Jen Hinton was interviewed on Connecting Women Radio at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectingwomen. She vlogged about how she was feeling on the thought of getting interviewed. Visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectingwomen/2009/07/31/Connecting-Women
Marci Lall: Physical fitness ebook offered
Marci Lall, physical fitness expert, appeared on Connecting Women Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectingwomen/2009/07/04/Connecting-Women
He offers an e-book to our listeners:
He offers an e-book to our listeners:
- 9 Essential Exercises Critical To Getting The Stomach You Want.
- How To Do All The Exercises Properly With Descriptions and Pictures.
- 4 Reasons Why You Should Start To Use a Stability Ball Today.
- 6 Customized and Easy-To-Follow Workout Plans
#KidsWeigh - Win A Wii Fit
With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition.
Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which foods are healthiest without counting calories. To spread the word about her site and program, Dr. Weigh, is sponsoring a Wii Fit contest to help you get your family up and moving this summer!
To enter to win the #KidsWeigh Wii Fit contest, check out client testimonials and fabulous Dr. Weigh success stories then fill out this secure contest form telling us which story was your favorite!
Form: http://tinyurl.com/
One grand prize winner will receive a Wii Fit. Two runners-up will receive a free one month membership to Dr. Weigh. This contest ends Friday, July 24th at 11:59 a.m. ET. and is brought to you by Momfluence.
Give Us Your Conference Call Blooper and Win an iPhone 3G from Packetel!
Have you ever said the wrong thing to a client? Have you ever been caught not paying attention on the line? Have your kids screamed something crazy during a call...
If so - Packetel wants to hear about it!
If not - try out Packetel's Web Conferencing services FREE for 30-days and tell us about your experience!
Packetel Turbo Meeting makes web conferencing simple and easy to do. Here are just a few of their web conferencing features:
- Share screens/desktops with multiple participants
- Assign and acknowledge meeting roles of presenter and controller of keyboard/mouse
- Allow an unlimited number of users to host a web conference
- Schedule meetings and webinars
- Hold ad hoc meetings and webinars and use verbal meeting invitations without resorting to e-mail
- Integrate with Outlook for sending e-mail invitations
- Optimized for different internet connection speeds ranging from broadband to 28KB dial-up
- Annotation over the entire screen/desktop
- Whiteboard and chat functionalities
Win an iPhone for my misdeed on a conference call? Yes! Here's how you can win:
1. Fill out the form below, including your blooper story
OR
2. Try out Packetel's Web Conferencing Service for FREE for 30 days, fill out the form including your experience with the server
Entry form: http://cli.gs/PsvX9W
Bonus Entries! After you've completed 1 or 2 above and filled out the form you can also...
- Blog about Packetel's Online Fax Service and link the text "packetel's web conference service" to: http://www.packetel.com/web-conferencing-turbo-meeting-main.asp
- Become a Fan of Packetel at their Brand New Facebook Fan Page here: http://facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=121265230239 #
Contest ends 7/31/09 at 11:59 AM ET. This contest brought to you courtesy of the Momfluence network.
Places to Get Coupons, Discounts and Freebies
Due to the state of our economy, many of us are looking ways to slash our budget as well as save money. Here are some of the sites in random order, that I visit when looking for coupons, discounts and freebies. I am not paid to endorse or support these sites.
1. Smart Source is a place where you can print coupons.
2. Coupons is another site where you can print coupons as well as check out recipes.
3. Deal Seeking Mom is a site where Tara Kuczykowski lists the deals and finds that she finds for other moms to use.
4. Consumer Queen is a site full of resources from tips to forums to coupons and product reviews.
5. Walmart offers samples and free trails of a variety of products.
6. Points and Prizes has a section for coupons, discounts and contests.
7. P&G Brands Sampler offers samples and coupons of its products, as well as articles.
8. At RetailMeNot, you can search for more than 150,000 coupon codes.
9. Fat Wallet offers cash back on items purchased using their site, along with finding coupons and a forum.
10. Price Grabber compares prices with different online stores. You can also find deals and product reviews.
What are some of your favorite sites for getting coupons, discounts and freebies?
