January 28, 2010.  London.  You have another chance to come along to this really useful workshop as we had to postpone the original due to snow!  Blogging is one of the most powerful tools that you can use in your business today. So we have decided to run our blogging workshop again to give you all the insights, learning and tools that we know to help you blog successfully in your business.

Blogging for business workshop

Would you like to blog but not really sure how to get started?

Would you like to be the go toperson website for your subject area?

Would you like to know how you can use blogging to bring more visitors to your website?

Are you worried that you don’t know what to write?

Why blog?

A good blog can become one of the most powerful tools in your marketing repertoire and can weave itself very well into your weekly activities.  BUT, like anything, if you’re going to be spending valuable business time on a blog, you need to make sure that it is going to be worth it.

There are so many reasons that you should be blogging we could be here all day, but some of the main ones are:

• It gives you a chance to build your relationships with your customers and prospects
• It builds your credibility an expert in your field
• Google LOVES blogs – so you can rank higher for keysearch terms in your industry
• Done right it is GUARANTEED to bring more traffic and visitors to your site

Should you blog?

Absolutely!

Can it make a difference to you and your business

Definitely!

What we will cover:

We will look at Blogging as a business tool and cover the following topics:

1. Setting your blogging objectives
2. Blogging basics – getting it right first time
3. Blogging tools – what’s right for you
4. The language of blogging – so you can sound like you understand it completely!
5. What to write!
6. Where to get some great content
7. Engaging your audience and how to build relationships
8. How to build your readership
9. Measuring your results

Did you know that the Women Unlimited website is effectively just one big blog?  We will be sharing all the expertise and insights that we have gained over the last year and start you on the road to blogging success in your business!

Date: January 13, 2010

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Location: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London

Cost: £45

Your trainer: Julie Hall will be running this workshop. Julie is the founder of Women Unlimited and Managing Director of Springmedia. Julie has worked with over 30 small business owners helping them get the most out of their blogs for their business.

But don’t take our word for it, here are what some previous delegates have said…

“I am so glad I came!  Loads of brilliant tips and techniques, real usable content .  Brilliant!  I’m off to start my blog” Sharon Lawson

“Great morning, crammed with lots of useful info” Jo Curtis Photographer

“If you want to learn about blogging, this is the workshop for you.  It doesn’t matter how much or how little you know about blogging, you will go out with lots of tips and ideas” Gail Macindoe

“Great event, informative, informal and interactive.  Highly recommended course” Annette Morrisey, Bridge and Wickers

January 20, 2010. January is a time to re-evaluate your life and your options. This is our first business startup mini – conference, and is designed to give you and your fledgling business or business idea, a boost.

It can be challenging to know where to start when you want to launch a new venture… Over the course of this day you will have the opportunity to engage and network with the speakers and with each other to learn and discover how you  can make sure that your business has the best chance possible to succeed.  There are a few things that are absolute ‘must do’s’ , that many small business owners don’t do – so come along to this mini conference and make sure that you are not one of them!

Our events are here to inspire and educate you. This mini-conference is all about helping you get started on your journey and will give you the opportunity to hear from some successful business women who have already created some success in their own business.

What you will learn:

The traits of an entrepreneur and how you can work to your strengths

Creating your vision for yourself and your business

Financing options – what are your options and how can you access finance

Getting your business basics right – setting yourself up for success right from the start

How one entrepreneur has managed to create enormous success for herself and her business within one year

The fabulous speakers:

Emma Wimhurst – Author of BOOM! and founder of Diva Cosmetics which turned over £1m in revenue in it’s first year of business

Martino Cartella – Prevista. Martino is an expert in helping small business owners get finance and funding for their businesses

Jane Kenyon – founder of Well Heeled Divas who are all about empowering women and particularly women business owners

Galia Orme - Founder of CHOC CHICK will share her journey about her first year in business

Julie Hall - founder of Springmedia and Women Unlimited

What you’ll get out of attending

• Clarity for your business and yourself
• A real kick start to your business and your ideas
• Networking with other women who are at the same stage of business as you
• Encouragement, inspiration and self belief
• Practical tools and understanding to help you succeed in your new venture

If you are thinking about starting a business or in the very early stages of starting a business you really don’t want to miss this mini-conference. It will energise you, motivate you and educate you to help you get started on the right foot.

