tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10705097904008770062024-03-12T20:17:00.275-05:00Lizzie Lou ShoesLizzie Lou Shoes are crystal flip flops designed by Sheena Edwards.lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-85143133650041361322012-02-06T08:55:00.000-06:002012-02-06T08:55:29.236-06:00Sole the World with Lizzie Lou Shoes’ One for One Footwear<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/2012/01/sole-the-world-with-lizzie-lou-shoes-one-for-one-footwear/" target="_blank">Shop with Meaning </a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #888888; text-transform: uppercase;">REBECCA DANEAULT </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">January 31, 2012</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/images/silverstud_feet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Silver Stud" border="0" src="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/images/silverstud_feet.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank">Lizzie Lou Shoes</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;"> was established in 2009 by a mother of three who wanted to find a way to stay home full time with her children. Her vision was to create a line of high quality flip flops that were not only gorgeous to look at, but also practical and durable enough to withstand a woman’s busy lifestyle. Shortly after launching the company, Lizzie Lou Shoes then began partnering with Soles4Souls, an organization that procures shoes and gets them to those in need.</span> </span></span><br />
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<div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus the Lizzie Lou <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/one-for-one/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="one for one">one for one</a> <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/footwear-2/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="footwear">footwear</a> program was born: for every pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes purchased, a pair of shoes will be sent to someone in need. The flip flops available through the Lizzie Lou Shoes website are not only beautiful, stylish and fun, but also extremely comfortable even if you spend hours a day on your feet. The <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/one-for-one/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="one for one">one for one</a> <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/footwear-2/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="footwear">footwear</a> is hand embroidered on leather with a genuine crystals and because they are produced in new Delhi, India, the vibrant colors and styles of India can now be brought to the United States in a way that has never been seen before: in flip flops.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Better yet, because they are not mass produced and are made in small quantities, with new styles<a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/socially-responsible-gifts/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title=" featured"> featured</a>each season, each pair of Lizzie Lous is like a unique piece of art. Shoppers have the option of purchasing their <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/one-for-one/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="one for one">one for one</a> <a href="http://shopwithmeaning.org/featured/footwear-2/" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; color: #1979d0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="footwear">footwear</a> either directly through the Lizzie Lou Shoes website, or through the handful of retail shops and online boutiques that also feature the Lizzie Lou flip flop line. However you choose to purchase your Lizzie Lous, you’ll be changing the world one pair at a time.</span></span></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-3245634234796453882011-10-27T20:35:00.002-05:002011-10-27T20:57:55.913-05:00Mom Incorporated Book<div style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great guide to starting your own business </span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and finding your true passion</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mom, Incorporated is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">a holistic, realistic guide to starting and growing a business with a baby or small children in your midst, w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">ritten by popular social media personalities, Danielle Smith and Aliza Sherman, and featuring stories and advice about home-based businesses and the work/life juggle from 88 women across the U.S. and Canada.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had the honor of being featured in the book and was interviewed by Smith in May after responding to a HARO request. (Yes, HARO is awesome--time consuming, but awesome!) I was so excited to speak to her and learn about Mom, Incorporated. After a short phone interview, she told me they were in final editing of the book and she wasn't quite yet sure where my story was going to fit in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During a trip to Disneyland in June, I got an email from Smith asking for more information about Lizzie Lou Shoes. She said her editor loved my story and wanted to dig a bit deeper. (:-)) So, during a break from the parks, I emailed back and forth with her, providing some more insight on how I developed my business. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Still not knowing for sure what would make the final cuts and how much would be included, I was getting pretty excited about it. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f5f1e6; color: #654131; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">We wanted to send you this note to say that <strong>you are quoted in our upcoming book</strong>, <a href="http://mediaegg.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae8e9dafd597c6169f5c58a0b&id=7d46688158&e=fbe661a3b7" style="color: maroon; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><em><strong>Mom, Incorporated</strong></em></a> (Sellers Publishing, Oct 2011). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f5f1e6; color: #654131; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><em></em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f5f1e6; color: #654131; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><em> </em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was pretty HUGE for me, providing some great exposure for my growing business. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On October 20, the book arrived. I went straight to the index and found my name, Edwards 175-177. I began reading the section out loud to my daughter Lizzie, who listened eagerly--telling her brother several times to be quiet so she could listen. My section of the book includes my struggles, experience, and success in starting up Lizzie Lou Shoes.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Page 176: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And don't think starting a business is a piece of cake. Sheena asserts very strongly, "You have to love it. this is a labor of love. If I didn't walk into my closet and see 20 pairs of flip-flops I loved I would have quit, because at 10 at night, I'm tired, and sometimes you have to keep going. If you don't love it, you won't keep going." </span>Passion is more than a huge part of most women's success.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favorite part of my story in the book is the last paragraph on page 177: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And that happiness translates into a two-fold success for Sheena: "First, owning my own business, designing and wearing my own shoe line, and sharing them with family and friends." But even more than that is the benefit to her family. "I'm able to do all of this and still be home with my three kids, Emily, eleven, Lizzie, eight, and Vince, four."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also, included is advice from <a href="http://momincorporated.wordpress.com/the-women/">88 women</a> like me who have also started their own businesses. I love that many of these women I have spoken to, follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Blogger. So many women to inspire anyone to follow their own dreams of being a mom and business woman!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks again to Danielle Smith and Aliza Sherman who have made me a very happy customer, follower, and friend.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The book can be purchased on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416206515/bookgirl-20">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-incorporated-aliza-sherman/1100438320">Barnes & Noble</a>.</span></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-20761770370348627752011-09-25T08:33:00.000-05:002011-09-25T08:33:54.383-05:00Recovering From Business Mistakes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="site-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 35px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://momincorporated.wordpress.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mom Incorporated: A Guide to Business + Baby</span></a></span><span class="site-description" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A book by Danielle Smith and Aliza Sherman, an online resource for moms!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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Edwards, founder of <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #488793; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Lizzie Lou Shoes</a> and one of the women featured in<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mom Incorporated: A Guide to Business + Baby</em>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Through hard work and perseverance, Sheena has made Lizzie Lou Shoes a successful company. But it hasn’t been easy. As she says in the book, “This is a labor of love. If I didn’t walk into my closet and see 20 pairs of flip-flops I loved, I would have quit. Because at 10 at night, I’m tired and sometimes you have to keep going. If you don’t love it, you won’t keep going.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s what Sheena has to say about mistakes she made early-on, and how she managed to overcome them.</strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Sheena G. Edwards</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I started my imported flip-flop business, Lizzie Lou Shoes, http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/ in the summer of 2008 with not much more than a dream and a great contact.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Six months of designing, sampling, re-designing, working to find the right manufacturer, identifying potential retail dealers, and learning the ins and outs of customs law led to the arrival of the first prototypes. They looked great — everything about them was beautiful. I couldn’t believe my idea was now real. I told my agent and co-designer in India to go forward and start manufacturing a huge first order of shoes.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The shipment arrived on April 20, 2009, each pair in its own shoe box ready to sell. There was so much excitement as my family and I looked at the huge pallet of boxes stacked in the garage. But it gave way to disappointment as we opened the boxes one by one. We found many problems and realized the shoes hadn’t been 100 percent quality checked in India prior to shipping.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There were shoes with crystals not attached properly, sometimes two left feet to a box, mixed sizes and many other problems that were going to be time-consuming to work out. Worse, I didn’t have the capital to simply order an entirely new shipment.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After some serious crying, I figured out a new plan. I just accepted that we wouldn’t be able to make initial sales projections, and decided to invest the time to make sellable as many pairs as possible to keep my losses down. I told my agent in India that initial sales numbers would be small and that the business would be stalled until we could re-evaluate the product.