Starting in 2007, my blog is located at:

http://www.jillsconsultantlist.com/businessblog.php

Posted:  Sunday, November 5, 2006 @ 1:43 pm

Hi everyone.

I am a stay at home mom with 3 kids age 6, 8 and 24. I also have an MBA and a great work history spanning all levels of management. I realized that there are so many parents, not just moms, out there like me who want to use their experience and their knowledge to help others but that traditionally that has conflicted with their desires to be there for their children. I learned, through the experiences of my 24 year old, that a parent (single parent also) climbing the corporate ladder has to make tough choices all the time. I didn't make the right choices often enough. Now, with my younger children, I get a chance to make better choices.

When I first announced my decision to my friends, I named my company "MBA Moms and More" just to acknowledge that I would need the help of my friends as experts at various stages. What I found instead was a huge response of people telling me that they also wanted to work this way and so did many other people who they knew. Some said they were not moms or their Masters Degree wasn't in business but they wanted to sign up.

MBA Moms Help has evolved from this goal. We decided to take a new approach to consulting too. We talk to customers over the email, then phone and if the clients decide to move forward we work efficiently with the client to save them money while giving them expert assistance. After a 15 minute free consultation, the client and their specific consultant agree to terms going forward. The one rule is that the price is $100 per hour and the minimum time commitment does not exceed 5 hours. Some consultants have no minimums and charge in 5 minute increments.

Our clients are do-it-yourself types who are smart, driven and hard working. They could read, research the Internet or gather the information from other sources themselves. But, they find that hooking up with a pro gets the answer quicker and gets them on to the solution. For example, I could have designed my own website. Lots of people do it. It is not that hard. But I wanted one that was fantastic, loaded fast and used all the tools to optimize the experience. I paid a website designer $125 per hour to do it for me and it was done in a week. In the meantime, I still made $100 per hour helping other people with things that I am good at. Yes, I paid them more than I earned, but, I would have taken 80 hours and they took 20. It doesn't take an MBA to figure out the right choice there.

So, if you need help, check us out. If you would like to join our network, we are soon opening a website called JillsConsultantList.com where you can post your profile, picture and we will help find business for you. It also is a network of people like me, and you, who are choosing to work for themselves, from home, without business travel, but using the education and experience we have gathered in our lives.

Thanks for reading this message. I would love to hear from you.