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4 Ways to Grow your Business

Posted by on Aug 19, 2009 in Sales & Marketing | 15 comments

4 Ways to Grow your Business

1. Speak up- As an entrepreneur, you are your number one sales person. You know your product/business/service the best and are the most qualified to share it with others. Entrepreneurship comes with the task of being our own salesperson, and this must be done with enthusiasm. If you believe in your business, eventually so will others. Word of mouth marketing (WOM) is the oldest form of advertising and it has remains the most powerful. So, don’t be shy…speak up! 2. Get uncomfortable- Often times, growth is uncomfortable. You must...

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Time Management for the Mom Entrepreneur

Posted by on Aug 11, 2009 in Uncategorized | 7 comments

If you are a work from home mom, your typical work day…well is not that typical. From juggling your household tasks to caring for your little ones, you might feel as though little time is left for actual work. Small everyday business tasks such as checking email and returning phone calls might begin feeling like time consuming chores whose completion seem near impossible. Many Mom Entrepreneurs regularly feel overwhelmed with “doing it all.” The truth is working from home is often much more difficult than going in to an...

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Grant Opportunity for Mom Entrepreneurs

Posted by on Jul 1, 2009 in Resources > Events/Opportunities | 6 comments

Many women who decide to start their own businesses run into a big obstacle; funding. Often, a decision to start a small or home based business is one that brings on a bit of financial struggle. From the loss of wages after leaving a 9-5 job to the high costs of starting your own business, finding financial support can be challenging and stressful. Thankfully, there are several opportunities to apply for grant money, business start up contests, or even reality TV shows based on women starting businesses. One opportunity is given by Moms in...

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New Inventor’s Series: Casting Now!

Posted by on Jul 1, 2009 in Resources > Events/Opportunities | 6 comments

A new inventor’s series is casting women with fabulous ideas from across America. TLC is teaming up with Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa’s, Milojo Productions are traveling from state to state looking for women with the “next” big idea and plan to help her through the journey of realizing her dream. A great opportunity for any Mom Entrepreneur, they will help you from product development, through manufacturing, marketing and finally selling on The Home Shopping Network. Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing...

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SEO for Women Owned Businesses

Posted by on Jun 7, 2009 in Blogging Basics | 16 comments

You’ve built a fabulous blog or website, written some of your best content, and still no traffic. Unfortunately visitors won’t just flock to your URL without a little search engine optimization. If you are having trouble attracting traffic to your blog or website, it may be time to focus on your SEO efforts. In fact, this could be the most important task to creating and building a successful readership which is the goal, right? Many small start ups and blogs don’t have a lot of extra money to pour into search engine...

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Deal-ectible Mommies

Posted by on May 28, 2009 in Review Blogs | 7 comments

Deal-ectible Mommies is dedicated to finding the best of the best when it comes to parenting, maternity, baby gear and everything that falls in between. A dedicated “Green” mom who provides honest, thoughtful, well rounded reviews. http://delectiblemommies.blogspot.com/

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OrangeSoda

Posted by on May 28, 2009 in Online Marketing | 1 comment

Founded in 2006, OrangeSoda Inc. is an online marketing technology company providing powerful, proprietary search engine marketing solutions to help small to medium sized businesses raise visibility locally through geo-targeted online marketing. OrangeSoda’s product and service offerings include paid search campaign management, search engine optimization and Web analytics and measurement. OrangeSoda currently has partnerships with Google, Yahoo! and MSN, and is privately held with offices in Utah and Nevada. For more information about small...

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Your MUST Have Resource: HARO- Helping Everyone Out!

Posted by on May 16, 2009 in Press & Media | 0 comments

If you are in any of the following titles describe you: a reporter, a journalist, an editor, a PR consultant, or an entrepreneur, and you have NOT heard about HARO you have obviously been living under a very large rock. HARO (an acronym for Help a Report Out) is Peter Shankman’s brilliant email list aimed at connecting journalist with sources. However, HARO seems to be helping almost everyone and anyone lately.      Let me take a step back. In case you have been living under a very large rock, you might be wondering “who the...

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I Have A Blog, But No One Reads It!

Posted by on Jan 11, 2009 in Blogging Basics | 2 comments

Ah, the world of blogging! A scary, unpredictable yet oddly exciting world of the unknown! Every day thousands of people are starting blogs, some for fun, some to share their lives with family, some to make an impact and others – to make an income. There are many reasons to start a blog and many ways to get traffic to it. Here are some basic tips to making people want to hear what you have to say! 1) Define a clear purpose of your blog. If it is about family, then stick to that and your family and friends will be glad to be a part of it!...

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Wow Your Blog Visitors With Style

Posted by on Nov 24, 2008 in Wordpress Templates | 0 comments

Here we will share some of our favorite sites for getting Blog Templates. These sites all offer a large variety of unique templates that will set you apart from the other blogs out there. These templates are a great option for those that have moderate CSS and PHP skills but not enough to code their own blogs. We have decided to only offer those sites that we have found to have excellent reviews of their templates in regards to browser testing, ease of use and functionality. There are many sites out there to download themes from but please use...

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