Business Mums Magazine

I know you’ve all been waiting for this. Our new monthly competitions page is up!

This month we have 3 amazing prizes:

To enter, click here.

Issue 16 of the Business Mums Magazine is on “Overcoming Business Challenges”.

To help us with this issue, we have created a brief survey on business challenges. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know about your business challenges.

Click here to take the survey.

I have a vision for the magazine - how I want it to look, the sort of content I want included, and so on.

Over at Assential Scrapbooking, Jenny shared how she is scrapbooking a business vision board for her business. It has a combination of photos, images from magazines and inspiring words and she is planning to mount it somewhere to remind her of what she wants her business to be.

This is a great idea - not only does it get your vision out of your head, but it is somewhere to remind you about it. This is something I definately want to do Now, to start collecting magazines to cut up to create a board.

If you have ever thought of joining Business Mums Network, February is the perfect time to join. Simply by joining as a Gold, Silver or Bronze member, you go in the draw to win a $200 advertising voucher for your business!

Membership gives you access to a nation wide network of Mums starting and running a business. During 2009, extra events and opportunities are being planned.

If you already subscribe to the Business Mums Magazine, we will extend your Business Mums Network membership by 1 month.

Already a member of Business Mums Network? You don’t miss out. Simply refer a friend, and when they join, you both go in the draw to win.

Do you drink bottled water? A new company, Thankyou Water, is helping change the world by donating all their profits to water projects in third world countries.

All profits from the sale of their water goes to help people who need it most. They have worked out that the profit from one bottle of water can provide clean water to one person for a month!!!

So, help change the world with Thankyou Water.

A great promotion idea is to share your expertise. This can be done in a number of ways including writing articles, speaking and blogging.

Katrina over at Joliv regularly shares natural skin care tips. These fit in well with her products, which are all natural, and they don’t take away from her core business.

Tash from Word Constructions has a blog with communication tips and regularly writes articles. You can find many of these articles for free reprint on The RepOZitory. These showcase her writing as well as her expertise in a variety of topics. She will also be presenting at the Business Mums Conference.

These are just a few ideas of how business mums are sharing their expertise. What do you do?

I came across this quote today:

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined. - Deepak Chopra

For anyone who knows my story, you will know that my business and life haven’t exactly turned out the way I imagined, however, there are many things and opportunities that I couldn’t have imagined that have been amazing and exactly what I needed.

Yesterday, both boys started school. It was an exciting day because it was the first day of prep for young Zac. We are starting to get back to routine for the year - I’m looking forward to Thursday which is Zac’s first full day of school (Monday and Tuesday are half days, and Wednesday is a day off).

I’m starting to wonder how I’m going to handle having a full 6 hours without kids around each day!

Through my online networking, I met Becky Holbrook, aka Fortun8gal, while she was setting up her new business - printed directories to promote online businesses. I have two advertisements in the current one (pictured right) and they are hot off the press.

Directories are distributed through the advertisers, as inserts in publications (including the Business Mums Magazine) and anywhere else Becky can get them.

Advertising is currently open for the next general directory as well as her Eco Links, Mums & Bubs Links, and Business Links directories.

Visit www.fortun8gal.com.au for further details.

The New year is a great time to refresh your business, whether you restsart something afresh like Elena from EP Designs is doing (you can read about it on her blog), or launching a new business like Becky from Fortun8gal, or simply giving your website a facelift like we are here at Business Mums Magazine. The start of the year is the perfect time to breath new life in to your business.

Are you doing anything to breath new life into your business? If so, share it with us by leaving a comment.