Here is Robyn's Story....

Robyn likes to describe herself as a serial killer-heeled entrepreneur! Since leaving her high flying corporate HR career, she has somehow managed to maintain the pace – with children - and in a gorgeous pair of shoes!

Robyn runs Mums The Business – initially created as a coaching business for mumpreneurs, it has now evolved into a very busy venture, training and mentoring business mums on

how to get crystal clear and confident about your business niche and business message (for the purposes of marketing, promoting, networking, blogging, advising your VA)
how to stand out from the crowd, let the world know about your uniqueness, and therefore how to distinguish yourself from your competitors (this is particularly useful for network marketers or those in a crowded market)
how to successfully connect and have useful conversations with your potential clients (face to face and using social media)
how to attract the ideal clients to come to you (through online and offline networking)
how to do ALL of this and still run a business (and enjoy family life) day to day.

Robyn is often invited to speak at mumpreneur events and some of you may know her from last year’s Mumpreneur Conference http://www.businessmumsconference.co.uk/speakers.php

Robyn also (up until very recently) ran two of the most successful business women's networking franchises (9 networking groups) in the Greater London area. Over both businesses, Robyn has trained over 1,000 business women in networking skills and business promotion. She uses her Master NLP training to help business mums learn confident communication skills for business.

She also currently mentors mumpreneurs who are looking to buy and grow – and successfully sell (at a profit) – their franchise business.

Robyn is also no stranger to network marketing / multi level marketing and she mentors business mums who are following this path.

And last, but not least! Robyn is currently creating a new and exciting international business: She’s The Business – so watch this space!

Robyn works alongside other amazing business mums - marketeers, web designers, virtual assistants, voice and presentation skills coaches, social media experts - to bring you amazing results in promoting your business and to help train you to do the same.

As a confident and inspiring serial entrepreneur, Robyn is passionate about helping other business mums (serial mumpreneurs too!) to launch, grow and succeed in business, using some amazing tools and resources available to us all….

Oh, and she also loves shopping for a tidy pair of brand, new heels!

The Finer Print….

Robyn grew up and was educated in South Africa. With a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, a Masters Diploma in Human Resources, and a love for fashion & beauty, she naturally started her working life at the head office of one of South Africa’s largest, national retail chains (The Foschini Group).

She would probably still be there (that was the plan!) if it wasn’t for the fact that she married her school sweetheart, and soon after, he was presented with the opportunity to become a professional sportsman in the UK. The plan was to stay in the UK for 2 years! Twelve years on, and they now have a London home, 2 cats and 2 children!

In fact, it was the arrival of those 2 precious children, that eventually prompted Robyn to walk away from her HR career, to retrain as a Business Coach and Master NLP Practitioner, and to launch her own business. It certainly wasn’t part of the plan (once again!), as Robyn explains here:

“It was never my intention to run my own business, but looking back at how I arrived here, I now know it was meant to be! It’s such a cliché’, but I love helping people and solving problems, and always knew my future career would have this focus.

Over the years, I climbed the HR ladder of success, but it came at a price, moving focus from truly helping individuals in their career challenges to strategic HR (far less “people” focused). My career began to lose its sparkle. Having returned to work after both my children were born (a difficult decision), I began to face a life and career crossroads - I was desperate to spend more time with my young children, I was being encouraged to move further on up the HR success ladder, and I was facing the prospect of moving abroad every 2 years (due to my husband being a professional sportsman). The answer was obvious – create my own business in such a way, that I could run it on my own terms.

But don’t be fooled! It wasn’t easy... In fact, it was through starting up my own business from home, that I realised the incredible hurdles faced by mums wanting to do this themselves. Not only are there the practical aspects of starting and running a business, but there's a whole lot of new business confidence to be found! And once you have a business, how do you promote it and communicate it well – so that customers truly understand what you are offering, your value and what makes you and your business special?

What makes me well suited to help mumpreneurs start up, grow and communicate effectively about their own business? Maybeas I’ve now done it – successfully – 3 times!

Besides Mums The Business (my own creation), I also successfully ran and sold (at a tidy profit!) 2 franchises of a national business women’s networking organization. I have previously run a network marketing business too! And I’ll soon be launching another international business! Phew!

So if you’d like a guiding hand and practical actions that are relatively easy to implement, then do get in touch. This is what I do and I’d love to do it for you!"

Contact Me

If you would like to know a little more about how I can help you, about Mums The Business or my story, just get in touch - on Twitter, by phone, by email, or out networking! I'd love to meet you... Robyn Twitter: mumsthebusiness

Tel: +44 (0) 1932 422 573 | Email: info@mumsthebusiness.com