Author, Publicist and President of Virtual Word Publishing, Diana Ennen was recently interviewed by WSRadio.com to talk about how to become a Virtual Assistant (VA) and what a VA can do for your business. She also discusses ways for authors to bring added exposure to their books.

You can listen to Diana’s interview by visiting WSRadio.com, go to the show dated 9/21/06 and look for segment # 4.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Missy DePew
http://www.mommetv.com
303-591-1732
depewally@aol.com

TV Casting – Calling All Moms – Be a Star With Internet Television and MomCasting

Aurora, CO (May, 2006). Always dreamed of starring in your own TV spot and getting the chance to talk about the issues that are important to you? Could the possibilities of adding video content to your products help you to generate more sales and more exposure for your business? Then now is the time to join the Internet Television Revolution and sign up for MomMeTV http://www.mommetv.com/

MomMeTV is an Internet television channel founded by Missy DePew a stay-at-home mom to Ally, 6 and Ryan, 3. The channel provides MomCasts, which are short snack-sized video segments featuring moms talking about everything and anything, Mom Blogs, and also Mom Vloggers (video journals). The video segments can not only be seen on MomMeTV, they can also be shared with friends and family and syndicated on your website, blog, vlog, or personal page for free. Women from all stages of motherhood can see and hear mom’s talk about topics that matter most, feel their excitement, and ultimately relate and learn.

DePew states, “I founded MomMeTV Entertainment, Inc., because I never want moms to feel that they are alone. When I had my daughter, Ally, I felt very isolated. I quit my job as a television producer to stay home and I found it hard to connect with other moms. MomMe TV offers the solution to that.”

Here are some other advantages of MomMeTV:

The ability to discuss topics concerning the moms of today: Topics such as health issues, weight loss, daycare, advice, best deals, snacks (food), products, services, books, marriage, sex, beauty, funny stories, birthday parties, home-based opportunities, and so many more.

Tremendous advertising potential: There are thousands of consumer packaged goods, baby products, maternity clothing, and household appliance companies that would be eager to place commercials and billboards in front of the MomCast segments and other original programming. Plus, for all work-at-home moms, you can have others moms review your products or tell us all about your product via video.

Ease of Use: Do you think it’s hard to do? It’s not. You can make and submit your own MomCast in your home with your own video camera. And best yet, you can add your MomCast video segments along with hundreds more to your own site, blog, vlog or personal page in addition to being on the MomMeTV.

One MomCaster, Amy Moravec Sauerbret states, “ Finally, a practical and fun resource that allows the “real experts” of motherhood to voice their ideas, funny stories, good advice and experiences! I read magazines and books that tell me how mothering should be done, but nothing helps me more than getting practical advice from the “mom next door. A great concept…and fun to do.”

So pass the word to your sisters, girlfriends, co-workers, etc. and invite them to MomMeTV (http://www.mommetv.com). The potential for moms and omMe TV are huge - the more women who share their stories, the richer we all are. Our strength is in joining together with compassion. Viva la revolution! Viva la Mama!

How do you measure the success in your life? As a home-based working mom it’s so different than the outside corporate world. I know for me, one day it can be a call from Borders that they are accepting one of my books, where another day it can be that I finally got my 8-year-old to go on a field trip at school. The last two she had missed being too scared to attend and instead spent the day home, sick. Both days, I consider huge successes! Both days, I felt a real winner.

Home based success can mean the little things such as a day we get all our work done while attending a sick child, or being one of the only parents able to attend a school function that your daughter so eagerly anticipated. That’s what we are trying to achieve in our home-based business, the best of both worlds. And having worked at home since 1985 I can truly say, it can be done. As president of Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com, I’ve enjoyed working at home while watching my kids grow up and become just as motivated and determined to succeed in business and life as I am. That’s one of the perks of working at home. They get to see what you do.

So how can you achieve this success for your business and family? How can you make more good days than bad? Here are some tips:

Start Early: I find that by getting up an hour or so before everyone else, I can accomplish so much more. That allows me the extra 10 minutes of devotional time, a few minutes to enjoy my coffee alone, and then time to dig into my work. I usually save my peak work for this time as this is truly when I’m at my best.

Regroup and Rebalance: So often home-based moms feel overwhelmed and unable to accomplish anything because of this. Try breaking it all down. Take a day or two and write down your typical day. What can you change to make it better, to make it work? Often when it’s down in writing, it’s clearer to see where changes can be made. Try to lump together tasks and delegate any tasks you can. And above all else-avoid guilt.

Eliminate time-robbers! We still have to cook dinner, (I tried, it didn’t work!) but I don’t have to talk to my friend, who doesn’t work, for 45 minutes during my workday. Say No!

Also, with my kids I found some of the work I actually could take outside or in another room. There’s no rule that says I have to work at my desk. Perhaps you can create different workstations around the home. Be creative. One work-at-home mom Missy DePew, President and Founder of MomMe TV Entertainment, Inc. has a laptop she carries from room to room so she can be near her kids when she has to absolutely work on her computer. Her new internet television web site, which was created for all moms, http://www.mommetv.com can be very demanding and trying to squeeze it all in can be difficult. DePew states, “With kids, laundry, and a new company – I try but it’s very challenging. You just do what you gotta do to make your ship run.”

Shortcuts To Success: What can you do to make your business run smoother? Constantly be thinking of ways to improve upon your business. Organization is naturally a big one. The more organized you are, the better you’ll be at all things. Spend the time to organize and you’ll find you have more time than you ever thought possible.

Another shortcut for me was to create different books of materials that I frequently used so I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel each time and it was right in front of me. Thus, I created different 3-ring binder books of marketing letters, press releases, etc. Now when I want to write a marketing letter or a new press release, I can draw upon some of the quotes from my other letters and I find that often times I can use one of the letters I’ve already created.

Think about things that you can do for your business. Things that you use often, that you could print out and possibly make a collection of, and then look to as a resource. Or what other times savings tip could you think of that would help your business? Write them down. Now apply them to your business.

Another thing I do is buy paper that has 3 ring holes already in it. When I print out a client’s e-mail, or client’s article, I’ll immediately put it into their binder categorized by topic. I’m now able to find things faster and also can see clearly all I’ve done with the clients. I also color coordinate my clients files. When Client A calls, I grab my red folder and automatically jump into his work mode. It saves me so much “think time.”