Monthly Archives: November 2015

Putting a Positive Spin on Negative Work Traits

By Christy Schutz Ok, so the powerhouse woman who launched this awesome TheWorkatHomeWoman.com world that you find yourself in, is a very organized, very sweet person named Holly. She’s meticulous. She checks with us at least once a year to make sure we still want to be regular contributors. She outlines our writing deadlines a year […]

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Modere Opens New Marketing Center Of Excellence

 
Modere, the first social retailer to create a safe and forward-thinking approach to overall wellness, celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art Marketing Center of Excellence in Newport Beach, CA, which will be dedicated to global marketing innovation and support. 
Located in The Koll Center in Orange County at 4000 MacArthur, the Newport Beach office represents a significant milestone in Modere’s growth and signals the Company’s continued dedication to its customers and social marketers, who strongly share Modere’s philosophy of uncompromising quality and safety conscious products.
“We are thrilled to celebrate our expansion with the Newport Beach office, which exemplifies the significant growth and progress we are experiencing,” said Robert Conlee, Modere’s Chief Executive Officer.

“It is a tremendous honor to support our passionate social marketers around the world in our mission to promote exceptional

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How Chantel Waterbury Created Chloe+Isabel

 
As the daughter of a struggling single mom, Chantel Waterbury had to fight for her education. 
“My mom was a creative woman but struggled to hold a job due to health-related issues,” Waterbury, now 40, tells PEOPLE. “We were on and off welfare my entire childhood.” Still, she found herself in private school since her older half-brothers (whose father was wealthier) attended. 
Eventually, it became clear to the school that Waterbury’s mother couldn’t pay her way. “I started to realize that there were things – good grades, good deeds – that could keep you in school,” she says. She started cleaning classrooms and tutoring younger children to pay her tuition. 
When she received a scholarship to a prestigious high school four hours away from her childhood home, she knew she had to find a way

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EDC bucks Amazon, Retools Home Book Sales

 
Pitching in on a night shift at the warehouse or offering advice on packing boxes isn’t usually in the job description for a company president and CEO.
Neither is dancing on a desk when the stock price hits a milestone. Or posting funny videos to a Facebook fan page started by two sales consultants.
But for Randall White, it’s all part of the fun at Educational Development Corp., the children’s book publisher and distributor he joined in 1983. The company took the No. 2 spot in this year’s Oklahoma Inc. rankings, up from No. 22 in 2014. 
EDC sells to bookstores, online and through multi-level marketing. It’s the sole U.S. distributor of the popular, award-winning Usborne line of children’s books from the United Kingdom. The company also owns Kane Miller Publishers, an international children’s book

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