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FEBRUARY 2009
Parent Newsletter
The Best Tip for Earning More Referrals
 

Through Sittercity's referral program, you can earn a $15 Target gift card with each parent you refer to Sittercity.com. You can talk to your friends, spread the word at your place of worship, refer people at the grocery store - it all works! But there's one quick and simple way to earn many more referrals without even leaving your home.

Go online.

To get credit for your referral, all a parent must do is enter your username into the promo code field when they sign up. What we've seen savvy Sittercity members do is go online to their own blogs, Facebook, mommy message boards and various forums to post a link to Sittercity.com along with their username, so parents all over the web can get 10% off their registration while you reap the benefits. The best part is that you don't have to keep putting in the effort to refer anyone. It's win-win!



More Life Experience than Parenting Experience

Becoming a later-in-life mom is quite commonplace these days, but around certain people, it can make you start to feel like the oldest mom at the playground. On MotherhoodLater.com, you can surround yourself with other later-in-life moms by joining a local offline chapter and/or connecting online with likeminded mamas to share the parenting experience.

There is no fee to join and new chapters are always being launched. Whether you participate in those local events and meetings (some with and some without kids!) or whether you stay online to read blogs and chat in forums, Motherhood Later is a great resource for moms who are 35+ and looking to connect with parents in the same stage of life.

Click here to learn more about Motherhood Later.
Cheap and Free Baby Gear for Busy Moms

With this economy, parents everywhere are looking for ways to save. That's why we love HandMeDowns.com, a new classified site for moms where you can buy, sell, give away or donate new and gently used baby gear, clothing, toys and much more.

From a chic, cheap diaper bag to a totally free stroller, you can find tons of fantastic stuff to fit any budget. HandMeDowns.com pulls together and organizes the best baby/child/mom listings from around the web and combines them with their own site listings to create a one-stop destination for busy moms. Couple that with a cute, user-friendly website and it seems that there's no better place to shop!

Click here to visit HandMeDowns.com.