1. Smart Source is a place where you can print coupons.
2. Coupons is another site where you can print coupons as well as check out recipes.
3. Deal Seeking Mom is a site where Tara Kuczykowski lists the deals and finds that she finds for other moms to use.
4. Consumer Queen is a site full of resources from tips to forums to coupons and product reviews.
5. Walmart offers samples and free trails of a variety of products.
6. Points and Prizes has a section for coupons, discounts and contests.
7. P&G Brands Sampler offers samples and coupons of its products, as well as articles.
8. At RetailMeNot, you can search for more than 150,000 coupon codes.
9. Fat Wallet offers cash back on items purchased using their site, along with finding coupons and a forum.
10. Price Grabber compares prices with different online stores. You can also find deals and product reviews.
What are some of your favorite sites for getting coupons, discounts and freebies?
Darryle Pollack: All About Cluttercast
Darryle Pollack, of Cluttercast.com, was interviewed on Connecting Women Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectingwomen/2009/07/03/Connecting-Women
Below, Pollack defines cluttercast and how she started it.
What is Cluttercast?
Below, Pollack defines cluttercast and how she started it.
What is Cluttercast?
Clutter: n a confused multitude of things
Cast : v to send forth, to shed
Clutter + Cast = To shed or send forth a confused multitude of things
Every year, Darryle Pollack made the same New year’s resolution: to clear out her clutter. This year, 2009-- she made the same resolution with a twist, and started a blog:
Clutter is complicated. Not just the clutter itself, but why we collect it. I thought it would be easier to let go of my clutter if I knew where it was going. And that’s the story behind Cluttercast.
I post pictures of my clutter, and tell the stories behind each item. People comment if they want something, and then I give it all away to someone who wants it. It’s a way to give some goodwill out into the universe at a time when people want to help others but don’t always have ways to do that. It’s a great solution for clutter. Plus it helps the environment and the economy and everyone wins.
The items are eclectic and the stories are entertaining----and range from a brand new HP Printer, to a pink Prada bag, to a live toad made into a change purse. Lots of the people who get the items, called Cluttercatchers, send back pictures of themselves which Darryle also posts on the site.
Darryle encourages other people to do the same thing, and Cluttercast links to other people who cluttercast on their own websites. She hopes cluttercasting will become more common--- as more people connect through clutter.
Recommended Resources for Women in Businesses
I am not being paid or endorsed to talk about some of my favorite resources for women in business. I thought this could be helpful to those who are interested in getting started or knowing more about the world of business. My list is always growing as I come across new and wonderful resources.
Here are my some of my favorite resources in no particular order:
1. Real You Incorporated by Kaira Rouda on how to discover your personal and business brand.
2. The Facebook Era by Clara Shih on how to use Facebook and other social networks as a business tool.
3. Inc. Magazine is "the daily resource for entrepreneurs."
4. Pink Magazine is a women for women by women, covering topics on business, education, career, and more.
5. Entrepreneur Magazine is another great resource.
6. Connecting Women Radio talks about issues concerning women, including business.
7. Connecting Women is a blog full of resources to help women connect to people, resources and ideas.
8. Women Business Owners is a national organization to help women in business.
9. Understanding Marketing is a site for "Small Business Marketing Ideas" from a marketing perspective.
10. Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams by David Bach.
Share your favorite resources for business.
Here are my some of my favorite resources in no particular order:
1. Real You Incorporated by Kaira Rouda on how to discover your personal and business brand.
2. The Facebook Era by Clara Shih on how to use Facebook and other social networks as a business tool.
3. Inc. Magazine is "the daily resource for entrepreneurs."
4. Pink Magazine is a women for women by women, covering topics on business, education, career, and more.
5. Entrepreneur Magazine is another great resource.
6. Connecting Women Radio talks about issues concerning women, including business.
7. Connecting Women is a blog full of resources to help women connect to people, resources and ideas.
8. Women Business Owners is a national organization to help women in business.
9. Understanding Marketing is a site for "Small Business Marketing Ideas" from a marketing perspective.
10. Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams by David Bach.
Share your favorite resources for business.
Win a Wii Fit with #KidsWeigh
With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition.
Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which foods are healthiest without counting calories. To spread the word about her site and program, Dr. Weigh, is sponsoring a Wii Fit contest to help you get your family up and moving this summer!
To enter to win the #KidsWeigh Wii Fit contest, check out client testimonials and fabulous Dr. Weigh success stories then fill out this secure contest form telling us which story was your favorite!
Form: http://tinyurl.com/
Want a chance to speak with Dr. Dolgoff about your nutritional questions and win more prizes?
