Here are some top tips to help you ensure you achieve success with your business!

Have a complete understanding of your own objectives

In order to be successful, you must firstly validate what success means to you. Consider what it is you want to achieve, how you want to spend your time and what resources you have available to help you to realistically achieve your goals. Realising what it is you want to achieve will focus your mind and prevent you from veering off the path of success.

Manage your time as effectively as possible

If you manage your time as effectively as possible, you wi...

Mums’ Struggles Made Simple [#MSMS]

Thanks to all mums who took part in my recent Make The Most Of Your Time survey. Your responses were quite typical from those I hear from so many mums who contact me, so you are not alone! I will now provide an overview to the questions and some solutions to the issues you face.

i) My first survey question asked how you would rate your time management. 75% of participants advised that they do manage to organise their time, whilst others struggled to do so.  However no one responded that they were ‘good’ or ‘great’ at time management, which means at some ...

Being able to run a successful business, enjoy quality family time and mange a busy household is only achieved through careful planning and scheduling. This means having the ability to harness all those skills such as delegating, prioritising and organising, and using them as effectively as possible.

In this month’s Succeed, I discussed the importance of being able to say “No” when other people become demanding, resulting in your time and energy becoming diverted onto tasks that have little or no benefit to you or your business. If you find it difficult to say no, you may find it easier to f...

Eek! Christmas is on its way – are you ready for the festivities to begin? More importantly, is your house? As well as all the usual activity and chaos, Christmas brings with it gaudy decorations and lots of new presents. Do you have space for Christmas this year? Do you relate to one of these descriptions?

• How on earth can you possibly consider adding tinsel, twinkly lights and a tree in your living room amongst all this clutter?
• You’re actually wondering whether you can hide your clutter behind streamers, tinsel and shiny paper… Hmm…
• You are super organised and your house is always tidy
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Tracey Wall, Director of Empowering Mums, has been short-listed as a finalist in Tesco’s Mum Of The Year Awards 2013!

Tracey has been short-listed from thousands of nominations across the UK to become Mum Of The Year in these nationally acclaimed awards. Tracey was nominated for her boundless energy and commitment to helping mums within the community.

The Tesco Mum Of The Year Awards celebrate outstanding mums who do incredible activities, such as overcoming adversities, supporting their families and making a real difference in the local community.

As founder of Empowering Mums, Tracey supp...

Tracey Wall, Director of Empowering Mums, has been short-listed as a finalist in Tesco’s Mum Of The Year Awards 2013!

Tracey has been short-listed from thousands of nominations across the UK to become Mum Of The Year in these nationally acclaimed awards. Tracey was nominated for her boundless energy and commitment to helping mums within the community.

The Tesco Mum Of The Year Awards celebrate outstanding mums who do incredible activities, such as overcoming adversities, supporting their families and making a real difference in the local community.

As founder of Empowering Mums, Tracey supp...

There are many marketing tools that small businesses can use for best effect. To get the most out of your marketing budget, create a strategy that utilises a variety of communication channels, enabling you to connect with a greater target audience.

Various marketing channels exist offline such as brochures, flyers and direct mail, and in digital form such as websites, social media networks and e-newsletters. If you don’t include online marketing in your strategy, you will be missing out on some very powerful and cost effective opportunities to attract new business.

If a consumer wants to buy...

Building effective online marketing strategies opens significant opportunities for small business owners. Having an online presence enables you to interact quickly and easily with potential customers on a global basis. With the phenomenon of social networks, business owners can now spread the net wide when looking for new contacts and clients.

Working online and promoting your business online will give you a greater presence in the marketplace. Many entrepreneurs are of the opinion that if you don’t have an online presence you don’t exist. Can you afford to take that chance?

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On 11th October, the global children’s charity Plan UK will be launching the inaugural International Day Of The Girl. Following an extensive campaign led by Plan UK, this special day has been designated by the United Nations to highlight the power of investing in the potential of girls throughout the world.

According to Plan UK, “Globally, one girl in three is denied a secondary education by the daily realities of poverty, discrimination and violence. Every day, young girls are forced into marriage, isolated from their friends and subjected to abuse.

Yet, with education, skills and suppor...

Do you struggle to get everything done in the time you have? Do you find you do more of the things you dislike than the things you enjoy? Do you have little time for quality family fun and me time is something you only dream of? Does work and commitments outside of family life take up the majority of your time?

Achieving a harmonious life balance can be challenging but it is not impossible. Once you have created a better balance, you will feel in control of your life and its direction, have more energy to do the things you want to do and find you actually enjoy the various aspects of your lif...