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But I wasn’t ready to abandon my line of flip-flops and give up on my vision. After regaining focus and setting new priorities, we started to move forward again. We designed a second line of shoes, aiming for release in the spring of 2010.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not wanting a repeat of the first go-round, we were overly cautious; we decided to insist on several smaller batches of samples before actual production began. We also decided to produce a smaller number of shoes from a new manufacturer. That allowed for 100 percent quality control prior to shipping. That way I regained control of production, spent less on shipping and importing, and avoided the time and hassle of fixing factory mistakes.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #488793; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-283" height="250" src="http://momincorporated.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/smallbutton.jpg?w=300&h=250" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f8f8f8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="smallbutton" width="300" /></a>That first shipment was a great learning experience for me, albeit a very costly one that came with lots of stress, frustration and financial setback. Why did I start big and then have to scale down? Why didn’t I start small and make sure everything was perfect, and then leap forward? This is a common error among young or new entrepreneurs: We get excited and then jump straight into it.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After that first error, we changed the production and quality-control processes. Along the way, we found a new shipping method that further ensured the shoes would be sellable on arrival.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the spring of 2011, we imported 400 new shoes, including a new line of flat flip-flops and several beautiful new styles of our heeled shoes. We have learned how to ensure quality, maintain focus on production and create fabulous new styles. Our new production process creates the perfect flip-flop.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If business mistakes are unavoidable, overcoming them can make you a better designer, producer, sales person and entrepreneur. My advice is to start small: Ensure your product is ready to hit the market by doing extensive research and testing. It’s too easy to go forward and not be fully prepared.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So move slowly and cautiously when designing and manufacturing a product.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5em sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://momincorporated.wordpress.com/tag/lizzie-lou-shoes/">Original Post from Mom Incorporated <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #9c9c9c; line-height: 12px;">September 23, 2011</span></a></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-40472397139204011012011-07-05T18:42:00.001-05:002012-09-25T15:53:20.615-05:00Post Release: Mom Entrepreneurs Enjoy Evening of Fundraising for Stop Child Trafficking Now<a href="http://desireefrieson.com/2011/07/04/post-releasemom-entrepreneurs-enjoy-evening-of-fundraising-for-stop-child-trafficking-now/"><img alt="Desi's Random Thoughts" src="http://desireefrieson.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/site-name.png" /></a><br />
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New York, NY (June 30, 2011)—Six mom entrepreneurs journeyed to New York City Tuesday, June 28 for the “<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1<sup style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: smaller; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: super;">st</sup> Annual MOMpreneurs Against Human Trafficking</strong>” Benefit for Stop Child Trafficking Now held at Pranna NY 79 Madison Avenue from 6:00PM-9:00PM. The event held importance to mom entrepreneurs to take control of their lives, inspire each other, provide emotional support and to bring attention to child trafficking.</div>
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The evening kicked off with product viewing from featured mom entrepreneurs Sheena Edwards, Founder/Designer of <a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Lizzie Lou shoes ">Lizzie Lou Shoes;</a>Leslie Haywood, Founder/Inventor of <a href="http://www.grillcharms.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Grill Charms ">Grill Charms by Charmed Life Products;</a> Ros Guerrero, Founder/Inventor of <a href="http://ficklets.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Ficklets">Ficklets; </a>Marianne Impal, Founder/Inventor of <a href="http://www.raecole.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="RaeCole Products ">RaeCole Products</a>; Amy Sapirstien, Founder/Designer of <a href="http://www.mommymitten.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="MommyMitten">MommyMitten</a>; and Roberta Wagner, Founder/Designer/Inventor of <a href="http://www.carry-her.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f66526; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Carry-her">Carry Her Doll Packs</a>.</div>
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A short presentation was conducted by SCT NOW’s premiere volunteer and well-known political blogger, Elisha Krauss who spoke about the statistics of child trafficking. A global epidemic classified as the second largest criminal industry affecting the lives of 1.2 million children. Mom entrepreneurs spoke about their involvement with child trafficking and their efforts to raise awareness in their communities upon returning to their hometowns.</div>
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lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-89311445789569163112011-07-02T09:46:00.000-05:002011-07-02T09:46:21.937-05:00Soles4Souls helping change lives a pair of shoes at a time<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SAN ANTONIO - <span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.soles4souls.org/" style="color: #004276; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Soles4Souls</a>, a charity that began not long after the Asian Tsunami, has provided over 14 million shoes to people in need. It is estimated that 1 out of every 4 people in the world are not able to afford shoes.<br />
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Soles4Souls has a simple mission: to take some of the wealth piled up in American closets, and give them to people in desperate situations.<br />
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A local business here in San Antonio, <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="color: #004276; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lizzie Lou Shoes</a>, has teamed up with Soles4Souls to help encourage us to get rid of gently used shoes. Beginning June 16, they will have a shoe drive that will last until the end of July. This is the perfect opportunity to give up those shoes in the back of your closet for a good cause. Click here to watch.<br />
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After cleaning out my closet this week, I donated a bag of my unwanted shoes and traded them into Lizzie Lou Shoes for a great deal. 2 pairs of shoes got me a 20% discount off any pair at Janie Christine's! I got to browse through beautiful hand stitched flip-flops, that are made with top quality crystals and real leather. The shoes are so affordable, it's impossible to leave without more than one pair.<br />
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For every pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes sold, Soles4Souls will donate a pair to someone in need. Customers who donate 2 pairs of gently used shoes or donate $2 will recieve a coupon for 20% off any pair at <a href="http://www.janiechristines.com/contactus.html" style="color: #004276; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Janie Christine's</a>, good through 7/31!<br />
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Janie Christine's Gift Boutique<br />
19141 Stone Oak Pkwy #109<br />
San Antonio, TX 78258<br />
(210)402-6828 </span></span>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-32867562253901508342011-06-20T10:03:00.000-05:002011-06-20T10:03:48.709-05:00Soles4Souls Press Release<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 19.0pt;">SOLES4SOULS®, THE SHOE CHARITY ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH LIZZIE LOU SHOES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The fashion flip flop company to provide a pair of shoes for every pair sold<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Nashville, TN and San Antonio, TX– June 1, 2010</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Soles4Souls, the international shoe charity, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>announced Wednesday that for every pair of fashion flip flops sold by Lizzie Lou the charity will be able to distribute a pair of shoes to someone in need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lizzie Lou launched the program in coordination with Soles4Souls’ 11 in 11 campaign, with a goal of distributing 11 million pairs of shoes in 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soles4Souls has donated more than 14 million pairs of shoes worldwide, and most recently provided shoes to the victims of the tornadoes in Missouri and the Southeast.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Lizzie Lou Shoes is committed to helping the global community with the overwhelming need for footwear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, more than 300 million children worldwide do not own a single pair of shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Considering most foreign countries require a pair of shoes for a child to attend school, their donation can mean the difference between a proper education and none at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“We are excited about our partnership with Lizzie Lou and their help with our 11 in 11 program,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. “The simple gift of shoes can truly change someone’s life, and brands like Lizzie Lou are making a huge impact on the international community with their long-term commitments to make a difference.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">“I love designing flip flops and making a high quality product, and it’s rewarding to give to such a worthy cause,” says Sheena Edwards, Lizzie Lou Shoes. The partnership will be kicked off with a shoe drive also sponsored by a local boutique in San Antonio, Janie Christine’s. “I am so excited and proud to be working with Soles4Souls and be able to give one for one. It just doesn’t get more rewarding than that.”</span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Soles4Souls collects new shoes to give relief to the victims of abject suffering and collects used shoes to support micro-enterprise efforts to eradicate poverty. Soles4Souls’ other two divisions, Clothes4Souls and Hope4Souls, provide the same relief and support through clothing and other necessities. Donating parties are eligible for tax advantages. Visit <a href="http://www.giveshoes.org/">www.giveshoes.org</a> <<a href="http://www.giveshoes.org/">http://www.giveshoes.org</a>>, <a href="http://www.clothes4souls.org/">www.clothes4souls.org</a> <<a href="http://www.clothes4souls.org/">http://www.clothes4souls.org</a>>, or <a href="http://www.hope4souls.org/">www.hope4souls.org</a> <<a href="http://www.hope4souls.org/">http://www.hope4souls.org</a>> for more information. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a big fan of <i>People </i>and <i>People StyleWatch </i>so it's really an honor to be featured on their website. I hope this appearance brings in new customers and stores around the US who hadn't heard of Lizzie Lou Shoes until now.</span>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-80387121532359207702011-05-23T11:01:00.000-05:002011-05-23T11:01:35.741-05:00Reposting: Casual Wine, Serious Goal<div class="header" style="color: #760f01; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">WRO WINE BLOG</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 500px;"><tbody>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I’ll admit that shoes and wine don’t generally come to mind as typical made-for-each-other partners. The best-known historical example of the two things working together has to do with drinking Champagne from a lady’s slipper. Sweet, but does anyone do that kind of stuff these days? I recently learned about a more contemporary merger between shoes and wine, which struck me as a story worth passing along.