advantages. One of the greatest and most valuable benefit is having the opportunity to align your aspirations for both your business and personal life. Maximising your output and creating innovative efficiencies will ensure your business works for you and provides a tremendous amount of satisfaction and fulfilment.

Setting up a business that you can manage around your family’s needs is incredibly beneficial, which is why more and more...

A highly effective way to live in accordance with your own aspirations – at work and personally – is to prioritise your needs and how you want to spend your time. When you decided to set up a business that would work around your family life, you did so to manage your own time effectively, contribute to the household income and be there when your family needs you. Sometimes balancing everything equally can be difficult, especially when one aspect of your life demands attention over another. How can you confidently and quickly make decisions that enable all aspects of your life to...

I’m hoping 2013 was a really good year for you and your business. As you reflect on the last twelve months, take the time to recognise and reward your successes. My latest edition of Succeed discusses the importance of celebrating your achievements, as this will spur your business on. With a New Year ahead, I thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss the common challenges the mumpreneurs I’ve worked with have faced this year. I hope this article helps you conquer similar issues.

The main issues mumpreneurs continually face are a lack of time and money, but they have a...

With a New Year looming, this is a great time to start identifying goals that will help to drive the success of your business in 2014. Here are some super ideas to help you get started!

Increase social media activity 

Building social media lists and interacting more often with followers is always on the to-do list, but it can be difficult finding time to do this properly. Schedule time each day or every other day to update our profile and engage with your audience. Having time allocated in your diary will give help you to focus on this goal. 

Join a networking group 

Being...

As a busy working mum it can be difficult to get into the Christmas spirit when you are preoccupied with work commitments and family obligations. Many of my blog posts around this time of year centre on the importance of scheduling. Initially you can feel like everything is a chore but a well-planned schedule will give you the time you need to immerse yourself in each task, focus on what you’re achieving and enable you to enjoy it!

E-mails really can pile up at this time of year. Last minute opportunities could be presented to you that cannot be ignored, whilst clients could be...

Christmas can be a frantic time for mumpreneurs who are trying to juggle pressing commitments and urgent tasks. Here are some savvy tips to help save you time and enjoy the festive fun!

Make a list

Write down everything you have to do and create a schedule to follow. Don’t leave anything to chance. Add everything to your schedule and allocate the amount of time required to get the job done.

Use reminders

Duplicate your list so you can set reminders across your mobile phone, computer and diary. Set reminders at the start and end of each task so you can easily move on to other jobs...

Running a successful business takes a great deal of effort. Here are some top tips to help you get it right!

Plan and plan again Setting up a new business or launching a new product takes time and good planning. Ensure you enter the business world with your eyes wide open. Be aware of the potential pitfalls and have a contingency in place if things don’t go to plan. Doing this will prevent you from wasting time, over-spending and it will focus your mind on better opportunities.

Define your brand

It can be difficult to offer something for everyone. It is often easier and more...