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Rating:yay no more fighting :)By Jade Docking on 7/10/2014 10:25:54 AM

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Omgosh where do I start I love these cups my kids love these cups! My children love the fact their names are on bright colours so my 2 youngest that can't read well can find their cups so easy. There is no more arguing over who's cup is who's and less dishes because instead of a new cup every time my children stick to their own colour cup. I highly recommend these cups easy to clean very versatile simply a amazing idea. I have recommended my colour to my family and friends my children always show them off swell another thing about my colour cups is my children feel so special and independent because they have their own things in the kitchen. I love my colour cup!

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Love these cups!!By kym coleman on 26/09/2014 1:16:37 PM

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wow! didn't think I could fall in love so much with a simple cup! fantastic but simple idea. my kids no longer fight over whos cup is whos and are happy to reuse their cups over and over instead of just getting a new cup from the cupboard, yay less dishes for me. easy to see at a glance who has left their cup lying around instead of taking it up to the sink. now all I need are plates, bowls and cutlery with names on them!!!

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Great!!By Louise Smith on 18/09/2014 1:26:11 PM

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No more of my kids fighting over whose cups is whose!! 
We love them. Good size, They even fit a whole can in them, perfect for hubby.
Great sturdy, see through design.
I love the assigned colours, I can see them, for when Im not wearing my glasses lol.

• Size, colours, versatile
• the black ring gets caught on the join in the label when turning

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The best cup ever.By Fiona on 11/09/2014 10:06:14 PM

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These cups are absolutely wonderful they are a great size for both adults and kids.
they have solved many an argument over who cup is who between my kids. The colour on the name disc are great and the plastic is very durable. They have also cut back on washing up as each child has been allocated there own cup for the whole day.

• The bright attractive colours for the names
• No

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Incredible conceptBy Melanie de la Garde on 10/09/2014 6:48:58 PM

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As soon as these cups arrived my kids were begging to use them.

With a cup each there was no fighting at meal time... amazing.

They washed up really well in the dishwasher and my concerns about the labels coming unstuck was unwarranted.

The idea that you can swap the names on each cup meant there was no reason for someone to complain someone had their cup and even us adults used them in the evenings as they were so easy to use.

A great size, universal main colour and dishwasher safe, means ease of use for my family, without all the arguments and odd mismatched cups cluttering my cupboards.

• Professional, great quality, easy to use.
• More colour choice for the cup labels.

Watch the MyColourCup Grow with QVC

Twistid is an official QVC vendor and currently at the sprout level, selling the My Colour Cup on QVC website.  They have the potential of growing to a Fruit Bearing QVC product and selling their cups on the air.

QVC stands for:

Quality

Value 

Convenience

QVC lives up to their name.  The MyColourCup went through the QVC QA process.  All aspects of the product were scrutinized with requirements for packaging, shipping, and product quality. The cups now have the qualification as being DISHWASHER SAFE and USDA approved.  They passed the final inspection at QVC headquarters in West Chester PA,  and won the right to sell on the QVC web site.

Check them out at:  http://www.qvc.com/Set-of-Four-My-Color-Cup-Twist-Id-Customizable-Plastic-Cups.product.L39782.html

with shipping only $5.72 to US homes

The Cup will Never Give Up

 "Never, ever give up" is what Diana Nyad long-distance swimmer said when she finally achieved her lifetime ambition.  She is first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage this past weekend.  It took her five tries but she never gave up.




   We have worked hard to get to where we are and now our product is competing against two other products on the internationally known QVC website in their Sprouts program. The prize - an invitation to become an official QVC vendor.   The QVC Sprouts program is designed for inventors with innovative products to assist them and help them grow their product with less risk.

  We are excited to be competing .... and we will Never, Ever Give Up.  Help us succeed.     
  

VOTE FOR THE CUP!

MyColourCup LIVE on the My Cool Invention Radio Show

Could the MyColourCup be the Next 100 Million Dollar?

The MyColourCup was pitched live on the My Cool Inventions radio show this weekend with Akos Jankura 'The Solutionist' and John Cremeans 'The Doctor of Shopology'.

My Cool Inventions is "REALITY RADIO WHERE YOU DECIDE"!  Three products are pitched live each Saturday in the US and the voters decide who wins. 