Where, When and How much

Where: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DP
When: January 20th from 10:00 – 16:00
How much: £45 AND includes lunch!

There are only 40 places available, so book quickly to make sure you are able to reserve your place

Many thanks to the British Library BIPC for supporting this event. The BIPC is a fantastic resource for all businesses at whatever stage of their development.

September 30, 2009. Women Unlimited hold a monthly get together for women entrepreneurs and business owners. This is a fabulous opportunity to meet and network with other women who are in the process of starting or building their own business.

This month’s Theme: Twitter for business

After July’s fantastic meetup with Wendy Tan White (who had an incredibly successful campaign on Twitter in June), we decided to talk about how you can use Twitter in your business.   Twitter is a fantastic marketing tool for your business and is something that all businesses should be using to promote their business, but contrary to all the media stories the best way to use it is not to tell people what you had for breakfast!  But how can you use it effectively for your business?  Is it worth the time and effort?  Is it complicated?

Twitter is an incredibly easy tool to use and with a little forward planning can be a great way to spend some of your marketing time (and let’s face it time = money!) At Women Unlimited I use Twitter to post articles, engage with friends / contacts and promote our events and workshops.  And it works!  So I’ve put together this mini workshop to share with you all my tricks, tips and tools on how to use Twitter in your business.

In this  mini-workshop we will run through the in’s and outs of Twitter

1. Is Twitter for you?

2. How to get started

3. How to find followers

4. Getting familiar with the Twitter tools

5. What will make your tweeting easier

6. How to use Twitter for business

Come along for some fantastic networking and find out how to use my favourite (really!) marketing tool.

The Networking

You will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other fantastic women who are also in the early stages of their business lifecycle. There will be time for networking and engaging with other women who are in the same stage of business as you. We focus very much on sharing knowledge and experiences as a way of helping you move your business idea forward – so don’t be afraid to ask questions!

Come along and join us  for a great evening

Time:  September 30th from 6:00 – 9:30

Where: MWB Liverpool Street, 55 Old Broad Street, London

Cost: £15 (includes drinks and nibbles) in advance (book by 29/09/09) and £20 on the door

October 21, 2009. London. SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is not the dark art that many will try and scare you with. We are offering a 3 hour workshop that will break down all the myths and give you the knowledge and tools to start effectively managing your own content and maximising the effectiveness of your site.

This is an introductory course to help you understand what you can and can’t do yourself, where you should be focusing your attention to get the best results for your business, how to get your lovely website noticed by the only search engine that matters.

We specialise in taking complex topics and making them understandable. This workshop is for business owners who want to learn how to make the internet work for them.

What you will learn:

1. What is Google looking for
2. How can you optimise your own pages
3. Getting to grips with the terminology
4. How to sort the truth from fiction
5. How to drive traffic to your website
6. How to get Google’s attention
7. Tools that you can start using today
8. Measuring your results

Why you should come to this workshop

• If your website is not on the first page of Google you have very little chance of being found
• SEO is the cheapest way to market your business
• SEO is within your ability
• You can start getting results straight away
• You will know what to write for your website
• You will get a taste of how to use social media to your advantage

BUT DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT!

Testimonials from our last workshop (which was held on the first day of the tube strike and we still had a full house!):

“Excellent! This was a really worthwhile course that justified the fee and my time out of the office. Julie explained things clearly and patiently” Elaine Swift

“I think this session was very helpful for my understanding and well the the time and effort in getting here today” Legjin Tshering

“A very informative workshop, giving an overview into the daunting world of SEO!! Definitely recommended” Sarah Wilson – Cat Films

“It helped me focus on my ‘to do’s’ to get a good SEO result for my website” Reimer Katerin

“Informal friendly atmosphere with lots of information presented in an easy to understand format. Thank you!” Angela Williams

This course will be extremely popular so we recommend that you book early!