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><img align="right" src="http://www.winereviewonline.com/images/articles/flipflop%20poster.jpg" />Soles4Souls is an international charity dedicated to providing free footwear to people in need. It was founded in 2004 by a man named Wayne Elsey, who was at that time an executive in the footwear industry.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“I was home in Nashville Tennessee one day, lying on my couch watching the TV coverage of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia,” Elsey told me over lunch in Manhattan last week. “Suddenly there was a picture of a single child’s shoe washed up on the beach. When I saw that something just snapped in me. I knew I had to do something.”</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What Elsey did was to start calling friends and colleagues in the footwear industry asking them to help him raise donations of shoes to send to the devastated country. Then, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans Elsey went into action again, but he knew this time that it wouldn’t be a one-shot effort: From now on he was going to devote his life to getting shoes to the millions of people across the globe who cannot afford them. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There are more than 300 million children in the world who are shoeless, Elsey explained, adding that the risk of going barefoot includes the obvious problem of infections brought on by external injury, but also the risk of infection by hookworm and other parasites.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><img align="left" src="http://www.winereviewonline.com/images/articles/flipflop%20sandals.jpg" />He told me that Soles4Souls distributes one pair of shoes somewhere in the world every 7 seconds. He also mentioned that flip-flops are the most purchased style of shoe globally--and this is where the wine connection comes in.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Flipflop is the latest label launched by Underdog Wine Merchants, whose portfolio also includes Cupcake Vineyards and Big House. In early 2011 flipflop entered into a partnership with Soles4Souls, with the goal of donating one pair of flip-flop sandals for every bottle of wine purchased.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Flipflop winemaker David Georges (whose resume includes a stint at Davis Bynum winery) told me that his goal at flipflop is to make wines that “maintain good varietal character, are expressive and well balanced, and are affordable to people at all economic levels. I want these to be wines that reflect today’s casual lifestyle.” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After tasting each of the wines I would say that Georges had pretty much achieved his goal. I particularly like the appely/lemony Chardonnay, with its discreet wisp of creamy oak, and the Pinot Grigio, which is relatively fruity and fleshy (and, incidentally, is delicious with grilled seafood).</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><img align="right" src="http://www.winereviewonline.com/images/articles/flipflop-wines2.jpg" />The Merlot is plummy and soft, with enough character to remain interesting through an entire meal, the Cabernet has varietally authentic hints of dark fruit and spice, and the Pinot Noir has more genuine personality than most run-of-the-mill inexpensive California Pinots. Approximately $7 a bottle, with screwcap closures and bright-colored labels, these are casual wines to have fun with at casual events, and you might like them even more knowing that each bottle you purchase helps put shoes on needy feet.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And if you really want to put your own best (flip-flop clad) foot forward, Elsey suggests you take a look at all the shoes cluttering up your closet. Ship the ones you don’t wear (no matter how beat-up they might be) to Soles4Souls, which also runs a global micro-enterprise program designed to provide people in developing nations with the resources to start and maintain their own business reconditioning and selling old shoes.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“All those old shoes in your closet could help a mother of five in Haiti support her family,” says Elsey. I’ll raise a glass of flipflop Chardonnay to that!</span></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-72470318419575358862011-05-20T07:18:00.000-05:002011-05-20T07:18:46.719-05:00Our New Partnership with Soles4Souls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e363XGfZw58/Tc2ii0xSEEI/AAAAAAAAIDU/bLoH_eh-ZIU/s1600/Lizzie_Lou_new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e363XGfZw58/Tc2ii0xSEEI/AAAAAAAAIDU/bLoH_eh-ZIU/s200/Lizzie_Lou_new.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttziqV7wi5o/Tc2iRXIi27I/AAAAAAAAIDM/0ByYvsgMz-E/s1600/Soles4SoulsPMSlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttziqV7wi5o/Tc2iRXIi27I/AAAAAAAAIDM/0ByYvsgMz-E/s200/Soles4SoulsPMSlogo.jpg" width="187" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From day one of owning my own business, I have wanted to do something to help others. After reading about <a href="http://www.flipflopwines.com/">Flipflop wines</a> and Soles4Souls I was inspired to learn more about what I could do as a small business owner. Thankfully my love of red wine and flip flops led me to my new partnership.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Starting May 16, f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="color: black;">or every pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes </span><span style="color: black;">purchased, </span><span style="color: black;">Soles4Souls will distribute </span><span style="color: black;">a pair </span><span style="color: black;">of shoes to someone in need. </span></span></span><br />
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</span></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-22133908037986555452011-03-29T11:26:00.000-05:002011-03-29T11:26:58.915-05:00Featured on Hybrid Moms Bazaar<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA">I love this story written by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><em>Amy Impellizzeri of</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hybrid Mom and wanted to share it on my blog. She has such a wonderful way of telling my story!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">If you haven't checked out <a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/home">Hybrid Mom Bazaar</a> then you need to. So many wonderful products by Moms like me.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><br />
</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lizzie Lou Shoes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Tale of Two Continents<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9uqNnaJhJ6g/TZIG92BjkkI/AAAAAAAAH9U/_kJq4ea--vA/s1600/Bazaar+logo-small_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9uqNnaJhJ6g/TZIG92BjkkI/AAAAAAAAH9U/_kJq4ea--vA/s1600/Bazaar+logo-small_0.jpg" /></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Like many of us, Sheena Garg Edwards loves shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was actually her 5 year old daughter’s (Lizzie Lou’s) love of shoes and a shopping trip in 2008 that inspired Sheena to jump into the shoe business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheena and Lizzie were admiring a pair of $200 crystal flip flops together, when Sheena got a great idea – why not make gorgeous shoes for much, much less?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">One year of hard work and product development later, Sheena launched Lizzie Lou Shoes, a line of handmade jewelled shoes billed as “more than a flip flop” – and they certainly are!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lizzie Lou Shoes are gorgeous black sandals with stylish platform soles and comfortable EVA insoles (an eco-friendly and durable cushiony foam material).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With real leather straps and beautifully hand-sewn embroidery and crystal embellishments, Lizzie Lou Shoes look far more expensive than their actual price tags ranging from $79 to $119.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lizzie Lou Shoes is actually anchored by moms in TWO continents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Founder and creator, Sheena, is based out of Texas, but production of the shoes occurs in India and is managed by Sheena’s cousin – another work-from-home mom -- Shilpi Goel, in New Delhi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sheena says during a family visit to India in 2008, “I talked with my cousin who had design and manufacturing experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted to start exporting goods to the US and I wanted to start my own business. It was a perfect arrangement for two stay-at-home moms.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">And the international arrangement adds to the uniqueness of the shoes themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Sheena explains, “Shilpi and I collaborate on the designs, so this brings a good mixture of western and Indian styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hand beading and sequins are typical of what you would see on traditional Indian clothes, bags or even home goods, but never before on flip flops.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Recently asked to participate in a reality show that is being pitched to the TV networks about women inventors (and will soon be available on YouTube), Sheena is proud of the road she has traveled to develop Lizzie Lou Shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lizzie Lou Shoes was successfully launched after Sheena had been a stay-at-home mom for NINE years, proof that motherhood really can provide a great business and entrepreneurial background!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Now, Sheena works on growing her business, filling orders, marketing and developing -- all the while running after her three young children, ages 3, 7, and 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she has some beautiful and comfortable shoes to wear!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">For more about Sheena and Lizzie Lou Shoes (and to keep track of upcoming 2011 styles and products!) check out her </span><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">store</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-83562799129937903162011-03-01T20:38:00.000-06:002011-03-01T20:38:25.050-06:00Exciting News about the new reality show<div class="headline_area" style="margin-bottom: 2.2em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="color: #4a5558; font-size: 2.6em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.308em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><div class="headline_meta" style="color: #a0671c; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="headline_meta" style="color: #a0671c; font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4a5558; font-size: 36px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 42px;"><a href="http://www.thejimdebettablog.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #466490; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Jim DeBetta Blog</span></a></span></div><h1 id="tagline" style="color: #a0671c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: oblique; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 55px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jim DeBetta, CEO, DeBetta Enterprises</h1><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif;"><br />
</div></span></h2><h2 class="entry-title" style="color: #4a5558; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.308em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.thejimdebettablog.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">New reality show being pitched to TV networks!</span></a></h2><div class="headline_meta" style="color: #a0671c; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">by <span class="author vcard fn" style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">JIM DEBETTA</span></div><div class="headline_meta" style="color: #a0671c; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="author vcard fn" style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br />