The MyColourCup is up against Keep it Klose and The Collectors Game.  We are currently ahead with 55% of the votes with Keep it Klose close behind at 37%

Combination Recycle - Trash Container

Dripstik

Topless Boardbag

Combination Recycle - Trash Container Dripstik Topless Boardbag

Value	Responses
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Dripstik	81%
Topless Boardbag	5%

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Voting Runs Until Saturday!

So Vote for MyColourCup the next 100 million dollar product at http://mycoolinventionsradio.com/vote/

It's truly 'Reality Radio' where you decide!

www.mycolourcup.com

A Bubbler Deal

Bubbler Deal

Twistid has teamed up with Bubbler to offer a great deal on a set of cups. 

OFFER:  ALL FOR ONLY $10

set of 4 personalized cups

station mat

Free shipping 

Thats a 68% discount!  Plus 5% goes to your school of choice, no registration necessary.

Hurry, Bubbler vouchers sell out quick

 

Ends Wednesday 13March13 or until vouchers sell out. AUD only

http://www.bubbler.com.au/deals/Sydney/Cut-down-on-dishes-at-your-home-for-only-10-with-this-great-mum-invention-Sydney

DESIGN YOUR CUP

 GIVEAWAY

Want to get rid of those cups scattered around the house that noboby owns?  

Design your cup for a chance to win your set!
 

    

We are giving away two personalized sets of four MyColourCups to be randomly
 drawn on 13 March 2013.  Hurry up and enter to win your set.   

Share with all your friends, family, yourself, the world. OK, we would love the world to know.

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Twistid Products, designer and online retailer of the MyColourCup, cups that know who you are. 

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Surviving the Duelling Years

My kids fight. 
I like to think of it more as duelling, standing up one against the other each aspiring to be the victor.  With their eye on the end of the battle prize where they can claim that special seat next to mum or that supped up matchbox car with the cool exhaust.  As a parent you have a couple of options;  retreat to the other end of the house, pretend they are the neighbours kids or give them some tactics to resolve those daily skirmishes by themselves.  NO ADULTS REQUIRED.

The main goal of these daily battles for my 3 boys is a win-win solution.

 I win – no retreating required.   They win – fairness restored.

Here are some of my sanity tactics that I have devised for some the most annoying battles.

1.       I Get Shotgun! 

The throne next to the driver’s seat, the most wanted seat in the world. Kids act as if they would instantly be knighted if only they could beat their siblings to this idolized seat.  I guess they are really competing for the love and affection of the queen mum.  But, you can’t pick who gets the front seat, that would be deemed as picking a victor and you don’t want to hear the bickering.  So you get them to claim ownership.  How?

One way trip – first to call shotgun gets it (i.e. school drop-off)

Round trip – first to call shotgun gets it on the way there, the other gets it on the way back.  More than two kids, then two call outs. 

 

2.       That’s My Toy!

It’s the exhausting never ending, “That’s my toy!”  “No it’s mine!” “Nu-huh!” There are a couple of tactics to handle this scenario;

·         Write their name on every toy they get.  Works great with matchbox cars.

·         Just take it away, on the spot.  No questions asked.  They will probably forget the toy ever existed.

·         Although this won’t work for Lego’s, it’s just too many pieces to label or take away.  I try to get them to barter, where a Lego man can be exchanged for a couple of swords.  Sometime this diversion tactic works.

 

3.       Not My Cup!

We use to have abandoned cups all over the house.  Of course they are nobody’s, right?  So nobody has to pick them up, right?  Wrong.  We now have cups that change names, so when you get a cup from the cupboard you change it to your name and voila (wah lah) it’s yours.  Nobody goes away. 

 

So it’s peaceful now, right.  Wrong again.  Siblings will always duel; it teaches them how to resolve conflict.  They learn to compromise and cooperate with each other, a great life lesson for the workforce.  Little SpongeBob’s in the making. 

 

by Shelly, mom of four and designer of the MyColourCup and owner of Twistid Products.

Extra Kids? Giveaway

Extra Kids? Giveaway

When taking care of several kids in a group enviroment it is often hard to keep track of each kids cup. MyColourCup with icons is great for daycare or those extra kids that always show up at your house. Each kid gets their own coloured icon and they use that cup everyday. No having to find that one cup for a particular kid because all MyColourCups can be changed to who is using the cup. Great when you have lost a cup. Combined them with the MyColourCup with colours you can have 12 kids in care.

