Get a Hair Cut & Get a Real Job! Why Work At Home Mom’s Need to Get a Clue

Author: Super-Mommy

18 Oct

Ok this is just a rant- there is no other spin on it…just me…being ticked off! Now I am all for being a work at home mom (WAHM) I love being able to be home with spitup boy and still make a good living. If anyone is on the fence about deciding whether to be a work at home mom or not, my advice would be just to get out there and do it! You will never know until you try- and your bank account and your family will thank you for it.

Now here comes the rant….If you do decide to be a work at home parent, please pick one thing and stick with it. I am so tired of the same moms coming to me trying to sell Pampered Chef, Avon, Tupperware, Discovery toys, Jewelry, and whatever else they can figure out to sell out of a catalog! And this is in the same freakin week! It has gotten to the point, where I avoid these people like the plague because I can’t afford to keep up with whatever it is that they are selling.

What is wrong with being the go-to girl for pampered chef stuff? Learning your product in and out, and then selling the hell out of it? Isn’t that the way that these things are supposed to work?

Find the one thing that you are passionate about- and do that for a living!

You can’t honestly think that every single one of these products is a life altering product. Come on ladies…you are giving WAHM a bad name. Grrrr…..I just got another email for an online tupperware party….damnit!

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Filed under: WTF?!?, Playgroup Ponders, A Hero's Gotta Pay The Rent...Being a Work From Home Mo

6 Responses for "Get a Hair Cut & Get a Real Job! Why Work At Home Mom’s Need to Get a Clue"

valiens October 19th, 2006 at 11:14 am 1
Your book is such a great idea! Would that all your WHAM pals could get into actually producing something to sell instead of hawking the same old same old. I make it a policy to toss anything solicitous in email, and to talk to people about the realities of MLMs when approached. Just tell them they won’t ever make any real money until they leave their friends alone and hit the cold market. And you’re right, they had better know their product!

I’m checking out your book and lulu.com. I’m afraid I found it a few months too late, alas, but admire your chutspa!
Inside Motherhood » WAHM Carnival #3 - Childcare November 26th, 2006 at 9:14 pm 2
[…] Kimberly Webb takes a look at the effects your current WAHM opportunity might have on other moms. Pick one thing and stick with it (and stop hitting up your friends). Good advice! […]
Brianne November 27th, 2006 at 11:47 am 3
Completely agree with your rant! I do sell Avon, but I try really hard not to shove it down my friend’s throats. It’s hard to get out there and sell to people you don’t know, but that’s the only way to build a business. If I have a friend willing to give me an in into her workplace, awesome. Otherwise, unless they express an interest in Avon, I try not to even mention it. I figure - they know I’m selling it, if they want it they’ll come to me.
Hopefully I’m building better relationships that way!
Holly November 30th, 2006 at 2:26 pm 4
Interesting Rant! I think it’s cool to hear how other mommy’s make money at home. It seems to me like you are very creative with all that stuff…… I sell Natural Family Boutique. I was really nervous about starting with it though because it is a MLM and I was leary of that set up. I had thought I would make tons of money on products that sell themselves. I was wrong….. I do love the products, and so far it has meant I get a discount on the things I love. But I hate the idea of being one of those cheesy sales people that is always pressuring their friends, so I have become the anti-thesis of that, and gone too far the other way I think.
Guide me oh wise one!! How can I strike the proper balance??? LOL
tonya@SuperWAHM September 23rd, 2007 at 5:45 pm 5
I completely agree with your rant. I have the same type of aquaintances and it’s so sad that I almost feel like I can’t afford to be freinds with them because they are ALWAYS hitting me up to buy something from some new venture.

I think that sticking with one or two direct sales businesses does make you look more professional than jumping from one biz op to the next.

Just my opinion anyway ;). Great post!

Tonya@superwahm.net
Jtxsnkak December 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am 6
Thanks!,