Scentsy Candle Founding Consultant: Guest Post

Meet My Friend

Direct Selling Consultant

I’d like to introduce my readers to Meet My Friend, Jodi Albertini, whom I’ve met through blogging and  invited to Guest Post on Moomette’s Magnificents.

Jodi immediately wowed me as a work-at-home mom who is dedicated to helping other moms succeed in attaining their goals.  She has been a WAHM for the last 4 years; is a social worker by education; an interior decorator by business affiliation and a direct sales professional by choice.

Jodi has built a team of over 1,200 consultants in two years – which she is responsible for mentoring, and has achieved the highest title in this fabulous company.  Additionally, she has spoken at several Scentsy engagements and conventions, as well as participated in training and informational videos for Scentsy.  Jodi has also made several media appearances to speak to her success as a WAHM,  and has recently began writing as an author on www.buzzle.com

With 2 years experience in Direct Sales and a current team of 1,200 consultants, I am frequently asked the “secrets” to my success.   Of course, I could go on with what is required to build a business, elaborating on all the basic motions of growing a successful Direct Sales franchise.  However, I truly believe that there are not too many true “secrets” to building a strong team and a GREAT business.  Rather, I believe that success involves a series of personal choices that differentiate those GOOD consultants from the GREAT ones:

1. Catch a Vision – Develop a vision for your business.  Imagine what it will be like when you have achieved your goals, and then strive to make that vision a reality.  No business is built overnight and big business does not come easy.  However, having an internal perspective of where you want your business to land someday will drive your daily actions that will move you toward success.
2. Share Your Enthusiasm – If you LOVE what you do (and you should), then express your passion for your business on a regular basis.  Passion creates enthusiasm and enthusiasm is contagious.  When engaged in your business, people should see the joy on your face.  Soon those who are watching will want what you have!
3. Be Bold – We often pass up business opportunities due to our own fears or insecurities.  Achieving what we desire often requires taking a chance.  Being bold does not mean that you lack fear.  Rather, it means that you are making choices for the good of your business despite fear.

This list could go on and on.  My perspective is that GREATNESS is not developed completely by what you do, but rather how you do it.  What are some personal choices that you can make to move your business from GOOD to GREAT?

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Visit Jodi at: Safe Candle

Jodi Albertini is a SuperStar Director with the Direct Sales Company Scentsy – a wickless, smokeless, flameless and safe candle product (www.safecandle.net).  Jodi has developed a team of 1200 Scentsy consultants in just over two years. She is a Stay-at-Home-Mom, turned Work-at-Home-Mom, with 2 fabulous children and one incredible husband of almost 15 years. Jodi’s formal education is in Social Work and Counseling.  She has learned to take a Psychological approach to sales, recruiting, and mentoring.

If you have a topic of interest that you’d like to share and be a Guest Blogger on Moomette’s Magnificents, please contact me (see Contact tab above).

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Tips To Keep Your Craft Blog Up-To-Date: Craft Content Mini – PLR Membership Review

Have a Craft Blog?

Here’s a great WAHM tip if you have a craft blog and enjoy doing any type of arts and crafts, sewing, kniting, crocheting, and more!

All Craft Content Mini Membership is a monthly subscription, which provides a steady supply of craft-related articles and product profiles or reviews. That’s enough PLR content for any blog/site on arts and crafts or family life.

Product Details:

Monthly membership to All Craft Content Mini Membership provides:

• 10 articles

• 5 product profiles/reviews

• List of affiliate programs

The membership also includes these bonuses:

APLC Publisher WordPress Plugin. An easy-to-use plugin for WordPress sites, which allows the user to automatically mass upload and schedule articles in .txt format. The plugin is free for All Craft Content members, and the license remains active for as long as the user remains a member.

Access to the members discussion area. Where members can get support and learn strategies for making the most of PLR content.

Search Engine Optimization Guide and Video. A guide and step-by-step instructions for optimizing PLR articles to get more traffic to your site.

Outsourcing Guide. A 21-page guide to saving time and making more profits by outsourcing product creation – the right way.

Format:

The articles and product profiles/reviews are in .txt format, which can be edited with any text editor. This format also work with the APLC Speedy Publisher and similar WordPress plugins.

The search engine and outsourcing guides are in PDF, while the search engine optimization instructions are in video.

The discussion area can be accessed online.

