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15 Minutes For Mom

Five Ways to entertain your kids: (part 3)

#3 -Outdoor Time

When the weather cooperates, send the kids outside for some fresh air. Be sure that your children are old enough and mature enough to handle time outside by themselves. If possible, have a next door neighbor keep an eye on them. If you have a fenced in back yard, that is often the safest possibility. Another option is to buy outdoor activities that can keep your children occupied.

Tune in next week for #4!

~ Jill

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About the book: "Meet Susan, a housewife and soccer mom whose dreams stretch far beyond her ordinary world. While studying the book of Judges, Susan longs to be a modern day Deborah, a prophet and leader who God used to deliver the ancient nation of Israel from destruction. Susan gets her wish when she stumbles through a portal into an alternative universe and encounters a nation locked in a fierce struggle for its survival."

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* I found a great way to reach alot of people at one time and it is inexpensive and easy. I go to Vistaprint.com and order 100 postcards designed free to whatever your business, mine happens to be jewelry. All you usually pay for is the shipping. I put them in sandwich baggies and weight them down with dried beans and put them throughout the neighborhoods. I let them know I am looking for designers to join my team or they can host a party and get free jewelry. I always wear my jewelry everywhere, because everyone is a potential customer. Most important thing to remember is that if you love your product you will want to tell everyone about it. Its not hard to sell something you truly love.

Lisa Trowbridge
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* I am a wife, mother of 5 and personal trainer. The summer is a great time to build a business! The sun is shining, and most of us are excited that the school year is coming to an end so we can slow down just a bit. My business grows each summer, for many reasons. The most important thing I do each summer is PLAN. With 5 kids our house is always busy, so we come up with a schedule. I know that if I put 2 hours of quality time into my business each day, it will produce a full-time income. I make a schedule for each of my kids to do each morniing so I can put in 2 hours of office time. It looks something like this:

1) Wake up, have breakfast
2) Do chores (different for each child)
3) Study Time (I purchase fun stuff for them to do (books, activity books, usually targeted to the grade they are going into after summer)
3) Reward - Head for the Pool!

While the kids are doing their chores/activities, I am doing office work. Their reward for staying focused and motivated that morning is a trip to the pool. This has worked great for me for the last 5 years. My kids range in age now from 6 - 15. They know what they are responsible for and the reward gives them something to look forward to! Hope this can help someone else :)

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We all realize how Virtual Assistants have revolutionized the way we work today. Most businesses now count on their Virtual Assistant the same as they used to count on their secretaries, only so much more. VAs are a prized and respected part of their client’s team, and unlike secretaries, who often were taken for granted, Virtual Assistants are praised for their professionalism and skills. Most businesses today can’t imagine where they would be without their VA. And as the potential for success in a virtual assistant business continues to explode, so does the need for good Virtual Assistants.  
 
Today’s Virtual Assistants need to take pride in their business and also to learn as much as they can about their niche, which is the specialty they have chosen to specialize in. One niche that I highly recommend is to offer publicity and marketing services to clients. This is an area that is growing in leaps and bounds as more and more authors, businesses, and other professionals realize the need to market their business to get good publicity. A business can expand tremendously when hiring a Virtual Assistant to help them spread the word about their products or services. Also, authors today aren’t aware that once they write a book, that’s when the real work begins. They need to get the word out about their book in order for it to be successful. That’s where a good Publicity VA comes in. 
 
Publicity and marketing is thrilling to say the least. There’s such a great rush when your client gets recognized in national magazines, or a TV station wants to do a segment on them and you helped them achieve this success. Or better yet, when your efforts start resulting in substantial increased sales for them. Clients will not only keep using your services, but also tell others about this new positive addition they have to their business. And best yet, you too get to feel that satisfaction as you are helping them achieve their goals. 
 
One of my most successful tips is learning how to effectively use any publicity that a client receives. When clients get national attention in a magazine, newspaper, or TV Segment, or even on a popular website, it’s important to make sure that everyone is aware of this. A press release should immediately go out to announce their accomplishment. This release should be added to their website and also should go to all their local papers, radio stations, and TV networks. Media loves to highlight a success story of their locals, so make sure you get this out there as soon as you can. And you don’t have to wait for the publicity to happen. If your client lands a major TV segment, you can start sending this press out beforehand in order to get more media for when the event happens. You just want to make sure that the client is fairly confident the segment will air. Also, don’t worry if the segment gets bumped back, that often happens as breaking news takes priority. This can almost be a blessing, as then you get to do more publicity before the airdate. 
 
