#MomBizMondays – Systems and Support to Simplify Your Entrepreneurial Life with @TheUPSstore and @MomBizRetreat
TOPIC: Systems and Support to Simplify Your Entrepreneurial Life
Running small business can be tricky. When most of us start out, we focus on making whatever it is we offer and then finding someone to buy it from us. But the exchange of money for product or service is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to making your small business successful.
What happens behind the scenes is critical, especially for mom entrepreneurs, whose number one challenge is finding enough time to do it all. That’s why successful mompreneurs create systems that help save their precious time.
On tonight’s #MomBizMondays, we’re going to discuss those critical business systems that make our lives run more smoothly. From branding to bookkeeping, from managing your time to managing your privacy, let’s figure out what works best during #MomBizMondays.
Tonight’s #MomBizMondays Twitter Party is all about the systems and support that make being the “Chief Everything Officer” of your household and your business a whole lot easier.The UPS Store, is a proud sponsor of January 16th’s #MomBizMondays Live Twitter Party at 10pm (est). Thank you to @TheUPSstore for sponsoring tonight’s twitter chat and providing everyone who participates the chance to win one of three $25 gift cards and one $50 gift card to The UPS Store!
WHEN:
Monday, January 16, 2012
TIME:
EST 10:00pm to 11:00pm
CST 09:00pm to 10:00pm
MST 08:00pm to 09:00pm
PST 07:00pm to 08:00pm
SPONSORED BY:
The UPS Store – We Love Logistics
Let The UPS Store handle the logistics of your business and home office. From printing your business cards and brochures to managing your mail delivery, look to The UPS Store for help. Run by small business owners who understand the needs of mompreneurs, your local The UPS Store is probably right down the street!
Be sure to connect with Becca and Brandon who tweet from the @TheUPSStore twitter handle. They’re friendly and always ready to answer your questions!
All of us at Mom Biz Coach and Mom Biz Retreat are grateful to have the support of The UPS Store since they have partnered with us to make the Mom Biz Retreats 2012 happen! Watch for a separate post detailing all the great support our premier partner is providing us.
HOSTS:
Lara @MomBizCoach Website: Mom Biz Coach FaceBook: Mom Biz Coach
Shelagh @BizTrainHer Website: Practical Mum FaceBook: BizTrainHer
TWITTER PARTY MODERATOR:
Melissa @TimeOutMom Website: TimeOutMom FaceBook: TimeOutMom
PRE- PARTY PROMO TWEETS:
We look forward to you joining us Monday night. We would love your help in promoting this chat your communities. Feel free to copy and paste the following tweets to help promote the Twitter Party.
RT @MomBizRetreat – @TheUPSStore shares successful biz systems and chance to win giftcards! – Join #MomBizMondays tonight 10pm ET http://ow.ly/8tX0d
RT @MomBizRetreat – #Mompreneurs: What systems make ur biz successful? Join #MomBizMondays & @TheUPSStore 10pm ET http://ow.ly/8tX0d
RT @MomBizRetreat – @MomBizCoach @BizTrainHer @TimeOutMom will share the importance of biz systems at 10pm ET #mombizmondays http://ow.ly/8tX0d
TWITTER PARTY HASHTAG:
#MomBizMondays
LINKS:
MomBizRetreat – http://mombizretreat.com/register/
TheUPSStore – http://www.theupsstore.com/Pages/index.aspx
AGENDA: SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT TO SIMPLIFY YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL LIFE
RT @MomBizRetreat - QUESTION #1: Do you work at home, or an office, or your local coffeehouse? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #2: If you could simplify a system in your business, what would it be? Marketing? Bookkeeping? Paperwork? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #3: Do you use a graphics designer to help you with your branding and marketing online and offline? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #4: How often do you create new marketing materials? Same or different materials for each event? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #5: Where do you get your marketing materials and business cards printed? Local? Online? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #6: If you work from home, do you give out your home address as your business and contact information? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #7: Running errands for biz and home takes a ton of time. Do u do this as needed, everyday, or scheduled wkly? #MomBizMondays
RT @MomBizRetreat – QUESTION #8: Do you actively seek out local entrepreneurs and businesses to work with in your community? #MomBizMondays
PANELISTS:
Lara Wellman twitter: @larawellman website: Lara Wellman Consulting
Prerna Malik twitter: @themomwrites website: The Mom Writes
Melissa Stewart twitter: @MelissaOnline website: She Owns It Blog
PANELISTS + ATTENDEES:
Please be sure to you Twitter Party hashtag #MomBizMondays at the end of every tweet so everyone may follow along in the conversation even if you are not following that person specifically. Please retweet all questions. It would be great if you were able to share your answers to each question. Connect with others at the party and say hello, chat with others, & remember to HAVE FUN! Also be sure to share links to your websites, blogs, and FaceBook pages too! We love sharing! *If you meet some great like-minded people at tonight’s twitter party, be sure to follow them so you can connect afterwards!