</span></div><div class="headline_meta" style="color: #a0671c; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 35px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Today, there are so many reality shows that are based on someone winning something and/or a show that is not really “real.” This show I was asked to participate in is something I can be proud of because it is true reality…women who go through each day of their busy lives trying to become successful inventors! Please check out the video and learn all about it…and hope we can make this a reality on TV!</span></span></div></div><div class="format_text entry-content" style="line-height: 1.571em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Who are the Real Women Inventors of America? This video contains just a brief look at the journeys these women have endured while making their dreams of taking a product to market come true. We hope this story will be seen by a producer, network, or someone who can allow these ladies to have their stories heard by all of America! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5tW7NMOqU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5tW7NMOqU</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Jim </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">www.jimdebetta.com</span></div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-53004828662130277442011-02-26T09:08:00.000-06:002011-02-26T09:08:27.515-06:00Hybrid Mom Bazaar<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sweater-school-1, sweater-school-2, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Welcome to the Hybrid Mom Bazaar, a beautiful, new, full-service shopping site for mom entrepreneurs to showcase their products like never before – and a place for all women to come and shop for some of the most unique items on the market today.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week Lizzie Lou Shoes and lots of other mompreneurs like me joined a new website <a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/">Hybrid Mom Bazaar</a>. The site offers a place for women to sell their products, promote one another and shop. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you haven't checked out the site, it only takes a few minutes to get your page setup and ready to sell. They are also holding a contest to promote the new site:</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #684f40; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="color: #684f40; display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal tahoma, verdana, arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To get the party started we are giving away $100 in Bazaar bucks to one lucky winner!</strong></span></i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what my page looks like on the site:</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sweater-school-1, sweater-school-2, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></i></span><br />
<div class="first" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/pub/users/banners/hmb_4d572105ad11f.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lizzie Lou Shoes is fast becoming a must-have for the flip flop lover. </span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With an uber-soft EVA cushioned insole and a genuine leather strap for maximum comfort on long summer days, each shoe has been hand-adorned and embellished with genuine crystals. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Touted as more than a flip-flop, each pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes can be dressed up or down, depending on the occasion, as they can be worn to spice up a pair of jeans and a t-shirt or paired beautifully with a sundress.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lizzie Lou Shoes are handmade and embroidered in India with the finest materials on the market. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New styles coming soon for Spring/Summer '11!</span></i></span></div><div class="clear" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="color-green txtc clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; 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padding-bottom: 0.308em; padding-left: 0.308em; padding-right: 0.308em; padding-top: 0.308em; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"> <option value="most_recent">most recent</option> <option value="price_high">price high</option> <option value="price_low">price low</option> </select></span><span class="right txtr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 193px;">view: <a class="button white color-green f11 tab-link" href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes/items?_=1298729974849&page=1&max=20&sort=most_recent" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 1px 2px; 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border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(183, 183, 183); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(183, 183, 183); border-top-left-radius: 0.5em 0.5em; border-top-right-radius: 0.5em 0.5em; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #12a17d; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.55em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.296875) 0px 1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;">40</a> <a class="button white color-green f11 tab-link" href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes/items?_=1298729974849&page=1&max=80&sort=most_recent" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 1px 2px; background-attachment: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div><div class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="color-black" href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/item/lizzie-lou-scarf-283?seller=lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lizzie Lou Scarf</a></div><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #12a17d; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$29.50</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 178px;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #12a17d; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$95.00</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; 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color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" src="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/pub/users/items/medium/hmb_4d55ddf088c26.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div><div class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="color-black" href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/item/red-blossom-59?seller=lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red Blossom</a></div><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #12a17d; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$69.00</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$79.00</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline !important; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 178px;"><div class="image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-right-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 4px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 4px; font-size: 12px; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/item/turquoise-peacock-54?seller=lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" src="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/pub/users/items/medium/hmb_4d55d1f3e30f6.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Turquoise Peacock</a></div><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #12a17d; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$116.00</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Texas Pink</a></div><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: inline !important; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><div class="products clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline !important; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 14px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 178px;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline !important; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lizzieloushoes</a></div></div></div></div></span></i></div></div><div class="product" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 14px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 178px;"><div class="image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-right-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 4px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(195, 226, 219); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 4px; font-size: 12px; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/item/texas-rhinestones-50?seller=lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" src="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/pub/users/items/medium/hmb_4d55d015a0deb.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div><div class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="color-black" href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/item/texas-rhinestones-50?seller=lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Texas Rhinestones</a></div><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><span class="color-green right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #12a17d; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">$114.00</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 178px;"><a href="http://www.hybridmombazaar.com/shop/lizzieloushoes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #00b6de; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><div class="stats clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a huge honor to be featured on one of my favorite websites that helps the work at home woman/mom. I started working with Holly Hanna the owner about a year ago and have enjoyed following her site. She offers so many valuable articles and postings for women who want to stay at home but continue to work, including legitimate job postings. You can follow Holly on twitter @<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="23797396" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Holly_Hanna" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="TheWorkatHomeWoman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Holly_Hanna</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">and Facebook </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheWorkatHomeWoman"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/TheWorkatHomeWoman</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m a stay-at-home mom to my three kids, Emily (10), Lizzie (7), and Vince (3). My journey began one July afternoon in 2008 while I was out shopping with Lizzie (aka “Lizzie Lou”), who was then a shoe-obsessed 5 year old, when we stumbled upon the most beautiful pair of crystal flip flops. Lizzie asked if they came in her size, and at that moment it dawned on me to create a mother-daughter line of crystal flip flops.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took nearly a year to bring the shoes to market, and my fabulous jeweled flip flops launched at high-end specialty boutiques in San Antonio, Texas and online in May 2009. Since then we’ve produced 17 different styles of women’s shoes, and we have more in development for 2011. We’re also working on some new product lines that we will be launching soon.<span id="more-7387"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We dipped into our personal savings and took out a home equity line of credit for use when needed. I’ve also taken care of as many aspects of growing my business as I know how to, and in the process learned a great deal more, in order to keep expenses low.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a stay-at-home mom who hadn’t worked in 9 years, getting back in “the game” has been a learning experience. I have a bachelor’s degree in communications, but things have changed a lot in the past 15 years since I graduated. Luckily, social media has been a good experience for me. If only I could master all the new software programs I use daily!