Thoughts on the Product:

If you have a blog/site related to arts and crafts, All Craft Content Mini Membership will make it much easier for you to publish new content consistently. The All Craft Mini Membership provides a total of 15 pieces of new content every month. This means you can easily publish a new article three times a week and still have some content leftover for your newsletter or Ezine.

Some of the articles have a common theme. Therefore, you can use them to run a series of related blog posts. Or, since you have permission to edit the materials, you can combine related articles into a special report.

The articles also tie into holidays and special occasions, so your content will always be relevant – as long as you use it right away.

The product profiles/reviews give a good opportunity to make affiliate commissions, since the featured products almost always have an affiliate program.

At $10 a month, each content costs a mere 67 cents. This PLR mini-membership is a no-brainer for the owner of a crafting site.

Where to Learn More:

All Craft Content Mini Membership

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Girlfriends Guide To The Business of Blogging Online Conference – December 8-10

Free Conference

Save the Date!

If you’re a WAHM mom, or looking to work from home, here’s a tip:  I just signed up for what promises to be an informative FREE Conference!  You’ll want to check it out as it’ll be covering information on the new FTC Guidelines regarding Disclosure if you do product reviews.

I follow Debbie Lawrence of We Speak Media on Twitter @BirdOnAWire55 and she’s always sharing a wealth of information!

So, you have an online business and a blog. Or you want to have a blog. And you want to make money both in your business and with your blog!

The First Ever Girlfriend’s Guide to The Business of Blogging Online Conference is where you want to be! Connect with other bloggers right from your own office or home and learn what being a Pro in the blogging world really is. No Travel Fees, no fees for attendance.

Save the Dates! October 22-25, 2009 Online – UPDATE – Changed to Tuesday December 8-10th

Learn the ins and outs of Social Marketing. Learn how to set up your blog, the basics of page rank, SEO, ethics, and very basics of business will be discussed. How to’s of offering ads, advanced sponsorship opportunities plus legal and professional insights and much much more. Every session includes actionable take aways, hints and tips you can put to use right now, today to drive traffic, make money and become a success!

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://girlfriendsguide-efbevent.eventbrite.com

PS: This is not a women’s only event! Feel free to pass this on to any blogger, entreprenuer or writer you think will benefit from attending.
Speakers will be announced Monday, October 5, 2009
Lets just say, they’re awesome! Stay tuned!

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Blog Community Support at MomDot Forum

Pay It Forward

Where the Blogging Moms Go

Whether you’re a newbie or seasoned blogger, we all can use a support system at times.

Perhaps you’re looking for a fresh perspective, or someone to bounce an idea off of.  Maybe you need another pair of eyes to help solve a problem or share some ideas on parenting tips.

At the MomDot Forum, women come together to pay it forward.   The MomDot Forum is a community of women (and a few men!) – comprised of moms , grandmoms and dads,  who enjoy keeping the conversation going, while nurturing friendships.

I can honestly say that I’ve met some wonderful people, and learned so much from the group!  It’s the one forum I check first thing in the morning and last thing at night!

If you also are a Product Reviewer, MomDot has a special VIP Co-Op Share Board that you can join, as well as a place to list your Contests and Carnivals.

When you join, let Trisha know that Moomettes sent you!

For more information and to complete an application visit MomDot.

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WAHM – ElyOrganics – Miessence Products – Guest Post

Meet My Friend

ElyOrganics – Miessence Organics

Certified Organic Skin and Body Care, Baby Care, Cosmetics & Nutritional Products

I’d like you to Meet My Friend -  Erin Ely, from Ely Organics. I met Erin on twitter and we’ve kept connecting through the various social networking sites that we both seem to meet up on.

I’ve done several posts on organic products in the past and Erin was kind enough to send me a full-sized container of the Miessence Sunflower Body Wash to try.

I use it on a loufa in the shower and like the fact that it is Gluten-Free and moisturizes with a vitamin-rich organic sunflower oil.  I just love the refreshing scent, which contains orange peel, lemon peel and lime peel oils.

You can follow Erin on Twitter @erinely

In the past, I’ve touched on topics about tapping into your interests and hidden talent, and parlaying them into a career where you turn your interests into  a business.  Many readers or their families have become  victims of the current recession, and are actively seeking gainful employment.  Some, like me, are considering either retiring, or trying to determine a move to another career that will spark our interest – whether it  be something entirely different from what we’ve been doing in the past, or entirely new venture.

