by Stephanie Elie on February 23, 2010
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Mom Entrepreneur: Melanie
Business: Sippy Stuff™
Website: www.sippystuff.com
Twitter: @sippystuff
Facebook: SippyStuff Fan Page
Sippy Stuff™ offers a unique baby and toddler feeding accessory line that improves the way that moms, dads and caregivers alike manage, clean, store and organize sippy cups, baby bottles and other feeding tools. Each product uniquely simplifies the age old tasks of keeping sippy cups clean, food supplies safe and baby’s things off the floor. Our products improve the everyday quality of life for parents and protect the health of active babies and toddlers.
Products:
- Sippy Secure Strap™: Extra sleek strap that keeps sippy cups off of the floor.
- Gummi Label™: Dishwasher safe re-usable sippy cup and baby bottle label.
- Sippy Straw Cleaning Brush: Long-handled mini brush that cleans sippy cup straws from end to end.
- Sippy Spout and Lid Brush: Miniature cleaning brush that cleans all of the nooks and crannies in sippy cup parts.
What inspired you to start your business?
I guess I just got tired of what I like to call the sippy cup drama. You know, cleaning all of those little nooks and crannies in sippy cups and baby bottles (valves, spouts, nipples, straws, etc.), re-label food containers with wash-away stickers after each dishwasher cycle, chasing after and ducking under sippy cups that my little one would toss. I wanted products to solve these daily challenges but nothing available the on the market that really satisfied my needs. If it wasn’t too short, it was too flimsy, too bulky or too expensive. I got frustrated with spending all of this time doing chores so decided to create my own product line of sippy cup accessories that would meet my needs and the needs of millions of other people like me.
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by Stephanie Elie on February 22, 2010
This month we talked about busyness, ways to decrease busyness, Google buzz, the Lifetime Clean Start Challenge and some SEO basics for mom entrepreneurs. If you haven’t seen the articles stop by the digital channel and check them out.
Also this month we added two new affiliates, BloggingBasics101.com and DigitalMomBlog.com, they have some great content on their websites so be sure to check them out too!
Here are February’s Lifetime Moms Articles:
by Stephanie Elie on February 22, 2010
by Stephanie Elie on February 18, 2010
With many aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners relying on the iPhone as an effective networking tool, TechStartUps.com has researched the best iPhone applications to help increase productivity, streamline operations, and save precious time. TechStartUps.com profiles exceptional start-up companies, with particular interest in companies based on the east coast.
- Invoice2go
Create and email PDF invoices from customizable templates. Calculates taxes, totals, and currencies.
Price: $9.99
- Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite
Quickoffice Connect™ Mobile Suite is the FIRST and ONLY full-featured Microsoft® Office productivity suite for iPhone® or iPod® touch with integrated access to multiple cloud services; MobileMe, Dropbox, Google® Docs, and Box.net directly from your iPhone or iPod touch.
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by Stephanie Elie on February 17, 2010
Have you heard of the Clean Start Challenge on Lifetime? Now going on its third year, the Clean Start Challenge on Lifetime is a contest where four finalists are chosen to make a “clean start” in some aspects of their life. It could be losing weight, starting a business, or even going back to school. The four finalists will compete in monthly challenges from February to May in a competition to win a $10,000 grand prize.
The finalist will produce a progress video every Wednesday to show how they are progressing in their goals and they will also participate in a variety of challenges.
You can follow along and catch some behind-the-scenes details in the Lifetime.com Clean Start Community Challenge.
I’m so excited to announce that I’ve been asked to participate in this year’s challenge. Not as a contestant but as a contestant buddy! I, along some of the other Lifetime Moms, will be assisting one of the contestants to help them reach their goals.
I will be working with Koletta Pickett; she has been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and wants to launch her own business. Just listening to her video gave me some great ideas on how I can help her get started. I have listed some great resource articles for mom entrepreneurs below.
To learn more about Koletta and the other three contestants stop by the Clean Start Challenge Community. Vote for your favorite contestant daily for a chance to win $1,000.
This month’s challenge is presented by Glade.
by Stephanie Elie on February 17, 2010
by Stephanie Elie on February 17, 2010
Okay I have a confession, promise not to laugh… Did you promise? Okay I have been seriously jonesing for a new DSLR and the one I have is barely a year old. You know once you get bit buy the Photography bug it’s addicting. You crave higher mega pixels, sharper images, and amazing focus in low light. And of course all your issues can be solved by simply upgrading the camera, right?
Well not exactly, while upgrading your camera can solve a lot of problems, you would be amazed at what types of pictures you can produce simply by learning to use the camera you have. Sometimes you just have to work with what you got.
Okay so here’s my confession, I was reading a lot about back focus, back-button focus and read all you have to do is press that little button on the back of your camera. You know, that little one right next to your thumb (based on Canon) with the minus symbol next to it.
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