Can we help you with something? How 'bout everything? We're SO EXCITED to announce the launch of The Founding Kit! It's an incredible bundle of superb services to help you grow your business. We're collaborating with all of our favorite providers to get you the best rates we could find anywhere -- literally, you won't find them anywhere else -- and we're starting with 3 different kits. Do yourself a favor and let us do the favors for you. (Hint: Also a great holiday gift for any budding entrepreneur!) Check it out right here! Right now!
✳ Revolutionize This
New (ingenious) product alert! Dear Kate is a novel line of underwear for women: Miraculous panties that are lined with a wicking and stain-releasing fabric on the inside and a leak-resistant fabric on the outside. It's the holy grail for busy women: cute, comfortable, and machine-washable. The female founders launched it during their class project at Brown University and developed a patent-pending fabric technology for underwear. Help these gals out by spreading the word to new and expecting moms with $10 off using code foundingmoms by January 31 over here.
✳ Speak Up
Erica Smith wants to showcase interviews with women like you. Her site, Women's Work, shares the true day-to-day responsibilities and the ups and downs of all kinds of professions. Do you know a passionate women to interview about her work? You, perhaps? Shoot Erica a note to promote your biz and share the real truth behind your day-to-day happenings.
✳ Market Yourself
Like to write? Market Mommy® seeks awesome writers to join her Expert Blogger Panel. Experts are required to supply original guest blog posts once every 8-12 weeks on a topic that relates to mom business owners. It's heavily promoted through her network and includes bios & links to your business or blog. Contact Dawn to let her know you want in.
✳ Ad It Up
When you pay to promote your biz, how do you know if you're getting what you paid for? AdYapper to the rescue. AdYapper helps you answer the three most important questions in digital marketing: Did your ad work? What did people think about it? Was your ad actually seen? It's got a simple setup process and a whole AdYapper community to join, too. Right now, they're giving away a limited number of pilot accounts to qualified companies of all sizes. Interested? Head here to schedule a live demo.
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✳ Deck The Halls
Among the great many startup 101s’ that are out there, it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's an overview of the most essential startup decks that The Methodologist has seen. The list is merely a snapshot of hands-on startup methods and tools but a complete list of entrepreneurship literature.Read it here.
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✳ Show Off
Are you good at bragging about yourself? Didn't think so. Definitely Not The Opera, a CBC radio show, has an entire episode dedicated to bragging. Many of us have a hard time boasting about ourselves. But why? And is it worth looking like a jerk to do it? Listen to a great exploration on the art of the brag right here.
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✳ Check It
Streak is your customer management system inside your inbox. Its founders were frustrated by constantly having to switch between inboxes where you do your work and separate systems. Their goal? To take the work out of managing the processes you do every day.
Joya is a free app that makes sharing mobile videos with your family effortless and delightful. Just tap on the videos you want shared (any length!) and your family automatically gets them. No need for them to install anything.
WhatShouldIReadNext helps you figure out just that. Enter a book you like and the site will analyze real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
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