Thank you for agreeing to this
interview.
Thank you for the opportunity!
What is your background? Is it in
Marketing?
My background is not in marketing! I
majored in Biology in college, and
worked in the healthcare industry
before I became a stay at home wife
and mom.
How did you get started with MBM?
My mom has her own business which
I helped her with, and we advertised
with MBM in its very early stages.
When the founder of the company,
MariLee Parrish, asked for
coordinators in major metro areas, I
knew I wanted to be a part of the
business. I started with the company
as a coordinator for the Philadelphia
Metro area. Christina Maas, who
would later become my co-owner,
started around the same time in the
Denver Colorado area.
You work with a great team. How
did you meet your team members?
We advertise the job opportunity on
social media and sometimes in print
form and we get applications from
moms around the US. Our team is
like a family to us. We absolutely
could not exist without our team.
We also could not do without our VP,
Nicole Elliott and our National Sales
Director, Danita Drake.
I cannot stress how amazing the
ladies are that have stuck with us and
built up successful, thriving
territories. It takes time and patience
to build your presence in an area, but
when you stick with it, our
coordinators have found that the
events come to them and so do the
clients!
We found local businesses to
advertise in our Mommy Resource
Bags, and we found local events that
would distribute the Resource Bags.
We were both asked to be on the
leadership team, recruiting others
across the US to join our team.
MBM covers 13 territories across
the US. Which territories did you
start off with?
Mommy Bag Marketing started in
Colorado, and it became so popular
that it expanded into Texas, Philly
Metro, and North Carolina.
One thing to remember when
starting your own business is that
you will often have to grow *with*
the business even when you don't
plan to.
Some time later, when the owner
gave us the opportunity to purchase
the company, we prayed and
discussed it with our husbands, and
accepted the challenge!
We have found this to be true over
and over. The specific needs of our
clients encourage us to grow, spread
our wings, and off \