Author Terri Pilcher and I have put together an ebook that addresses the issues direct sales moms face - how to increase and maximize sales. Our goal is to help you increase your sales - with tips from professional marketers and successful WAHM businesswomen like you. Click Here to purchase!

A Note From Terri ~ When you meet someone you know will help you fulfill your God-given purpose, you just know it’s a  God-thing. When Jill and I met, we knew that working together would enable us to change more women’s lives and help them to reach higher levels of success. Together we put together an article and e-books that give you insights into the minds of successful businesswomen. We hope our work will enable you to achieve your dreams! - Terri Pilcher

Baby Bella has a new free product to announce the arrival of a new bundle of joy in your family! The new Baby Alert Widget is fully customizable, announcing the birth of a new little boy or little girl.

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About 3-2-1 Penguins! Save The Planets!
It’s Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel and Kevin to the rescue in 3-2-1 Penguins!®: Save The Planets!, an all-new out-of-this-world adventure from Big Idea, Inc., an Entertainment Rights group company. Big Idea’s beloved flock of flightless fowl is back in action with 3 exciting new episodes on one DVD for the first time! Loaded with lots of family-friendly bonus features, this brand-new DVD lands in stores September 2008. Priced at $14.99 SRP, the product is available through Genius Products.

Produced by Big Idea, the creators of the award-winning VeggieTales® series, 3-2-1 Penguins!® follows the galactic adventures of two young kids and four space-traveling penguins dedicated to responding to distress calls from across the galaxy and learning important life lessons and values along the way.

“We are delighted to present these hilarious new episodes on DVD for the first time,“ says Greg Fritz, SVP Marketing & Licensing, Big Idea. “With the newfound popularity of 3-2-1 Penguins!Ô since its increased television exposure, we felt that this was an opportune time to launch these new episodes on DVD.”

3-2-1 Penguins!®: Save The Planets! is part of the highly successful 3-2-1 Penguins! ®Ô series, which has sold 1.5 million videos to date and has captured audiences everywhere as one of the top rated shows on “QUBO” airing weekly on NBC, ION and Telemundo. Combining faith, fun and flightless birds, 3-2-1 Penguins ®: Save The Planets! features standout episodes “The Green-Eyed Monster,” “More is More,” and “Give and Let Give.”

Bonus Features

● Pearls of Wisdom

● Make Your Own Planet

● Animation Progression

● Video Trivia

● Studio Commentary

● Discussion Guide

● Fun Games: How to Draw Kevin and Chancellor Gutt, DVD-Rom Fun

j.blossom officially debuted in 2006 with our signature line of fun, natural bath and body products for girls: lip balm, body lotion, bubble bath, and gift sets in yummy Strawberry-Banana Smoothie and Great Big Grape scents. I wanted to go beyond just something fun for bath time, and really celebrate little girls, so I decided to put a different positive affirmation on each bottle. For example: “Short or tall, thick or thin — I love the skin that I am in!”

The “Hugs, Not Bugs!” Natural Insect Repellent was introduced this spring. There are several other products in the works that will launch this holiday season - I’m very excited about that!

A recent industry survey claims that workers who telecommute are more productive and healthy, and more likely to stay with their current employer.

The study, carried out by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), followed some 212 professionals in various industries, including IT, government services, education and telecoms.

Two-thirds of the respondents experienced greater productivity from employees working full-time or part-time from home.

A third said that they were able to hire better qualified employees through the lure of telecommuting, while 39 per cent reported better staff retention levels. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE

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]]> http://cwahm.com/wordpress/2008/cwahm-blogs/jills-blog/weekly-advertising-special/feed/ http://cwahm.com/wordpress/2008/cwahm-blogs/jills-blog/news-telecommuting-risky/ http://cwahm.com/wordpress/2008/cwahm-blogs/jills-blog/news-telecommuting-risky/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:38:08 +0000 jill http://cwahm.com/wordpress/?p=2084 From U.S. News & World Report:

It’s a dicey economy. And if you are a telecommuter, you may be at special risk.

Fact 1: In these days of economic uncertainty, everybody is looking for ways to cut back. That everybody may include your employer.

Fact 2: Employers are only human. Humans tend to take the easy way out. And it’s easier to lay off someone you only see rarely than to lay off someone you see every day and who has become an integral part of your work life.

You may have fought to earn telecommuting privileges. You may love the savings in gas and wardrobe expenses. You may know in your very soul that telecommuting has made you a more productive, and hence valuable, employee.

But please consider this annoying-yet-true cliché: out of sight, out of mind. It’s human nature. That’s why face time at work is necessary. And these days, it’s more important than ever to maintain a high profile while telecommuting. Here’s how: CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE

About the Author:

Karen Burns, Working Girl, is the author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use, to be released by Running Press in April 2009.

The book includes devotions written by wives from every branch of the military. I hope it will bless many military wives.

