Archive for October, 2010

The Mompreneurs attended the Super Mom Entrepreneurs conference this past weekend in New York City and came back so inspired! Ellen and I met some wonderful, passionate and talented work-from-home moms who are running incredible businesses. We all love our online community and social networks for keeping in touch, supporting each other and sharing tips and ideas, but face-to-face interaction is so motivating! We networked with many young mothers who are so enthusiastic about starting and running their own businesses so they can better balance work and family. The Mompreneur movement is alive and stronger than ever! Here are some of the moms we met:
Nicole Feliciano, the very successful founder of MomTrends.com
Robyn Hatcher, founder of Speak Etc., a career coach and trainer
Angela Jia Kim, founder of Om Aroma, a natural skin care company
Kristen Stevens, owner and designer of Cute Beltz
Katrina Griffis, founder of Pink Koala Design
Robin Gorman Newman, founder of Motherhood Later
…and other moms who invented cool products like vacuum-packed diapers for vending machines and launched much-needed services like holistic coaching.

Going to a one-day conference is invigorating, but there are other ways you can experience the benefits of face-to-face networking.
•Join a woman’s entrepreneurial group through the National Association of Women Business Owners or a similar organization. Get on a committee to make it really worthwhile.
•Gather other mom entrepreneurs in your community and arrange monthly or bi-monthly breakfast, lunch, dinner or even coffee get-togethers.
•Through MeetUp.com, find like-minded businesswomen in your area and hold regular meetups.
•Join the Chamber of Commerce. Even if you have a home business, you can go to Chamber of Commerce meetings to network with other local business people
It feels good to connect and your business will benefit!

We all know how wonderful social media and blogging is to get our name out there in the world…heck, I built my business that way from scratch!

But I have been noticing more and more a missing piece in a lot of business owners’ marketing strategies online…and that’s building a list! You might know that it’s important, but do you know how to do it effectively AND inexpensively? If not, no worries, because that’s exactly what I’ll be teaching you in my upcoming complimentary teleseminar!

See, In order to truly THRIVE in your own business, you need to grow your list. Having a list of potential clients and customers to market to on a regular basis is the absolute KEY to making more money and enjoying more ease and freedom in your business.

I should know—because that’s exactly what happened for me!

Building my own list changed absolutely everything…and I can’t wait to share my best list-building tips and strategies with YOU on October 14!

Here’s just some of what you’ll learn on the call:

* The list-building strategies that are working best right now, and that you can begin implementing right away
* My recommendations for software and applications that systematize and automate your list-building for you
* What strategies work best when you want boosts of hundreds of people joining your list at one time
* How to continue strengthening your relationship with your subscribers once they’ve signed up, making it much more likely that they’ll buy…and a lot more!

I hope you can join me. If you can’t make the call live, it will be recorded and you will receive the audio as well as the handout—but do try to make it live in order to benefit from the special time-sensitive offer I will be introducing!

You can learn more and register here: Free List-Building Teleseminar

“See” you on the call!