</span><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How many hours do you work a week and how much is spent is your home office?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m not sure I would call it an “office,” since I often have several kids at the desk with me or trying to take over the computer. How much I work depends greatly on the time of year and the amount of orders. September through December is my slow season, but now we’re in high gear again, preparing for Spring/Summer season. I would say I average 30 hours a week, but I’m usually doing more than one thing at a time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designing my own shoes and having friends and family wearing them…well, it just couldn’t get much better than that! I love doing something that I can share with so many people. I’ve had more support from my fellow moms than I ever could have imagined. The best is when someone I’ve never met tells me how much she loves her Lizzie Lous. It’s fun to see people out and about sporting my beautiful flip flops.<strong></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What has been your biggest business struggle as an entrepreneur?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I constantly struggle with having enough time, keeping organized and managing stress when it’s busy. Of course, not having a big marketing budget also makes it hard to properly promote my business, so I have to do a lot more things myself, which then takes up a lot of my time. Time is something that I need more of every day.</span><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What advice would you give to a new entrepreneur?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do something you love, because having your own business is a lot of hard work and sometimes with little financial incentive. If you don’t like what you are doing then you are going to have a hard time putting your heart into it. <strong></strong></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wouldn’t actually call it “manage,” it’s more like juggle. Some days I juggle better than others, but that’s just kind of how it goes around here. I know my priority is my family and my three kids so if something comes up or one of the kids is sick, work has to wait. During my busy season, I will be working in the evenings a lot more to keep up with orders and workload. I don’t mind the hard work, but I do get tired.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lizzie Lou Shoes</a><strong></strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Twitter:</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/Lizzieloushoes" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@Lizzieloushoes</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm getting ready for my second appearance on “Good Morning Texas” on Channel 8, WFAA-Dallas (ABC) this coming Thursday, January 20th. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paige McCoy Smith, who also has a popular blog, <a href="http://notsoperfectparent.com/">Not So Perfect Parent</a>, will be interviewing us since she is back from maternity leave. I am super excited to meet her and to appear on the show.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colleen Wilks from <a href="http://www.womentorz.com/">Womentorz</a> will be with me to talk about an exciting new project that we're working on this year. We'll also be showcasing <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/index.html">Lizzie Lou Shoes</a> and four other amazing mompreneurs products. I've been working with Womentorz and these women inventors it seems since the beginning of Lizzie Lou Shoes, so I am thrilled to be representing them on TV in Dallas. I can't wait to talk about this network of women that I am so thankful to have found.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the products we will be showcasing:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carry-Her® is a doll carrier backpack for 16"-18" dolls, such as American Girl Doll®. It is lightweight and easy to use. Moms love it just as much as little girls. Moms hands are now free, and so are her little girls. Your daughter will be proud to bring along her doll, as Carry-Her® makes it easy.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A comfortable design allows the doll to piggy back all day long. Fatigue is not an issue, with the lightweight design and adjustable straps. Your daughter won't even realize she is carrying her doll all by herself!</span><br />
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<a href="http://ficklets.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FICKLETS </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">- Eyeglass Charms</span></u></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fdyF-6EvDoM/TS-YwAm-ldI/AAAAAAAAHt4/9ztz_mf1F2w/s1600/yhst-95064494589768_2140_611669.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fdyF-6EvDoM/TS-YwAm-ldI/AAAAAAAAHt4/9ztz_mf1F2w/s1600/yhst-95064494589768_2140_611669.gif" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you struggle to get your child to wear their eyeglasses? Kids think eyeglasses are geeky. Ficklets makes them Hip & Cool. Introducing Ficklets, the first interchangeable eyewear charm hugger, designed to adorn eyeglasses with a fun, fresh twist to help kids feel comfortable in their glasses and make the whole experience more enjoyable.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another reason for Ficklets? Prescription eyeglasses are expensive. Ficklets give tired, old eyeglasses a quick, affordable update. Best part, your child will find the "eye-popping" designs irresistible. ~PATENT DESIGN</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now consider the daily pressures and mixed messages continually posing a threat to a girls self confidence in today's world. Mass Media, Social Networking and Peer Pressures relentlessly continue to influence their worlds. Though you are not able to completely control all of these factors, you can give "The Gift" to support and encourage your girls to recognize and claim their self-worth at the most critical time of their lives.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok Moms how many of you out there have chairs you want to protect or have chairs that are getting ruined? It's no secret kids are messy eaters! If you don't know this yet, please take my word for it! I invented The Chair Bib after I realized my son's booster seat scratched my new chair and now it needs to be re-finished!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No more "stressing" out about your kids eating on your nice chairs, NOW you can use The Chair Bib to protect them! Grandparents love them too! No more putting towels down!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.livingmymoment.com/2011/01/personal-interview-sheena-edwards-lizzie-lou-shoes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personal Interview: Sheena Edwards – Lizzie Lou Shoes</span></a></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.livingmymoment.com/"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fdyF-6EvDoM/TTCPibFZZPI/AAAAAAAAHuQ/QHuivUquC9E/s1600/Living-My-MoMent-NEW9.jpg" /></a></span></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><strong>nd out about the MoM behind the business:</strong></span></span></u></div><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tell us about your family:</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband, Matt, and I have three kids: Emily 10, Lizzie, 7 and Vince, 3. We live in my hometown of San Antonio surrounded by friends and family. My husband is an attorney and I have been blessed to be able to stay at home since Emily was born.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is your business and how did it get started?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am the designer and owner of <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_self" title="Lizzie Lou Shoes"><strong>Lizzie Lou Shoes</strong></a> which began as a mother and daughter matching line of designer flip flops inspired by my daughter, Lizzie.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since our launch in ’09 we have produced 17 different styles of women’s shoes, and last year sold over 200 pairs of flip flops. I expect 2011′s sales to at least double 2010′s. Our flip-flops retail for $99 and up. They’re known for their comfort, beautiful designs and brilliant crystals.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between family and work, what does your “typical” day look like?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would say it is a constant scramble of kids, housework, errands, homework, after school activities, and trying to keep up with the demands of my growing business. I have to constantly remind myself that my goal is to be a working stay-at-home mom and sometimes the kids have to come first. During my busy season, I will be working in the evenings when my husband comes home until I go to bed to keep up with orders and workload.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What keeps you motivated?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love having my own business and working for myself. My positive customer feedback and return customers keep me motivated to continue producing a high quality product. I love hearing from women who own Lizzie Lous about the compliments they receive and how much they love the look and comfort.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are your biggest struggles with your business?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just don’t have enough time in the day to get everything done. I really can’t afford to hire anyone right now so I often just can’t get enough done. I would love to have a full-time public relations/salesperson on staff that could take over getting the shoes in new stores. I know this would really help me expand faster.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And on the flip side, what is your biggest accomplishment?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think developing my own line of flip flops is pretty amazing–I think of the feeling I got when the first shipment arrived from India, where they’re manufactured. And in my personal life, I love being a mom of three kids.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What advice do you have for other MoMs and DaDs in small business?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most important do something you love because having your own business is a lot of work and sometimes with little financial incentive. If you don’t like what you are doing then you are going to have a hard time putting your heart into it. Designing my own shoes and having friends and family wearing them…well, it just couldn’t get much better than that!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have any long term goals for your business?</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Expansion is going to be key in ’11. I need to break into new markets and reach out to stores around the US. I want to continue to design new styles that offer my customers more options in color and style.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>What are you three favorite websites?</strong> Only three? Wow, that is a tough question. I love <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;">www.realsimple.com</a>and the magazine. Always easy quick articles to read and always very informative for a busy mom.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two of my favorite business sites that help out small business owners like me are (of course) <a href="http://www.livingmymoment.com/2011/" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.livingmymoment.com</a> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.theworkathomewoman.com</a></span>. These two sites offer valuable information and assistance not only to women but to stay-at-home moms.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How are you Living Your MoMent?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking a risk starting my own business and investing in myself.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anything else you would like to add!</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would love for your readers to sign-up to be entered in a drawing for a free pair of shoes. Enter your email on my website to be entered. <a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/index.html" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;">http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/index.html</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What ways can people get in touch with you?</span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.lizzieloushoes.com</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:lizzieloushoes@gmail.com" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lizzieloushoes@gmail.com</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/LizzieLouShoes" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.facebook.com/#!/LizzieLouShoes</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Lizzieloushoes" style="color: #4d7fc6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://twitter.com/#!/Lizzieloushoes</span></a><br />
