Verizon's Hardest Working Small Biz Mom?

Here is my entry into the Verizon's Hardest Working Small Biz Mom contest... the winner gets a year's worth of professional cleaning and $5,000!

When I was in college, my nickname was 'couch', because I slept on a pull-out couch bed. How appropriate, because today, I am running a successful small business from my couch. Yes, I have a home office, where I meet with clients, but lets face it, a one year old doesn't do well around printers and wires.


Now, being a mom is a full time job, so when you start your own small business, you are pretty much bordering on insane. I started New Market Media Web & Graphic Design after I had my first child, and I am still here, 8 years and 4 kids later.

I do all of the typical mom stuff from homework and carpooling, to cleaning and cooking, I also do some pretty crazy things like designing favor tags to match a birthday party theme or teaching my 6 year old Photoshop and recently I started couponing (not quite successful yet)Why am I "Verizon's Hardest Working Small Biz Mom" because (this is the part where I suck up) I truly use Verizon for all of the work that I do. In addition to my Droid, I have a laptop, a desktop, a wireless blue ray player, and an ipod, all running off my internet. I use all of these simultaneously to run my business - desktop as my main computer, laptop to work on the couch, ipod and Netflix on blue ray (keeping my kids quiet right now as I write this).

What else? I teach part time, I have clients that range from mompreneurs to a large hospital and I give my services pro-bono to several non-profits, I am the ultimate multi-tasker and I never say 'no' to a friend.

Why do I want to win? Well, the keys are falling off the laptop as I type and I really would love to win the cleaning service for my husband who just wants matching socks.

http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Small-Biz-Blog/In-Time-for-Mother-s-Day-Mompreneurs-Get-Ready-to-Win-5-000-Cash/bc-p/311455#M757