For those of us watching from afar, it felt like we didn’t hear anywhere near enough from the attendees at the latest Ed Dale Coming Home Seminar in San Diego.
But, the photos are starting to trickle in, and this one features SWBN co-founder Barb (in the middle) with SWBN Members, Corinne (@CoronadoCookie) on the left and Linda (@LindaAbbit) on the right, doing a fine impression of The Beatles (minus one).

It’s so great to see you enjoying your time together. Thanks to Corinne for the photo.

The Secret Women’s Business Network hasn’t ventured into the world of webinars…..until now. Later today we’re going to be holding an “Introduction to the SWBN” Webinar so that you can learn more about what we do, what we stand for and how you can network with us. You can also ask any questions you might have about the SWBN.
To join the free webinar, please sign up first at Eventbrite to let us know you’re attending:
It takes place at 4pm EST (USA), which is 9pm UK time and 8am Saturday morning …

It’s hard to believe that a year ago today (5th November 2008) the Secret Women’s Business Network blog was born.
The SWBN itself was born from a germ of an idea a couple of months earlier, but the blog became our official public face and we’ve shared some interesting developments and events over that year; from competitions to crazies (you know who you are), fun stuff to special reports, Cool Tools to interviews with some great business people, and a lot more in between.
To mark our blog birthday we’ve decided to share some of our …

The subject of this week’s Photo Friday is “Software I Can’t Live Without“.
We all fought over just one piece of software (each wanting to be the one to write about it) so we decided to make it a very special Photo Friday and feature just one “photo”.
The software we just can’t live without is….. Market Samurai.
What’s so great about Market Samurai?
All three of us at the SWBN have had the opportunity to use Market Samurai from the very beginning. Even in Beta testing it was clear this was a piece …

Mmmm, microphones. Now that’s a subject I (Lisa) can get excited about.
Lisa’s Magnificent Mics
OK, not exactly mine alone – I share them with a group of other voiceovers.
When we started the studios this was possibly the most expensive piece of equipment that was bought, as a good microphone can make all the difference. It’s a Neumann U87 and, if I remember rightly, it cost us a heluva lot of money at the time:

(apologies for the cheesy promo shot)
We now also have a Neumann TLM 193 Microphone. Both are large diaphragm …