Many businesses make the mistake of looking for new customers before they engage with existing connections and past customers, however if you are talking to them on social media and sending out a newsletter and maybe networking once in a while what more can you do to get them back on board and buying from…
One of the surprising things to come out of the pandemic is a dip in confidence. And even this coach is not immune… Here I’m honest and tell you what happened, and how I monitor and fixed my own dip in confidence. I tell clients and Insiders all the time, before you work on your…
Do you know how you open your messages on LinkedIn and increasingly on other social media platforms only to find those long war and peace intro messages? Well, I actually replied to one…. “Can I be honest with you xxxx? I’m not sure who advises you to write these long emails when a professional relationship…
I’m utterly fuming and disgusted by something a client told me today. (I have permission to share this.) They said that like their friend they’d invested thousands to work with an organisation to grow their businesses. My client to date has only had 1 x 2 hour session with me and is already selling…
I had an epiphany. Did you know there are 17 ways to get in touch with me! You can; Message my Facebook Profile. Message me on my The Business Womans Network page. Message me on my Mandie Holgate page. Message me via this site. Email me via my mandie@mandieholgate.co.uk account. Email me via my mandie@thebusinesswomansnetwork.co.uk…
A great question I was asked recently on Facebook is; “Mandie can I coach myself?” Yes I think you can, but it takes a number of things. Here are the ideas I gave. I hope they are useful in these tough times and whether you are working on your own, have a team to look after…
I was sat with a client who protested “I could have 10 days in a week and I’d still not have enough time to get everything done!” I then coached them to create a 10 day week and they were right, they had too much to do! But through their coaching session they created the…
For sole traders, freelancers and micro businesses working from home is no new thing, however we are likely to see a massive increase in the need to work from home and while it sounds heavenly to wear what you like, stroke the dog and work the way you want to, it rarely works like that…
It was going to happen. A speaking gig is now going to be a virtual speaking gig because the organisers have to self isolate. With the Governments update due any minute my thoughts are still very much with the people that I care most about (other than my hubby, kids and dog!) that’s clients, BWN…
I often get dragged into debates about why do we need a woman’s only network in the 21st century since I founded The Business Womans Network 11 years ago. My first response is businessmen are very welcome and attend every month. Then I get asked so why not change the name? While I’m a confident…