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This post is for you if you want to find out how an eBook can make a real difference to your business, because I’m going to tell you how one started my business career.
In 2007, I was a stay at home mum. Due to illness I was keen to find ways to make money from home, so I tried out an eBay business. I spotted an information product about how to make money online, which was all about the value of information and how if you had the …

In 7 years Innocent went from a turnover of ?0 in 1999 to ?75m in2006. From 3 employers to 105. From 0% market share to a staggering 62%. It’s the kid of growth many small business owners can only dream of.
Today the company turns over ?113m, and all this from a headquarters called ‘Fruit Towers’. So what’s the secret of this succesful British company run by three Cambridge grads and what can the rest of us learn from them?

Less is More
Innocent bucked the 330ml trend and brought to market their …

I’ve been so excited this week about winning the Business Start Up Award (yes, I won!) at the Business Mum Awards that I completely forgot about number 46 on my 100 things list!
So to fill you in last monday I headed down to Birmingham on the train (no direct flights from Edinburgh), well more accurately it was three trains. I was planning to be super productive on the train and write my 2500 word essay for Uni, all I managed was far too many tweets. The lovely Tara …

Q1. Give a brief description of your business.
We run an organic cotton clothing company with ranges for babies, children and breastfeeding mums.

Q2. You used to be known as ‘cut4cloth’, why did you change the name?
Cut4Cloth was started originally because I couldn?t find any clothing anywhere on the market that would fit comfortably over a cloth nappy. It made sense that our clothing followed the ethical considerations that drew us to cloth nappies in the first place so we made it organic and fair trade. As …

Aruna is an ex-barrister who now makes an income producing books with BlurbNation. Read on to find out how she does it.
First, a quick introduction to BlurbNation;
BlurbNation is a community of editors, writers, designers, artists, and photographers. Blurb provides everything you need to make books for your clients, including free bookmaking software, your own online bookstore, and a print-on-demand back-end that enables you to print professional-quality books in any quantity. Anyone can become a member of BlurbNation, it?s as simple as signing up and making yourself available to …

Okay, ‘attack’ might be a little strong, ‘approach’ might be better. I’m surprised everyday by the lack of take up of social media amongst small businesses, especially in the UK. The blog & email newsletter is a popular combination in the blogosphere, yet many small businesses are missing (or ignoring) the benefits.
Blogging is cheap and if done correctly can create a community that laps up your information and your products. It’s practically free to blog, a couple pounds for hosting and a few good articles and you’re …

Well folks, I’m pleased to announce to you some breaking news.
Slowly but surely consumerism is being overturned by the new wave of creativity. Hand-made beats machine-made hands down and now you can get involved too. Think about what you do best…
Here are a few ideas from get rich slowly on how to become more creative and maybe even make a little extra money on the side. Making money instead of spending money will make you happier and is more of a challenge. So give it a …