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By Lisa Lactivist, on January 26th, 2012
Antonia and Erica have been really helpful with Lactivist over the past few years so if you are considering writing a book I am pretty convinced their course will help you.
What’s your business ambition right now? Do you want to raise your business profile? Do you want to attract more customers? Put your prices up? Or make more profit? Or like 81% of people, have you simply always wanted to write a book?
If any of those goals are ringing true for you join the From Knowledge to Profit course.
In this new course authors and entrepreneurs Antonia Chitty and Erica Douglas are giving a small group of people the chance to work with them to write and publish an eBook over the course of 3 months. Antonia says, “We know that writing is a competitive field. This course doesn’t just help you complete your book; we also tell you how to write a book that SELLS. I have personally seen the amount I can charge increase by a factor of 20 since becoming an author, and our business brings in more than twice average author’s annual income EVERY MONTH.”
If this sounds interesting, follow the link to discover more about the From Knowledge to Profit course. But act fast: you can only sign up until 1 Feb, and you start work at the end of next week!
Why work with Antonia and Erica?
Between them Antonia and Erica have written 15 books and run a successful business. Antonia says, “I’ve learnt LOADS along the way as I’ve worked with a range of publishers:
- I’ve self published books, and ALWAYS made a profit.
- I’ve discovered how to sell books when you have thousands of copies of a self published book sitting in a garage!
- And I’ve found out how eBooks can take the risk away of investing in printed books.
- I’ve promoted my own books, and those of other people: I can tell you how to sell 100 books from an email.
- I’ve worked through all the hard ways of promoting an eBook, and discovered all the smart ways.
- I’ve built up a great team who help my books succeed and they will be supporting YOU too.
If you want to join me and make the most of all my knowledge and experience, join the From Knowledge to Profit course.”
Make money from eBooks
If you’re considering joining the From Knowledge to Profit course, but are worried about paying for the course, here are 9 ways to make money from your eBook that have worked for Antonia and Erica:
- Sell the book direct from your own website.
- Add your book to Amazon Kindle. You can’t afford to miss out on the biggest eBook-buying audience.
- Add your book to the other sites that are already selling millions of eBooks. We share them with you in the course.
- Develop consultancy or individual coaching services to solve the same issues you address in your eBook.
- Offer group training, workshops or group coaching. With your profile as an author, it’s much easier to sell places at your own events.
- Contact people who have bought your book direct from your site and offer them other products and services: if they love what you have written they will be keen to buy again.
- Create an affiliate scheme so other people can sell your books for you. With an eBook there is no post or packing so you can give them a great incentive AND still make good profits.
- Get in touch with conference organisers offering to speak, and include a copy of your book. I’ve made over £1000 by speaking at a single event AND got extra consultancy work afterwards from attendees.
- Turn your book into an online course. Some people much prefer eLessons to reading a book, and you can add value with a member site too. If you ask for a small monthly subscription fee for your course you can create a regular stream of income.
Just pick a few of these ideas and you’ll not only make back your course fees, you’ll also have plenty of streams of ongoing income that will allow you to do the work you love AND have time to follow your heart’s interests too.
A final reminder
Join From Knowledge to Profit, and Antonia and Erica tell you much more about creating your eBook AND making it a profitable business asset. You need to sign up by 9pm GMT on Wednesday 1st February to take part.
I don’t need to remind you that being an author can raise your profile, attract more customers and clients, bring in more business and allow you to put up your prices. There is proof all around you when you see authors speaking at conferences or running well paid training and think ‘I wish that was me’.
Well, it could be you. That’s right. Join the From Knowledge to Profit course by by 9pm on Wednesday 1st February to take the first step to creating an eBook.
Antonia Chitty and Erica Douglas
www.aceinspire.com -
www.becomeamumpreneur.com
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 26th, 2012
 This was made as a collaboration with many Lactivist readers.
Before it gets printed out I’d like to see what everyone thinks, will it do the job?
It is to go on the other side of the ‘what has breastfeeding got to do with me’ flyer and it is aimed at public places where mums might want to breastfeed.
I’ll pretty it up, add some images etc before it gets printed so it will be more eyecatching.
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 26th, 2012
This flyer was made collaboratively on google by Lactivist readers.
It is aimed at cafes, libraries, shopping malls etc… anywhere that a mum might want to breastfeed.
I just want to check that the text is ok then I’ll pretty it up and get it printed out.
Any comments would be much appreciated.