Ready to Grow Your Business? Mom Biz Retreat All Access Pass Giveaway
It’s time to stop thinking about branding, business planning, time management, work/family balance strategies, social media marketing plans, how to create systems and structures to support you, what to delegate, how to manage your business, and where to find more clients…and time to get it DONE!
We’re offering a huge, mega-great, super fantastic, just-what-you-always-wanted gift just in time for the holidays. The gift of learning, planning, strategizing, building, re-inventing and a whole weekend of yum, ahhhh, and “me time” rolled into one package: The Mom Biz Retreat in Chicago! This ticket is valued at $595 and will give you access to all the sessions, parties, yoga, networking and business building that you can handle in 2.5 days.
The Mom Biz Retreat is a weekend getaway for mom entrepreneurs who want to make their business successful while enjoying some much needed “me time”. Spend the weekend working on your business and walk away with tools to help you grow your business. Work in a supportive environment with other mom entrepreneurs who understand you and receive the help of a business coach and trainer.
Head on over to the Mom Biz Retreat blog for contest entry details!
>> http://mombizretreat.com/free-pass/ >>
Determined to grow your business? Forget a giveaway – do you really want to and need to attend? Buy your ticket now to the Mom Biz Retreat Chicago – only 30 spots available.
Life’s too short to hate your job
Browsing around on Facebook this morning I came across a great post on the Harvard Business Review about the relationship between mentors and mentees. A favorite topic of mine, I read the entire post and took away some great ideas from it, which I’ll talk about in another post.
The author of the post, Whitney Johnson, mentioned a young woman she had recently advised on how to approach a mentor. There was a link to that woman’s post, and I read it. I’m so glad I did, since this is the link that led me to discover DreamChamps, a community that is committed to helping Gen Y job seekers connect with companies who possess exceptional cultures. Their motto is “Life is too short to do work you hate.”
Yeah! Landing on this site and reading their mission statement got me so fired up I decided to blog about it. At 7am. Before the kids were even up. And now that they’re awake, I’m typing as fast as I can before I have to logoff, feed them breakfast and get them off to school.
After I followed them on Twitter and said hello, I headed over to their Facebook Page to see what sorts of things they were talking about there.
This post on their wall caught my attention:
Wondering if company culture actually matters? Think about this.
Your co-workers are your second family. You spend more time with them, than practically anyone else in your life.
Wouldn’t you agree it’s important to like them?
Here’s my response:
“Love this question! Growing up, I got used to hearing the employed people in my life complaining about their jobs, their bosses, their coworkers. Not liking your job seemed to be “the norm,” and I didn’t realize it back then, but I accepted that idea like it was a simple truth: ‘A job is something you do in order to have the opportunity to do (and have) the things you want.’ There was no mention about the need to love the work you do. It was just a job, a way to make money and move up.
“Fortunately, and despite this belief, I had a many great experiences working for IBM and am grateful for my time spent there. But as an entrepreneur, and as a business coach who helps other entrepreneurs be successful on their own terms, I am very focused on aligning how I spend my time with the things that make me happy.
