Life After Winning

It was a real honour to win the 2009 SavvyMom Entrepreneur of the Year Award. After months of campaigning, telling people about the Vancouver Island Baby Fair and asking for their votes, the results finally came in!
SavvyMom announced that I was the winner the week before the Vancouver Island Baby Fair last September—which was perfect timing for me. I was thrilled to be able to send that message out right before the fair as it helped build excitement and increase exposure for the event.

Then the phone calls and emails came in! From the media, those who had supported my campaign, to Baby Fair exhibitors, and even people I didn’t know. Everyone called to say congratulations and tell me how thrilled they were that their vote and effort made a difference.

The great thing about the SavvyMom award is that it forces small business owners to get out there and tell people about their business. So many business owners have amazing ideas, great products or services, and incredible talent, but unless you let people know about yourself, what’s the point?

Working with the other women entrepreneurs who provided the prizing for the award has been an invaluable experience. While the SavvyMom folks put a dollar value to the prize, I can say that it truly is priceless to have this kind of personal access to such amazing business support!

I owe a huge thanks to Ann Gomez from Clear Concept Inc.; my mentor, Martha Scully, from Canadian Nanny; Jeanette Miller from Limelite PR; and Veronica Montero from Eighty8 Online.

I’ve been learning so much from working with these remarkable women. The opportunity to have all this wisdom, experience and guidance is such an incredible opportunity for which I am very grateful.

Also I’d like to give another big thank you to Sarah, Minnow and the team at SavvyMom for supporting and encouraging women business owners with the SavvyMom Entrepreneur of the Year Award program!