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padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by sheena.edwards">sheena.edwards</a></span></div><div class="entry-content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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I was featured on a segment called ”Mompreneur Monday.” The show filmed live at the Texas State Fair in Dallas. It was such a great show with tons of fun segments including ultimate dog show, a squealing baby pig, African dancers and healthy (yes, healthy) fair food. I was interviewed by WFAA’s Amy Vanderoef. So many of my friends have commented on how well the interview went because of Amy, who really did a great job of showcasing the shows for the viewers. I was pretty nervous, but Amy really was awesome!</div><div class="gallery galleryid-179" id="gallery-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 211px;"><dt class="gallery-icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/?attachment_id=181" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Only in Texas"><img alt="Only in Texas" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="150" src="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/60328_1634786634170_1371810510_1713497_7221714_n-150x150.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 10px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 10px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 10px; border-width: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Only in Texas" width="150" /></a></dt>
</dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 211px;"><dt class="gallery-icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/?attachment_id=182" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Corn Dog"><img alt="Corn Dog" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="150" src="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/60293_1634781354038_1371810510_1713486_5121979_n-150x150.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Corn Dog" width="150" /></a></dt>
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<dl class="gallery-item" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 211px;"><dt class="gallery-icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/?attachment_id=183" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Fried Snickers"><img alt="Fried Snickers" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="150" src="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/60496_1634785594144_1371810510_1713496_5286643_n-150x150.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 10px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 10px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 10px; border-width: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Fried Snickers" width="150" /></a></dt>
</dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 211px;"><dt class="gallery-icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/?attachment_id=193" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Baby Pig"><img alt="Baby Pig" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="150" src="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/63384_1634788594219_1371810510_1713500_3660143_n-150x150.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 10px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 10px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 10px; border-width: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Baby Pig" width="150" /></a></dt>
</dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 211px;"><dt class="gallery-icon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/?attachment_id=194" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ultimate Dog Show"><img alt="Ultimate Dog Show" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="150" src="http://lizzieloushoes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/60332_1634787834200_1371810510_1713499_6480786_n-150x150.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 10px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 10px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 10px; border-width: initial; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Ultimate Dog Show" width="150" /></a></dt>
</dl></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After we were done filming, me and my friend Michelle Marketos checked out the Fair (food). We both wanted to have some yummy (not healthy) fair food. Michelle opted for the famous corn dog, but I really wanted something sweet. So it was narrowed down to fried cookie dough or fried snickers. Snickers won and man was it good. Nothing you could really imagine. After we finished checking out all the fried food we headed out and I got back on the road to San Antonio.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It was a super long drive Sunday and Monday alone but I was so happy to see Michelle and her family and to be on TV in Dallas. So far, the appearance was a success with lots of great orders and tonz of positive publicity.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I love that Momprenuers always support each other. It really is a group to be proud to be a part of.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clip of the show:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.wfaa.com/good-morning-texas/Momprenuer-Sheena-Edwards-Lizzie-Lou-Shoes-103857969.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Good Morning Texas">http://www.wfaa.com/good-morning-texas/Momprenuer-Sheena-Edwards-Lizzie-Lou-Shoes-103857969.html</a></div><div><br />
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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am so excited about appearing on “Good Morning Texas” on channel 8, WFAA-Dallas (ABC) on Monday, September 27. I’ll be on a segment called ”Mompreneur Monday.” It was originally created by Paige McCoy Smith who also has a popular blog, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ubw6xxdab&et=1103690202425&s=3&e=0017Wu4RQimykLmU3Clq-H4DXrrWTFBmXMBE47Vji3nnwdfrCl_zyFGMYdwTV1hi1uC53eNiwaHjYQFEPmy-o8YdxFgslqFpu3hwZTrSpU2_xEGgrBakLQpVA==" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Not So Perfect Parent</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tammy Jones with <a href="http://www.amomentrepreneur.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Mom Entrepreneur</a> who lives in the Dallas area suggested I contact Smith. So I went to her website and found some great information and videos of previous Moms who have appeared on Good Morning Texas.</div><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://notsoperfectparent.com/resources/mompreneur" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mompreneur</a> </em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mompreneur movement continues to grow. More moms are taking the plunge and developing their own businesses or creating their own products. Many moms are able to work from home and strike a balance between bringing home the bacon and bringing up the kids. The internet has also opened a world of possibilities making this an ideal time for Moms to launch their own enterprises. Still, the notion of launching an enterprise (regardless of size) can be overwhelming, intimidating, and downright terrifying. So before you empty your savings account or refinance your home, consider these tips to ensure a successful transition to the world of Mompreneurs! –The Not So Perfect Parent</em></span></h1><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Her website and show are a perfect fit for Lizzie Lou Shoes, so I emailed Smith and within a few minutes I hear back from her. Here is her kind note to me:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This has to hold the record for the fastest I have EVER responded to a potential Momprenuer. I was getting ready to leave for the day and saw this email and fell in love with your products.</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I would LOVE to feature you and your awesome Flip Flops on our show.” –Paige McCoy Smith</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So that was all it took for me to be heading to Dallas to appear on the show. A huge thanks to Tammy Jones for the suggestion and help with finding Smith.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can follow Smith on Twitter and Facebook:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://twitter.com/paigemccoysmith" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://twitter.com/paigemccoysmith</a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NotSoPerfectParent" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.facebook.com/NotSoPerfectParent</a></div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-9845778368550428272010-09-20T15:33:00.000-05:002011-01-11T15:38:00.577-06:00Look Who Hit the Motherload for Super Mompreneur<div class="entry-content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look Who Hit the Motherload for Super Mompreneur</a>.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you for your patience!</em> As we were reviewing…and reviewing…and reviewing the many amazing entries into our Super Mompreneur Conference Giveaway, it became too hard for us to help just one smart mama get to NY in October. So we pleaded our case with the very generous organizers of the event and we were able to cover the conference fees for 10 more of you!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is the nitty gritty on the winners:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE MOTHERLOAD WINNER</strong> – Airfare, Hotel and Registration Fees to Event!<a href="http://www.toddlerbites.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; 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background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alumni Profile of </em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheena Garg Edwards ’95</strong></em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Walk awhile in Sheena Edwards’ shoes, as she talks about her new business Lizzie Lou Shoes, which takes flip-flops to a whole new level. This mother of three, designs these high-end shoes after a long day as a stay at home mom, then sells them online and in designer boutiques. Find out how this busy ’95 graduate has come to personify a ‘momtrepreneur.’</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Donna Parker</em></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheena Edwards, who received a bachelor’s degree in communication from Trinity in 1995, was out shopping one day with her family when they spotted a really cute pair of flip-flops…for $200. Most people might smile and keep walking, but for Sheena, it was the germination of her business, Lizzie Lou Shoes, which is named after her daughter.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The actual concept for Lizzie Lou Shoes started in July of 2008. I had been designing jewelry and wanted to do something on the side while caring for my three children. My family and I went to visit family in India where I talked with my cousin who had design and manufacturing experience. We decide to give it a go!” says Sheena.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lizzie Lou’s website featuring adorable flip-flops adorned with colorful crystals draws clients from all over the world, but Sheena really began the sales process on her home turf of Stone Oak in San Antonio, where a designer boutique, Janie Christine’s, helped her with projecting customer’s sizes and preferences.