“I’m incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by people I love, respect, admire and rely on as my support in my business. I totally love my job, and my kids know this. I hope I leave behind a new ‘norm’ and belief system for my kids that echoes the DreamChamps motto: ‘Life’s too short to do work you hate.’ I’m teaching them Henry Ford’s philosophy: ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’”
What sort of work culture are you creating? What’s your relationship to your employees/team members? Are you considering this as you hire on team members to your company? Make sure you browse around the DreamChamps website so you can include a perspective from the other side of the employer/employee equation as you build your company.
How are you creating projects, work and a company your employees/support team love to be a part of? Or do you feel this is even something worthy of your time and energy to care about? Please share in the comments below.
* Photo courtesy Erno Hannick via Flickr Creative Commons
Essay Contest Winner- From Fear to Faith: One mom’s journey to living out her dreams
This is a winning essay submission for the essay contest here at Mom Biz Coach.
Submitted by: Christine St.Vil
From Fear to Faith: One mom’s journey to living out her dreams
Today, I am living my dream! I make my own schedule on a daily basis….or should I say, my kids make my schedule on a daily basis!
It’s usually my two-month old that starts things off, followed by her (almost) two year old big sister and her (almost) four year old big brother! Some mornings they gradually break into the craziness and let me actually wake up first. But most mornings, they wake up with a BANG and ready to conquer the world….or each other, whichever comes first! Since my husband works at night, it’s usually a juggling (and bribing) act just to keep them quiet and entertained until he wakes up. And the minute he wakes up and comes down the stairs, their faces light up like Christmas lights, and their squeals are so high pitched you would think he had been gone for months. I love every minute of it, and wouldn’t trade it for the world.
But you see……my days weren’t always filled with so much joy.
The day was March 21, 2011…a day I’ll never forget. It was the day I walked into my corporate job (you know, the one with a steady paycheck every two weeks, and the one most people hate to go but go anyway…), and handed in my resignation letter—effective immediately. I was six and a half months pregnant; with our third child. For me, this was actually scarier than giving birth….and I don’t take to pain very well at all (I was the one asking for an epidural before I had barely begun dilating)! But at the same time, an important decision needed to be made: continue to put my pregnancy in jeopardy due to the high stress levels I was under, or listen to what God had been telling me to do long ago and….LEAVE! After being off of work for a week on medical leave, I realized just how much stress I had been under. So it no longer became an option, but a necessity. At the risk of sounding cliché, the biggest weight I had ever had to carry was finally lifted off of my shoulders! I turned in my letter, cleaned out the rest of my office, and skipped out of there forever!
Since March 21st, my success has been so sweet. My success meant getting the physical and emotional rest I needed for the duration of my pregnancy so I could deliver a healthy baby. My success has also been being able to take my son to his field trips, and spending quality time with my two year old before her little sister arrived. My success means that I am finally able to focus on what my dreams are and that of my family so that we can start acting on them. Success for me, has been realizing that sometimes, you really just have to face your fears and step out on faith.
Want to See Your Successful Mom Biz in a Magazine?
>>>>Winners announced here!<<<<
Mompreneurs define success in a lot of different ways, and part of my job as a coach is helping each of my clients to determine how she will measure her own success.
What does success look like for you? Do you include factors that measure your business as well as personal finances? What about how much time you spend with your family? Or how important is repeat business for you? Perhaps you’ve just launched your mom biz and are focused on just becoming credible and visible to your target audience this year.
Whatever your definition of success is, I’d love for you to share it with other mom entrepreneurs out there who are trying to figure this out for themselves.
Starting today, I’m launching a contest to feature mompreneurs and the success they’ve fought so hard for.
Want to see your mom-owned business featured in the glossy pages of a magazine?
Share a 500 word essay on your definition of success and how you’ve achieved success on your own terms for a chance to be featured in an exclusive publication produced by Mom Biz Coach and HP MagCloud.
Ten essays will be chosen to be included in a high-quality printed magazine sold on MagCloud in both digital and print editions, for a low cost. Additionally all entrants will receive a 10% discount off of production costs on MagCloud.
To enter:
- Write a 500 word essay that best describes your success as a mompreneur, and post it on your blog. Then come back and leave a comment on this post, with a link to your post by September 2nd.
