Good bye "Sensaria"

Sensaria said goodbye this past month, sorry to see you go! We are adding this too our Closing list for 2011.

New Approved Memberships into the DSA!

Lets welcome in the follwing 7 new companies that have just received membership within the DSA!

-Azuli skye (jewelry)
-Chartreuse (earth friendly products)
-Jeunesse Global (anti aging skincare)
-Lifewave,LLC (Health patches)
-Loving Works LLC (weight loss products)
-LYF Brands (all natural wellness products)
-YOR Health (health nutrition products)

Check these out...mabey a hidden gem!

Scentsy- Winner of the 2011 Sucess Award!

For their innovative "Bring back my bar" Program. Based on previous years reports they recorded January and July as their "Slump" Months. So turning to their consultants and their votes they brought back 20 retired scents. This resulted in over 660,000 votes and over 2 million bars sold.

Company spotlight :Stampin' Up

Once a month we like to feature a company that has heart. This Month we are excited to share with you the amazing things Stampin' up has accomplished. What a list!

- Donated more than $1 million to the Ronald McDonald house

- At Annual conventions, Demonstrators are encouraged to donate cards to send to the Ronald McDonald House, over 3,000 have been sent.

- Donated $82,000 to the Huntsman Cancer institute (Breast cancer awareness)

-Raised more than $1 million for the Sept.11 Disaster relief fund

-$500,000 to the "Save the Children" to help with Tsunami Relief in Indonesia through specific stamp sales

- During the earthquake in Haiti Jan 2010 a portion of a specific stamp set was donated to the Red Cross. In addition to the donation they also assembled 5,000 hygiene kits that were sent to Haiti.

-Also responded to Earthquake victims in Christchurch,new Zealand and gave financial support to relief organizations to victims of earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Truly amazing. Who wouldn't want to be part of such a successful and giving company? Great Job Stampin' Up!

Homemade Gourmet Closing doors

Homemade Gourmet closed there doors on June 30th . However they signed an agreement to combine with Tastefully simple.

Best of luck and wishes to those who were reps with this wonderful company!

Back Better than Ever!!

The Very Busy Mama is back and better than ever! With life changes as we all know things can get hectic. We are back with lots of new ideas and groups! As a "Grand opeing" special we are offering incredible deals on our site advertising!! Starting as low as $5!!! Make sure you grab your spot! Its only available until Aug 1st!

Booty Parlor Parties saying Good Bye !

As of December 31st 2010 Booty Parlor Parties will be shutting down. Sorry to see ya go!

Now introducing "WAHM AUCTIONS"

Looking for a place to offer off your items but tired of spending a fortune to do so? Come on over to wahm auctions where all you pay is $5 for 1 month of unlimited auctions! Clean out that office and make some $ from other wahms like yourself!

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/wahmauctions/

As always..brought to you by The Very Busy Mama seal!

So Chic Bag boutique shutting down for 3 months!

Apparently they are having shipping issues and taking 3 months off to get it all straightened out. I gotta say I am happy to hear this as we all know there are companies that charge way to much for shipping and I do not purchase from those companies...

Any experiences with this company? How were the shipping rates? share your experience!

Worst Direct sales mistake?

So we have all got into a company or two (or 3) that either werent what we expected or you just didnt do well with them for some reason. Please share your experiences with a company/companies you wouldnt join with again. Comment on this post to add your experiences.

(No fighting over this..everyone has an opinion :)

Well Hello Watkins!

So last night as I was reading through Good Housekeeping I came upon a page of some of the best beauty tools and their was Watkins! Their Hand and cuticle salve was one of the items!

Congrats Watkins!

Thank you to all who entered our giveaway!

The winner is Mrs. Kristen Jordan! Congrats Kristen!


New giveaway coming soon!

Suspicious emails towards Beauticontrol,Jafra and Mary Kay consultants

Through the years their has been a lot of talk of suspicious emails coming to them from a woman needing a bulk lot of Items from the companies. Please be weary of these emails..Please remember..If its too good to be true..it probably is.

Here is an email from the scammer..please check out the odd wording and misspelling. This needs to also be a red light for you..

Hello Aloette Consultant ,

I will want to make a purchase of the below products through you , I just heard about how wounder full and nice the products from your company are .

