Childrens Personalised Books

Do you have common sense and a dynamic and friendly personality? Are you well spoken, self-driven, reliable and with a lot of initiative? Then we want to hear from you.

Saronti Publishing is a small company making personalised books for children & families. Check out http://www.saronti.com for more information.

The book you will be selling is a new and unique concept aimed at Soccer sevens teams U7 to U10’s. Featuring faces and names of the whole team, Manager and Coach, this book is a thrilling end to end action packed match. It’s a unique gift, a fundraising keepsake and a wonderful way to capture those early playing years. Teams can include their badge on the kit tops- and if they don’t have a badge we’ll make one for them. More about the book here: http://www.saronti.com/sports/footballClubs/personalised_football_clubs_childrens_book.html

In joining our fast expending sales team, your task will be to develop a strong relationship with football clubs by offering them a free personalised book for their teams. Each team book produced is given FREE to the team and is then available for sale to the parents (When parents see their child in the book, most of them want to buy a copy).

You are:

- Well spoken / Fluent English speakers
- Self-driven / reliable
- With good written skills as a lot of the communication will also be done by email.
- Comfortable with spreadsheets, emails and the web in general
- Extremely organised
- Previous experience of telesales and working from home
- Knowledge of football a bonus

Remuneration:

We are new, we’re just starting with little investment so we are looking for someone highly motivated and self-driven who is looking to create their own position as part of the sales team. At the moment, we can offer a commission on sales of 20% per book (£3/book) + we will pay for your phone calls.

On average, a free team book generates sales to 70% parents; so with on average 6 to 8 teams per club, that would earn you between £144 to £192 per club. Sign up a couple of clubs a week and you could make yourself a decent wage. It will take a lot of chasing but in most cases, clubs you sign up one year will want to renew the next! Once you bring in enough sales, we’ll be happy to offer part or full time position or a basic + commission; whatever you prefer.

There is more:

As well as the football club book, Saronti also has a range of family books. http://www.saronti.com/books.html

Should you wish to and have ideas, you can also promote the family books via various channels (forums, calling companies to give them special discounts for their employees, ect…). Customers will get 10% discount and you’ll get 20% (Family books Retail price is between £17.99 & £19.99)

A Great Opportunity for the right candidate

The company is growing. Here is an opportunity for you to start freelance and become part or full-time should you wish to (or stay on a commission basis; if you’re a hard worker that will earn you more!). You’ll be joining a small but quickly growing sales team and sharing feedback/ideas with Sue, our head of sales. We are happy to hear from stay at home parents with sales/telesales experience.

Please email recruit@saronti.com your CV or a summary about yourself if you think the above is for you!

A family tradition that was started in my family long before I was on this Earth was going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve….

I remember Christmas Eve…..I use to spend most of the day listening to Christmas music and keeping an eye on the gifts being put under the tree….. spying for the packages with my name on them…waiting for a time when no one was in room with me….when the opportunity arose I would shake the gifts to see if I could figure out what was in them….and of course looking at the size of the gift…typical kid…..

I was put to bed early evening and was awaken around 11 pm or so….I got ready along with the rest of the family and we would walk to our church which was up the block from us….It usually was a beautiful night…..with a blanket of snow on the ground and new snow falling….the air would be cold and crisp…nothing said Christmas more then that…

The first thing we would see when we arrived at church was the beautiful life size (or so it seemed) Manger scene…We would enter church, the choir would be singing songs and church would be packed….after Mass we would start our journey back to the house…singing Christmas carols at times…

When we got home my dad, mom and who ever else would make a big breakfast with eggs, bratwurst, cinnamon rolls, bacon, toast and sweets…after our bellies were full it would be off to bed so Santa could come…I would still got up at the crack of dawn to open gifts…

To me Christmas is not Christmas without going to Midnight Mass….my kids go with me at times…but we never have breakfast like I did…but maybe someday…between the Mass, the Carols, and the generosity of the season that is what Christmas is all about…

One step closer to being deliriously happy….http://www.anessa.me

I was thinking of how happy I was not to deal with snow anymore now that we live in a warmer climate. My thoughts soon went back to when I was a kid and how I loved to play in the snow all day long. I remember putting layer upon layers on to keep me warm. When I came in from playing in the snow my hands, legs and feet would be red and cold and my clothes would be hard and stiff from the snow. Funny how as kids the cold never seems to bother you or I guess I should say some kids.

After a snowfall the plow trucks would push the snow into huge piles on the corners of the block were I lived. We seen this as great opportunities to build forts, caves and have some fun. We were pretty good little engineers and we didn’t have many cave ins. Lucky for us no one was ever hurt. Course we never gave thought that someone could get hurt. We were just kids having some fun.

The relentless task of using our feet and hands to build our caves and forts gave way to the hours of fun, laughs and excitement for the day. We enjoyed climbing in and out the caves and on top of the caves. Building caves with partners to have snowball fights with the other group and take ownership over their caves was so much fun and still brings a smile to my face. Great memories that have lasted my life time.

