January Wise Woman Update

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Still Lonely at the Top For Female Executives

8.25am: Meltdown Time for Modern Mums

The Top 10 Products This Decade That Women Said Changed Their Lives!

Social Engagement Marketing: An Introduction

More women using social networks, preferring Facebook

December Wise Woman Update

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Small Business: pay gap between women and men comes under scrutiny

The challenges of trying to be a modern superwoman

The bar is still a lonely place for women barristers 

"Tight leash" trapping professional women

General Business Advice

 How to optimise your emails for search

Expert Q & A: common mistakes that new business owners make

November Wise Woman Update

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Pay audits plan in campaign for equal wages for women

Gen Y Women: Sharing it all online

Working mothers are copping the brunt

New Figures: More than half of Australian women will face sexual or physical violence

Talk to the hand: why women "switch off" over money

Breasts of Aussie women getting larger

Listen Up, Marketers: Women Aren’t Telling You The Whole Truth

Pregnancy still hinders career progression: survey

General Business Advice

Expert Q & A – Recognize and Avoid Common Small Business Mistakes

Have You Tried Marketing Your Business With Facebook?

Email Being Replaced by Social Networks? Not So Fast Wall St. Journal

Loyal Visitors but Small Share from Social Sites

27 Articles on reactivation campaigns

Reactivating inactive subscribers in your business

Does your business deserve an award?

awards1Have you ever come across the words ‘award-winning business’ in a business article or email tagline and wondered how you could add them to your business? 

Or have you been nominated for an award, but thought the work involved wasn’t worth it? 

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What do your clothes and hair say about you?

motherdaughter1Our society as a whole tends to be obsessed with all things youthful - this information is not new.  Women tend to wear the brunt of this bias most of the time, particularly in their working life.  I spoke with Trish Perry from Ultimate Image Impact about this recently, who works with women on feeling great about themselves  - inside and out.   

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October Wise Woman Update

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Push for establishment of register of women in SMEs to encourage more female directors

Grumpy old women? Try 50, fit and fabulous!

Put more women on corporate boards, says Sex Discrimination Commissioner

High Paying Jobs for Women Are Often Non-Traditional Jobs

One for the Records - Five Women Win Nobel Prizes in 2009

Getting a handle on what drives women to buy

Women`s Groups and Businesses Create a Conduit with Their Communities and Get Access to Millions of New Users

Women-Focused Networks Are Reaching More and More Women…

22 Things You Don’t Know About Your Customers

Seven Ways to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment

Entrepreneurs create their own recovery

Australian Women Still Face Gender Discrimination on Their Way to the Board Room Reveals New Report.

Australian population boom breeds economic fortune.

Australian mums are using social networking websites to maintain relationships

Does networking really work?

Stop telling me I’d be happier in the kitchen.

Expert Q&A, affordable small business marketing in our economy.

The housing market for women…

realestateGiven the positive movement in our economic climate, many women are now reconsidering their current financial options.  I spoke to Olivia Maragna from Aspire Retire Financial Services about this recently.  Olivia has kindly answered 2 pressing questions, particularly for those considering buying into the housing market for the first time:

To buy or rent currently?

Home loans - to fix or not?
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Networking made easy…

networking1If you compare networking to other forms of new business development, you will soon discover that it is less expensive and far more effective. You’ll need to remember that it does take time to reap the benefits of networking though. Just like you can’t build a highly successful business or career overnight, the same patience and timing needs to be applied to
networking.

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September Girlie Updates

Women still face a steep climb to the top tablegirl

Oz women get less than 2hrs of ‘me time’ per week

We’re not homebirth wingnuts, we just want equal treatment

The secret to surviving your first three years in business

Breast self examinations lagging: poll

Stay-at-home mums the ‘hidden unemployed’

Breast cancer deaths fall: study

Brands are failing women

How to become powerful forces in the workplace

Wage downgrade degrades women

Vaccine may stop breast cancer

QLD Business Woman shine at awards

Why woman are delaying parenthood

New Book, "WOMEN WANT MORE," Reveals How Companies Can Capture Their Share of the World’s Largest, Fastest-Growing Market

Australia explores new roles for female soldiers

Are women really ignoring social media marketing?

Separating the women from the mums with on-line marketing

 

Lingerie or Underwear

lingerie1Recently, after a great girlie trip to the Bunya mountains, I realised that I was sadly lacking in the lingerie department.  Well when I say sadly lacking, I mean wearing sexy lingerie is not an everyday event for me.  I have always thought lingerie was something for special occasions.  Isn’t underwear and lingerie two totally different things?  Apparently not. 

According to my niece in her early twenties, wearing beautiful lingerie is an every day occurrence.  She was appalled that I might consider saving such treasures for evenings of romance.  ‘What do you wear the rest of the time, nanna knickers’ she scoffed.  Well I wouldn’t have quite called them that.

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