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We began with 300 pairs of shoes which are now gone! Since I started in the designer flip-flop market, there is more competition, but our shoes are unique because they’re a design inspiration. I study fashion and color, seeing what’s out there and popular. Generally, I sketch a drawing and e-mail it to India, along with swatches. These colors then are blended with custom crystal, sewn onto the leather uppers of the shoes.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheena says her Trinity professors were instrumental in preparing her for the business world.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Sammye Johnson, department of communication, was a stickler for rules on public relations and press releases and that really stuck with me,” she laughs. “I worked with William Christ, department of communication, senior year on an internship that was invaluable. Also, my many company internships while a student have served me well. I worked at Halo Distributing, County Line BBQ, San Antonio Museum of Art, and then went into a paid PR position at Destination Southwest.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheena and her husband, Matthew ’94, also a Trinity graduate, met in school in 1993 and were married in the Marguerite B. Parker Chapel on campus in May 1998. Since then, they’ve welcomed Emily, now 10; Lizzie, 7; and Vince, 3.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The reason I named my company after my middle daughter is because we were on a shopping trip in Bandera, Texas when we ran across the first pair of designer flip-flops. She fell in love with them and wanted to know if they had them in her size!”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This started the mother-daughter business which was launched on Mother’s Day weekend.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We had always called our daughter Lizzie Lou,” chuckles Sheena. “And, the ‘shoes’ part certainly rhymed! In fact, my kids now even name each pair of shoes (one pair is called Emily Morgan) and the shoes and their names are a real conversation starter.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’m determined not to let anything slow me down. We’ve had some glitches, but found a way to fix them and now we’re firmly on our way!”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.trinity.edu/departments/alumni_relations/profiles/1009_Sheena_Edwards.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.trinity.edu/departments/alumni_relations/profiles/1009_Sheena_Edwards.html</a></div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-51675235832199876132010-08-18T15:40:00.000-05:002011-01-11T15:41:03.590-06:00Time to Wholesale Your Product<h1 class="entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Retail Stores: </strong>You have a great product, your online sales are steady, but now you are ready to start wholesaling your product. Where do you start and how do you go about contacting potential retail stores?</span></h1><div class="entry-content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before contacting any stores, you need to prepare all your wholesale documents and pricing structures. This is important so that the store has something to refer to during your initial meeting. See <a href="http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/wp-content/uploads/sample-wholesale-document.pdf" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">sample wholesale document.</a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next, you need to make a list of stores that fit your target market. This is the key to getting your products wholesaled. If the store is not a good fit for your product, it is unlikely that they will be interested, and even if they do purchase initially, the product won’t sell well and they won’t reorder. (Trust me—I learned this the hard way.)</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you have narrowed down your first stores, you want to contact each store’s buyer and provide your information including your website and wholesale price structure. Follow up with a phone call to confirm they received your information. If not, resend it with a personal note to the person you spoke to on the phone. If the store is close by, try to set up an appointment to show them your product.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Consignment</strong> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Option</strong>: If you are having a hard time getting stores to purchase your product, approach one close to home and offer a consignment deal. This can be a win-win-situation: The store doesn’t have to make a cash outlay to carry your product, and you get the opportunity to establish your brand in a retail store; the store gets to test the salability of your product, and you get feedback from customers. If things go well, you might be able to establish a permanent relationship with the store, perhaps even to convert it to a straight wholesale arrangement.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Interview with Retail Store Buyer: </strong>I interviewed one of the managers of my first store, Wendy Hajj of Janie Christine’s Boutique in San Antonio, Texas. My relationship with this store, its staff, and its customers has been the key to my success. They’ve taught me how to successfully work with a retail store and provided me with essential feedback from their customers. My relationship with this store began as consignment, and since it works so well for both of us, we have continued doing business on consignment. The store is two miles from my house. They stock all of my sizes and styles, and they pay me a slightly higher percentage than wholesale. If you also find the perfect store, don’t take no for an answer—offer them a consignment relationship, you won’t be sorry.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s my interview with Wendy:</strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SE:</strong> When looking for new products, where do you begin your search?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WH: </strong>We look online at market websites, and we pay close attention to our customer’s recommendations as well. We have a lot of representatives from the companies we currently purchase from who stop by to show the latest in gift, fashion, and other seasonal items.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SE: </strong>What’s the best way for a new company to contact you about getting its product in your store?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WH: </strong>I prefer they call or email first. A website or an email of the product pictures, information, pricing is huge for consideration.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SE:</strong> Do you expect a new company to send a sample before you put in an initial order?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WH: </strong>If they can send samples, it helps a lot. We are just like our customers—to touch and see a product makes it more enticing to buy!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SE:</strong> When you are approached by a new company, what kind of information do you expect (e.g., website, references, sales statistics, etc.)?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WH:</strong> The biggest thing is how well the branding is done. Having labeling and suggesting pricing for retail is first and foremost. It makes it easier for the retailer to inventory the product and get it selling. Experience, websites, references and all those other things help but don’t necessarily make or break a deal for us.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SE:</strong> Is there any approach from a new company/salesperson that would decrease your chances of carrying their item?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WH:</strong> Showing up without an appointment usually is a good deterrent. Call beforehand and set up an appointment so that you may have ample time to show off your goods without distraction. Don’t spam your product via email or by phone. A good rule I learned long ago in sales was “Two Nos And You Go”. So if they say no once and twice, move on to the next lead.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.janiechristines.com/home.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Janie Christine’s Boutique</a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Janie Christine’s has been serving the Stone Oak area with specialty gifts since the spring of 2004. We would like to welcome you to visit us for any and all of your gift giving needs. We’re sure you’ll find a unique gift to show that special someone just how much you care!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tiffany, Cindy, Wendy, Jessica & Jillian</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheena Edwards is owner and designer of Lizzie Lou Shoes. Edwards was a stay-at-home until May of 2009 when her vision of the perfect flip flop hit the market. Like many of her customers, she is a mother juggling all the duties of working from home and caring for her three small children. Edwards has a communications degree from Trinity University and has experience in marketing, public relations and project management. However, her practical experience as a mother has been key in the success of her product.<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </em>To learn more about Lizzie Lou Shoes, visit<a href="http://lizzieloushoes.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">LizzieLouShoes .com</a>.</div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-57403712568945058162010-08-03T22:30:00.000-05:002010-08-03T22:30:11.527-05:00What are the odds.....<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I am so excited about giving away our first pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes to a registered customer of our e-newsletter. I started preparing for the drawing and I realized that I had no idea how to do a random drawing from a list of emails from Constant Contact. So I emailed Holly Hanna with the Work at Home Woman, </span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/">http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/</a>,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> and asked how she did the drawings on her website. She referred me to the website </span><a href="http://www.random.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">www.random.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">. So tonight, I downloaded my contacts and ran through the test process on random.org and the winner of the test was...<b>Holly Hanna</b>. I thought that was pretty odd since she was the one who directed me to the "random" site. </span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The next step was to do the drawing for real, so I went through the process, paid my $4.95 fee and the winner was....Matt Edwards (a.k.a. my husband). Well, that was money well spent (UGH!). I decided I better edit my list and make sure there aren't any more "test" emails. After deleting my email and my mom's, I ran through the test mode several times to make sure I didn't miss anything, each time getting a different person.... (Good, it works). </span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Finally, I did the real drawing, pay my $4.95 fee, and once again, the winner is Holly Hanna. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
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<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><a href="http://www.random.org/draws/details/?draw=2840&view=owner" style="color: #6f6fc4;" target="_self"><strong>Free Pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes 8-4-10</strong></a><br />
2nd drawing held by <a href="http://www.random.org/draws/records/?owner=1494" style="color: #6f6fc4; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Sheena Edwards</a><br />
Completed on Wednesday, 4 August 2010 at 00:37:30 UTC<br />