A little more about the book:
If your spouse, or someone you know, has been deployed recently, the stress of that situation will resonate with you. Jocelyn Green speaks directly to the wives of deployed seamen, marines, airmen, and soldiers, via the experiences of their spouses.

This book is not a “ten easy steps” for a painless life, instead, it is a collection of devotions that squarely addresses the challenges wives face when their husbands are away protecting freedom. Challenges like: how does a military wife maintain a strong sense of patriotism without allowing her country to become an idol? What good can possibly come from moving every two to three years? And how can I be sure that God has a purpose for my life that is as strong as His purpose for my husband’s? The foundation of this devotional is the unchanging character of God and the anchor of Jesus Christ, even amidst the shifting circumstances of a military family.

The book can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com.

What are little boys made of? It used to be frogs, snails, and puppy dog tails, but today it is MTV, ADD, and STDs. So how do parents raise their sons to be respectful and responsible young men despite a toxic culture that relentlessly undermines masculine virtues such as moral strength, self-restraint, and respect for women?

By letting boys be boys. Dr. Meg Meeker, bestselling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, follows up her success with Boys Should Be Boys–a guide for parents on how to raise a strong son in these turbulent times. Taking readers on a journey from boyhood to manhood, Boys Should Be Boys delves into the mind, heart, and spirit of boys, showing parents how they can make a difference between the boy their son is and the man he will become. “Boys will be boys”–Dr.Meeker shows why it is not just an expression, it’s a necessity.

About Dr. Meeker:
Meg Meeker, M.D. has taught medical students and pediatric residents for the past 20 years, while practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine in northern Michigan.

She is a highly sought after speaker on teen health issues at national conferences.

Dr. Meeker appeared on the NBC Dateline Special 411: Teens and Sex, with Katie Couric, was a guest hour on the Today Show with Katie Couric, she has been a guest on The O’Reilly Factor, Heartland with John Kasick, Dayside with Linda Vester and The Dr. Laura Show.

Dr. Meeker has been a guest on over 300 radio shows including NPR, the Michael Medved Show, Relevant Radio and G. Gordon Liddy.

Here are some great ways to spend time with “just the girls:”

• Keep a stash of baking supplies on hand and ready to go so you can make the most of a rainy day by whipping up a variety of items. Once your creations have cooled, take a walk in the rain to deliver them to friends. You’ll spend a wonderful day working together making a delicious treat, and do something kind for someone else at the same time!
• Make homemade cards or pictures for kids at the local hospital, or a home for the elderly. Or write a letter to a far away relative
• Visit the local library and check out some new books to read aloud together
• Get out those photos and work on your albums together
• Create a family “newsletter” of recent events or happenings. This would be great to add to your holiday cards!
• Write a story together. Try writing about Katie and her friends, or about your own Precious Girls Club!
• Pick berries or apples or visit a farmer’s market
• Plant flowers or an indoor seed garden. Or force bulbs in the winter.
• Go on a picnic together. Or just go out to lunch!
• Get the binoculars and a magnifying glass and start a nature journal with observations from your own backyard
• Take a walk together and identify plants or birds.
READ THE ENTIRE LIST

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Listen in as author Lee Strobel shares about his recently released DVD, The Case for Faith, from LIONSGATE®.

Based on the Gold Medallion-winning book of the same name The Case for Faith is a life-changing DVD that will alter the way people look at the world.

In The Case for Faith, Strobel showcases his investigative skills to address the primary objections to Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rational resistance to faith. Strobel investigates two of the most emotional objections to Christianity, which have become barriers to faith and are confronted by believers and skeptics alike: Why is Jesus the only way to God? And, how could a loving God exist if there is evil and suffering in the world?

Confronting these tough questions, Strobel fields them well. The Case for Faith, the second in a series of three DVDs based on Strobel’s books, Strobel turns his tenacious investigative skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief - the eight “heart” barriers to faith:

1. If there’s a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil?

2. If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they’re true?

3. If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did?

4. If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn’t believe the right things about him?

5. If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions of people who have never heard of him?

6. If God really created the universe, why does the evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process of evolution accounts for life?

7. If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?

8. If I’m still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be a Christian?

Showcasing his journalistic background, Strobel brings the viewer along on his powerful quest to meet some of the Christian community’s most notable leaders, such as Peter Kreeft and William Lane Craig as well as his everyday friends and acquaintances that battle the eight arguments against faith. Through compelling video of personal stories and experts addressing these topics, combined with reflection and interaction, Christians and spiritual seekers will learn how to overcome these obstacles, deepen their spiritual convictions, and find new confidence that Christianity is a reasonable faith.

Hilton Hotels Corporation has developed a flexible work-at-home program, called Hilton@Home, underway within Hilton Reservations & Customer Care (HRCC). The highly flexible program enables HRCC to attract talented individuals for reservations and customer support positions who prefer to work from the comfort of their own homes while providing the first critical interaction for prospective guests calling upon reservations and customer services.

