Speaking for Microsoft Small Business Forum

So last week I participated in a live teleconference for the Microsoft Small Business Summit series. The Microsoft Small Business Summit is a free online event that promises to provide hours of valuable small business programming each day. Attendees to the virtual event get tips, advice and secrets from experts.

Spring Break Planning: Sunblock, check. Sunglasses, check. Sitter, check.

Sun block? Check. Rainy day board games? Check. Babysitter? Check. Many parents have started to bring a sitter with them on vacations such as spring break, but few know about the etiquette involved and what to pay a traveling sitter without breaking the bank. I explored this trend last week in a Sittercity feature on Thursday, March 13 on NBC’s morning talk show, In the Loop with iVillage.

Update from the Road–Today Show, The View, CNN, a high-five from Jesse Jackson and more!

So last week was nuts. In a good way. Last Monday, March 3, I did the Today Show live with Natalie, in a segment called “No Adventures in Babysitting.” It was an awesome segment about how to find a babysitter and the latest babysitting trends, with four kids in it! I nearly lost it and started laughing several times when Jack, the little guy to my left, started bouncing up and down in his little playpen (squeak, squeak, squeak!) but the segment went very well. This is the fourth time I have done the Today Show and every time gets better!

The kind of testimonial that makes distributing 20,000 flyers on foot totally worth it.

Wow. This testimonial came around our office today. This is the kind of thing that makes flyering an entire city with 20,000 flyers worth it I love my job.

Erin, Ebony and BBBS Outing #13: OpenBooks Throws a Mean Volunteer Party!

So the latest Big Brothers Big Sisters outing with the fabulous sisters Erin and Ebony took us to…OpenBooks, and an incredibly cool volunteering opportunity in Chicago!

See Sittercity on Ellen tomorrow!

Courtney Oliver is a 10-year-old certified veterinary technician. At the age of 10! She’s the coolest and youngest cat right now in the vet world, and she will be appearing on Ellen tomorrow to talk about her experience… and Sittercity has a special surprise for her.
We don’t want to give it away, so make sure to tune in tomorrow to see what happens!

Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Get a Sitter for Super Tuesday!

Obama and Clinton’s campaign teams have gone on record finding babysitters for people to get them to the polls in Iowa and several other states. One family will determine their choice of candidate by the reaction of that candidate when asked to kiss their baby son (Arguably one of the most politically well traveled, and politically well-kissed, child in politics today.) And a web site has even begun ranking the candidates based on how much you would like them to babysit your kids.

Men–What’s the Best Thing to Get Your Wife for Valentine’s Day? A Sitter.

Five Reasons Why Getting Your Wife a Sitter for Valentine’s Day is the Best Idea Ever:

Huckabee Tax Plan Definitely Rocks My Vote-Away from Him

Ok, this pretty much tanks my vote for Huckabee.

Not that I would vote for him anyway, seeing as I live in IL.

Under his new tax plan, families would pay one federal tax, which would be applied to everything from health care, insurances, new homes, or even babysitters.

Crain’s 40 under 40

Crain’s 40 under 40 is possibly the coolest award I have seen for some time. The award happened sort of like this: