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Interview with InternetBasedMoms.com Owner Alice Seba
by Shannan Hearne
http://www.SuccessPromotions.com

SHANNAN: Why did you decide to be a WAHM?

ALICE: I am still in the process as I currently
am working out of the home until the birth of my second child. I have always
wanted to have my own business, but most self-employed people I know spend
more time in their offices or at their stores than they do at home. Working
at home with my children is ideal. I get to spend as much or as little time
on the business as I'd like and I get to be close to my children. I want to
be there when they need me and when they reach important milestones.

SHANNAN: How do you measure success in your life and business?

ALICE: A happy and harmonious home. I might be doing well with my
business, but if I'm spending too much time on it, my home life will suffer.
Conversely, if I'm not working on my business and am letting it slide,
I am not happy - which makes my family suffer. Ultimately, it is about
balancing both those things that illustrates success. Money is nice, but it
isn't the most important thing.

SHANNAN: What is your primary and secondary online businesses?

ALICE: My primary business is InternetBasedMoms, which is an
online resource center for work at home moms. I provide tips and resources
for choosing an online business, building a web page, achieving good search
engines rankings and promoting online. A spinoff of this business is
WAHMcopywriter. I love to write so I offer my writing services to
home based businesses. This site also contains a large selection of my
articles that my visitors are free to use for their own newsletters and web
pages.

SHANNAN: How has the internet changed your life?

ALICE: Oh my goodness. That's a hard question. I've been using the Internet
since the early 90s. My husband is a big techy, so I really had no choice.
Today,
I use the Internet every single day for personal use and for business use. I
use
the Internet before I use a phone book or look in a newspaper. As far as my
businesses are concerned, they wouldn't exist without the Internet. I wanted
to
create a business that really enabled me to stay home with my children - the
Internet
has allowed me to do this.

SHANNAN: What do you feel that the internet brings to the lives of women?

ALICE: A ton of information - but you just have to be careful and do your
research. A sense of community. For women in business, it has brought vast
world of possibilities.

SHANNAN: What is the mission statement of InternetBasedMoms?

ALICE: I guess it's more of a motto, but I also consider it to be a mission
statement and that's "Let's work together so we can achieve what our
children
need...a parent at home." I provide these resources because I want moms to
achieve their goal of staying home with their children. I constantly
encourage
other moms to support each others businesses. I do this through the "Shop
with
Moms" section; each newsletter talks about the importance of supporting one
another; and I have just created a "Christmas Swap" forum on my message
boards. This forum allows moms to share their Christmas shopping lists and
offer their items for sale. Many of our WAHM businesses wouldn't exist
without the support of other WAHMs - I know mine wouldn't. If we can
purchase something we need from another WAHM, we are doing the whole WAHM
community a tremendous service.

SHANNAN: What was your background that brought you to starting and running
InternetBasedMoms?

ALICE: I have a History degree that in itself isn't very useful, but it has
taught me
the tremendous skill of research. I love to learn and investigate
information. I have
always loved writing and have done it some form or another throughout my
career.
Now, I'm writing for myself and about the things I want to write about - I
love it!
The world of the Internet and Marketing is fascinating to me. I am not a
very
technically-minded person and I think that is part of the reason why I
started the site. I wanted to show other moms that you don't have to be a
graphic artist or computer programmer to run a successful online business.

SHANNAN: What kind of family support do you have?

ALICE: My husband is very supportive and proud of the success my business
has achieved. He is also my "technical support" - he is a computer whiz and
helps me with all my software and hardware difficulties! My son is 14 months
and as long as he gets lots of attention and play time, he's happy. We are
also
expecting another baby in April and he/she hasn't made any complaints about
the
business either. :)

SHANNAN: I'd like to congratulation Alice on her success, her pregnancy,
and her fantastic contribution to the women's community online.

Shannan Hearne is the president and wizard of
http://www.SuccessPromotions.com
and specializes in helping women build their online business and presence.

Shannan Hearne
President and Wizard
http://www.SuccessPromotions.com
Marketing Your e-Business Better

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