About Women's Marketing Forum
Women's Marketing Forum is a community of self-employed women, collaborating together to create win/win relationships, and sharing knowledge, information and hard-won wisdom freely with one another.
It was founded by Louisa Bird, who divides her time between the English Hampshire countryside and the buzzing German capital of Berlin.
Louisa's commitment to the self-employed lifestyle - and growing interest in marketing - led to the desire to create a friendly and open place for women business owners to share and discuss what really works in promoting and building a business.
This can be particularly important when you're...
... looking for freedom and flexibility in your working life
... running a business from home and
...balancing running a business with other responsibilities.
The original version of the WMF was launched in Autumn 2005 as a paid-for, members-only community to provide self-employed women with an easy and convenient way to access practical marketing knowledge and expertise.
Here's what members had to say about the original version of the WMF:
"The thing I like best about the WMF is that it is a supportive site where I can get genuine, professional advice without having to feel a bit silly for not knowing it all already! I welcome the feedback and advice on my sales material prior to sending ... I would recommend the WMF because of the availability of professional advice and support, and the fact that, because it is all women, it is not likely to be hijacked by postings from men who think they know it all."
Josephine Mack, New Level Recruitment, www.newlevelrecruitment.com
"We women are renowned for our powers of communicating, networking and supporting others. The WMF provides the opportunity for us to take those skills and put them to the best use I can think of - to help one another create greater business success"
Samantha New-Fielding, Newphoria, Surrey, UK, www.newphoria.co.uk
"Despite being a one woman band, working from a home based office, I can still feel part of something much bigger that I can turn to for support and as a sounding board. I like the thought of being linked up somehow to other women who, like me are out there doing there best to achieve business success and achieve fulfilment the way they see it. The most valuable feature of membership to me personally is the fact that I feel supported and not alone. Thank you."
Megan Henshall, Life and Business Coach, www.megan-henshall-coaching.co.uk
A couple of years down the line, the mission is still the same - to provide a community where women small business owners can have easy access to knowledge and tools to help them get more clients, more easily - but now we're delighted to bring you a much-improved website, and MEMBERSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY FREE!
We built this new site version as a result of feedback from members of the original site, and we've worked very hard to ensure this site is practical, easy-to-use...and basically everything that you could want it to be.
So if you're new to the WMF, we very much hope you'll feel at home here and will join the many self-employed women who have benefited from membership.
It's easy to join us ... simply click the button below and follow the simple instructions.
Knowledge is power; and increasing and sharing your knowledge of how best to market a business can only be to your benefit.
We look forward to welcoming you as our latest new member!
