Welcome to the first of many posts due to be published on my blog The Diary of an Image Consultant. This is where you can read about how an Image Consultant spends her days. I’ll introduce you to the clients I work with and bring you interviews from some of the most successful and inspirational business owners I meet. It’s also the place to find Image and Personal Branding advice that will help you feel more confident running your business.

Just like the image services I offer, my blog will also focus on supporting women in business and will be centred around how feeling confident with our image can give us the confidence to achieve success in running our business. If you don’t have a business, you will still find a lot of the information useful and relevant. It will be focused on women’s image though, sorry chaps!

I’m writing this blog for you and I’ve asked a lot of women in business about what they would like to read on here. While I’ve got a lot of excellent ideas and topics to get me started, there are always room for a few more so please do send your suggestions my way of things that you’d like to read, would find helpful and ultimately things which would help you feel more confident as a woman in business.

You can receive the Diary of an Image Consultant directly into your inbox, just sign up at the top of the page, on the right hand side.

]]> http://www.kathryn-clarke.co.uk/2013/03/01/the-diary-of-an-image-consultant/feed/ 0 http://www.kathryn-clarke.co.uk/2013/02/11/ladies-who-wants-to-be-in-the-success-club/ http://www.kathryn-clarke.co.uk/2013/02/11/ladies-who-wants-to-be-in-the-success-club/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:07:16 +0000 Kathryn http://www.kathryn-clarke.co.uk/?p=590 The Success Club is for female entrepreneurs who want to achieve big things this year.

• Exclusive content from Kathryn Clarke, Image Consultant and Julie Johnson, Step into Success Coach

• Support and encouragement from an group of like-minded business women

• Accountability for your goals and actions throughout 2013

• 6 x 90 minute personal development and support sessions throughout 2013 plus networking opportunities.  Topics covered:

28th Jan – New Year, New You, New Business Focus

25th Mar – Authentic Personal Branding

3rd June – Understanding & Communicating your Business Message

29th July – Attracting your Ideal Audience

7th Oct – Getting Clients to Commit (now and ongoing)

9th Dec – Wrap up, Party & Moving Forward to 2014!

We’ve already had our first meeting of 2013 but due to demand we’re running it again so we can support more female business owners to achieve their goals.

The catch up session is running on Monday 4^th March from 10-11.30 in Newcastle.

Please contact me on 07796 673446 or e-mail admin@the-successclub.co.uk for more information.

presented by

Kathryn Clarke, Image Consultant & Personal Branding Specialist

in partnership with

Julie Johnson, The Step into Success Coach

Saturday 12th January or Monday 21st January 2013

10am – 12 noon at The Living Room, Newcastle

Find out what it takes to develop a winning business strategy that’s perfect for you, and how to develop the inner and outer confidence and focus to implement your strategy, so you can Step into Business Success with Style!

Julie and Kathryn will be sharing their secrets to success by highlighting Show-Stopping mistakes made by women entrepreneurs every day and giving you their Top 3 Tips to deal with them, so you take away actionable steps from the day you can implement immediately.

This is a Newcastle networking and business development event with a difference. Suitable for self employed women and women who own/run their own business, there is no hype, no fluff, just pure content and connection.

If you want to discover what’s been holding you back in your business and more importantly, what to do about it.

If you’re interested in developing supportive relationships and staying connected with other aspirational business women in the North East.

If you want to learn more about our Success Club and how you can be part of it for 2013.

Book your place HERE

Julie and Kathryn have connected personally with hundreds of business women in Newcastle and the North East over the past 12 months and know that many, like themselves, are looking for something different to the traditional business development or networking event…

…Something more appropriate and more meaningful to women – safe, nurturing and challenging.

…Something more effective at boosting their confidence, allowing them to present themselves more authentically, focus on their own strategy and plans and get the business results they want.

