I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Bridge, Enterprise Editor for the Sunday Times and successful author of three books about successful entrepreneurs.

Rachel isn’t afraid to say what she thinks and has a very ‘no BS’ style about her.  We had a good debate about whether women need female role models or general business

role models (my view we do, her view that our role models should be any successful business person… and I think we’re both right).  Rachel took some time out of her incredibly busy schedule to give us her perspectives on the current economy, what it means to be a woman in business and her tips for business success....read this article

July 15. Build your own website or blog in Wordpress - SOLD OUT
British Library.

June 22. Grabbing the Headlines- boost your business through the media Dermalogica, West Kensington. - 1 PLACE LEFT

July 28. DIY Email marketing plus Email marketing with Constant ContactBritish Library.

After the huge success of our previous email marketing course, we're offering two workshops which you can book either individually or together. The first will run through the ins and outs of email marketing - one of the most cost effective methods of marketing to your clients. The second workshop will give you the opportunity to actually create your first email in the room to send to your clients. We'll show you how to use Constant Contact, how to manage and find images for your emails and how to set up your website to add a subscribe form AND import your database. There are only 10 places for the Constant Contact workshop, so make sure you book early.

July 29. Women Unlimited Meetup with Wendy Tan White, founder of Moonfruit
MWB Exchange, Liverpool Street

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. 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 and accelerate the business while also raising a young family. Wendy will also talk about her fabulous success with Twitter marketing, so come along and learn from someone who is absolutely getting it right! Click here to reserve your place.

August 25th: Blogging for business
British Library - new workshop

After the success of our Social media workshop we're running some workshops on how to specifically use some of the tools that we discussed. The British Library are subsidising this one for us, so we can offer it for £20 a place - a 55% discount on our regular workshop price! This three hour workshop will cover how to blog effectively, setting out your blogging objectives, different options for blogging and how your blog can be your platform for building your relationships with your clients. Click here to reserve your place.

September 23rd: Franchise your way to business growth
British Library - Watch this space, tickets on sale soon.

Franchising is one of the most powerful ways to grow your business and create a sustainable business model. But there are a lot of pitfalls. This day will comprise of the practical and aspirational with Stephanie Manuel, founder of Stagecoach Academy of Arts sharing her story, growth and pitfalls, growing from a passion for theatre to now having over 650 franchisees alongside franchising experts addressing different topics. We will be releasing details shortly on the full agenda, so watch this space.

Companies such as Starbucks, Cadbury, Agent Provocateur and Burger King, have taken full advantage of the benefits of viral marketing; it’s even possible that, without it, there would be no President Barack Obama… But what is viral marketing and how does it work? These videos will show you how some enterprising companies have used video to market their businesses.

Click here to read this article and watch some successful video marketing.