Perhaps you are off-ramping from corporate life to take time out to raise your children.

I have been inviting bloggers and writers to Guest Blog on my Meet My Friend meme to share their ideas and experiences with my readers who are interested in becoming a mompreneur.

If you have a WAHM or Momepreneur topic of interest that you’d like to share and be a Guest Blogger on Moomette’s Magnificents, please contact me (see Contact tab above).

It all started one night in March of 2005, when I was surfing the internet for information, educating myself on chemicals in body care products when I discovered  miessence® products and the ONEgroup business opportunity.  I had been eating organic food for about 10 years previous and in 2005, I began to understand more about the whole issue of chemicals in body care products.

You skin is your largest organic and most of what you put on your skin goes directly into your blood stream, which in a sense is more critical than when you eat something with chemicals.  When you eat something, it passes through your digestive tract and is broken down, this does not happen with the things you put on your skin.  The patches for birth control and nicotine, etc are a prime example of this, what you put on your skin passes directly into your blood stream.  Over the years I have become more and more concerned about chemical pollution in general, not just in body care products.

I have to admit,I was not remotely interested in a network marketing type of business opportunity, as a matter of fact I have never seen a network marketing product that I would buy or use.  When I found ONEgroup website and the miessence® products, I read everything I could about the company and the products. Something that really captured my attention was that the complete ingredients list were displayed on every product page.  At this time, they were one of the only companies that displayed their complete ingredients lists and they were the only company with an extensive line of food standard certified organic skin and body care products. miessence® have been food standard certified organic since 2001, making them the world’s first extensive range of certified organic skin & body care products.

I am a total organic nut and a fanatic when it comes to reading ingredients lists. I would never purchase a product without seeing the full ingredients list.  When I read the miessence® ingredients lists, there were only names of things I could understand, all plants, no long chemical names.  I knew right then, that I had to try them.

I ordered the products and began my business all within about a 2 to 4 day period.  In January 2008, I created my website: ElyOrganics – Your Source for Miessence products. I had been a stay at home mom for 15 years when I discovered miessence®.  While I was not looking for a business opportunity I had been thinking about going back to work.   Being home, doing my own thing for 15 years, made it very challenging for me to want to work for someone.  I had grown way to independent minded for that I felt.

At the time, I was a homebirthing, attachment parenting, extended breastfeeding, homeschooling mom and I was not interested in working outside the home.  After using the products and identifying with the values of the ONEgroup, selling miessence® just seemed to make sense for me. The miessence® products are something I can get behind and can feel good about offering to others and I can run my business from home. This has allowed me the flexibility to be available for my kids when they need me and the resources and time to travel when it is convenient. I get to focus on the things in life that are important to me; my family, volunteering in my community and supporting non-profit organizations. I buy carbon offsets for my home office and the ONEgroup also purchases carbon offsets for all their manufacturing and shipping of miessence® products.  A percentage of all enrollment fees go to support the David Suzuki foundation.

You can read more about this on my website: ElyOrganics.com

Erin has generously offer to host a Giveaway Contest for readers of Moomette’s Magnificents!  For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of  one (1) Miessence Sunflower Body Wash.

Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.

Main Rule:   (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND

b) Visit ElyOrganics and leave a comment about another fact that wasn’t mentioned in this post and another product you’d like to try.

This contest will run until August 18 at 11:00 pm. EDT

For Additional Entries, check out my Contest Entry Rules.

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Fun Kids Clothes and WAHM Business Opportunity – LikeWear – Review and Giveaway

Adorable Kids Clothes

LikeWear Fun Clothes For Kids

Today, I’m happy to have the opportunity to review a product and let you know about Like Wear.  I was recently sent two cute items which are just perfect for ‘Lil Moomette and Slugger.

I received a cute girl’s skirt and a white shirt, both of which were well-made and stylish for any occasion.

Many of my readers know that I am enthusiastic and try to help and promote work-at-home moms.

Luckily because of the Internet, today’s moms have opportunities available to be WAHMs, unlike those such as myself, when I was a young mom in the 1980s.

LikeWear is a direct sales company started by Lisa and Ken Gold whose sales force is comprised of entrepreneurial Moms running their own businesses.

Like Wear can only be purchased:

• directly from an independent LikeWear sales representative at a home party, local sale event or other personal shopping situation;

• through LikeWear’s web site; or from a reps personal online store;

• from one of the almost 70 boutique stores working with one of their independent sales representatives.

