LBN Members Blog

Part of what makes LBN special is that, as Women in Business, we come together to share our expertise and knowledge with each other in a friendly and supportive environment. To extend this facilitiy beyond our meetings we have introduced the LBN Members Blog.

 

Every LBN Member has the opportunity to write for the LBN Members Blog on business and topics that you believe would be of interest to LBN Members. If you have an article to be submitted please contact enquiries@lbn.org.uk

Send a friend if you can’t attend

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At June 3, 2024

Send a friend, business contact or colleague in your place to any of our meetings for free. A perk of being a […]

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Empowering Women in Business: Exploring the Lakeland Business Women’s Network

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 19, 2024

In the heart of South Lakes amidst the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship and innovation, there exists a vibrant community dedicated to empowering […]

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Networking in South Lakeland

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 8, 2023

With Christmas around the corner we are busy planning a jam packed 2024 of networking in South Lakeland, for local business women. […]

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Fundraising with LBN member Marian Graveson

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At October 12, 2023

“You have the best job!” It’s all fun, parties, and a little bit of cheerleading, right? Well, brace yourselves, because here’s the […]

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Member Spotlight – Ginny Koppenhol

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 28, 2023

Name: Ginny Koppenhol Business Name: Ginny Koppenhol Photography (I thought I’d keep it simple!) About your business: I’m a portrait photographer and […]

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Reframing Work Life Balance

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At February 5, 2023

The topic of work / life balance was the focus of our October meeting, yet it seems especially relevant at the end […]

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New LBN Chair

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At August 3, 2022

We are delighted to welcome Alison Marsden as our new Chair of the LBN. Alison helps people get relief from pain through […]

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Enjoying business workshops at LBN

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At June 26, 2022

It’s been a great June for us here at LBN, and we were delighted to have a wonderful workshop with Claire Steele […]

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Streamlining your business description with Claire Steele from Lil Creative Studio

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At May 30, 2022

Back in April we were delighted to welcome member, Claire Steele, to our meeting as part of our ‘Speed Networking’ event. Claire’s […]

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Vacancies at LBN

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At May 27, 2022

We have two wonderful opportunities available at LBN: Chair Person Job Description: Chair meetings once per month, this will include welcoming members, […]

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Saying farewell to our Chair & looking for a new one!

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At May 23, 2022

Last week we said a fond farewell to our Chair, Carole Greenland, at our AGM at The Wheatsheaf in Beetham. We have […]

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What Causes Inflammation In Your Body And How Can You Avoid It? With Alison Marsden from Integrating Health

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At May 9, 2022

Inflammation can cause a wide variety of symptoms, from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and joint pain to autoimmune conditions. Recently it has […]

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Shed 1 Distillery Launch new Chuckleberry Gin

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At January 23, 2022

Chuckleberry Gin is our latest creation and will be the first of a range of bathtub gins. Made with Chuckleberries, they are […]

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Yoga retreat with Alison Marsden

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At July 25, 2021
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Getting to grips with Instagram with Grace Scott

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 28, 2021

  DEFINING INSTAGRAM ‘Instagram is a free social media platform for sharing photos and videos. The app allows users to upload media […]

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5 tips to de-clutter and organise your wardrobe

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At February 3, 2021

  Hi my name is Carole Greenland from Wardrobe Wake-Up, and my aim is to help my clients make the most of […]

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doTERRA Essential Oils and how to use them

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At January 6, 2021

Thank you to everyone who come to the LBN Christmas Zoom Party where we made delicious healthy chocolates using essential oils. As […]

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Financial Planning

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 20, 2020

Financial Planning is something many of us don’t think about. More often than not, it is assigned to the ‘do later pile’ […]

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Using LinkedIn to attract new customers

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At June 30, 2020

LinkedIn is the biggest business database in the world. We should use it like one giant networking event. It has the highest […]

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Social Media Marketing Tips

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At June 26, 2020

In April 2020 Nicky Pattinson spoke to LBN Members on Social Media Marketing Tips. She tailored the talk to cover the global pandemic […]

