Market Mommies

Guest post from Toni Bloomfield of Market Mommies.

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Today on NBC 4 News at 5, Ellie introduced you to Laura Hamrick of Westerville.  Laura has an amazing product in OnTray.  What mom doesn’t need a little extra help when trying to navigate a grocery store with little ones in tow?

Laura is part of a growing number of moms that are creating new products and starting their own business.  Thousands of moms across the country have invented products or put new spins on classics out of their basements and dining rooms.  Especially with the economy, many moms are turning their passions and talents into a business that helps ends meet at home.  Once they start their business, they need customers.  And they don’t have huge marketing or advertising budgets to get the word out.

That is why I started http://www.marketmommies.com.  As a stay at home mom I have connected with dozens of moms who have businesses out of their homes.  They rely on word of mouth to get the news out about their business.  I wanted to come up with a way to support them and help them connect with shoppers.  Mom businesses can list their business for free.  Free was important to me as I wanted any mom to be able to post their business on the site without having to worry about paying for it.  I want them to be able to keep their money to grow their business so someday they can move their offices from their basements into stores and office buildings.

Marketmommies.com has become a passion of mine.  I have met so many amazing moms and have done my fair of share of shopping!  Moms are really making a difference in the products we use in our daily lives.  True to my mission, my website and logos were designed by a talented mom of two from Atlanta, Georgia.  Many times during the development of the website, I would get emails from her at 2am and 3am while she was catching up on work.  That’s another reason moms start their own businesses.  They want the flexibility of being their own boss.  This allows them to work when their kids are at school or sleeping and to spend time with them throughout the day.

In fact, I was talking with one mom about advertising on http://www.marketmommies.com when she had to put me on hold.  She was potty training her daughter while running her business.  Moms are amazing multi-taskers!

Ellie has done a great job of helping bring some attention to the Central Ohio moms who are in business.  A BIG thanks to her and all she does at NBC 4 for all of us moms..  I hope the next time you are shopping or looking for services you will think of the 450+ mom owned business at http://www.marketmommies.com. 

Thanks Toni!
Again, here’s the link
http://www.marketmommies.com

I was wondering if you have herd of the money problems at the Easton Wal-Mart. I was told that one of the TV stations air something about it but I have not found it You might want to look into it. I work there and don’t want my name brought up. I know they have done all of the employees wrong with us not getting much of our bonus in December….the managers did…big time. I herd that the store manager might be loosing his job along with other managment

Thanks again for everything, ladies.  Ellie you were so great to follow-up with me and I so appreciate your support.  Toni, thanks so much for your kind words about OnTray!

I admire moms who can still manage to put business of their own despite of fulfilling their motherhood.  I can see a lot of them very eager to earn extra income to sustain the need of the family. Anyway if they need some advertising in the business they have right now social networking sites can help. Social networking has made a serious impact on modern culture – at no time previously in history were people so connected and able to hear about the most ridiculous ephemera from all sorts of people, many of whom are unintelligible – and especially on Twitter.  Tweets from people with large followings can be from sponsors, for cash – or consumers can follow businesses they patronize to see if they start Tweeting discounts, promotions or sales on goods or services they want to purchase.  You can find every sort of business on Twitter from large store chains to payday loans and so forth.