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Tips on Tuesday

For today’s Tip on Tuesday we’re going to make a suggestion for LinkedIn.

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Do remember that LinkedIn has a facility where you can join groups relevant to your sector and chat with other professionals.  LinkedIn is slightly different from other social media platforms in that it is geared towards business use only, In fact it is marketed as “the world’s largest professional network”. As such it is a valuable resource for discussing ideas, sharing expertise and above all making good business links. 

Have a search today for some groups that seem pertinent to your line of business and join in!  Share your best tips or ask a question.  You will soon see how easy it is to participate in online networking!

Women on Wednesday

To say we had spent a long time trying to think of a clever alliterative title to match our Tips on Tuesday slot would be an understatement.  Especially when we had overlooked the perfect “Women on Wednesday”.

Today was the very first meeting of the West Yorkshire Ladies Mean Business group – you can find us all on here.  A big thank you firstly to Rebecca and Emma for arranging the event and to Myrtle Perk in Bingley for accommodating us.

Today we met with several inspirational business women who for many reasons have changed their direction and their careers and started up their own businesses.  We really enjoyed the event – why not take a few moments to have a look and see who we met: –

Rebecca – who runs a Forever Living franchise.  Find out more about her and her story here. Rebecca is also the brains and power behing the West Yorkshire Ladies Mean Business group.

Julie – who decided enough was enough in her previous career – but then needed something to excite and fill up her time.  She is a Party Lite consultant – have a look at what she can offer.  Incidentally Julie offers the most innovative – and best smelling – business cards we have received to date, in a perfect little package with two lovely candles.

Sadie runs her own photography business, Peppermint Creative,  doing shoots from boudoir to babies, weddings to portraits and everything in between.  Have a look at some of her stunning photos.

Michelle had the wealth of experience we were all there to hear about having run a family business, Pink Pineapple, for over 20 years.  With products from greetings cards to bunting to homewares and gifts, there’s pretty much something for everyone at Pink Pineapple!

Nicola at Barking Mad , which we think is a fabulous and memorable name, who runs lovely home from home boarding for dogs.  What better way to relax on holiday than knowing your beloved pet is having a holiday too?!

Jan was representing Liberties & Co, a local nail, hair and beauty salon which she runs with her daughter.  Having heard about the wealth of treatments they offer, and the beautiful premises they operate from, we will be booking a treatment or two soon.  Why not see what they offer?

Melissa – runs a fabulous shop called Little Annie-Bets making stunning and unique accessories.  And there’s glitter.  Lots and lots of glitter.

Samantha has just started her own cupcake business and makes delightful and delicious looking treats which you can see here In a twist we really like, Samantha also runs Cupcake Cottage which does baking lessons for small groups.

Emma runs her own virtual assistant business.  As she rightly said, all her clients come to her via word of mouth, but we understand she will have a website up and running very soon.  If anyone would be interested in talking to Emma, please do let us know and we will put you in touch with her.

As you can see, we have a wealth of very talented ladies in such a small locality.  All I can say is that it seems like West Yorkshire ladies really do mean business!

Tips on Tuesday

This week in Tips on Tuesday I will be dealing with the question of how personal you make your work social media profiles.

And the easy answer is there is no easy answer!  My own preference is to keep my personal and work social media accounts separate.  I like to be able to feel more relaxed on my personal accounts, be able to talk about inane things that wouldn’t be appropriate on the work accounts.

However, I do think that work social media accounts can have that personal touch.  They don’t need to be dry and completely without personality, but you do need to remember that everything you write on your work social media accounts immediately reflects on your company, however much you say “these view are personal” in your biography!

My tip would therefore be: – do what feels comfortable and natural.  Don’t separate your accounts if you don’t want to.  But be mindful and careful about what you post under your work accounts and avoid contentious issues!