58 entrants, 1 winner</td><td valign="top"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="line-height: 1.7em;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.7em;"><strong>Winners (1)</strong></div><div style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: thin; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: thin; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: thin; max-height: 300px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto;"><pre class="data" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 2em;">1st: "holly@theworkathomewoman.com"</pre></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-style: normal;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Again, what are the odds? </span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-style: normal;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-style: normal;"><strong><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div align="left" color="#ffffff" style="display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">So happy Holly gets to sport a pair of Lizzie Lou Shoes! She is one awesome woman who loves to help other women!!!!! Congratulations Holly! </span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></div></div></strong></span></div></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-45560427619338341702010-06-04T10:05:00.000-05:002010-06-04T10:05:31.883-05:00Top 10 Social Networking Sites for Mompreneurs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/top-10-social-networking-sites-for-mompreneurs/" style="color: #aee5e8; text-decoration: none;">Top 10 Social Networking Sites for Mompreneurs</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">By Holly Reisem Hanna</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: x-small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Holly Hanna" height="200" src="http://www.theworkathomewoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Holly-Headshot-225x300.jpg" width="150" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">With the abundance of social networks geared towards mompreneurs, and with new communities popping up daily it is impossible to keep up with all of the new and popular networks out there. You could spend days, maybe even weeks or months just browsing all the different social networking sites dedicated to women entrepreneurs and work-at-home moms.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">To help narrow your search here are my top 10 social networking sites for mompreneurs that provide amazing resources, tips, strategies and education for mompreneurs and work-at-home moms.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mommy Millionaire</strong> </span>– hosted by bestselling author and mompreneur extraordinaire, Kim Lavine. Mommy Millionaire is an online business coaching community of both male and female entrepreneurs. Membership is free, but all members are screened before being allowed to participate, which makes for a high caliber network (No SPAM here). The greatest thing about this network is that Kim herself is very active in forum participation, blog posts and a radio show – which is all free education for you! <span id="more-5141"></span>Over 1,600 + members. For more info see: <a href="http://community.mommymillionaire.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mommy Millionaire</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mom Invented Community</strong></span> – hosted by bestselling author and mompreneur, Tamara Monosoff. Another great community to get free education from a well-respected and successful mompreneur. Tamara offers videos, hosted events, forums and much more. Membership is free and takes just a few minutes to set up. Over 165 members. For more information, please see: <a href="http://members.mominventors.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mom Invented Community.</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mompreneur Café</span> </strong>– is run by Jan Hefferin and has 664 members. The network has the typical Ning functions, but what I have found is that the women in this community are very receptive and friendly, for this reason I highly recommend joining. For more information, please see: <a href="http://www.mompreneurcafe.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mompreneur Cafe</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Twitter Moms</strong></span> – hosted by Megan Calhoun, Twitter Moms is a great place to get ideas. Boasting over 25,000 members Twitter Moms has a daily frenzy of activity going on from blogging contests, Twitter parties, events, featured mom of the week and featured blogger of the week. Check it out for some great ideas and inspiration – <a href="http://www.twittermoms.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter Moms</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Mom Entrepreneur</span> </strong>– hosted by Tammy Jones, A Mom Entrepreneur is a wonderful place to promote your business. The members are friendly, Tammy is very active in the community and you can even be featured on the front page as a Featured Mompreneur. Currently has over 750+ members, for more information, please see: <a href="http://imompreneur.ning.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Mom Entrepreneur</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>My Work Butterfly</strong></span> – is the social network for moms who want to spread their wings! Founded by Bradi Nathan and her partner Terry Starr, My Work Butterfly has a very unique feature in that it often features interviews from celebrity moms – not to mention that it is chalked full of information and resources. Over 4,475 members, for more info see: <a href="http://www.myworkbutterfly.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Work Butterfly.</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Café Mom</strong></span> – an enormous social network of moms, with over 70,000 groups, Café Mom has everything – cool widgets, contests, giveaway, groups galore, articles, you could spend hours on this site and not even scratch the surface of what it has to offer. For more info see:<a href="http://www.cafemom.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Café Mom.</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Work It Mom</strong></span> – contains blogs, resources and a community for working moms. Co-founder Nataly, blogs daily about the issues affecting working moms, she also shares her own juggle between work and family. With over 12,000 members Work It Moms allows you to contribute, share, shop and connect. For more info see: <a href="http://www.workitmom.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Work It Mom</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Savor the Success</strong></span> – founded by Angela Jia Kim and Marc Stedman, Savor the Success is a PR Co-Op and a niche social media network for women entrepreneurs both online and offline. Offering affordable PR tools for premium members such as PR Opps, media lists, gift lists and PR writing services. For more info see: <a href="http://www.savorthesuccess.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Savor the Success</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>She’s Connected</strong></span> – founded by Donna Marie Antoniadis, She’s Connected is a community for busy women! She’s Connected is the one place for women to manage both the personal and professional sides of their lives. Members can create a personal profile for family and friends or a professional profile for clients and colleagues. They can keep them separate or combine the two but only if they want to. She’s Connected offers a unique and spirited community infused with compelling content from experts on careers, health, relationships, beauty, fitness, parenting, pregnancy, food and entertainment. For more info see: <a href="http://www.shesconnected.com/" style="color: #3ea0ac; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">She’s Connected.</a></div>lizzieloushoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108265834002506936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070509790400877006.post-17794793851047407152010-05-07T13:29:00.000-05:002010-05-07T13:29:45.239-05:00Your Big Idea Could Be The Real Thing<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Mom with child hanging off her as she holds a bowel of hot food while she uses her laptop" src="http://www.lizzieloushoes.com/admin/images/link12.gif" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guest Blog on The Work at Home Woman </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people have amazing ideas for new products, but don’t know where to start. Don’t feel frustrated—it just takes some time and lots of research. There are many online resources for small businesses that can help you find the information you need to get started.</span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Researching Your Idea:</span></strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first step, and most important in taking your idea to market, is research. Are there other products on the market that are similar? Does your product fulfill a need that no other product on the market fulfills? Who will purchase your product? Start with Internet searches. Google everything you can think of that would be similar to your product. The last thing you want to is to produce something exactly like another product. You can also gather information from industry associations, local universities, libraries, and small business associations. A trip to the library or a few hours online can set you on your way to really understanding the market.<span id="more-4808"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will need to define your target market. A product does not need to meet the needs of all people, but instead should reach a specific customer group. As an entrepreneur you should understand their wants and needs, income level and spending habits. You should find out everything you can about the customers your product will target and these customers needs. This information will help you in developing the product and structuring your marketing campaign to target them.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are many wonderful Internet resources that can assist you with defining your target market and helping you to understand the targeted customers’ needs. This may require assistance from a professional, but try to find as much information as you can on your own. I contacted the UTSA Small Business Development Center in San Antonio and met with an advisor that helped me define my target market and work through my Business plan.</span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Understand Your Competition:</span></strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there are products similar to your idea, then you need to learn about their pricing, manufacturing, competition, age of the product, and position on the market. Does this product have something that your product idea does not? Is it cheaper or more expensive, and how long has this product been available? Where is the product being sold? Will you sell to the same customer base or does your product target a different consumer or demographics? All of these things are important in the pre-production stage of your product.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many entrepreneurs fail to realize there are similar products being made and will have a hard time competing against big companies that are backed with large pocket books.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When developing my line of flip flops, understanding the competition played a huge role in the quality and characteristics of my product. I discovered what people did and didn’t like about the competition, and made my goals accordingly. I strived to have lower prices, better quality and comfort and styles that no one had done in a flip flop. This made my product more competitive.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing that can be helpful in developing a new product is customer opinions and feedback. Large companies always use focus groups and do surveys before they launch a product in the market. You can do this too. Talk to your family and friends who are in your target market, meet with stores that you would sell your product too and learn everything you can about how your product will succeed. As soon as I had samples from the manufacturer, I began working with a local boutique that had experience selling shoes to my targeted consumer. They advised me on popular sizes, pricing, and trends in the market place. This relationship was the key to the success of my product.</span><br />
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