There is a movement online. A groundswell of opinion, that has been building for a couple of years.
First there was a lot of lip service to transparency. A spill over from the corporate days where transparent management was a big thing. Transparency was a good idea in practice…but who really practiced it?
People aren’t standing for [...]
On Monday the Secret Women’s Business Network will be launching our membership site with an announcement and a link to join up. because I am the founder of the SWBN I am going to take a small liberty and do some pre-leaking (hey if Apple can do it then so can I).
You didn’t hear it [...]
Several pieces of information have intersected and fell in place with an audible “click” for me this past fortnight as I launched the Secret Women’s Business Network blog.
One hint came from the tiny tome The Contrarian Effect (Why It Pays Big to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do The Opposite) by Michael Port and Elizabeth [...]
When it comes to asking for money for one’s services or goods, some people have no trouble at all, and some find it the most uncomfortable part of business processes.
Lucky you if you were brought up in a culture where self worth is not tied to your bank balance. The Romani peoples (Gypsies) see money [...]
A recent study in Australia created a list of the most recognised brands by Australians. This study was not limited to products or commercial ventures. The survey asked of a tiny example of Australians, only 1000 of them (is that even statistically significant?), and then was judged by a panel of industry “experts”, but the [...]
It is nine whole days since the end of the 30DC. In that time I have buried my ex-husband, consoled my heartbroken children, gone back to work after compassionate leave and taken a germ of a business idea and made it reality, just like *that*!.
Today saw the first whisper on Twitter announcing the “launch” of [...]
If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
In the closing hours of the Thirty Day Challenge a series of events came together that have set some serious actions in motion. Before I talk about the future let’s take a step or two back to earlier [...]