We have a Happy Housewives Club Featured Hot Mama of the Month

Evie Ballesteros of Mommy's Little Monkey

Who: Evie Ballesteros

Business: Inventor/Designer of Nursing Curtain and the Simple and Sweet Nursing Curtain, Chula Vista, CA.

What: Breastfeeding Nursing Curtain and Clothing Line

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10 Great Tips for WAHMs

1. Use Notables: Keep a small notebook and pen handy. Take it wherever you go and then just jot down ideas or appointments or things to do instead of trying to remember them and then forgetting them later on.
2. DO IT NOW!!!! Do not allow for the luxury of procrastination. If you do, this will only stress you out when you think about that hateful "to do" item on your list.        
3. Administrate Chores: Delegate tasks that you have no time for or team up with someone who can help you most.                                                                                                                                      
4. Make More Space: Go through your entire file system and then weed out any old unneeded files to free up space in your filing system.
5. Be your own Post-Master: Use those handy sticky notes to write errands needed to be done. Stick them to your front door or your fridge, to remind you as you are headed out.            
6. If possible, do your job in blocks. Respond to emails in a “block”, reading work related material in a “block”, feeding time or snacks in a “block”. You will find this can cut out “wasted time” during the day.
7. Prioritizing duties… If you find working in blocks is not right for you, try this…You can decide that the children must quietly watch a video while you make a phone call or finish your project, and know that you are not putting them in second place. Why? Because you are there.
8. Swap babysitting and working time with another mom. If you have a friend who also has her own home-based business, you can trade work and sitting times.
9. Work swing shifts with your husband. You can watch the kids while your husband works, and then he can take over while you work the next shift.
10. Ask your family for help. Going to grandma’s house can be an adventure.

In conclusion, a work at home mom needs to stay on top of her busy daily schedule and still remain relaxed. With a little practice and some common sense, the 10 tips above this will definitely help you to be a more organized work at home mom.

Information obtained from the following links:

• MommysPlace.net
• GuruKnowledge.org
• PositiveArticles.com

• momAgenda, Nina Restieri interview with Bunmi
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This month's focus: Value

The #1 reason most women do not make money from home is because they don't understand the importance of the V-word.

You must value your time by not wasting it on projects that need to be delegated. Are you a paid web designer? Then don't spend all night on your website. Find someone with skills who can get the project done in 1/3 of the time. You will be able to pay them because of the time you'll free up to make sales.

Another way to value your time is to make sure you're talking to the right people about your services. Forget cold calls and hitting up the same old neighbors (who have already said no). Find new business by joining playgroups, hosting get togethers and attending women entrepreneur functions. Stop spinning your wheels chasing the leads from 2007 and get out there!

Questions to ask:

What are my top three time wasting activities?

Who can do these activities for me?

What is my #1 money making activity (ex. Follow-up calls, networking, etc)?

What time during the day will I focus on this activity (Ex. 10am-11:30am)?

Giving value is how you make money. Take a look at what you're trying to sell or the products you offer. Are they fantastic? Are your prices competitive? Be honest. Are you selling something you would buy?

When you give your customers what they truly need or want, your business will flourish.

Question to ask:

What would I love to buy that I can't seem to find?

What unique service can I offer my community or the world?

Who else offers my products or services? Why will people buy from me instead of them?

January’s Mantra

When I value my time and give value to others, I am successful.

Tips that Work

Be sure to set aside a notebook or binder to write down what it is you want from your work-at-home situation.

Having concrete markers for the future is so important. In 2005, I lived in an apartment with my husband. One evening I sat down by candlelight (for atmosphere) and wrote down in what I call my Dream Notebook that I wanted to have a house with a backyard in six months. We did. Last year I wrote in the same notebook that I wanted to make an extra $1,500 a month. By November I'd done it.

Think big and it will happen. You can have anything you want and deserve if you're willing to focus and believe you're worth it.

Housewife Homework: Without thinking of how you will do it, write down three business/money related goals for the 2008.

Examples:

• I want to make an extra $1,000 a month with a home based business.
• I want to add 3 people a month to my network marketing downline.
• I want to work on my website 15 hours less a week.

Don't do anything else for now.

January Events

• I Tried It! With Plug-In-Profit Site
  
  Our first I Tried It! begins this month. Trusted women from within our community have been chose to put a turnkey website business called Plug-In-Profit to the test. We’ll also be doing a podcast interview with Stone Evans, the founder of the venture. Check out the I Tried It! section of the Work-at-Home page on the forums to follow the ladies’ journeys.
  
  I Tried It!

• Dish with our new Work-At-Home United Expert, Nicole Montez
  
  Nicole Montez started her Work-At-Home United business six years ago and has not only replaced her full time income, but her husband’s too. Get ready to learn how this Fortune 500 company made this mom’s life greener in more ways than one.

Resources

Stephen Covey's 10 Habits of Highly Effective People in an easy to read article. Read >>

Create a Dream Notebook or a Vision Board

Networking Ideas

Ladies Who Launch
www.ladieswholaunch.com

Did you know that the Small Business Administration has free online tutorials? Go >>

Are you a business owner or network marketer who has climbed the mountain and achieved true success? Tell me about how you became financially free working from home and you may end up profiled. Email Bunmi@Happyhousewivesclub.com

Happy Housewives Club Business Hot Mama of he Month!

Michelle Davenport, President of Need Aprons, Inc.

www.needaprons.com
www.thedashingdiva.com

Hi, I'm Michelle Davenport owner of Need Aprons, Inc.  I was born and raised in Georgia.  Yes I do have that deep southern drawl.  I’m told I have an accent that is a cross between Reba McEntire and Paula Deen.  I’ve been married to my husband Tony for 15 years and we have one son named Auston.

I have been a WAHM for about 3 years now and how that came about is an interesting story.  I earned my college degree in Computer Information Systems and worked for over 10 years climbing my way up the corporate ladder to be one of the two top level IS executives in the company.  It wasn’t very long after I finished my degree that I out grew the company and their technology.  I was basically the “Maytag Man”, hanging out until something broke – I was bored!

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