Join her Friday, July 10th at 9 p.m. ET on Twitter for her #KidsWeigh discussion. Door prizes will be awarded. To RSVP and for more information go to:
One grand prize winner will receive a Wii Fit. Two runners-up will receive a free one month membership to Dr. Weigh. This contest ends Friday, July 24th at 11:59 a.m. ET. and is brought to you by Momfluence.
Encouraging Youth through Responsible Sports
Recently, I accepted a challenge from ResponsibleSports.com and TwitterMoms to answer this question: "As a parent, how do you encourage and reinforce the positive aspects of youth sports?" With the alarming rates of obesity showing up in our children, it is vital that we as parents, among other advocates, ensure our children receive some kind of physical activities via exercises or sports.
It is tempting to feed our children junk food and have them sit in front of the television during the majority of their day when they are not in school or other organized activities such as camps or library activities. By doing this, parents or care takers become the enablers--not improving the situation, but worsening it.
A simple way we can help our children is by becoming active ourselves. If you are not used to being active, it can or may be overwhelming to even start. Take it one step at a time. Children mimic their parents, so if they see their parents enjoying their workouts, chances are their children will feel the same way.
On a personal level, I have enrolled my son in some kind of sport activity once he turned three, the allowable age in our area. (Note: your area may allow a child to start at a different age level, check with your park district or other organizations). His first organized activity was Tae Kwon Do. He took it for two years. However, he began to be bored of it. Instead of forcing him to continue with it, we tried other sports: soccer and swimming. He loves those two sports today, even after 2.5 years of doing them.
It is now our tradition to sign up my son for soccer and swimming every summer, once school is out. My son was deathly afraid of the water to the point the instructor told me to wait til the next year to sign up. Thank God, I didn't listen (don't they say mom knows best?). I sat next to my son near the swimming pool, and I asked him about the cartoon Arthur and how they swim in the pool in the beginning of the show and during the show at times. He felt safe knowing Arthur uses the pool. He told the instructor he was ready to join the class. Since then, he hasn't looked back.
To encourage my son to take part in sports, my husband and I signed up for American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). I had originally signed up as a volunteer to help on the sidelines. However, that changed when the administrators contacted me to be a coach for my son's team with them sending me to training. I agreed. My son loved it. He saw me in a different light, while being his mom, I was also his soccer coach. I made the practices fun. This will be my second year as my son's returning coach.
To encourage youth to participate in sports, parents shouldn't over schedule them with activities. This will help in reducing stress and burning out.
You can learn more about responsible sport parenting and coaching at ResponsibleSports.com
It is tempting to feed our children junk food and have them sit in front of the television during the majority of their day when they are not in school or other organized activities such as camps or library activities. By doing this, parents or care takers become the enablers--not improving the situation, but worsening it.
A simple way we can help our children is by becoming active ourselves. If you are not used to being active, it can or may be overwhelming to even start. Take it one step at a time. Children mimic their parents, so if they see their parents enjoying their workouts, chances are their children will feel the same way.
On a personal level, I have enrolled my son in some kind of sport activity once he turned three, the allowable age in our area. (Note: your area may allow a child to start at a different age level, check with your park district or other organizations). His first organized activity was Tae Kwon Do. He took it for two years. However, he began to be bored of it. Instead of forcing him to continue with it, we tried other sports: soccer and swimming. He loves those two sports today, even after 2.5 years of doing them.
It is now our tradition to sign up my son for soccer and swimming every summer, once school is out. My son was deathly afraid of the water to the point the instructor told me to wait til the next year to sign up. Thank God, I didn't listen (don't they say mom knows best?). I sat next to my son near the swimming pool, and I asked him about the cartoon Arthur and how they swim in the pool in the beginning of the show and during the show at times. He felt safe knowing Arthur uses the pool. He told the instructor he was ready to join the class. Since then, he hasn't looked back.
To encourage my son to take part in sports, my husband and I signed up for American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). I had originally signed up as a volunteer to help on the sidelines. However, that changed when the administrators contacted me to be a coach for my son's team with them sending me to training. I agreed. My son loved it. He saw me in a different light, while being his mom, I was also his soccer coach. I made the practices fun. This will be my second year as my son's returning coach.
To encourage youth to participate in sports, parents shouldn't over schedule them with activities. This will help in reducing stress and burning out.
You can learn more about responsible sport parenting and coaching at ResponsibleSports.com
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