There are 3 words that underpin everything I create - Beautiful + Practical + Affordable

I have been a dynamic force within Ireland’s non-profit, arts and women’s sectors in the past two decades, working to empower communities, groups and individuals with a unique, and fun, blend of focused strategic planning and decision making.

I have led projects for clients such as Depaul Ireland, Arts Councils of Ireland, Failte Ireland, Dublin City Council, HSE, St Vincent de Paul, Leitrim County Enterprise Board, Consumer Association Ireland, Wexford Women’s Network, Dublin Fringe Festival, Queens University and Limerick University.

Prior to moving to Ireland in 1993 I worked for 10 years in West Australia in pioneering positions involving economic and community development across the state.

What has made these projects such great successes is a system of enquiry and clarification that I have been developing for nearly 30 years, based on classic and contemporary management, decision making and psychological theory, along with a good dose of real-world empathy and understanding.

‘’Liz has developed startling strategies that have impacted upon the attitudes, knowledge and skills of entire sectors. Liz develops collaborative relationships with those she works with. Her zeal and imagination for her work knows no bounds.’’
Tony Duffin. Director Ana Liffey Drug Project. Dublin. Ireland.

Currently I am working on 2 completely different businesses that both have a core passion to help people build their own sense of power and competence.

1. Site Design in 4 Hours

I work with you to design and build your site in 4 hours. It’s not a miracle and it is totally possible.

The majority of my clients are women running small businesses. I want to help you build a site without paying thousands of euro and give you the skills to update your site yourself.

If you’re a small business you need a professional online presence to promote your service offerings.

I will show you how to register a domain name with Wordpress.com and we will design and build your site together in 4 hours.

The session is completely customised to your needs and I give you an extra 2 hours support after the session via email and/or Skype.

No coding needed.

At the end of the session you will also know how to upload images and insert text to keep your site up to date. I also link your site to any of your social media [Facebook Page; Twitter; Linked In] and can insert Contact Forms as well as videos.

A one off investment of 300 euro will make it happen. Check my site [made it in a few hours using wordpress] for more details and contact me for a session.

http://sitedesignin1day.wordpress.com/

2. Life Dreaming

Life Dreaming has been at the core of all the work I do in some form or another.

It’s all about deciding what’s important in your life right now and mapping a path to make it happen.

I’ve been working with my brother Marc to create the Life Dreaming Expedition - an 8 module online guidebook packed with vids, mp3’s and gorgeous activity sheets and templates.

The Expedition takes you from the dream to reality with a series of activities that you can do anytime.

If you feel stuck in the day to day detail and really want to get your head above the trenches - if you have a dream but aren’t sure of how to reality test, resource and plan it - then Life Dreaming is for you.

If you’ve had a dream for a while and all the inner chatter is driving you crazy then Life Dreaming is definitely for you!!

I’ve been using the activities and templates to map my dream of moving back to Australia by the end of 2012 and they have been amazingly helpful in teasing out all the details while keeping in mind my big picture.

We’ll be launching a pilot of the Life Dreaming Expedition soon at a low price so we can get feedback on it all.

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I’ve been a member since the start of the year, but never got around to introducing myself.  I own and run Beautyemporium.ie - an Irish online beauty retailer. I launched the store in Feb 2011 and have been working away on it ever since.  We recently redesigned the site to iron out a few kinks and make it look a bit better.  We stock brands including NYX Cosmetics, Sleek Make-Up, Love & Toast, OPI, China Glaze, Essie, Zoya, Seche, Eos, Z Palette, Eyeko and are constantly updating the site with new lines and brands.  We offer a low cost deliver charge of €2.00 per order within Ireland and orders over €45 are delivered free of charge. 

We are also about to launch our Beautydirectory.ie - which is also directly linked to http://www.beautyemporium.ie - here we are offering businesses within in the beauty industry a comprehensive listing for less 70 cent a week! Business can manage their own profiles, add and remove images and special offers as they please and receive direct contact from potential customers.