- If you don’t have your own blog, that’s okay! Email your article along with a title, subtitle and a headshot by September 2nd and we’ll post it for you. ( Send the article to manager at mombizacademy dot com)
We will announce the 10 winners on Tuesday, September 6th. Don’t miss this chance to have your business featured — digitally and in print!
How to Grow Your Business on Social Media
I had such a great time traveling to Grand Junction, Colorado, to be the keynote speaker for the Mesa County Women’s Group last week. The topic was: “Your Business in a Social Media World: What You Need to Grow and Prosper.”
I was delighted to have a full room of 150 local entrepreneurs and working women looking for some advice about how to build their business by building relationships on Social Media. Members of News Channel 5 and The Business Times were kind enough to cover the talk. Below is the article by Phil Castle of The Business Times in its entirety. And you can watch the video clip of Channel 5′s coverage by Josh Moser by clicking here.
Social media success shares advice on how to prosper
by Phil Castle, The Business Times
For Lara Galloway, social media is fun, rewarding and nothing less than the source of nearly all the business for her coaching firm.
Galloway estimates that she’s developed contacts with more than 95 percent of her clients through Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites on the Internet.
“It is fun. It is social. But there are some amazing, important connections going on out there,” said Galloway, a work-at-home mother of three in Michigan who founded Mom Biz Coach.
Other entrepreneurs can similarly prosper through social media if they focus on building relationships and helping customers rather simply pitching products and services, Galloway said during a presentation hosted by the Mesa County Women’s Network in Grand Junction.
A “mompreneur” who’s literally made it her business to help other women blend family and work priorities, Galloway has developed a large following on social media, especially Twitter. Forbes magazine once included Galloway among 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter.
Galloway said the Internet and social media are parts of a dramatic shift in the way consumers search for products and services. Consequently, businesses have to change the ways they market those products and services. While such traditional marketing techniques as advertising still work, they work even better in conjunction with social media, she said.
Consumers no longer respond in the same ways to promotions that push features and benefits or efforts that try to convince them to make a purchase, Galloway said. Consumers prefer instead approaches that relate to them and engage them while offering specific solutions to their problems, she said. “People need to know how much you care before they care how much you know.”
Consumers also welcome opportunities to interact with businesses, to offer their opinions and develop relationships.
To that end, Galloway offered 10 steps to using social media to prosper.
The first step, she said, is for businesspeople to put their best foot forward. That includes offering help and answering questions as well as listening more and talking less. “Be a real person,” she said. “It’s easy.”
The second step, Galloway said, is to “find your people” — identify and connect with potential customers who are likely to make purchases.
Social media sites offer ample opportunities, she said, since they connect like-minded people with similar interests. Moreover, the potential audience is huge: If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous country on the planet.
One of the goals of social media should be to cultivate relationships. Quoting Seth Godin — the entrepreneur, author and public speaker — Galloway said businesses should strive to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.
It’s also important to provide good content through social media sites, whether it’s timely tips, answers to questions or other relevant information.
Businesses should join in on those conversations on social media, but refrain from explicitly promoting products or services, Galloway said. “It’s more about conversations than pitches.”
Social media sites also offer businesses opportunities to listen and learn what customers are saying and what they want, she said. On Twitter, it’s possible to follow the short messages called Tweets on a given subject simply by using a few key words. “It is perfectly reasonable to eavesdrop on social media.”
When discussing products and services, it’s important to explain how a business can solve a customer’s problem rather than tout features or advantages. Businesses that are successful in solving problems turn their customers into a voluntary marketing army, Galloway said.
Businesspeople shouldn’t be shy in talking about their work, though, whether it’s sharing challenges and successes or asking for help, she said. “Become a relatable human.”
Businesspeople also should become a “regular” in joining in on social media sites on a regular basis. Galloway recommended that businesses spend at least a minimal amount of time on social media sites on a daily basis. “Fifteen minutes a day is better than nothing.”
Finally, Galloway advised businesspeople to “pay it forward” by praising other businesses on social media when they experience good service or have purchased good products. “Pay it forward will always pay you back,” she said.
What would you do with $250,000?
A few weeks ago I had the honor of speaking to about 125 mompreneurs about the big choices we have to make at the Women In Biz Conference in Toronto. Our roles as primary caretakers of our families as well as business owners often cause us to have conflicting priorities. And that makes decision-making even tougher than usual.