EVENT DETAILS

Where: The Living Room, 12 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AE

When: Saturday 12^th January or Monday 21st January 2013 from 10am to 12 noon

Booking Fee: £10 (plus a small on-line processing charge of £1.50)

What’s Included: 2 interactive presentations, power networking, details of our Success Club, Q&A session and the opportunity to win a fantastic prize!

Plus the opportunity to have a fabulous lunch at The Living Room before you leave and do some Christmas shopping in Newcastle afterwards.

Secure your place today by booking HERE. Pre-booking is essential. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis and numbers are limited.

presented by

Kathryn Clarke, Image Consultant & Personal Branding Specialist

in partnership with

Julie Johnson, The Step into Success Coach

Sat 24th November 10am – 12 noon at The Living Room, Newcastle

Find out what it takes to develop a winning business strategy that’s perfect for you, and how to develop the inner and outer confidence and focus to implement your strategy, so you can Step into Business Success with Style!

Julie and Kathryn will be sharing their secrets to success by highlighting Show-Stopping mistakes made by women entrepreneurs every day and giving you their Top 3 Tips to deal with them, so you take away actionable steps from the day you can implement immediately.

They’ll also be offering an AMAZING OPPORTUNITY to 1 lucky business woman.

This is a Newcastle networking and business development event with a difference. Suitable for self employed women and women who own/run their own business, there is no hype, no fluff, just pure content and connection.

If you want to discover what’s been holding you back in your business and more importantly, what to do about it.

If you’re interested in developing supportive relationships and staying connected with other aspirational business women in the North East.

If you want to learn more about our Success Club and how you can be part of it for 2013.

Book your place HERE

Julie and Kathryn have connected personally with hundreds of business women in Newcastle and the North East over the past 12 months and know that many, like themselves, are looking for something different to the traditional business development or networking event…

…Something more appropriate and more meaningful to women – safe, nurturing and challenging.

…Something more effective at boosting their confidence, allowing them to present themselves more authentically, focus on their own strategy and plans and get the business results they want.

EVENT DETAILS

Where: The Living Room, 12 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AE

When: Saturday 24^th November 2012 from 10am to 12 noon

Booking Fee: £10 (plus a small on-line processing charge of £1.50)

What’s Included: 2 interactive presentations, power networking, details of our Success Club, Q&A session and the opportunity to win a fantastic prize!

Plus the opportunity to have a fabulous lunch at The Living Room before you leave and do some Christmas shopping in Newcastle afterwards.

Secure your place today by booking HERE. Pre-booking is essential. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis and numbers are limited.

Michelle’s website and blog are full of ‘Perfect’ tips and suggestions to help you run your business more efficiently. I love reading Michelle’s newsletter too, it drops into your inbox once a week, as regular as clockwork, and is full of excellent tips and information (I’ve implemented a few of her tips myself, her suggestions are really simple to put into practice!). You can sign up to receive this on her website.

www.perfectpaservices.co.uk

@MichelleGudgeon

New dates coming soon for my Image in Business workshops.

First impressions count in business, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

During my four week workshops I will teach you everything you need to know to ensure you feel confident in every business situation.

Topics covered include:

Personal image audit

Discovering your personal brand

Colour and Style in business

And much more

E-mail kathryn@kathryn-clarke.co.uk for more information or to reserve your place on the next workshop.

North East Lifestyle Magazine’s February edition featured a story about Kathryn Clarke Image Consultant and her studio which is ‘Underneath The Arches’ on Forth Street in Newcastle.

You can view the magazine here, the article is on page 80.

Please view the following link – http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qrd8/LifestyleFebruary201/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F277675%2FLifestyle-February-2011-Vol-9-No2

You can view the full article at:

http://www.nebusinessguide.co.uk/news/art/1750/A-First-Impression-Should-Always-Be-A-Positive-Impression.htm

BQ Magazine featured a story about Kathryn Clarke Image Consultant.

You can read the full story at:

http://www.bq-magazine.co.uk/northeast/news/1750/

You can read the full story at:

http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/archive/2011/01/31/Business%3A+News/8822421.How_to_crack_the_dress_code/