WAHM Press

Noble, OK – Business owners interested in selling physical products online are invited to attend the first annual virtual Product Sellers Seminar running Sept. 17-19, 2008.

This free 3-day business planning and marketing seminar is for anyone with a new or growing business and who wants to know how to improve their marketing and business management skills.

“Most home and small business owners are struggling to reach current and new customers,” said Michelle Waters, owner of Watersweb Solutions LLC and host of Product Sellers Talk Radio (www.michellewatersonline.com). “Our three-day event will feature successful business owners who have experience selling physical products online and locally.”

The event will be held entirely online at ProductSellersSeminar.com (www.productsellersseminar.com) with pre-recorded interviews available for listening and live hour-long sessions available in an online conference room.

Participants only need a computer, high-speed connection and a microphone and speakers or headset to participate.

Founded in 2002, Watersweb Solutions LLC is an ecommerce solutions company that works with home-based and small businesses across the globe to develop effective, physical product selling websites. A former newspaper reporter and editor, Michelle Waters is host of an online talk radio show for product sellers, and teaches web design and internet sales classes at Mid-America Technology Center in Wayne, OK.

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Contact:
Michelle Waters
Email: michelle@michellewatersonline.com
Phone: 877-744-4319

Bloomingdale, New Jersey, August 10, 2008 – Less than fiver years ago Cara Mirabella was little more than a slob when it came to her home. Now her personal story of transformation into a capable home manager is inspiring thousands through her website and weekly podcast. As TheHouseholdHelper.com celebrates its first anniversary, Mirabella is rolling out an online boot camp-style program to help others make the same turnaround in their own lives.

“Women tend to be real sensitive about their homemaking skills,” says Mirabella, founder of TheHouseholdHelper.com, “so if you feel like your sinking it can be very hard to take the first step and say ‘I need help’. Domestically Challenged Boot Camp provides a level of privacy that is hard to find in most coaching and mentorship programs.”

After realizing how much more peaceful and fulfilling life became after getting a handle on her own house, Mirabella started looking for ways to help others overcome organizational challenges within their homes.

“With all the supermom images that we’ve been exposed to over the years, it can be really difficult for women today to admit that they are overwhelmed so it’s been a goal for me to create a comprehensive program where everyone feels comfortable rather than judged.”

“Many online programs provide steps and suggestions for improvement,” explains Mirabella, “but the problem is that they don’t help connect these wonderful new habits to a step by step process of integrating those good habits into real life.”

Domestically Challenged Boot Camp is delivered completely through email and takes a participant six weeks to complete. “At that point habits are established and you’ll have a plan that can take you through almost any occasion or challenge,” says Mirabella, who developed the program based on her own experiences and credits for her ability to deal with the premature birth of her son and the often tumultuous schedule of her shift-working husband. Continued support and encouragement is provided through weekly emails after the course is completed.

For more information on the Domestically Challenged Boot Camp, or to arrange an interview about household management and it’s affects on health and well-being, contact Cara Mirabella at cara@thehouseholdhelper.com or visit DomesticallyChallengedBootCamp.com

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Contact:
Cara Mirabella
TheHouseholdHelper.com
888-345-7181 Or 973-809-8348
cara@thehouseholdhelper.com

PENSACOLA– July 21, 2008 – Small Business Management expert, Nicole Dean, understands the value of marketing, networking and continuing education when building a business.  Those three components are the basis for a freelancers’ business directory and network called “Shelancers” that Dean recently created with fellow entrepreneur Darina Loakman.

“Over the last few years I’ve built a successful business addressing the needs of women who want to work from home. Creating the Shelancers directory with Darina was the next step in finding a professional platform to promote and connect women business owners with potential clients. And, it works. In fact, I’ve hired several women myself through the directory,” explains Dean.

Shelancers is a directory of business service providers that includes top professionals from various fields including bookkeepers and ghost writers to virtual assistants and graphic designers.  All members of Shelancers are independent contractors offering the kinds of services that are in high demand by business owners who want skilled workers, but may not have the resources or need for a full-time, onsite staff member.

One of the fastest growing segments of the market place today is the small business sector—especially those companies capitalizing on the opportunity offered by doing business online. The challenge these businesses face is finding the professionals they need in an efficient and timely way.  Shelancers is fast becoming the conduit for connecting skilled service providers with business owners.

Freelancers benefit from the expert marketing strategies put in place by Shelancers to promote their members.  But that is only part of the story as Dean and Loakman are also focused on developing ways to help their members to attain business longevity and success.

“I am passionate about helping women to realize financial independence.  Too many freelancer directories focus on being the largest or on attracting the most freelancers.  We’re focused on creating strategies, services and resources to ensure that freelancers who join our membership also become sustainable and successful businesses,” explains Dean.

“The members’ area at Shelancers is quickly filling up with marketing and technical training to help our members attract more clients while expanding and sharpening their skill sets.”

Shelancers acknowledges and responds to female freelance professionals who want

* To be listed in a directory that is being actively and effectively promoted online to business owners in the United States, Canada, Europe and around the world;
* An efficient, effective and affordable resource for listing business services and responding to client inquiries;
* A directory that is also a membership organization offering a responsive networking and informational forum that includes regular, up to date educational resources for members.

For more information about how a freelancers can benefit from this innovative business and promotional resource visit www.shelancers.com.

Florida resident, Nicole Dean has been helping women work from home since 2004 and is a recognized expert in Online Business and Affiliate Management. A resident of Ireland, Darina Loakman was included in a list of 50 of the most influential women in Ireland as compiled by the Examiner Newspaper (2006). Both entrepreneurial moms are available for media interviews to discuss their joint venture - Shelancers (http://www.shelancers.com).

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Contact:
Sharon McMillan, Media Relations
(905)-472-5384
sharon.mcmillan@bellnet.ca

Web 2.0 and the new face of social media provides a working connection between moms who may otherwise never have met.

The Wikipedia defines Web 2.0 as “a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users.” Mothers worldwide taking advantage of web 2.0 and all it has to offer. Women who may never have meet otherwise are creating partnerships and teaming up on new business ventures.  One example is Moms In A Blog (http://momsinablog.com), a network of blogging moms which launched July 7th. The new collaboration is a prime example of Web 2.0 in action – co-founded by a 27-year-old magazine sales & promotions consultant from Manitoba, Canada and a 41-year-old home-based travel agent from Florida, USA who met at an online networking group.

Moms In A Blog uses Web 2.0 to effectively bring together 7 moms from all over North America. Besides the co-owners, the team includes Alyssa Avant - a Christian speaker and writer from Mississippi, Jennifer Lavender – an Oklahoma homeschooler, Dr. Daisy Sutherland – a former Chiropractor from Tampa Bay, Tracy Jo – a Michigan mother who recently added a set of quads to her family, and Eleisia Whitney – a Watkins Manager from California. Together, these seven women who have never met in person are utilizing Web 2.0 to its best advantage and building a booming resource site for other moms around the world.

Web 2.0 has opened numerous opportunities for mothers across the world to build their dreams by connecting with other women through online groups, forums and networking events. Using Web 2.0, women are finding opportunities, assisting each other, sharing advice, learning from each other, and forming partnerships that, like Crystal & Tracy’s, would not have been feasible in the past.

If you would like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview contact Crystal at crystal@momsinablog.com or Tracy at tracy@momsinablog.com

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Contacts:
Crystal Unrau: crystal@momsinablog.com
Tracy Roberts: tracy@momsinablog.com