Inspired by your children to invent a product? Parents Magazine may want to feature you and your product. If your kiddo(s) is still under 7 years old and you're indeed an inventor, email Jennifer your story to see if you're a fit.
✳ Show and Tell
Have a question about your business? Maybe it's a social media quandary. Or a marketing issue. Or a legal question. Whatever your current company concern, we're here to help -- publicly. Our new video series, Show & Tell, is about getting your questions answered and promoting your biz all at the same time. Check it out and apply here.
✳ Get On It
Every week, Good Morning America's Workplace Contributor Tory Johnson features small businesses, and yours could be featured on her next segment. Have something perfect to pitch? Check out more about the segment here and if you think it's a fit, let Tory know by filling out her submission form here.
✳ Got Moxie?
Love the brand-name kids' clothes you find at those twice-yearly kids' consignment sales? Moxie Jean is the online version of those sweet sales. They buy like-new baby and kids clothing back from moms via a free, postage paid Moxie Jean Mailer Bag picked up at your front door. They sort, group and bundle outfits together within their style lines and offer free shipping and returns on all merchandise, guaranteed to be in “like-new condition” or they'll gladly refund your money. Want to clean out your closets? Through the end of August they're paying a 50% premium on top of their published prices for sizes 18 mos. and up. Get your clothes cleanse on and request a Moxie Jean Mailer Bag right here.
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✳ Admit It
Forget failure. It takes an awful lot to admit that change happens. Maybe you're rolling out a new pricing model, or perhaps you're nixing an entire rewards program. Founding Mom Sharon Schneider boldly goes where too few entrepreneurs have gone before and admits why she changed her model in "Why Would Anyone Abandon the White Hot Subscription-Based Business Model? We Did. Here's Why." Read it here.
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✳ Google It
Hear about the Google Glass project yet? They're working hard on creating a new set of eyes for us. According to Google, we'll be able to do everything from search the Internet to seeing maps right in front of our eyes. Fascinated by the potential for these Google glasses, students of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem made a video showcasing their perception of the future where everyone is constantly wired through augmented reality contact lenses. Kinda creepy and unbelievably fascinating, you can watch it here.
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✳ Check It
Tweriod gives you the best times to tweet. The site analyzes both your tweets and your followers' tweets so you can start tweeting when it makes most sense to reach others.
wikiHow is the how-to manual that you can edit. wikiHow is a collaborative effort to build and share the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Like Wikipedia, anyone can write or edit a page on the site. Thousands of people from all over the world have collaboratively written 142,873 how-to articles.
FFOCAL is a social platform that allows people to track and share upcoming events. There are so many events being promoted to us every day on the web, in emails, text messages, and through word-of-mouth and social media. FFOCAL makes it simple to save those in one place and immediately broadcast to friends what you found.
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