Logistics:

When: October 21, 2009
Time: 10:00 – 1:00
Location: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London

November 18, 2009. Women Unlimited have done it again! This year as part of Make your Mark’s Global Enterprise Week, We have pulled out all the stops. The Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening is a fabulous evening of fine dining and networking with some of the UK’s leading female entrepreneurs on Women’s Enterprise Day at the Terrace Restaurant in the British Library.

…Want to know how fabulous?

Here is our line up…

Polly Gowers – founder of Everyclick - a social enterprise that is leading the way in enabling charities to raise money

Laura Tenison MBE – founder & MD of  jojomamanbebe.co.uk – the maternity, baby & nursery specialists with website, catalogue and 25 stores across the country.

Karen Darby – founder of Simply Switch which she sold for a reported £22m

Natalie Ellis – inventor of Road Refresher and Dragons Den rejectee who went on to conquer the United States market

Rachel Elnaugh – founder of Red Letter Days, Author of Business Nightmares, former Dragon and leading business mentor

Karen Hanton – founder of Top Table. The UK’s leading online restaurant guide

Saira Khan- founder of Miamoo,  and runner up on the 2005 show The Apprentice

Kanya King – founder and CEO of the MOBO Awards

Gita Patel – CEO and founder of Stargate Capital and  one of the most influential Asian entrepreneurs in the UK

The networking…

Now, imagine if you could put together your perfect table of female entrepreneurs to give you advice for your business. Who would you invite? These are our picks and we would like to invite you to come along and engage and network with these fantastic ladies. They are all leaders in their market sectors and will each be hosting a table. This means, you will have the chance to dine and engage with one of these entrepreneurs on a personal level. What are you going to talk about? You decide!

If your first choice entrepreneur is sold out, you will be able to request your second and third choice of entrepreneur and we will try to accommodate your choice as best we can. There will also be open networking with the entrepreneurs before and after the meal, so you will still have a chance to meet with all of the entrepreneurs at this time. We suggest an early arrival to give yourself maximum networking time.

The speaker

Sue Stockdale, the author of Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs: How Ten Leading Business Women Turned a Good Idea into a Fortune will also be sharing with us her learning from interviewing the female entpreneurs in her book.

New Entrepreneurs

Our original lineup sold out two weeks ago.  So we have decided to open up another table.  We have the amazing Gita Patel, founder of Stargate Capital (she also spoke for us at our launch event last year) and Laura Tenison from JoJo Maman Bebe.  We expect these new seats will go quickly, so make sure you book quickly if you would like to join us.

Many thanks to the Business and IP Centre at the British Library for supporting this fantastic event

The Waiting List

The event has now sold out again (sorry), however we do occassioanally get cancellations.  If you would like to be put on the waiting list, please send us an email and we will be in touch if there is a cancellation

Event Organiser:  Many thanks for Kelly Brown of KC Events who is supporting us in organising this event.  Here is some information about KC Events…

“Making people smile”, that’s our motto.  We are passionate and enthusiastic about our work and our clients, delivering the same service commitment from initial meeting to the completion of your project.  Our core function is corporate event management, which creates bespoke experiences for its clients.  Customer service, imagination, transparent costing and attention to detail are our 4 key drivers.

In life we are aware that it is the little things that matter and, therefore, our focus is on creating a tailored experience for both your internal and external clients.  To create an experience for an individual creates a memory.  We hope that in delivering a memorable experience we will ensure the spread of your company name in a positive light both internally and externally.

We work across a selection of industries and cater for events with attendees from 5 through 200 people on wide ranging budgets.

August 25, 2009. London. SOLD OUT.  Blogging is one of the most powerful tools that you can use in your business today. So we have decided to run a course giving you all the insights, learning and tools that we know to help you blog successfully in your business.

