2009-02-28T20:18:20-07:00 2 Michelle Anderson was working for a successful PR firm when her 6-year-old daughter contracted cancer. With mounting bills it seemed impossible for Michelle to quit working to be with her daughter during the long treatment. Instead, Michelle negotiated with her employer to work reduced hours, telecommuting from home. It worked out so well during the illness that Michelle keeps the same flexible schedule even now that the cancer is in submission. Michelle gets to see more of her daughter and husband, and the company found that they could reduce overhead expense. A win-win for both parties. woman.jpg 2009-03-01T23:21:59-07:00 2009-02-28T20:54:15-07:00 3 Graham Writing Solutions: Michele Graham, mother of 3, has an MBA and enjoyed a career in corporate marketing with Home Box Office and Tri-Star Pictures prior to staying home to raise her children. After serving as elementary school PTA president, Michele started Graham Writing Solutions out of her home so she could have flexibility and stay involved with her children's activities at school. Now she advises small-to-medium sized organizations on strategy for their marketing materials and writes copy for a full range of collateral – websites, brochures, presentations, direct mail, corporate bios, and press releases. www.grahamwritingsolutions.com Michele_Graham.jpg 2009-03-01T23:22:57-07:00 2009-02-28T20:55:13-07:00 4 CCX Web Solutions: Chris Cournoyer, mother of four, established CCX Solutions, a website design and support service in 1997 in order to stay home and raise her newborn son, Bennett. A graduate of the University of Texas with a BA in Computer Science in 1992, Chris learned about the world of computers after working with Andersen Consulting for 5 years. Now a mother of four (including newborn twins) working out of her home in Iowa, Chris helps small business owners to update an old site or create and publish a new site for personal or business use. www.ccx.net chris_chase.jpg 2009-03-01T23:24:47-07:00 2009-08-06T18:08:19-06:00 5 Founder and COO (Chief Organizational Officer) Jenny Newcomer writes: "As a busy, work from home event production mommy, I was using at least 7 different lists & notepads a day. A calendar for the family’s schedule; a to-do list, a misc. notes list, a menu planner, a grocery list, a honey-do list for my husband, and a workout tracker calendar! I wanted it all on one! I wanted a fun weekly planner that would encompass all of the above and MORE! I also needed to be reminded on a daily basis to take time for ME so that I remained sane and could recharge for my family and my job and so I wouldn’t end up in the loony bin or worse yet with a lobotomy. And I figured other women needed to be reminded of that as well to keep themselves out of the nut house. Thus, the momME planner was born one busy day in a small mountain town in Colorado. Here’s to no more lobotomies." Jenny is a busy mother of two who has launched a successful business from home. Check out Jenny's entire line of organizational products to help keep you sane at www.lobotome.com lobotomefamily.jpg 2009-08-06T18:09:16-06:00 2009-09-15T15:12:00-06:00 6 Jennifer Lata Rung knew she wanted to start a family someday. So – when a big career choice suddenly presented itself in 2002, she decided to take a risk she’d always fantasized about. Instead of taking a promising and good-paying senior copywriting position at a new ad agency start-up, she started freelance writing instead. Although she was terrified she would fail, 8 years later she is happy to say it’s the best decision she ever made. Not only does working from home complement family life with her son, now age 4 – but it’s also given her much satisfaction from a career standpoint. Today she writes a bi-monthly Sunday column on fashion and style for The Buffalo News; she works directly with clients she loves around the country, like Mom Inventors, and she continues to write advertising copy for various ad agencies and corporate clients. And the freedom to end the day at 4 pm – do laundry while meeting a big deadline – or paint her toenails while on a conference call? Benefits no company could ever match. For more information about copywriting services or how I got started, email me at rung.jen@gmail.com. Jen_rung.jpg 2009-09-15T21:21:53-06:00 2009-09-21T17:21:32-06:00 7 Amanda Steinberg is the founder and CEO of the web consultancy Soapbxx. In addition, she runs an online finance publication called Daily Worth that gives women, short, easy to apply personal finance advice to keep us on-track without requiring hours of time. With degrees in Urban Planning and Architecture from Columbia University, Amanda has successfully learned to balance working from home, raising two children, and still finds "me" time. To see how she does it, read her article A Day in the Life of a Power Mom in our Better Work, Better Life Hub. Find out more at www.soapbxx.com or www.dailyworth.com. Amanda_Steinberg.jpg 2009-09-21T17:21:32-06:00 2009-09-30T17:59:50-06:00 8 In March 2007 my beautiful daughter Hadley was born, and from the moment she was placed in my arms, I knew that I would not be able to return to my full-time job as a RN Clinical Research Coordinator. With the support of my husband Jeff, I was able to quit my full-time job and become a full-time stay a home mom. Motivated to find a way to make some extra money from home, I started asking past employers and friends if there was any work that I could do for them while caring for my daughter at home. My networking efforts paid off and in December 2007 I started working from home by completing marketing research, establishing joint ventures and working as a social network liaison for a small publishing company that a friend was working for. During this time I learned a lot of valuable marketing skills and became very familiar with the work at home market. Motivated start my own business and to help other women and mothers do the same, I decided to create The Work at Home Woman and share my research and knowledge with other women and mothers who had the desire to work from home. Being able to work at home with my daughter has been such an amazing experience. I have been able to ditch my two hour round trip commute in traffic, as well as the stress of having too much to do in too little time. I’m not going to say that starting a business or looking for a work at home job is easy, but with a little elbow grease and due diligence anyone who puts their mind to it can achieve it. The hard work really pays off when you get to see that little person you love so much, say all those silly things through out the day, such as “Mommy do you like my eyeballs”? I wouldn’t miss out on this for the world! The Work at Home Woman is an online business resource and blog for women and mothers who wish to work from home of become self-employed. For more information, please see: http://www.theworkathomewoman.com HollyHanna.jpg 2009-09-30T17:59:50-06:00