.tel Story of Lynne Franks
Lynne Franks, Businesswoman, Author and Founder of the SEED Network, www.seednetworkingforwomen.com, is no stranger to understanding what it takes to be discovered. Starting her own PR agency at her kitchen table at the age of 21, she then went on to found London Fashion Week, created the London event ‘What Women Want’ in 1995, and subsequently travelled the world working with multinational corporations, civil servants, bureaucrats and grassroots organizations to draw attention to the changing position of women in society.
After helping Telnic to raise awareness of .tel in the UK at the launch earlier this year, Lynne realized that her members – and through them, women’s charities – would benefit from .tel as well. Here, she explains her thoughts on .tel, the internet and doing business the feminine way:
“I was delighted when I was first invited to be a spokesperson for .tel, which is the most dynamic global directory in cyber space. It has subsequently made perfect sense to create a partnership between my SEED community of women entrepreneurs and .tel which will ensure that both personally and professionally our members can be accessible and contactable very easily as well as having their search engine results maximised. .tel also enables SEED women to find the necessary business resources that they need, too – a win-win situation.”
“The most important thing in today’s business environment for small businesses or people starting out in business on their own is the need to be seen and the need to be found. It’s a highly competitive world and you need to be as visible as possible. We live in the communication age and we can’t do anything without making connections. We need to know how to get to others – and how they can get to us. Read more…