Have you ever wondered what all the fuss was about blogging?

Would you like to create a blog  where you become the go to person on a particular subject in your field

Are you worried that you don’t know what to write?

A good blog can become one of the most powerful tools in your marketing repertoire and can weave itself very well into your weekly activities.  BUT, like anything, if you’re going to be spending valuable business time on a blog, you need to make sure that it is going to be worth it.

There are so many reasons that you should be blogging we could be here all day, but some of the main ones are:

• It gives you a chance to build your relationships with your customers and prospects
• It builds your credibility an expert in your field
• Google LOVES blogs – so you can rank higher for keysearch terms in your industry
• Done right it is GUARANTEED to bring more traffic and visitors to your site

Should you blog?

Absolutely!

Can it make a difference to you and your business

Definitely!

What we will cover:

We will look at Blogging as a business tool and cover the following topics:

1. Setting your blogging objectives
2. Blogging basics – getting it right first time
3. Blogging tools – what’s right for you
4. The language of blogging – so you can sound like you understand it completely!
5. What to write!
6. Where to get some great content
7. Engaging your audience and how to build relationships
8. How to build your readership
9. Measuring your results

Did you know that the Women Unlimited website is effectively just one big blog?  We will be sharing all the expertise and insights that we have gained over the last year and start you on the road to blogging success in your business!

Date: August 25, 2009

Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Location: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London

Cost: £20 – Huge thanks to the British Library BIPC for subsidising the price on this workshop!

July 29th, London. This month’s Women Unlimited meetup, will feature Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit a DIY website builder for SMEs and consumers to build beautiful websites simply.  Last year Moonfruit grossed over £9m in sales and they are growing at a very fast rate.  Any Twitterers out there will recognise Moonfruit as they were at the top of the Twitter trends for 5  days!

In Wendy’s words, she founded Moonfruit as a single over ambitious 28 year old during the dotcom boom, and is now managing to grow a multimillion pound company  and has massively accelerated the business while also raising a young family.   You can read more about Wendy and her success in the FT and on TechCrunch.com

This is a fantastic opportunity to hear an inspiring turnaround story, and learn how Wendy has managed to succeed against the odds. She will share her learnings about what makes a successful business, the lessons she learned from the last 10 years as a business owner and how she has managed to keep going, even when thing seemed bleak.

What Wendy will be talking about…

• How to turn a business around
• Tending on Twitter, what worked, what didn’t, secrets for success
• Growing a business during a recession
• Growing a multi-million pound business

If you are serious about your business, come along and learn from someone who is getting it absolutely right!

The Networking

You will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other fantastic women who are also passionate about business success. We focus very much on sharing knowledge and experiences as a way of helping you move your business idea forward – so don’t be afraid to ask questions!

Come along and join us to ask any questions you may have about startup up and creating a successful business

When: July 29, 2009

Where: MWB Liverpool Street, 55 Old Broad Street, London

Time: 18:00 – 21:30

Cost: £15 in advance, £20 on the door – includes drinks and nibbles

Only a limited number of tickets available, so make sure you book your place early – this is going to be a HOT ticket with success that #Moonfruit has achieved this month!

June 24th, London. Social media is the current buzzword and everybody seems to be jumping on the bandwagon… but the question is, is it worth it and how do you make it work for your business!

If you are using Social Media and think it’s a waste of time or if you are new to Social Media and don’t know how to make it work for you, then come along on this workshop and find out how you use social media to develop your personal and business profile.

This workshop will introduce you to social media and discuss how you can use social media to grow your business and choose the right social media tool(s) for you – AND make it a valuable part of your marketing repertoire.
As always, our workshop will be FUN and PRACTICAL and INTERACTIVE. After the workshop you will have the tools and know how to implement using social media immediately.

