mummiez & daddiez magazine May - June Issue 2013

networking events I attended, so much so that I had
become an Associate of a local Networking organisation
called Free2Network and regularly hosted events on their
behalf.
The reality was that once my new baby came along I
would no longer be able to attend these events which I had
hoped would be the key to me growing my business while
on maternity leave.
Undeterred I envisaged that there must be options
available to me which meant that I was able to meet other
mums in business while I had my baby with me,
unfortunately this wasn't the case but what I found were
lots of other local mums looking for a similar thing. In
Nov 2012 I hosted the first Bizmums event which was in
Shrewsbury. 10 mums attended and we all thoroughly
enjoyed it. A lot of the mums hadn't been to a networking
event before & were unaware of how fun they could be
and of what benefit they could bring to their business
through the people that they met and the things which
they learnt.
I decided to expand the reach of the groups and now also
host events in Telford & Wrexham. At each location I
host daytime events in playbarns where mums are able to
bring little ones along to play while they network with the
other mums. I also host an evening event which enable the
mums to escape and be a bit more 'professional' for a
couple of hours too. After the great success of the groups
it was decided to launch www.Bizmums.biz the 1st phase
went live on Feb 1st. The website will eventually be a hub
for the mums to get information on business matters and
also have the facility to network online and I have plans to
launch an interactive networking feature later on in the
year.
I have a Bizmums conference & awards planned for 14 th
September 2013 which will be an opportunity for the
mums to get together for the day to showcase what they
do by having a stand. There will be guest speakers
throughout the day to educate the
mums in their area of expertise.
I am now excitedly awaiting the
birth of my baby girl in June and
will be taking some time out over
the summer but then have plans to
expand the groups in the Autumn
into Cheshire, Staffordshire & North
Wales.
I am fortunate to have met some
extremely supportive people in the
past few month who are mentoring
me and helping me to put my ideas
in order. My advice to anyone
setting up in business would be to
surround yourself with positive
people who support your ideas but
will challengeyou to keep you on
track.
There is a lot of support available &
I have found social media especially
Twitter a great place for seeking this
out by posting tweets about what I am doing & the
support I am looking for. I've found people are very
friendly & very open to help & support you if you have
passion & enthusiasm for your business especially if you
are open to supporting others too.
Contact Details :
Michelle@Bizmums.biz
www.Bizmums.biz
07794 33017201691
622100@Bizmumshttp://www.facebook.com/pages/
BizMums/108930789265710http://www.facebook.com/
groups/370684066346369/
Shrewsbury Grouphttp://www.facebook.com/
groups/372071169545632/ Telford
Grouphttp://www.facebook.com/
groups/116179205208950/ Wrexham Group