We take stylish casual clothes and embellish them with images from popular products and brands. From modern day and vintage package art, to original designs and creative twists on popular vernacular (or some interesting combination thereof), our mission is to help you wear what you like

Like Wear offers fun clothing lines for both girls and boys, cute bags, as well as Accessories for Babies.

LikeWear has graciously offered readers of Moomette’s Magnificents a15% Back-To-School discount code between now and September 15th.  Simply enter Discount Promo Code MOOMETTESMAGNIFICENTS (in all caps) at Checkout.

Whether you’re looking for some stylish clothing or accessories or perhaps looking for a work-at-home business opportunity, visit Like Wear.

For More Information Visit: LikeWear

Moomette’s Magnificents  is hosting a Giveaway Contest! For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of one (1) full cut white t-shirt with any image available from LikeWear.

Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.

Main Rule:   (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND

b) Visit LikeWear and leave a comment about another fact that wasn’t mentioned in this post and another product you’d like to try.

This contest will run until August 17  at 11:00 pm.

For Additional Entries, check out my Contest Entry Rules

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Gain WAHM Insider Knowledge For Your Blog Or Business: Mom Masterminds Fifth Anniversary

Mom Masterminds is kicking off their 5th Anniversary with terrific opportunities!

I’ve been a member of Mom Masterminds, and won a Lifetime Membership when Moomettesgram’s Musings was honored with the Top 10 WAHM Blog Awards in 2008.

Are you looking to kick-start or ramp up your work-at-home business or blogs?

Here’s what Mom Masterminds can do for you:

Then and now, moms need a safe place where they can ask for advice and feedback and get it from other moms who were experiencing tangible success in their own businesses and who are willing to share how they’re doing it.

Grab a copy of the Free PDF ‘quick guide’ to the Mom Masterminds Learning Center – an enticing glimpse into all of the resources they have available to their members.  (No opt-in required).

What are you waiting for?  Find out what other mompreneurs have already known for five years and get the insider-knowledge yourself ~

You’ll have access to privilged information on:

• Free Morning Webinars

• Finding Your Niche:  Think Beyond The Obvious

• Preparing Your Website For Big Traffic Influx

To celebrate, Mom Masterminds is also hosting a Giveaway for a Free Lifetime Membership ($600 Value).

Don’t miss out on this one!

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WAHM Tips Echoed Around The Blogosphere You’ll Want To Know About

WAHM Tips

If you’ve been blogging for awhile, you probably are aware of all the controversy surrounding mommy bloggers and review bloggers.  I’ve been following along for awhile.

Having taken all the posts under advisement, Moomettesgram’s Musings will be undergoing some changes. I’m going back to my roots.

This blog originally started out as a personal blog on Blogger, and then morphed into a work-at-home WAHM blog.  Down the road, it became bifurcated and product reviews were added.  Like Octomom or a lab experiment in a petri dish, I split into a third blog.  Each blog had it’s own niche – WAHM, Reviews, and Mama Mentor for all my personal shenanigans and memes.

Do you know how much work it is to maintain 3 blogs?  Just to show how crazy I am, I added my Virtual Assistant blog, and then because I like to cook, I added a Recipe blog.

But I’m digressing.  Under advisement (through posts) I took the advice of JessicaKnows, Trisha over at MomDot, as well as Jessica Gottlieb Kelby at Type-A Mom where I also am Editor of 50-Something Moms and Erin at Queen of Spain and am now zipping it all up neatly into one blog again.  A whole new makeover is taking place, and this blog will have not only a face lift, but a new name – simply, Moomette’s Magnificents.  You’ll find all my work-at-home advice, product reviews, news of happenings in Dysfunction Junction, Connecticut, memes and more.

I’ll wrap this up by sharing some linky luv and tidbits that I think you might find helpful that are taking place around the blogosphere this week:

How NOT to Get a Guest Post Published on a Blog, courtesy of ProBlogger

Are You Underestimating the Power of Link Building to Bring You Traffic? Courtesy of Internet Marketing Strategy for Moms

Building Blog Community: Comment Features courtesy of Web Success Diva Impact Agent

I’ve Got My Blog Online – Now What, courtesy of Genesis Blogging

The Secret Weapon I Use to Get My Sites Indexed, courtesy of Internet Marketing Strategy for Moms

Soon you’ll be able to find all my advice under one roof again.  It’s a big undertaking, not without logistical problems.