1. What is Social Media Marketing in a business context
2. What does that mean to you
3. Why Social Media Matters
4. How do you develop business through social media
5. Some of the key players in the social media marketplace
6. Creating your social media strategy
7. Choosing what, where and how you use social media
8. Turning your social media time into REAL business results

This workshop will de-mystify all of the above and help you determine how you can use these tools to maximum effect in your own business.

“Julie was informative and very knowledgable.  A great presenter and I would certainly attend another event”  Annie Armitage, Photographer

Where: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London When: June 24, 2009 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 Cost: £25 There are only a few places left – so make sure you book early to confirm your place.

“Another extremely valuable and relevant workshop from Women Unlimited.  Thank you Julie.  Looking forward to trying it all out!”  Kellie Mellerick, Edit Training

June 24th, London. Social media is the current buzzword and everybody seems to be jumping on the bandwagon… but the question is, is it worth it and how do you make it work for your business!

If you are using Social Media and think it’s a waste of time or if you are new to Social Media and don’t know how to make it work for you, then come along on this workshop and find out how you use social media to develop your personal and business profile.

This workshop will introduce you to social media and discuss how you can use social media to grow your business and choose the right social media tool(s) for you – AND make it a valuable part of your marketing repertoire.
As always, our workshop will be FUN and PRACTICAL and INTERACTIVE. After the workshop you will have the tools and know how to implement using social media immediately.

1. What is Social Media Marketing in a business context
2. What does that mean to you
3. Why Social Media Matters
4. How do you develop business through social media
5. Some of the key players in the social media marketplace
6. Creating your social media strategy
7. Choosing what, where and how you use social media
8. Turning your social media time into REAL business results

This workshop will de-mystify all of the above and help you determine how you can use these tools to maximum effect in your own business.

“Julie was informative and very knowledgable. A great presenter and I would certainly attend another event” Annie Armitage, Photographer

Where: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London When: June 24, 2009 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 Cost: £25 There are only a few places left – so make sure you book early to confirm your place.

“Another extremely valuable and relevant workshop from Women Unlimited. Thank you Julie. Looking forward to trying it all out!” Kellie Mellerick, Edit Training

May 12. Kensington, London:  Women Unlimited hold a monthly get together for women who are either pre-startup or early stage startup. This is a fabulous opportunity to meet and network with other women who are in the process of starting or building their own business.

The Clinic

We have a some experts on hand who have all been running their own businesses for many years and they will share their advice, knowledge and ideas about starting and running a business. We will also have Shireen  Smith on hand from Azrights to answer any of your legal questions about creating your own business and Elliott King from MintTwist to answer your questions around small business marketing and websites.

The Networking

You will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other fantastic women who are also in the early stages of their business lifecycle.  There will be time for networking and engaging with other women who are in the same stage of business as you.  We focus very much on sharing knowledge and experiences as a way of helping you move your business idea forward – so don’t be afraid to ask questions!

This month’s theme

The theme for this month’s startup is about how to get a website.  This is a question that we get time and time again, so we have decided to deliver a whole presentation on making what is possibly going to be one of your biggest expenses when starting your business.

You have many options when you are starting a business and while we wouldn’t recommend starting a business without a website, there are a lot of things you can do that can do without it costing the earth.  Or if you have a brilliant idea that requires a professional presence, we can give you a good idea about what you should look for and what is a reasonable cost for your project.  We will cover DIY options, low cost options, fully designed sites and help you understand web sites and web design so you can start thinking about your own requirements with more understanding about where the  pitfalls are.  It will be quite informal and will have a Q&A session.  This is an impartial and practical session for you to get the most for your web presence.

This session will be valuable for any budding entrepreneur as we will be discussing all things that relate to creating your own business from scratch.  There will also be a lot of opportunity to network with each other.

Come along and join us to ask any questions you may have about startup up and creating a successful business

Time: May 12 from 6:00 – 9:30

Where: Dermalogica, 8 Lancer Square, Kensington Church Street, W8 4EH

Cost: £10

If you are unable to book via the website, please feel free to come along and pay on the door. We hope to see you there.