I would like to offer all members of Irish Women in Business a 10% discount on their first order with us - just use the code IRISHWIB10 at the checkout stage - you must register your account first. Visit us now at http://www.beautyemporium.ie and have a look for yourself. 

If you think we could do business with your business let me know as I love working with like minded people.

Thanks for reading,

Stephanie

I am currently looking to get new packaging done for my business. The prices I am getting here are over the roof and I have been exploring the idea of going to china, does any one have experience with any Chinese packaging companies? I am actually going over there next week and would like to visit some of the companies, I found a few already but would really appreciate any recommendations from you.

Thanks,
Yinka

I have just become a member of Irish Women in business and I am looking forward to networking with some of you and helping to grow and establish business relationships.

I am a qualified accountants and I provide a full Accounting, bookkeeping and business consultancy service. If I can not reduce your accounting fees by 30% I will not take on the job…...

I also run a small but successful website, http://www.theexcelclub.com - teaching MS Excel online, giving me a greater understanding of the on-line business world.

In these difficult time networking and relationship building has become ever more important and I am very open to making new contacts. And part of the key to success is helping others in your network. If you have any Financial, Accounting, tax or general business management questions, please feel free to direct them to myself. If I can not help you, I will be able to point you in the right direction.

I note this forum is not overly active, and I hope together we can change this and support each other and our business ventures

Wishing you much success

Kind Regards

Paula Guilfoyle CPA
http://www.theexcelclub.com

Janette 087-2436780

janette at tvsf dot ie

I am interested in your opinions/experiences with online payment options.

Paypal v Realex v RBS Worldpay.

I think that Paypal will probably be the simplest option for now, I have heard that Realex can be difficult and costly to set up and that RBS Worldpay can take quite a long time to set up as their customer service is extremely slow.

- IWIB is excellent value compared to similar sites.

- IWIB is an investment in yourself and your business. Average 500+ hits per day.

- IWIB allows you to network & share resources, we are all “open for business on IWIB”

- IWIB is committed to investing your membership fee into promoting the community in the media, online and broadsheets.

- IWIB is packed full of useful downloads, only available to members

- IWIB is committed to organising networking events e.g Breakfast Briefing, 14th May,  Social Media For Business - 26th May, 5 Min Marketing 24th June, Grow & Develop Your Business 28th July FREE to IWIB members.

- IWIB has no google ads or spammers on site. Every business is vetted to ensure it is a viable business and can contribute to the community.

Here are some places we have promoted the site and it’s members. More people will know about you, your services and your business simply by becoming a member.

http://www.een-ireland.ie/eei/links/links.asp?ContentID=021&BackTo=0&savemsg;=&CustomMessage;=
http://www.primarytimes.net/parent_times_news_ie_irish_women_business_website.php
http://www.mediacontact.ie/details-news-193.html
http://www.prosperity.ie/news/irish_women_in_business_site_launched.html
http://www.sdenterprise.ie/news/new_irish_women_in_business_website__launched.397.585.news.html

Social Media sites - Advert presently running on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Irish-Women-In-Business/57209820535?ref=nf
http://twitter.com/iwib
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1977699

If we missed anything, then I am sure the “Members” will post their experience to encourage you to join. IWIB is a fantastic platform to showcase your work/services. €50 is pittance if you are serious about promoting your business, it goes towards the cost of building, maintaining, hosting and promoting the site and YOUR business. It also goes towards the seminars, networking & events we hold FREE to IWIB members http://www.irishwomeninbusiness.ie/index.php/discuss/viewthread/85/

You asked for it, we built it, USE it to extend your business contacts and generate additional sales for your company. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. Together we can achieve great things. 

It is the intention of IWIB to utilise the “Featured Member” space for the marketing and advertising of Members only. Preference will be given to those members who participate in the forum and show initiative in promoting the IWIB community.

The featured profile uses all of the details from your member profile so please make sure that you have a fully completed bio, correct contact details and have uploaded a photo or company logo at the correct size to be considered for inclusion.

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