Stay tuned.

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Here’s a Quick Way To Manage Your Business and Family Time Easily With Planners and Calendars

Here’s a Quick Way To Manage Your Business and Family Time Easily With Planners and Calendars

Our family has a long history of entrepreneurship. My in-laws were self employed and my husband is also.  Not only do I blog, I’m also the unofficial office manger for his business, so we’re always visting our favorite office supply store to pick up supplies.

Visiting the office supply store is akin to a trip to the candy store for me.  I enjoy looking at the latest technology gizmos and gadgets to stay on top of our game, whether it’s for the home office or personal time management. My husband is the technophobe so I’m the one who gets all giddy. He’s so unlike his late brother who we called “professor gadget” who had to have the latest electronic wonder of the moment.  My husband is of the school of thought that sometimes tried and true methods work the best and you don’t have to keep ahead of the curve or spend tons of money or be confused by technology.

People who work at home can take pride in the fact that not only are they entrepreneurs building a business that they are proud of, but are also saving money by doing so.  Of course, certain specific equipment and technology is needed to help them accomplish that end result.  Sometimes I feel I am over-scheduled.  I have a Palm Pilot PDA, my iPhone and I use Google Calendar.  On one of my most recent trips to the office supply store I visited the calendar and planner isle.  I was back to that old school of thought and am now using pen and paper as well as a leather-bound Franklin Covey Day Planner.

Manage Your Time With Calendars

If you haven’t seen the new calendars lately, you should check them out!  They’re unlike the flimsy pocket ones that are freebies from your insurance agent, or like the ones your mom carried in her purse.  Today’s calendars have taken on new and exciting functionality and purposes.

Several calendars that I can recommend that are functional and appealing to the eye are Mom’s Plan-It and Mom’s Family Calendar by Sandra Boynton.  You can record every family member’s schedule using pens and stickers.  The family calendar enables you to record each family member’s activity for the month by their name.

If your kitchen is the central gathering place for the family, hang a calendar in an accessible spot for everyone to enter their weekly schedule.  Family calendars can help you to coordinate both business commitments and family life.  Delegate the duty of entering the information to whomever is the most responsible family member.  As a WAHM you can even enter the days and hours you will be working on the family calendar to try to get some productive work time scheduled.

Manage Your Time With Planners

Planners can also be used in conjunction with a desk calendar.  When broken down by hours, planners work better for business.  The time slots that were listed on your family calendar can be broken down into micro project commitments in a planner.  You’re never without your schedule as a planner is very portable.

Franklin Covey offers a line of planners for a variety of needs.  There’s so many planners on the market today – choose yours carefully so you don’t end up with features you don’t need.  Look for ones that include:

• Removable pages

• Sections for notepads or notes

• Address Book

• Places to hold business cards

• Tabs for easy look-up

• Vinyl pouches for messages, bills, etc.

Staying on top of your daily work while keeping your business straight isn’t an easy task and needn’t be expensive.  Even if calendars and planners are considered so yesterday by our techno-savy kids, they get the job done and less expensively.

My motto – whatever floats your boat.

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Win 500 Business Cards From UPrinting

Thanks to the great folks at UPrinting, a company specializing in printing for over 25 years, I have an awesome promotional offer as well as the opportunity to sponsor a Giveaway Contest for 500 Business Cards!

This would be the perfect chance and opportunity to and chance to promote and get the word out about your work-at-home business or new blog!

Two (2) lucky readers will win 500 Business Cards!

*NOTE: Does not include Die-Cut Business Cards.

There are two ways to enter the Giveaway Contest, and you can enter once using each method for a total of two chances to win:

a.  After visiting UPrinting, leave a comment on this post explaining how you best would creatively use the 500 Business Cards if you were the winner.

b. Write a post on your blog and leave a live link back to this post as well as a live link which links back to www.uprinting.com

Note: Shipping of prizes is free only in the US and Canada. All other locations get free product, but must self-pay shipping.

This contest will run until May 21, 2009 at approximately 11:00 pm.

Winners are chosen by Random.Org, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

*Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

*Winner may win only once for a total of (500) business cards.

*Include your email if it’s not enabled.
*Open to USA and Canada Only (for free shipping only)
*Rules for each entry must be followed to be valid.

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