Applause Award Winner: Michelle Shaeffer
The votes are counted, and it’s time for me to announce the recipient of this month’s WAHM-Articles Applause Award.
The Applause Award was created in 2009 to recognize the significant contributions our wonderful authors make to the members of the online work-at-home-mom (WAHM) community.
As business owners, we’re told to write articles because it’s a smart marketing move. But there’s something about a WAHM article – an article written by a mom specifically for other moms – that affects much more than website traffic or your sales.
When we share our personal stories and our experiences in the articles we write, we create a connection with other moms that runs much deeper than our pocketbooks. Sometimes we discover kindred spirits in the articles we read. Sometimes we just experience a small feeling of, “Whew, I’m not the only one.” The relief that comes when we discover that someone else, somewhere, understands exactly what we’re going through. In either case, they can make a profound impact on our “WAHM lives.”
This month’s Applause Award winner is Michelle Shaeffer of MichelleShaeffer.com.
Michelle has been a contributor to our writing community since almost the very beginning. She writes WAHM articles on business topics and living a fulfilling WAHM life. I particularly enjoy Michelle’s internet marketing articles – she’s a savvy marketer with a lot of style.
Michelle is a work at home mom to three beautiful little “blessings,” a cat, tortoise, tank full of fish, and wife to Arlyn. They are a homeschooling, natural living family.
Michelle has been designing websites for about 15 years (8 years professionally) and offering website hosting for almost 4 years. If you’re looking for a reliable host for your website, I definitely recommend Michelle. She has been doing a fantastic job of hosting WAHM-Articles for the past several months. In 2007 she began producing info products for WAHMs – which I also highly recommend!
Thank you Michelle for being part of WAHM-Articles and for inspiring our readers!
~ Denise
March 1st, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Congratulations Michelle! How awesome and so richly deserving of this award.
March 1st, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Congratulations Michelle! You’re a busy woman, indeed! I hope you continue to have a successful, fulfilling career
March 1st, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Hey Michelle, congratulations! I’m still trying to figure it all out. Glad someone has found their nitch and running with it.
Trisha
March 1st, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Thanks Denise (and Sophia and Stephanie).
I appreciate the award and the kind words.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Congratulations Michelle!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:47 am
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