Erika Ehm of YummyMummyClub.ca also attended the conference, and I had the chance, along with several other mom business owners, to answer her question: What would you do with $250,000? I think it’s a great question, and it definitely made me stop and think about how I’d honor my priorities.
Watch the video below and then share your thoughts. What would you do? How would it change your approach to your business? What changes would you make to your family’s lifestyle? What else would that money make possible for you that isn’t possible now?
Oh, and to enter the contest, read the details here 
.
What’s Your Purpose for Being a Mompreneur?
What’s your purpose in being a mompreneur? It’s important to take a step back and remember what’s driving you to do what you do, what gives meaning to how you spend your time. With a clear sense of purpose, you’re much more likely to enjoy your work and build a business that thrives.
But do you remember what drove you to start your business?
Since you’re a mompreneur, I know it involved more than just a desire to make money. Let’s face it: running a start-up company is usually not a big money-making endeavor for the first few years. It’s easy to think that if your goal is to make money, you could more easily do that (on a consistent basis, no less) working for someone else.
Most of the mom entrepreneurs I talk with tell me it’s not about the money (although we have nothing against making lots of money). Instead, we decide to start a business based on our passion, our talents, our expertise and our purpose.
Part of my purpose as the Mom Biz Coach is to help other women solve a problem I struggled with myself: how to do work I love without compromising my commitment to my family.
Tune in to the podcast below to hear more about purpose and how it fits with and ultimately shapes successful mompreneur businesses.
So what’s your purpose? Please share your comments below.
Mompreneur Mobility HP ProBook Giveaway!
Are you a mobile mompreneur?
I don’t know about you, but I tend to have a “work anywhere” policy as a mompreneur. With my three computers, cell phone, land line phone, Flip camcorder and webcam, I can be coaching clients in Calgary while sitting at my kitchen table. Or I can load up my next email campaign that blasts to England, Jamaica and all across the US when I’m using the free WiFi at the local coffee shop. And sometimes I shoot a quick video for a vlog while I’m on vacation, wherever that may be.
One of the biggest reasons I decided to quit working for IBM (and then later decided to start my own business) was because I wanted the freedom and flexibility that being a mom entrepreneur affords me. I love being able to work from home, wearing my yoga pants one day and dressing to the nines for a speaking gig the next.
I rely heavily on technology to make my business possible. Most days, I’m singing the praises of my laptop, my Skype account, and Twitter, since they truly make my “working on the fly” lifestyle a reality. And then there are those dreaded days (I’m told it’s when Mercury is in retrograde, which I don’t understand but I have learned that I suffer just the same) when my technology all fails me, leaving me nearly unable to work at all.
I recently blogged about my desire to help as many fellow mompreneurs as possible be more successful in their businesses. I think I found a slam dunk for one of you .
I’m thrilled to partner with HP to give away a new HP ProBook 4425s, powered by AMD!
If you could use a sleek, new notebook computer to help you handle email, surf the web and keep up with your Social Media contacts wherever you are, make sure you register to win (below)!
Click here to enter the Mompreneur Mobility HP ProBook Giveaway!
Read all about the HP ProBook here.
What about you? What technology do you rely on to make your business possible? What are you using for “mobile computing”–such as an iPhone, Blackberry, iTouch, netbook, laptop, cell phone, etc.? How do you use it? What value does this mobility bring to your business? What compromises do you make in order to be mobile? Where’s your favorite place to work?
To register to win the HP ProBook 4425s, powered by AMD, here’s all you need to do:
- Leave a comment on the blog below answering some of the questions I asked above.
- Fill in the sign up form below (which will also allow you to receive some tips and advice from me about how to get it all done as a mom entrepreneur).
- Winners will be announced here on the blog on Friday, November 12th. We’ll enter all the qualified entries into Random.org to help us pick a winner.
- That’s it!
Click here to enter the Mompreneur Mobility HP ProBook Giveaway!
I am grateful to HP for being willing to share some powerful resources with mom entrepreneurs. A big hearty thanks to HP for making this giveaway possible!