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 25th, 2012
 What do you think of this from Cow & Gate? It’s being emailed to mums across the country with the subject line “ Local part-time work for mums like you!”
“Being a mum is all the experience you need
Weaning. You probably remember it like it was yesterday – ‘Been there, done that, got the food-splattered t-shirt!’ You may also remember, as a new mum, how daunting it could be. But you got through it, you learnt day by day. And now you have the sympathy and experience that this year’s new mums would love to learn from.
That’s why we’re launching the brilliant new Cow & Gate Feeding Club. Relaxed, informal, and in need of mums like you!
What is the Feeding Club?
Run for mums by mums, it’s a fun, interactive session in handy nearby locations. Each session covers baby’s first spoonfuls, trying new flavours and how to make yummy, baby-friendly meals. By the end, mums feel confident and ready to tackle weaning. All hosted by an Ambassador Mum, professionally trained by Cow & Gate.
What’s the opportunity?
As a valued Baby Club Member, you’re an ideal candidate to become a Feeding Club Ambassador Mum. Having been through baby weaning yourself, you could be a natural at helping new mums near you.
We’re not looking for weaning experts, just everyday mums.
Are you passionate about being a mum? Happy talking in front of new people? Feel like a bit of a challenge? Then this is the job for you.
You’ll be specially trained in hosting feeding club sessions. Working locally, the role is part-time over a flexible schedule.
And, of course, we’ll pay you too!
When do I start?
Training begins week commencing 26th March 2012, followed by eight weeks of part-time work. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 7th February, so be quick!”
Best wishes,
Gabbie Barrett
Cow & Gate representative
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 23rd, 2012
 What do you think?
This photo of a woman breastfeeding was emailed to me so I have no idea where it came from first, and I can’t credit the photographer (sorry!)
It bothers me a bit but I can’t quite pin down why. Logically you wouldn’t keep your hair down like that ‘cos the baby would grab it and it would hurt, you would probably wear a nursing bra because it is more comfortable and I don’t know many women who would be comfortable in a see through lace shirt.
Is it just too sexy?
I’d really like to know what you think, because I don’t know if this is a good thing for promoting breastfeeding as something to aspire to, something that beautiful young women with nice hair do, or if it’s a bit sinister.
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 23rd, 2012
Aunty Lactivist is all of us so please fee free to add any helpful comments or links
Dear Aunty Lactivist,
Where do you all stand on the night nursing v tooth decay debate?
Dentist told me today without looking at lo’s teeth that I should night wean by age two to reduce the damage. I had planned on her night weening when she was ready, now I dunno what the right thing is to do…help!?
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 21st, 2012
 Huge thanks to Terry Nappies who are now sponsors of www.lactivist.net. Lactivist.net running costs are paid by companies who pay to advertise on the Lactivist Friendly Business Page. Please make it worth their while and visit them at www.terrynappies.co.uk
Christine, who runs Terry Nappies opened it in 2008 when the country was heading into recession and she thought it made sense to have a nappy site selling budget nappies to those who really needed to save as much money as possible. The website has been popular and there is definitely a lot of interest in terry squares, yet surprisingly few cloth nappy websites actually stock them.
She said:
“Having used them myself I am quite confident in helping others with them. We added downloadable folding instructions to the website, which has been popular. We’ve since updated the website and increased the product range, so while the terry squares are a mainstay, we also stock more modern shaped and pocket nappies too, so there’s a whole variety of stuff in one place. Our unique nappy kits have also been popular, people are often unsure what to get, so we put together a few kits to make buying easy.
Before I was a “mumpreneur” I worked in insurance for a company specialising in insurance for the very wealthy – this gave me a background in high standards of customer service, as our clients tended to have very high expectations! My nappy know-how comes from personal experience – as you can imagine with 4 babies I’ve changed LOTS of nappies in my time (probably around 18,000, if you assume 4,500 per baby!), and have tried out everything from terry squares to all in ones. I like the flexibility of working for myself, although the down side is that you never get any time off, because if I don’t do the work, it just doesn’t get done!”
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 20th, 2012
Working together to create a rewarding experience through support, information sharing and confidence building. mum2mum is registered with the national breastfeeding charity Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and we support mothers and their babies with all aspects of breastfeeding including those that are mixed feeding or wish to wean / introduce solids.