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How to get ready for Making Tax Digital

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At March 2, 2020

What is Making Tax Digital?  In a nutshell Making Tax Digital (MTD) means all financial transactions are recorded electronically keeping your accounts […]

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Behind the scenes of a brand shoot

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At February 5, 2020

LBN Members recently had a professional brand shoot taster with Mindy Coe. See are Mindy’s top tips when it comes to brand […]

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The HOW Skill Set

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 25, 2019

What is the HOW Skill Set? The HOW skill set are the tools that enable you to make change happen. From the […]

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How to say “NO” to Job Requests and Demands from others

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At October 24, 2019

  Last week Deborah Clark & Angela Favell gave us a funny and insightful talk on Time Management (see summary here) They finished […]

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Time Management

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At October 24, 2019

  Time is our most precious commodity; unlike money or possessions, if we lose it, there’s no hope of getting it back. […]

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10 ‘Give it 10’ Tips to Supercharge Your Day

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At September 23, 2019

10 ‘Give it 10’  Tips to Supercharge Your Day   So, how many plates are you spinning? Mum, Partner, Cleaner, Cook, Sister, Carer, […]

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Delving Deeper into Instagram Marketing

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At June 28, 2019

Create engaging content for your audience   Following on from our talk at LBN last week here are Grace and Claire’s top […]

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Presenting You and Your Business with Confidence

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 25, 2019

Presenting You and Your Business with Confidence   Why does it matter how confident we seem? As clients and customers, when choosing […]

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Business Trouble Shooting

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 1, 2019

We all face problems at work, and more often than not they are problems shared by everyone around us. LBN ran a […]

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Create Your Best Year Yet!

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At January 23, 2019

Create your best year yet! Zoë Dawes asks 10 questions to help with visioning for the New Year.

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Pain Education with Jo Lade

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At December 11, 2018

Hi, I’m Jo Lade, and my first love is my massage practice – REflex Orthopaedic Massage which I have run in Cumbria […]

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Ask the Expert with Joanne Withers

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 29, 2018

Help… My Business is not Instagramable! by Joanne Withers of Joanne Withers Photography   I come across many people who say that […]

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Ask the Expert with Carole Greenland

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 20, 2018

  Ask the Expert with Carole Greenland from Wardrobe Wake-Up.   Carole Greenland is a Stylist and Wardrobe Expert. With her professional […]

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Ask the Expert with Claire Steele

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 15, 2018

  Social Media Image Sizes 2018 for Small Businesses by Claire Steele of Lil’ Creative Studio  Last updated – November 2018   […]

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Ask the Expert with Karen Bentley-Brown

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At November 12, 2018

  Karen Bentley-Brown is an Ethical Business Development Consultant and is passionate about helping people to grow good business. For twenty years she […]

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Defining your ideal client

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At October 19, 2017

Regardless of whether we’re selling a product or a service we’re probably all aware that it’s important to know who it is […]

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5 ways to make your working week more productive

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At September 13, 2017

5 ways to make your working week more productive I don’t know about you but the past few weeks have lacked structure. […]

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TigerLily Trust – Winner of Fundraiser of the Year at the Your Health Heroes Awards 2016

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At April 12, 2016

  Val Isherwood founder of local charity Tigerlily Trust was overjoyed to be awarded Fundraiser of the Year at the Your Health […]

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Administration – fight the pile

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At February 5, 2016

Administration – not the most fascinating of subjects, but an important part of any business (or household for that matter). Never fear, […]

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Communicating with confidence by Sally Seed

By Lakeland Businesswomen’s Network At October 2, 2015

Confident communication was always going to be a broad subject for the first LBN session of the Autumn and it became quite […]

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Help us share knowledge from Women in business!

Please send us your blog post to enquiries@lbn.org.uk. It can be about any subject as long as it is will be of interest to LBN Members. We look forward to hearing from you!