Great snow memories that have help create one more step to being deliriously happy.. ~aaworkingmoms~ anessa.me

Traveling with the babies to Disney. The dreaded car ride.

Hands down driving at night with the babies sleeping was heaven. The kids slept off and on. They were tired and quiet. No fussing was heard except from the middle child. Props to the babies but not to the middle child. I could listen to some good music and enjoy the drive. Not to mention the traffic was great. Wide open roadway, who could ask for anything more.

The the middle child who is home from Korea drove me insane on the trip down. She complained about everything. First she was to hot then she was to cold. She complained about the music. She did not like it or it was to low, to high. It was constant non stop. Next time I am taking Benadryl with me. Yes, she will get a dose or two plus some duct tape to boot. (Not really but the thought will be there LOL)

We all enjoyed playing I am going on a trip game. To my surprise the kids did an awesome job with this game. We had some great belly laughs with licking lollipop lion, wait I am wrong again. Darn it!! It is a lion licking a lollipop. For the life of me I could never get that one right, but hey in my defense I was driving in all that night traffic. Good excuse to me. This was a good way to kill some time and keep us all awake.

The ride on the way home. Never again will I travel during the day with the babies. All I heard was…you guessed it…How much longer before we are home? Yep, the first time I heard this I knew we were in for a long trip. This question replaced the middle child issues on the way down. The DVD system did not help. Of course the rain all the way home did not help either because traffic was jammed from accidents.

I wish hotels would do half rates for people who travel at night. I would definitely sign up for that.

We stopped once on the way down and a zillion times on the way home. Another reason traveling at night is better in my world anyway.

Lets not forget we not only had the luggage to contend with on the way home. We now had added suvioners and a stroller to the mix. Thought we were squished on the way down, on the way home we were beyond squished and no one except me had foot room. I think I could use a smaller vehicle. LOL

We finally played the I am going on a trip game five minutes before we were home. Oops, next time that will be the first thing we will do half way into the trip. ~Ann Marie anessa.me~

I recently had an opportunity to have a talk about homeschooling and grades. Wow grades I have not given much thought about it since I was in college and took an American Culture class where the Professor stated we would all get A’s in his class as long as we participated in his class. When he stated that all of us who got 4. + could not believe what he was saying. Remarks were made and he defended his belief, what do grades mean. When you graduate do they look at your grades and say WOW you got a 4. +, do you get a pay increase for graduating with a 4. and so on. Another professor stated he would rather have a C student taking care of him in the hospital then an A student. His rational thinking was that rarely do you have a book smart person with common sense which is needed in life. I understood both of them and respected their beliefs. I worked my booty off to graduate with honors at the top of my class which I have to say has not given me any extra privileges though I’m sure it would’ve helped if I continued on but it was not in the cards for me.

I had a daughter who would get upset and depressed if she did not get 100% on all of her school work. We took family skip days when she started getting stressed out. Her teacher and the school councilor were in agreement about the skip days.  Needless to say she is like me with grades.

My wee ones are homeschooled. Their homework is sent in and graded and emailed to me. They have no idea what their grades are nor do they ask. They get all A’s but don’t even know it. They simply get to enjoy their studies and be kids with no worries about their grades. We concentrate on making sure they understand what is being taught. It makes our job of teaching easier and it is less stressful for them. It is a win-win situation for us.

To me grades do not make a person and grades do not have to control a person’s outcome. There have been many people who graduated at the top of their class and they never amounted to a hill of beans and others who barely passed who have become very successful. They had ambition and the will power to succeed. Some extremely smart people I have known committed suicide because they could not handle failure and the need they had to be on top. One cannot help but to think this may have been focused on at an early age because of the stress to be at the top of the class. Many kids are bored in school for one reason or another which diminishes their ambition to learn. Everyone has their own way of learning that works best for them and schools are set up for kids who can sit at a desk quietly and work. For everyone else, it makes it a bit harder to learn. The main thing is not everyone who gets ‘good’ grades comes out on top and not everyone who barely passes is stuck at the bottom of dead beat job.

One step closer to becoming deliriously happy. ~Ann Marie (A&A Workingmoms)

Saronti opens up their books to football clubs. The brand new Football Club personalised book includes all the soccer sevens players, plus the manager and coach in a nail biting cup final match. See the thrills and spills of Sunday League football brought to life in a full colour book. Featuring the players names and faces, this book breaks the mould of personalisation. A great memento, wonderful gift and a unique fundraiser for the club. The club receive a FREE book and then every book bought by the parents genrates a contribution towards the club funds.

More about Saronti personalised football fundraiser book here

A story to tell for Halloween/All Hollows Eve. This story is not scary but strange and perfect for the season.

Let me set the stage.

