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Latest News

Publicity Opportunities to Promote Your Business

"Advertising is what you pay for, publicity is what you pray for."

The Create Your Dreams Awards Gala is seeking no more than 10 raffle donations for their gala cocktail reception. Raffle prize donators will receive:

Recognition and promotion on the gala website of the company and the prize donated,
Recognition in the commorative gala program, and
Recognition of company and prize donated on printed raffle tickets which will go out in 5000 invitations and be sold at the gala reception.

Raffle prize donations must have a retail value of a minimum of $1000. This year's gala and raffle goes to benefit The International Association of Working Mothers - a non-profit charitable organization. Please click here to submit a description, website url, contact info, and retail value of donation for prize review.

Would you like some help launching that new business idea or expanding your current business? Februrary is the last month to apply for the Create Your Dreams Business Grant which is offering $10,000 in cash and business services to MIBN members who are mom business owners. Click Here or more information about the grant.

If you're one of the TWO grant winners, you'll receive a lot of free publicity through media interviews and on the MIBN website.

USA Today, the newspaper which is published by Gannett will be offering a lifestyle magazine inside its pages four times yearly starting in March. The new publication will be called Open Air, and it will be a 68 page glossy magazine featuring linearticles of interest to wealthy readers about how they enjoy themself outdoors, for example ---- travel, sports, nutrition. Open Air magazine will run in the issues of USA Today on March 7, May 2, September 5, and November 7. USA Today is the highest circulation newspaper in the US, and is published out of Gannett's offices at 7950 Jones Branch Dr., Mc Lean, VA 22108, (703) 854-3400; their national Fax: (703) 854-2078. Kenneth A. Paulson is the editor. Suggestions go to Alexa Yablonski; ayablonski@gmail.com. For more information, check out their Web Site: OpenAir

Style Network's Newest Show, "The Peter Project" is looking to give a make-over to a female run business both personally and professionally! They are looking for fantastic women that are looking for help to make a major change for the better! Any applicants can email the casting director, Cheryl LaPlante at: CLaPlante@44blue.com with a brief description of their business and their background. Please include any employees that work with them that also would like to be included in the make-over process! Cheryl's looking for ANYTHING! Boutiques, salons, day cares, florists, gyms, etc. The more unique, the better. It's really the women in the biz, not just the biz!! They are looking for women in Southern California ONLY and will be filming in February and March.

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Our newsletter gives you weekly tips you can use to build your career and business while trying to maintain some balance. Each week we give you a marketing tip, a business tip, a sales tip, and a work/life balance tip. Here are this weeks tips:

Business Tip

Don't take money away from your marketing budget during tough times-- marketing is the only chance you've got to keep afloat and growing.

Instead, Conserve Capital by doing the following:

Determine your primary business of units sold, customers sold, average order, hours billed, etc. Know what drives your business.
Don't buy services before you need them.
Lease instead of buy when it makes sense.
Look for office equipment that can do double duty, for example a fax machine that can also make copies.

Marketing Tip

One of "selling points" for the Internet is immediacy. People want to be able to order and get your product or information quickly. That means you may want to think about a secure way of accepting credit cards, or perhaps offering a toll-free telephone number.

Also, if you have a service-based business vs. product based, you can still sell online. Take your service and translate it into helpful articles or booklets you can sell online for those that can't afford full services, but can contribute to a new revenue stream.

Sales Tip
Are you reaching your sales potential? A repeat customer is your most valuable customer. Every new customer gives you an opportunity to create another repeat customer. Figure out how you can reach your sales potential by offering more to your customers without spending more.

Offer something extra with your product or service such as a little extra time, a relevant book or a coupon,
Create special offers for regular customers,
Send out news releases to stay visible in your market
Remember your customers at holiday time,
Offer your customers several payment options such as term payments, layaway plans or store credit.

Work/Life Balance Tip

Before a doctor's appoint for yourself or family member, call the office up and ask them how late they are running. You may need to reschedule if it's too long of a wait.

Once you are in the office, ask about the wait time again. If it's an hour or longer, give the receptionist your cell # and tell her you will run a quick errand (to mail, drugstore) something that will only take you fifteen minutes or less.

Your time is just as precious as theirs, so don't let anybody waste it.

And Finally...

This week's member giveaway, is a goodie bag full of unique thoughtful gifts to make your life simpler, easier, and more pampered.

And that's it for February 13th, 2008. Look for us next Wednesday when we visit your inbox, and thank you for inviting us into your life.

Have a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Week!

Sincerely,

Moms In Business Network

On this page, working mothers can find support and a community network about balancing work and family. Whether you are a mom, woman or parent working outside the home, have a home business, or are an executive mom, you can find support, articles, events, and a community of mothers here. Every woman is welcome to our organization, yet we are focused more on providing support, networking, resources, and information for working mothers (moms), and business moms. We have programs such as teleclasses like: build your business, market your business, workshops, moms vote matters, and millionaire moms club. If you want to accomplish more in your life and be more effective mother with balance, happiness and health, then this is the association for you. We all are concerned about the effects that working has on our family and kids, expecially if we are executive moms or own our own business and are not lucky enough to work at home. We provide answers to help your business grow and provide support for you and your family by connecting with other women who are working moms just like you.

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