‘Today’s consumer demands a heightened level of customer service, and HRCC delivers with motivated home-based sales and service professionals,’ said Russ Olivier, senior vice president, HRCC. ‘Today, more than 800 Hilton@Home agents book global travel and provide customer care for more than 3,000 hotels with 500,000 rooms among nine brands that comprise the Hilton Family of Hotels. This unique career offering from a world-class organization attracts experienced and educated professionals who may not otherwise consider a customer contact position in the typical call center environment.’ ………. Read Entire Article HERE

About Stepping Into Sunlight:
Penny, a Navy chaplain’s wife, witnesses a violent crime and struggles with post traumatic stress while her husband is on his first deployment. Far from family and friends, she fights to heal for the sake of her seven-year-old son, even though ordinary tasks take heroic efforts. She’s haunted by flashbacks and is tormented by fear, so she designs a project to speed her recovery: doing one small, kind act for a different person each day. The results are sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and often used by God in surprising ways.

“Told with humor and lump-in-the-throat insight, Stepping into Sunlight is a compelling story of learning to live again after trauma. This was my first Sharon Hinck novel, but it garnered her a permanent spot on my favorite authors list.”– Deborah Raney, author of A Vow to Cherish and The Clayburn Novels series

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Ever since OPEC vexed Jimmy Carter into wearing a cardigan, telecommuting has been touted as a fix for what ails the US office worker — the agony and expense of commuting, the drudgery of cubicles, the shortage of family time. Long before the advent of the Web, evangelists were confident that cordless phones and faxes had already made the office a relic. “Working from home holds the promise of a new American dream,” Paul and Sarah Edwards gushed in their 1985 manifesto, Working From Home, in which they extolled the virtues of commuting from breakfast nook to den.

Two decades later, however, most workers still trudge to the office. Though a third of the more than 150 million working Americans telecommute at least occasionally, most do so just a few days each month. Only 40 percent of companies permit any sort of work-at-home arrangement, which means most insist on full-time attendance. According to a 2006 survey by the Telework Exchange, the top fear among resisters is that they’ll lose control of their employees, whom they doubtlessly envision frittering away the hours between 9 and 5 playing Minesweeper and munching Cheetos. … Read the entire article …

To kick off its new product line, WHY is sponsoring a “Create a Catchphrase” contest and is inviting home workers to help create the ways to tell the world it’s better to work from home. Phrases must be a suitable length and angle for a coffee mug, and all entries must be submitted to contest @ workhomeyou.com by September 30, 2008. The winning work-at-homer will receive a $50 gift certificate to the WHY online store. For more information, read WHY’s contest details.

So, let’s think of some thing we can stay home and do with our family!

1. Read together - So many good books … so little time. And they say the more we read to and with our kids, the better they do in school.

2. Play outside - we got a croquet set a few weeks back. Not only will it get me up off the couch, it’s pretty entertaining to watch my 6 and 3 year olds learn croquet!

3. Play a game - and no, I do not mean a video game on the Wii. I mean a board game (remember those). Invite friends over and make a night of it or just sit down with the kids and play Candyland.

4. Your Turn! Comment Below!

The S.O.S. for PMS:
Practical Help and Relief for Moms

In her latest book, Mary explores an often frustrating topic, the symptoms of PMS, and offers practical advice and encouragement for mothers. Readers will find comfort in the stories shared by other moms, realizing that they are not alone in their struggles with PMS.

With this book, you will find suggestions designed to inspire healthier lifestyles, relationships, and daily choices for all women.

Gather any group of moms together and the topic of frustrating PMS symptoms rises up in conversation along with the guilt and concern about its effects on family members.

Now Mary Byers, author of The Mother Load, offers mothers encouragement, help, and camaraderie as she shares:
~women’s stories-the good, bad, and the hopeful
~overlooked symptoms and how to manage them
~foods and activities to avoid or indulge in

God’s first aid for stress, depression, and anxiety a call for help-how husbands can come to the aid of their wives.

This gathering of useful advice and shared experiences will comfort readers who have ever felt alone in their PMS plight and will inspire healthier lifestyles, relationships, and daily choices for all women.

In today’s uncertain economy, the challenge for many is simply staying afloat. But in Rich Sloan’s opinion, the current recession presents the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs to start a new home-based business.

“You name it, it’s being started up,” says the optimistic Sloan. “Because the barriers to starting and running a viable business are lower than ever, people are starting just about every kind of business imaginable.”

Sloan’s opinions aren’t surprising considering that he’s the founder of Startup Nation, a Web site that’s been tracking trends in entrepreneurship since 2003.

Sloan, who calls himself the Chief Startupologist of the site, says that banks are more likely to support a home-based operation because it doesn’t have to pay of fixed overhead costs. “Basing your business at home instead of in a brick-and-mortar facility positions you for a better success rate out of the gate,” he says. “When you don’t have utilities, insurance and rent to pay on a building you don’t have that fixed overhead. While you build your business you can remain responsive and profitable.” ……… Read the Entire Article HERE

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