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Sponsored by Twist-id Products, designer and online retailer of the MyColourCup. The cup that changes names and makes ownership easy.

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MyColourCup in Anthills Smart 100 Most Innovative Products

We Need Your Vote


MyColourCup has been named as one of Australia's 100 most innovative products, in Anthills Smart 100 awards, which is one of the largest innovation awards of its kind in Australia. We would love for the MyColourCup to be in the top of the Smart 100 Reader's Choice index. Its up to the public to vote. If you haven't already voted, it would be great if you could help out.
Simply head over to this webpage and leave a comment, Facebook 'Like' or 'Tweet'.    Thanks heaps!

http://www.mycolourcup.com/

Cups 4 Mum -10% Off

Looking for a unique gift for mum? Mums want to see a smile on their kids faces, all the family well, and something for everyone. MyColourCup - more sustainable, hygienic, and manageable.
**Get 10% off now till 29Apr11**

Enter "4mum" for the friendchip code on the order page.
Give mum the gift of power http://www.mycolourcup.com/Personalised-Cup-Order.html

Startup Story

Everyone has a story, a story of how they got to where they are now which is filled with childhood memories, life experiences, and personal accounts. I had to reflect for quite some time to put the pieces of my life together to see how I ended up creating a family kitchenware product.

I can say I was influenced by my grandmother, a top regional Tupperware distributor. My drive and determination came from years of dedication and commitment in competitive swimming. Twenty-five years in engineering related fields gave me that curiosity to solve problems. Four kids who inspired me with a problem to solve.

When I reflected on a childhood memory I recall visiting my grandmother and having mock Tupperware parties. She would show us all the prizes she had earned; jewelry, gold plated pen/pencil set, and a Kimball piano. Growing up we played with the latest Tupperware toys and when my sisters and I were older we had Tupperware auctions from the boxes she would send filled with beautiful plastic bowls, cups, stacking canisters, salt & pepper shakers and all those kitchen gadgets. I loved that tiny Tupperware bowl key ring with the removal lid. I believe my childhood experience helped me to create a exceptional product.

I was interviewed by StartUp Smart last week and it really made me sit down and think about why I created a version of a product that has been around since before Christ. Looking back on the history of the cup the paper disposable cup came along in 1906 to combat the spread of germs caused by drinking from a communal cup. Plastic cups arrived in the sixties and the nineties brought variations of the cup through colour, texture, application and decoration. But none have brought another function (dynamic personalization) for the cup, until the MyColourCup. I envision the MyColourCup as the next evolution of the cup that will become a household name. This is my new drive and my determination to make this vision become true.

Read the interview by StartUp Smart; http://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/start-up-profiles/2011-03-14/mycolourcups.html

Check out the next evolution of the cup:  http://www.mycolourcup.com/

MyColourCup Goes to DayCare - Part 2

 Twist-id Products conducted a successful trial of the MyColourCup Childcare Cup System at the Gap Community Day Care in Alice Springs in Nov-Dec 2010. The objective of the trial was to see if the MyColourCup would be a good option for childcare centres to manage getting drinks for their children in their care.

A system was used that incorporated a colour coded cup scheme, a colour coded tiered placement rack, and removable ink to apply names.

The children were easily able to locate and identify their own cups. The children were grouped by colours in groups of 6. The children had to know their colour, find their coloured rack tier and then locate their coloured cup with their name on it within a group of 6 cups.

The day care workers reported that the system was easier than their previous way of providing drinks to the children. They spent less time trying to locate a single cup with a child’s name on it, which was a daily occurrence. The children showed more responsibility for their own cup. The coloured tier rack took up less space and provided all the drinking cups in one place.

The removable ink used to write the children’s names on the cups was a bit messy and the ink took too long to dry. A continued investigation of different types of ink/ink remover for the cups names was conducted during the trial.  A printable ink was found that could be initially applied to the label with a printer and removed with a different agent. Subsequent names could then be applied with a permanent marker and removed with the new removing agent. Further investigation would need to be conducted on the ink/ink remover for future applications.

 It was noted that during the trial the cups would remain on their initial name and rarely get changed. So in that instance any cup would be sufficient as long as it incorporated a way to remove departing children's names.

Reusable cups in a childcare centre benefit the centre, the children, and the environment. When used in conjunction with a colour coded scheme it makes the logistics of providing drinks to children easier. The children claim responsibility of their own cups which provided a water/energy saving by not having to wash cups between uses (breakfast, morning/afternoon tea, lunch).

