SORT OUT YOUR GIFT PROBLEMS WITH WRAPLY.COM

Following our last event, we asked one of our guests, Kamila Miara, if she would like to write something for the LWMB blog as we thought she had a fantastic new idea with her business Wraply.com. Here's what she had to say (a glowing testimonial for LWMB!); do take a look at Kamila's website as it's such a simple but really great idea.

Ladies,

Last week I attended my second LWMB meeting - for the first time ever I was representing my brand new business - Wraply.com. I just want to say thank you so much to you all - everyone I met is an expert in their field and you have given me greatly encouraging feedback as well as many valuable insights.

By way of thanks, I've listed just a few of the women I met below, along with how they helped...

Maaike of Let's Just Create is the person I spoke to first about my business, Wraply. She welcomed the idea with so much genuine enthusiasm, that straight away I felt really pleased that I'd chosen LWMB as the first ever event for Wraply. Many of you followed with just as much great enthusiasm, but it's not only the fantastic feedback I got from you that made it really special (though it did make it special I must say :-)). LWMB know how to ask the right questions!

Lena from One's Company has asked me about why she should use Wraply and how I am going to convey to people the fact that it solves the problem of unwanted gifts and creates the perfect ones (I am a member of One's Company now by the way, so she had her sales pitch sorted!).

Karen from 73dpi Multimedia immediately came up with new revenue streams; and I will always bear in mind Kathy's four V's! Also, through talking to you, I have realised that it's us, the women who know what we want, who will use Wraply.com to get the gift we really dream of, or to club together with friends to get what we know our friends really want.

So in short - networking with you has been both fun and educational - the best combination. I'm looking forward to more!

For those I haven't managed to meet yet and who are wondering what I mean by Wraply... Wraply.com is a website that makes group gifts so much easier to organise - so you can club together with friends to get the perfect present. No more smelly candles!

I would like to finish by saying how much I appreciate Melanie and Dawn's work that gives me such a fantastic oportunity to meet strong, wise and inspiring women.

See you all soon!
Kamila
Wraply.com

COULDN'T MAKE OUR OCTOBER EVENT? THIS IS WHAT YOU MISSED.

Thank you to all of the fantastic ladies who attended October's London Women Mean Business meeting. A great atmosphere once again, lots of good connections being made in the room, and for those of you who were unable to attend, this is what you missed:

The fabulous Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who talked to us about the secrets of The 4Vs Principle©, her method of creating a strong personal brand for business growth. Some great tips and advice on building a personal brand which made us all think about our brand names, colours, and how we communicate both verbally and in writing. Kathy runs Personal Branding Masterclasses with small groups of up to 10 people, in addition to offering Personal Brand Individual Mentoring and Presentation Skills training. Click here to learn more.

We then had 3 ladies talking passionately about what they do in our 5 minute slots:

Lena Benjamin of Ones Company - Lena talked to us about unleashing your power, how important it is to think positively and then great things will happen! Lena runs Onescompany.co.uk, the one stop shop to personal and business development for women (events, products, news, business advice and coaches/mentors). Women can join free by clicking here while Coaches/Mentors can also join free here (men also welcome!!). Promote your services on onescompany.co.uk, join the coaching/mentoring community, increase your exposure and attend networking events. Lots of other fantastic benefits can be found online.

Piya Khanna of Change to Succeed - Piya spoke about how it's imperative for us to communicate our offers so that people who need our services can find us and benefit from them. We need to love selling and see it as communicating our value & offer and become comfortable with sales. Piya helps women to get more clients, make more money, get promoted in their organisation and achieve balance in their lives by helping them become more confident, better negotiators and excellent sales people. Piya is offering all LWMB ladies a no obligation, FREE 90 minute strategy session. Interested? Email Piya directly at piya@changetosucceed.com

Temitope Obasa of TT Denim - Temitope arrived armed with samples of her fab jeans on which she has spent several years perfecting the design. They are made to suit all shapes and sizes, with no gaping at the back and with several different leg lengths. Perfect for those of us who are vertically challenged! TT Denim jeans will be available online initially, and if anyone has a contact within small boutiques or indeed large department stores (Selfridges, Harvey Nicks, Debenhams etc), then Temitope would love to hear from you!

There are a few events coming up soon which we thought may be of interest to you:

Sunday 17th October - Akua Deaba is hosting a charity dining event in aid of Eat So They Can. Details of this event and more info on the charity can be found here. We realise it's short notice and diaries are busy, but if you're not able to attend it's still possible to make a donation.

Tuesday 19th October - Bella of RareWorld is hosting a networking event at Jewel Bar in Piccadilly, beginning at 6pm with a drinks reception followed by a workshop on networking skills at 6.45pm. For more info click here.

Wednesday 20th October - City Business Library - "Under One Roof" networking event. 6-8pm. An opportunity to network, speak to library staff, sponsors & exhibitors, and listen to speaker Stephen Jones OBE. Click for further information.

Thursday 21st October - London Women Mean Business and Innovate London are hosting a joint evening of networking. This will be an opportunity to hear guest speakers and to speak to Innovate London about how they can assist your business to be more innovative through helping to engage with London’s world class knowledge base. Although we now have our limit of 30 people signed up to this event, please still let us know if you're interested as we may be able to offer some additional places. Email us to register your interest.

So if your diary was looking empty for next week (unlikely!), then one of these events might appeal.

Next month's LWMB meetup takes place on Thursday 11th November. Hope to see you there.

Until then, happy networking!

NEXT EVENT - THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER

Don't miss our next evening of networking at The Embassy Club which takes place on Thursday 14th October 2010.

In addition to Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who will be speaking to us about personal branding, we have our 5 minute slots for 3 lucky (!) people in the group to talk to us in a little more detail about their business. And if you attend on Thursday you too will have the opportunity to be chosen to speak at next month's event.

Registration is from 6pm, with the presentations beginning at 7pm followed by further networking until 8.30pm.

Venue is The Embassy Club, 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN

Entry is free, you just pay for your own drinks.

If you'd like to join us, RSVP to londonwmb@googlemail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Dawn & Melanie