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/

Twist-id Products - the start

I didn't set out to start a company.  I set out to fix my family.  Okay maybe that's a bit harsh, I set out to train my family on how to reuse the cups they already were using.  I was sick of seeing cups scattered throughout the house, on the coffee table, on the kitchen counter.  And sick of  no one owning up to any of them.  And sick of seeing heaps of cups in the sink.  And the one thing I hated the most was the call before dinner and the one request I had of my 6 member tribe was to bring their own cup to the table.  They would all file in    and go for a brand new cup in the cupboard.  Oh yeah, that's all we needed is more dishes to clean.

Instead of getting mad all the time I devised several plans to change this behaviour.  Drying racks and names on placemats but what I really needed was a changeable cup with all the family members names, a personalized changeable cup. 

Surely there was a plastic cup that could be personalized on the market that I could use in our home to distinguish one cup from another?  It had to have easily changealbe names, be fun to use and dishwasher safe.  I knew what I wanted but no one made it, so I got the idea that I could make it myself.  I told myself it would be fun and I needed a change in my life.  What I didn't realize was that I have a lot of growing to do.

Check out the cup I finally made;  http://www.mycolourcup.com.au/