We moved into our house 5 years ago this month. When we moved in our house our belongings were still in MI so the people we brought the house from left all the things they did not want behind. One of the things they left us was a console TV. How cool or so we thought. The TV had a mind of its own or was controlled by something other then us. For the 3 yrs and 2 months (yes, I remember how long) the TV would come on and shut off as it pleased. You would turn it on and it would shut off at some point. It could be minute from the time you turned it on or an hour. Whenever you would turned it back on and it would shut off again. This could happen many times, just once or not at all while you were watching TV it all depended on what ‘mood’ the TV was in. Yet other times the TV would just come on all by itself. We joshed around about our TV saying it was possessed. We got rid of the TV 2 years ago this Christmas. The new TV has not had these issues, BUT……….

Our Microwave took over. Yes, indeed it did! Our microwave is possessed. Right when we got rid of the TV the microwave started. It comes on as it pleases. You shut kitchen cabinet door or the microwave door and the microwave comes on. ( so you know there is no time on the microwave and its off) My favorite is when you hit the “0″ button and the number “6″ comes up. The buttons on the microwave will work when they want to. We laugh and joke about it. At times we say we need to have a priest come and bless our house.

Yes, there has been people who have been here when these odd things happen. Needless to say they are just amazed and entertained by our strange happenings. We are not scared, I’m sure there is some logical explanation or NOT. For now we will continue to be amused by our strange Microwave.

The joy of fussy kids! Are they really fussy or are they just singing songs out of tune? I have 9 babies and have not figured out the answer to this question.

Are their fits to get their point across or to drive you utterly insane. I know, they are learning at a young age which buttons to push to drive you nuts and which buttons push to get what they want. The have a photographic memory which holds the answers to these questions and they are able to retrieve the data at a moments notice to use it to get anything they want from you. They are cunning but oh, so lovable and fun.

The cute beautiful sneaky creatures that they are, so brilliant and deceiving a great combination! They fool you with those cute little checks that are so irresistibly pinchable and top it with sweet innocent smiles. The icing on the cake is all the kisses and hugs their unconditional love. One of their greatest gifts that they bestow on you.

With all that being said, I have figured out away to get them back a tad all in fun of course. I love to irritate them, bug them with hugs and kisses. Chase them and pick on them. Do all sorts of silly things which have the wee ones fussing and the big ones yelling “MOM”. I’m the cunning devious mother who has way to much fun irritating them. A goal which I accomplish everyday according to them. LOL

We have lots of FUN everyday. There is not a day that goes by that kisses, hugs and I love yous are not passed out to everyone along with me bugging them. I would never trade the babies in for anything in this world. No matter how fussy they are, for if they were not here to drive me insane and irritate me who would do that and what would my life be like. mmmm wait minute, what am I saying. I would love to have a quiet life with no fussing fit throwing kids. If only I would of thought about that before I had kids. Just kidding; maybe!

To me having kids is one step closer to being deliriously happy!~By Ann Marie (aaworkingmoms)

There has been many debates on social media and kids; with arguments ranging from how it rots a child’s mind and turns it to mush, no educational value in social media, and it contributes to poor health because all they do is sit at a computer. In my opinion this is true for adults as well. Anything in excess is not good for anyone no matter what the age is but there are also good benefits to social media and kids.

Social media has made the world a smaller place and has forged relationships that we normally would of not had the opportunity to have. It plays a role in every aspect of life today from the mommy blogger, to the actor, to news media, corporations, churches, and even some schools. Social media has made it easier for people to connect, whether it be for business or for friendship. Technology has come such a long way over the years.

Jem started twitting with me when she was 8 years old. She instantly fell in love with it and wanted to learn more about social media, blogging and about our business. She wanted to blog so away she went and the domino effect happened with the other two kids who were 6 and 10 at that time. As adults its hard enough to get people to read your blog; can you imagine how hard it is to get people to read blogs from kids. I came up with an idea while I was blogging for Saronti, a children’s website. I thought how great would it be if this site had an area for my kids to blog. The owner of the site thought it was a great idea, so we did a feed and she published their blogs. I will never forget that day, the kids excitement and sense of accomplishment to see their blogs published on Saronti. It was very exciting to me as a parent because who would have read or even publish a kids blog. It is no longer a pain staking task to get them to write. They write about all sorts of things from dinosaurs to whats going on with them. It is a way for them to express themselves as individuals.

Jem was still wanting more social media for kids and wanted to start a business so she came up with an idea of a social media site for kids.The domino affect happened again and her brother and sister jumped onboard. She loves connecting with kids from around the world. So the site was created with their help so they could meet more kids and make a difference in the world.. Connecting with kids from other parts of the world/country is a great learning experience for kids. They can learn how other kids live, what they think about and what they have in common. They can play games with educational value, practice their writing skills with blogging, learn to put what they think and change it into thoughts, create groups to voice their opinions and make a change/difference in the world. Kids connecting with kids to make the world a better place. Who says social media has to be just for adults.

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