Below are the items I want to purchase :

* Eye Restore Complex
* Indulgence Body Souffle
* Spa Indulgence Body Wash
* Spa Indulgence Exfoliating Sugar Scrub
* Spa Indulgence Body Butter Balm
* Ageless Science System
* Advanced Night Recovery Pro Face Cream with Revivaderm
* Platinum Collection Value Package

Please get back to me with a Total Cost for the items and how soon I can get to buy them .

I will expect to read from you asap

Thanks

If you receive an email and your weary of it..please do not hesitate to contact us if you need help!

Become a Sponsor of The Very Busy Mama!

We are currently looking for 3 Sponsors for the upcoming 3 months!

What will I receive when I sign up to become a sponsor?
- Top banner spot for 3 months
-Your company name and link will be added to our business email signature for 3 months
-Solo ads will be sent out once a week to over 100 groups and over 3000+ wahms(Sundays).
-A shout out once a week on our facebook page!.

This is over a $200 value!! We will give it to just our 3 sponsors for just $25!!!! ONLY 3! Please use the contact form at the bottom if you are interested :) This will go FAST! So dont miss out on this INCREDIBLE opportunity!

Thank you!

Two great companies merging into one FABULOUS Creation!

Southern Living at Home and Entertaining at Home will be combining this summer to create "Willow House". They will not become Willow House officially until August 1,2010 but they are looking for Founding Consultants now! WOO HOO! Love hearing of new companies...great time to get yourself in and established and get pumped up for the Holiday Season!

For more info on Willow house and too sign up please contact Teresa Olvera at

You can visit her Southern living at home website at www.southernlivingathome.com/tolvera

Make sure to join her NEW! Facebook page for Williow house at

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willow-House-Formerly-Southern-Living-at-Home-by-Teresa-Orange-County-CA/108326155877586?ref=ts

Mothers Day Raffle!

Hope everyone is having a Wonderful Wednesday!

Here at the Very Busy Mama we will be raffling off (for our Mother Day raffle) the NEW! Eternal Magic Purfume! This perfume has made it big at AVON and VERY popular! but thats not all! Also you will receive a bottle of Eternal Magic shower gel AND Body Lotion!!With Matching gift bag!

To enter is just $1 per Ticket! I can take paypal* or RME . Please send to jordangaffey@yahoo.com . I will send you a confirmation email in return when payment has been received.

(Please note that with paypal we would like to encourage you to use the paypal calculator which you can find here http://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm to figure out what the fees will be, with paypal as you all know it takes fees. I have included a little chart of fees for quick reference.)

$1= $1.34

$5=$5.46

$10=$10.61

Also we will be raffling off a chance to win a FREE Top Banner spot (for 2 weeks) , a bottom banner spot for 6 months and a Solo ad shout out(which will include a 1 time send out to over 250+ wahm groups AND a shout out on our Very popular Facebook page!

We will be Holding the raffle on Sunday!! and dont worry if you win WE pay shipping NOT YOU!!! Unlike lots of other blogs/sites! We value our wahms/sahms!!

Enter today!!

Kristi Hubbard Stepping down from Beauticontrol

Albert Bosch will be taking over President for Beauticontrol...

More info to come.......

Have you ever been featured in your town for your business?

Through the years I have been a wahm I have read a few stories of some wahms that have been featured on their hometown tv station or more! Have you ever been featured? Also do you have an online link we could see? Share!

Question of the Day!

What will you do this week to promote your business?

(Example: call customers,mail out catalogs ect...)

Please add your answer to the comments section! (remember you can add a quick business link to the end of your answer ;)

Not to up to date with the latest fashion are ya Tyra?

So I just had to share to this with you all. I was reading through some random forums and found this recently..

Recently Lia Sophia was featured on The Tyra Banks show...

"So, I sit through the entire horrible program, with Tyra yelling and carrying on and pretending to do makeovers on audience members. And, finally, it's time. And she says....the jewelry is called "LISA sophia"! I couldn't believe it. Thanks for the promo Tyra. Sheesh! Also, it was the retired Artifact bracelet. And she said the name of the bracelet wrong too, but I can't even remember what she said."...

Lets stick to your modeling there Tyra, keep the direct sales to the professionals... ;)