Does the MyColourCup have a place in childcare centers? I would have to say yes. Another use for the MyColourCup colour coding cup system would be within a large family.  Large families tend to use cups, wash them and put them away in a cupboard.  The changing of names would be more frequent.

The next project is to find a large family to trial this colour coded version of the MyColourCup.  And investigate the removable ink/ink remover for future applications.

MyColourCup - the personalized plastic cup

Connect2Christmas Shopping Competition!

Shop at Twist-id Products this Christmas and you could WIN over $1700.00 in prizes!

 

Twist-id Products in conjunction with Connect2mums is pleased to announce our Connect2Christmas shopping competition! We have over $1700 worth of gorgeous prizes that you can win simply by doing your Christmas shopping online at Connect2mums.

 

It's easy to enter, simply:
1. Shop at the ‘Mumpreneurs Shopping Directory'
2. Be a member of ‘Connect2Mums’ or become a member here http://www.connect2mums.com.au/

 3. Leave a comment about your purchase at Connect2mums in the connect2Christmas group under one of the following Prize Categories:

• Babies
• Kids
• Mums & Dads

 

 

 

Trying Everything to Build the Business

I have read a lot of books, participated in social networking websites, and have initiated several mechanisms to build my brand as they call it. So what has worked? Well here is a rundown of what I think so far. I have graded them 1-10, with 10 being the most beneficial for helping build this brand. The number is strictly my opinion based on my web site analytics and sales.


twitter account  (1)
facebook company page  (5)
Connect2mums - social networking site (6)
several directory listing (Sunrise, Hotfrog, AussieWeb, StartLocal, TrueLocal) (1)
affliate marketing,  (1)
kids esheet, (still in the review stage)
press room, (2)
wildfire sweepstakes, (2)
wildfire coupons(0)
this blog (1)
product reviews - American Housewife,  Personalized Gift World (3)
local markets/shows (7)
Google Adwords (3)
Facebook Ads (1)

Now I'm researching search engine optimization and have found this cool tool called website grader.  I have already upgraded my web site grade from 21/100 to 32/100.  And still have alot more recommendations to implement.

Whats next in line?   MyColourCup Daycare System, Chinwag, Thane International, expo/tradeshow???

MyColourCup - the personalized plastic cup

MyColourCup Goes to DayCare

Twist-id Products and the Gap Community Day Care in Alice Springs are forging together to innovate the daily task of providing drinks to the kids in long day care while maintaining the "no sharing" rule, reducing the workload on the centres providers, and providing an eco-friendly alternative to disposable cups. 

It's an exciting time to be able to help out a centre that my youngest attended.  I still remember him digging through a pile of cups looking for THE one with his name on it.  It give me a lot of pleasure to be able to help.

We will be trialing the MyColourCup Drink System next week.

Before pictures;

 

Check out the cup people are talking about at;

http://www.mycolourcup.com/

Do Over - New Look

Do Over - to go back to the beginning.

I'm just a mom new to this whole inventor world and would like to claim a "Do Over".  Basically going back to the beginnings.  First with a new look and catchphrase, "Twist Me - Claim Me". 

This new look captures both the physical and emotional aspects of my product, which was inspired by customer inquiries and by the real reason I started on this venture.  I will never forget the customer who contacted me after receiving her set and asking why I had sent her all blue cups with the same name on all of them.  Or the "Ahhhh" I get when attending the local markets and I turn the cups black band.  I also love kids comments; "Oh I didn't know it could do that"

So please stay with me and grant me a "Do Over".

IT'S NOT JUST A CUP - IT'S A CUP YOU CAN CLAIM (I mean a cup 6 people can claim)
Yes, the Black Band Twists!

Look out for more "Do Over" progress ... kids programs, free cup a day, etc.

http://www.mycolourcup.com/

MyColourCup is a FINALIST

The MyColourCup made it as a finalist in the 2010 AusMumpreneur Awards for the innovative product category!

2010 AusMumpreneur Awards Finalist

AusMumpreneur Awards Nominee

Twist-id Products has been nominated for the AusMumpreneur Awards for the MyColourCup in the Product Innovation category. THANK YOU!!! http://connect2mums.com.au/

The product that takes the quesswork out of knowing who's cup is who's

http://www.mycolourcup.com.au/