We have an Facebook page where mums can post their queries about breastfeeding and gentle parenting. Through suggestions, self-help techniques and other links we have been able to give support with most general breastfeeding problems. You can find us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/199384170083186.
mum2mum Drop-in runs every 1st and 3rd Thursday every month in the Schoolroom at Holy Trinity Church, Harrow Hill, Drybrook, Gloucestershire 9:30am – 11:30am. For more information please visit our website mum2mum.vpweb.co.uk
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 19th, 2012
We’ve had a fantastic start to the year here at BoobBaby and things are only going to get better over the next couple of months with lots of new products expected to arrive soon. To celebrate and to say thank you to Lactivist for their support, we are giving all Lactivist fans and followers 10% off their next order (excluding delivery) with us until midnight on Sunday 22 January 2012. Just enter the code Lact10 at the checkout.
Sarah x
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 19th, 2012
 
Karen Gromada has breastfed twins herself, has written two books – one focusing on breastfeeding for mothers/parents of multiples, has led a breastfeeding support/info group just for women breastfeeding multiple-birth infants/children and is active on a number of online lists for women breastfeeding/mom’s-milk-feeding multiples, etc.
She has a Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More Facebook page and a website www.karengromada.comwhere her goal is to provide reassurance and affirmation for the increased effort it takes to lovingly nurture twins, triplets or more while actively promoting breastfeeding and attachment-style parenting concepts.
Lactivist is honored to have this article by Karen, written in response to a question about a twin pregnancy and a breastfeeding toddler on Ask Aunty Lactivist but too long to post as a comment.
Although continued breastfeeding (BF) during a normal pregnancy appears to have no negative effect on the timing of birth, the effect of a BF toddler on a cervix more at risk for preterm labor — and possibly more sensitive or sensitive at an earlier point – to oxytocin is unknown. And ALL twin pregnancies are at higher risk for preterm labor and birth. (Risk doesn’t mean something will happen; it simply means something is a little to a lot more likely to occur. Only 11-14% of twin pregnancies go to full term.) If a woman experiences some preterm labor, if her cervix begins to soften or shorten too early, etc, most likely she will be advised to stop BF her toddler immediately and abruptly, and halt other activities that release oxytocin or prostaglandins, etc., which may contribute to further contractions/cervical change.
So an expectant mother of twins (or more) will need to consider the possibility, and how she might feel, if preterm labor occurs. She may want to ask herself, “Am I a person who is more like to say, ‘If only I’d…’ or am I likely to worry or wonder whether the continued BF contributed?” (I’m not trying to encourage one course of action or another; there’s not enough evidence to judge well in this situation.)
You didn’t mention how often your toddler BF. It may be that a low number has a different effect than the toddler who still nurses many times in 24 hours. Decreasing the number of BF may be worthwhile… Depending on how much he/she nurses, your dietary needs may be increased to care for you, 2 babes inside and 1 out. Whatever the situation, please be honest with your OB/midwife care provider about your toddler’s BF.
It is often difficult for those of us who’ve had previous uncomplicated, term pregnancies to accept that there is more risk for preterm birth and other
issues, and some risks are only present with a monochorionic (one, shared placenta) twin pregnancy. I’m not trying to scare anyone, but women cannot make good choices for themselves and their children if they are unaware of potential implications. Be aware of the possibilities and pay more close attention to your body, Braxton-Hicks (painless) contractions, etc. Learn the signs of preterm labor. Eat well and drink enough fluid. And be honest with yourself and your care providers.
Consider that BF newborn twins when still nursing a toddlers is different than tandem nursing with one newborn and one toddler. It could be helpful – if twins are a bit early, a BF toddler could help with milk production. One just has to ensure that the newborns have first “clain” to mum’s milk for their needs. On the other hand, assuming the care of two newborns, who don’t have much body control, who may be transitioning to breast from some other feeding method – probably due to prematurity –while mom also must fit in adequate breastmilk expression, etc., may affect her feelings about BF an older baby/toddler. It’s not unusual for a toddler to want to BF more often after new babies come home. It may be due to all the milk or to needing more reassurance when mum is so busy caring for new babies, etc.
All the best as you grow into this special pregnancy and as you make decisions that work best for you and your family…
Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FILCA; author of Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More (La Leche League, 2007)
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 19th, 2012
 Breastfeeding Yummy Mummies is a group on Facebook where Mums can come together to share, shout, congratulate, cry and seek help and reassurance in the company of women who’ve all been there before. What started out as a small group of like minded women is now fast approaching 300 wise minds. Come along and join us  https://www.facebook.com/groups/BFYummyMummy/
Lactivist are giving away two £5 gift vouchers, one to the 350 th person to join the group and the other to the member of the group that invites them.