* photo courtesy jeneyepher of flickr creative commons
Top Mompreneur Challenges–and two winners!
Last week, I sent out a survey asking mompreneurs what their top challenges were, how they were handling them, and what’s in the way of them solving their challenges.
The findings were not terribly surprising, but they are clear: Mom entrepreneurs need lots of help!
Every entrepreneur needs advice, resources, and help of one sort or another. Running a family while running a business presents a unique set of circumstances for mompreneurs. And it can be difficult to get the help they need due to a mindset that puts the needs of the family above all else.
I’ll share the highlights from the survey here with you, and I’ll announce the two mompreneurs who won a private business coaching session with me to help them achieve the success they deserve!
Most of the moms surveyed (44%) have been in business for 1-3 years. This is the critical start-up phase for a company when help is most needed, yet finances are limited. Many reported that the upside of running their own company is the freedom and flexibility it gives them to be there for drop-off and pick-up, as well as after school with their kids. They also love the fulfillment they get from the work they do and the clients they serve.
With regards to the tough parts of the job, their answers were fairly consistent. I asked: “What areas of your business are challenging for you?”
Here are the top three responses:
- managing my time
- finding more clients
- marketing my business
These moms also say they are struggling to make enough money to justify help with their business or for childcare, and that they don’t know how to balance doing both well. And it’s not for lack of trying to solve these problems that they persist. Most moms report having tried to solve them by researching, reading and signing up for programs to address them. Many wish they could hire a mentor or a coach to help them work through their particular set of circumstances and to teach them how to do the parts of their business (and their life) they don’t know how to successfully manage.
The biggest hindrance to getting the right support?
- 75% I can’t afford to spend the money to get the help they need.
- 64% say they just don’t have enough time to get help.
- 39% report not knowing where to find the help they need.
- and 32% say they’re just too burned out to deal with it.
I know how hard it is to focus on your needs as a mompreneur when you’re also the full-time problem-solver for your family. I was in the same boat when I started my business over five years ago, and it has been my mission to help women like myself get what they need to run successful families and businesses.
To that extent, I am thrilled to announce that, as promised, two of the 50 women who answered the survey have been chosen to receive a private, 60-minute business coaching session with me to get them the help they need.
And the winners are…
Charmin Calamaris, of www.TheMomiverse.com and
Helen Coronato, of www.TheWeekendPublicist.com
I am grateful to all the moms who took the time to answer the survey! Please know that I am working hard to find ways to help as many of you as I can, at a price you can afford. I’ll be using the findings from this survey to create the coaching offerings that you’ve said are most important to you, including one-on-one coaching, coaching groups, and short teleclasses that provide a solution to a specific issue.
I welcome your comments and requests in the comments section below.
* Photo courtesy of silentsymphony.net
44% 1-3 years
23% more than 3 years
21% just launched
13% I don’t have a formal business established yet, but I hope to soon!
In what areas of your business do you feel successful?
-just starting this new direction….so need to learn new habits
-All of you what its mentioned above, especially need tweak and improvement on
website. Cashflow is a quiet struggle. But the rest is a lot of support and kids goes to
school plus household support..
-The work itself. What I actually create.
-confident about my ability to provide value
What areas of your business are challenging for you?
- getting new clients
- time delegating
- Finding clients, developing products to purchase, and not just “coaching”
- marketing, branding, social media
- Marketing, creating biz plans.
What’s your biggest question about running a business while running…
- how to balance it all
- I feel like I can’t justify childcare expenses, and sometimes feel i can only
work “part-time”
- How can I make more $
- Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that it would be helpful to have someone look at
my schedule and help me outline a system or process for fitting everything in!
- How can I feel like I do them both well?
How have you tried to solve these questions?
-coach, reading, scheduling
-calendar/schedule
-Coach, running my own programs that address this, and reading
What is keeping you from getting your problems solve?
75% I can’t afford to spend the money to get the help
64% Don’t have enough time
39% I don’t know where to find the answers
32% I’m just burned out
If you are considering getting training, coaching and/or mentoring support to help
you succeed in your business, what type of offering appeals to you? (Please check all
that apply.)
