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FORMER MEPO GRADS FORM DYNAMIC DUO

Mediapolis News, Thursday, August 8, 2002

"We are women who deeply care about helping other women. Creating WebMomz is our way of giving back to the world. We have a heartfelt passion for life, a realization of the importance of family, and a firm desire to help others to realize the same kind of success. Our greatest dream is to help other women to enjoy this same kind of peace, power, and prosperity in their lives," said former Mediapolis resident Kristie (Housman) Tamsevicius and her business partner Michelle (Wischmeier) Floyd. The two childhood friends have joined forces to form a national support organization for women in April of 2002, in Chicago, Illinois. WebMomz is an online community where women and moms alike can find friendship, advice, and support.

WebMomz, shares the message that working from home can help families to save money, build stronger families, and spend more time together. "I was in a hectic place in my life. My husband and I were working opposite shifts. We were exhausted, we had no energy for the children. Everything we were working so hard for seemed to be crumbling at our feet. When we did the math, we really weren't getting ahead financially by me working and paying a sitter. That was how I decided to start my own web development business. " Tamsevicius explained.

After writing a soon to be published book (eBizMoms: The Ultimate Guide to Home Based business) which tells how women can start a home based business, Tamsevicius started thinking about building an organization to help other mothers to build their own home based businesses. After a recent visit with her childhood friend Michelle (Wischmeier) Floyd, Kristie learned that Michelle had started a successful parenting community (MyBabyConnection.com). As Kristie puts it, "I put two and two together and asked Michelle to partner with me."

An energetic, creative mom/business woman, Kristie has over 11 years of experience in online business, marketing, and media.

Michelle Floyd always knew she wanted to be at home with her kids, so after the birth of her daughter in 1999, she quit her full-time marketing career to be a stay at home mom. Being a new mom, she had a lot of questions and surfed the Internet to find answers. While she found a wealth of information online, she found it was difficult to keep track of all the "baby-related sites". That was the inspiration for her to form her online venture, MyBabyConnection.com!

Quitting her job was a small price to allow Michelle to be a stay at home mom, but it was all worth it!

“Although, it's not always easy running your own Internet business, it can leave you feeling isolated, but WebMomz provides support and advice to help you along the way, “ notes Floyd.

"It’s been great fun to be business partners with Kristie, she is full of great ideas and inspiration,” says Floyd. “I am just thrilled to be a part of Webmomz, and knew that this was the perfect way to reach moms who are dreaming about working from home, but just not sure how to go about it or who to go to for help and advice.” Floyd goes on to say, “I feel privileged to be able to be at home with my child, and want to share with other women how they too can stay at home and earn an income using the Internet.”

Before co-founding WebMomz, Ms. Floyd worked for over 10 years in the marketing/business field. Michelle enjoys kickboxing, scrapbooking, and strolling in the park. Michelle lives in Burlington, IA with her family.

Kristie Rimmele and her husband reside in Gurnee, IL along with their two children, aged 4 and 7. Her hobbies the typical mom-fare and include gardening, scrapbooking, and baking. A devoted mother, Kristie volunteers her time assisting with her daughter's Girl Scout troop web site.

Anyone wishing to learn more about their organization WebMomz can visit them online at http://www.webmomz.com. They offer free memberships to all women and paid memberships with added privileges to businesses. Michelle and Kristie can be contacted by email at kristie@webmomz.com or michelle@webmomz.com or by visiting their web site at http://www.webmomz.com.