You can spend the £5 on anything you like from the range of pro breastfeeding, cloth nappy and co sleeping slogans on t-shirts, hats and bags including sale items.
To enter just pop along to Facebook and join the group!
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 19th, 2012
Breastfeeding Friendly Chester aims to make life easier by highlighting businesses that welcome bf families. We’re run by volunteers and supported by NCT. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/breastfeedingfriendlychester or follow us on Twitter @BFFChester
Breastfeeding Friendly Chester January meet up = 23rd January at 10am at the Ship Inn, Handbridge, Chester, all welcome
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 18th, 2012
Can I ask for your support and to sign and share this petition? http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/24494
if it gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be eligible for debate in the House of Commons.
The petition is not anti-formula it is anti the marketing/advertising of it (For every baby born Approx £20 is spent to promote Formula by its companies compared to about 14 pence spent by the UK government to promote breastfeeding).
It’s part of a bigger picture that strives for formula to be the exception not the norm and to encourage breastfeeding and the support
offered to mothers to succeed at it. The ban IS in place throughout Scandinavia where the breastfeeding rates are far far higher than here in the UK. This is an important issue to me but it is in no way meant to offend anyone at all.
Thank you
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 18th, 2012
I’ll Bring the Cookies, You Bring the Milk is devoted to helping moms and dads with all things breastfeeding in an open, nonjudgemental forum. Questions? Ask! Education = success!
Do you breast feed now? Have you ever? Want to someday? Have questions about it all? Have great stories and tips to share? Just want to be a part of a beautiful network of open-minded and loving Lactastic Mommies (AND DADDIES!) dedicated to the support, education, and promotion of breastfeeding? Then you are in the right place! We offer love, guidance, education, practical tips, and most importantly, try to dispel and dangerous info and myths.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lactastic-Mommy-Your-BFF-Breast-Feeding-Friend/180717938661097
Blog page:
http://illbringthecookiesyoubringthemilk.blogspot.com/
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 17th, 2012
We have 4 groups in different towns across our small county. Now we are opening up a new Thursday group in the North of the County.
Thursday mornings, Pen Bryn Chapel on Whitford Street in Holywell, Flintshire.
A lovely Hall, this – modern, warm & clean. Come along to this new group and help boost the support for breastfeeding in Holywell and the local area.
Anyone will be welcome:
Children will find a selection of toys and a lovely space to play in.
The adults will find a selection of tea, coffee & nibbles,
a library of interesting books and leaflets,
but even more importantly a welcoming atmosphere, and a gaggle of trained Breastfeeding Peer Supporters!
Come along and have a chat, we’d love to meet you. The group will meet each Thursday morning, from 9:30 till 11.15am
If you are arriving by car, you’ll need to drive along West Drive (use CH8 7LR for satnavs) to access the car park at the back of the Hall.
Regards,
Lisa Hallworth
for Flintshire Breastfeeding Peer Support Project
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 17th, 2012
The Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium brings together academic scholars, practitioners, activists, and policy makers from the United States and abroad who are interested in considering feminist perspectives to address breastfeeding as a health priority for women and children. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at UNC Greensboro and the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute at UNC Chapel Hill.
Since 2005 the six Breastfeeding and Feminism symposia have stimulated a growth in public discourse and scholarship on the sociocultural, economic, and political constraints to women’s infant feeding choices. In addition, the symposia have focused attention on how public health approaches to breastfeeding must go beyond promoting health to include serious consideration of the realities of women’s lives, which are complicated by structural inequities that feminists investigate through gender, race, and class analysis.
The theme of the 2012 symposium is: Considering women in Advancing the Surgeon General’s Call To Action
In 2010 The US Surgeon General issued a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin writes that she issued this call “because the time has come to set forth the important roles and responsibilities of clinicians, employers, communities, researchers, and government leaders and to urge us all to take on a commitment to enable mothers to meet their personal goals for breastfeeding”. This call to action sets forth 6 areas for action. This Call to Action addresses issues similar to those put forward by the European Union Blueprint for Breastfeeding. Presenters, from both the US and around the world, will describe discuss the ways in which we can implement programs, policies, research or other actions that engage women, empower women, build upon and value women’s knowledge and experiences, and keep women’s needs and gender issues at the forefront as we advance the call to action
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 17th, 2012
Lets hear a big warm welcome to Plush Pants who are the newest sponsors of www.lactivist.net. They join the growing list of businesses on the Lactivist Friendly Business Page. Please make it worth their while and visit them at www.plushpants.com
Plush Pants was started in 2000, and was bought by Christine in 2004 when it was closing down.