73% One-on-one coaching/consulting or mentoring
56% Short teleclasses or teleseminars on a specific topic (marketing, list-building,
work/family balance, Social Media, product creation, branding, etc.)
40% Mompreneur retreat/bootcamp
38% Group coaching programs
36% Online community/forum where you can interact with your peers and/or a
coach
How do you prefer to learn?
79% Hands-on
69% Read
63% Watch
60% Listen
How important is it to you to have a community of your peers?
48% Extremely important
27% Very important
19% Important
6% Not very important
If you could wave your magic wand and get EXACTLY what you need and want
regarding training and coaching for mompreneurs, what would that look like?
-a group of women that really support and share their knowledge with you to avoid
the same mistakes
-help with marketing and overall business direction
-I’d like someone to help me develop products that people can purchase from me
without needing me
-I’d have someone who could show me the ropes in establishing my business and
help me create goals and be accountable for them.
-really great ideas in one place, one website to go to for all of my answers
What would you be willing to pay to get that training and support in your life?
-For the above, I would want to pay about $1000/yr for four retreats that included
room, board, meals, supplies, etc
-Not sure, I’m really bad at budgeting!
-it is hard to justify spending a lot of $$ on coaching without knowing exactly
how it would benefit me.
-Several hundred, less than $1000
-I don’t have any idea 
How long have you run your current mompreneur business?
44% 1-3 years
23% more than 3 years
21% just launched
13% I don’t have a formal business established yet, but I hope to soon!
In what areas of your business do you feel successful?
-just starting this new direction….so need to learn new habits
-All of you what its mentioned above, especially need tweak and improvement on
website. Cashflow is a quiet struggle. But the rest is a lot of support and kids goes to
school plus household support..
-The work itself. What I actually create.
-confident about my ability to provide value
What areas of your business are challenging for you?
- getting new clients
- time delegating
- Finding clients, developing products to purchase, and not just “coaching”
- marketing, branding, social media
- Marketing, creating biz plans.
What’s your biggest question about running a business while running…
- how to balance it all
- I feel like I can’t justify childcare expenses, and sometimes feel i can only
work “part-time”
- How can I make more $
- Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that it would be helpful to have someone look at
my schedule and help me outline a system or process for fitting everything in!
- How can I feel like I do them both well?
How have you tried to solve these questions?
-coach, reading, scheduling
-calendar/schedule
-Coach, running my own programs that address this, and reading
What is keeping you from getting your problems solve?
75% I can’t afford to spend the money to get the help
64% Don’t have enough time
39% I don’t know where to find the answers
32% I’m just burned out
If you are considering getting training, coaching and/or mentoring support to help
you succeed in your business, what type of offering appeals to you? (Please check all
that apply.)
73% One-on-one coaching/consulting or mentoring
56% Short teleclasses or teleseminars on a specific topic (marketing, list-building,
work/family balance, Social Media, product creation, branding, etc.)
40% Mompreneur retreat/bootcamp
38% Group coaching programs
36% Online community/forum where you can interact with your peers and/or a
coach
How do you prefer to learn?
79% Hands-on
69% Read
63% Watch
60% Listen
How important is it to you to have a community of your peers?
48% Extremely important
27% Very important
19% Important
6% Not very important
If you could wave your magic wand and get EXACTLY what you need and want
regarding training and coaching for mompreneurs, what would that look like?
-a group of women that really support and share their knowledge with you to avoid
the same mistakes
-help with marketing and overall business direction
-I’d like someone to help me develop products that people can purchase from me
without needing me
-I’d have someone who could show me the ropes in establishing my business and
help me create goals and be accountable for them.
-really great ideas in one place, one website to go to for all of my answers
What would you be willing to pay to get that training and support in your life?
-For the above, I would want to pay about $1000/yr for four retreats that included
room, board, meals, supplies, etc
-Not sure, I’m really bad at budgeting!
-it is hard to justify spending a lot of $$ on coaching without knowing exactly
how it would benefit me.
-Several hundred, less than $1000
-I don’t have any idea
-
Connect With Me!
-
Resources for Coaches
Networked Blogs