It’s also important to follow-up with the reporters and let them know how much you appreciate the acceptance of your quotes for an article. When you go the extra step to show them your appreciation, they remember you when the next article comes up and they need help with more expert advice. Many reporters work for multiple magazines so one good ally can lead to lots of media exposure. Always keep your PR hat on. Learn to take any situation and turn it into good press for your clients and your business as well. Stay on top of current events and see if you have anything to offer. Whenever a story hits the press that any of my clients would have a connection to, I’ll send it right away. Having press releases already prepared for clients on their business is always a great help. How do you know about these events? Sign up for Google Alerts under the topics of interest and then whenever a story is written, you can follow-up with your press release or article to the reporter. It works! I also use ProfNet from PRNewswire, which allows me to get daily leads from major news outlets. You can also consider PRLeads.  
 
It’s also important to learn how to write a good press release and article and also where to send those. Make sure that your press releases and articles are newsworthy and also something that interests the readers. When I write a release, I always think would I read this release? Would it interest me? If not, I doubt your target audience would be reading it either. Plus, be careful to sound too promotional. You can easily get your message across without sounding like an ad. 
 
Publicity is a great niche for VAs.

About The Author:
Diana Ennen is the author of numerous books including Virtual Assistant - The Series, Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA and accompanying Workbook; Corel Word Perfect Office Ready, Virtual Assistant Solution Pack, and Words From Home, Start, Run and Profit from a Home-Based Word Processing Business. She specializes in publicity and book marketing and is president of Virtual Word Publishing http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com and http://www.virtualassistantstartups.com

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Cake:
2 cups of flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cup Wesson oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups grated carrots
1- 8 1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple, well drained
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream oil and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time; beat well. Sift dry ingredients and add with carrots and pineapple. Add vanilla and blend in nuts. Grease and flour 3 -9 inch pans. Bake at 350? for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.

Icing:
1 stick of butter, (1/4 lb.)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. powdered sugar
1- 8 oz. cream cheese

Combine and beat smooth. Spread between layers and put together.

Recipe Source:
Submitted by: Sharon Kaye Lee, Bizymoms Host
Bizymoms Cookbook by Diana Ennen & Kelly Poelker
Virtual Word Publishing, Inc.
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com

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This desktop arrangement brightens a child's homework nook and keeps all her pencils ready for the picking..

MATERIALS:
Pencil
Hair scrunchies
Craft foam leaves
Craft scissors
Hole punch
Clay pot
Black beans

Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. For each blossom, wrap 1 or 2 colorful hair scrunchies around the top of a pencil. Next, cut out a pair of green craft foam leaves, using craft scissors to create a scalloped edge. Lightly etch leaf vein lines in the foam with the tip of a toothpick. Using a hole punch, make a hole in the base of each leaf.

2. Then slide the leaves onto the pencil so they rest right beneath the flower. You can even attach a "silk" butterfly (sold at craft stores) to the blossom.

3. Finally, plant the finished flowers in a clay pot filled with dried black beans (if beans fall through the hole in the bottom of the pot, just tape over it).

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Found at FamilyFun.com

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Hazardous Duty
by Christy Barritt

Gabby St. Claire is a crime scene cleaner. Her days are filled with grime and blood, but the job takes her one step closer to her goal of becoming a crime scene investigator. A typical day turns into a nightmare when Gabby uncovers a murder weapon while cleaning. When her best, an only, employee is arrested, Gabby knows she has to help prove him innocent.

How will Gabby convince the surly detective to take her seriously? And what’s with her new neighbor – is he friend or foe? Gabby must solve this mystery or her life will never be the same.

Hazardous Duty is the newest novel from author Christy Barritt. She is the author of eight books and contributor to a number of magazines and website. Barritt brings a new twist to chick-lit with her unusual crime scene cleaning heroine. The writing is smart, funny and captivating with a dose of emotion to round it off nicely.

Review by:
Jill Hart, CWAHM.com