 “I mentioned it to my husband as I intended to buy some cheap nappies in the sale, and he suggested we buy the business instead. Three weeks later I was running it! It was a slightly mad decision if I look back on it now, we had 4 children aged 6 and under, we were just about to demolish our garage to start a house extension, and then we bought a business to run from home – the first six months were total mayhem as our house was being knocked about in all directions and at one point the only rooms not affected by the building work were our bedroom, the smallest bedroom, and the downstairs loo! From humble beginnings we quickly updated the website, and once space allowed we started to expand.
The Plush Pants Nappy Trial Scheme has been going since 2001, allowing parents to try before they buy. In fact, this is how I was converted to using cloth nappies full time myself! I found it hard to choose, and was worried about spending a lot of money on the wrong things, so this was an ideal way for me to get started. I’m passionate about helping others who are unsure to give cloth nappies a go, so the Nappy Trial Scheme is one of my pet projects. I’ve even got my local council (Oxfordshire) funding free nappy trial kits!”
Plush Pants have a BIG Nappy Sale on at the moment with huge savings! Organic Tots Bots are £6.50, Nature Babies Deluxe Stuffable Nappies £6.95.
There is also an ongoing ‘Nappies in Action‘ section to the website where customers can win £10 to spend at Plush Pants by sending in cute “babe in cloth nappy” pictures.
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 16th, 2012
I’m really happy to post news from any Breastfeeding Cafe’s or groups on www.lactivist.net so if you want to advertise what you are doing just email me at moomum@lactivist.co.uk
To make it easy for me please email me a paragraph or two of text I can cut and paste - not a PDF or an image!
If you include links that helps too.
This is a free service so please help me to do it quickly so I can get on with paid work!
www.lactivist.net is mostly read by people in the UK and if I don’t think it’s relevant to the readers I won’t post it.
If you want to advertise something that is a money making venture I’ll direct you to the fantastic and very reasonable advertising rates on http://www.lactivist.net/advertise-on-www-lactivist-net/ which start from as little as £5 a month.
Lisa
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 16th, 2012
 Published February 2012, now available for preorder – your credit card will be charged when you order and the book despatched as soon as we have stock. Enter PM20 for 20% off and free UK delivery.
Parents everywhere worry when their baby or toddler doesn’t seem to eat as much as they think he should. Carlos González, a paediatrician and father, sets those fears to rest as he explores the reasons why a child refuses food, the pitfalls of growth charts, and the ways that growth and activity affect a child’s calorific needs. He discusses how eating problems start and how they can be avoided.My Child Won’t Eat includes mothers’ stories of the anguish and torment they have gone through in trying to get their children to eat.
Carlos González reassures parents that children know how much they need to eat and explains why a parent’s only involvement should be in providing healthy food choices. Forcing a child to eat more than he needs can only lead to tears, tantrums and, eventually, possibly even obesity.
Questions Carlos González answers include:
- Why won’t my child eat?
- How much does a child need to eat?
- Why don’t children like vegetables?
- What does it mean to breastfeed on demand?
- When should my baby start to eat solid foods?
“This splendid and easy-to-read book presents a common-sense approach to one of the biggest worries of parenthood. Dr. González reminds us that children know a lot more about their nutritional needs than we give them credit for and that the problem is almost always ours, not theirs.”
Gill Rapley, co-author of Baby-led Weaning: Helping your baby to love good food
Book details
Categories: health & nutrition
ISBN: 978-1-780660-05-9
Price: £10.99
Format: paperback
Size: 135 x 216mm
Page Count: 192pp
Publication Date: 14 February 2012
My Child Won’t Eat! is available from all good bookshops, internet retailers and direct from the publishers at www.pinterandmartin.com
By Lisa Lactivist, on January 14th, 2012
 The Smiling Like Sunshine Blog is an eclectic mix of natural parenting, kids crafts, children’s books, Montessori education and whatever takes mum Isil’s fancy.
Isil has lived in England since 2006 with her husband S and my two children, she is originally from Turkey.
She is passionate about natural childbirth, breastfeeding, babywearing, gentle discipline, green living, organic and local foods, sustainable living and informed healthcare decision.
 To enter the giveaway for a Lactivist pro breastfeeding, co sleeping or cloth nappy t-shirt please visit http://smilinglikesunshine1.blogspot.com/2012/01/lactivist-t-shirt-giveaway.html
The giveaway ends on the 21st January 2012
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