International WAHP Week, February 5 to 11.

New: Official Twitter hashtag for iWAHP Week is: #iwahp.

In February, 2012 we are launching the inaugural International WAHP Week to celebrate and recognize the achievements of work at home parents/people and draw together the various interest groups and leaders in the WAHP and WAHM community.

Keep tabs on our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/supportawahp for information about the event and we will be running a campaign across all of our social media platforms.

The campaign coincides with Valentines Day trade, and Support a WAHP’s second birthday (February 15^th)

Our official Press Release: International Week Declared for Working at Home, Feb 5 to 11

Media

Startup Smart, Thurs 2 February: Online community launches Work At Home Person Week
Work from home UK: Work from home week starts today
Quest Newspapers Career1 Section (not online yet)
Sunshine Coast Daily, Feb 10, Homework Pays Off In a Big Way
4BC Newstalk Radio, interview with Kelly Burstow and Peter Dowse
workfromhome.co.uk blog: Work from home week starts today
Media Connections: Happy International Work at Home Parent Week!
Families in Business blog: International Work at Home Parent Week — What is it?
Professional Parents blog: Brisbane Business Brainstorming 7th February 2012
motherinc.com.au website: International Week for Parents Working at Home

Show your support: Download the iWAHP Week badge for your website:

125X125 size

250X250 size

Stop Press:

Cas McCullough has been invited as a guest at the next Professional Parents event during iWAHP Week! Tuesday, 10am https://www.facebook.com/events/218796231539156/.

How you can get involved

Tweet and Facebook about iWAHP Week!

Official Twitter Hashtag: #iwahp

Official Twitter Hashtag for Supportawahp is #workathome

Suggested Tweet: I am proud to support International Work At Home Person Week. How about you? #iwahp #workathome. bit.ly/w3WWwK.

Suggested Facebook update: “Join me in supporting International Work At Home Person Week. We are the 67 percent, of all small businesses that is. bit.ly/w3WWwK. Share your work at home story by tweeting with the hashtag #iwahp or post on www.fb.com/supportawahp.”

Want local Media Coverage during iWAHP Week?

Media release submissions are now closed. However, if you want to be a media contact for iWAHP Week, you can still submit the form in case we get a call from a journalist looking for someone in your area.

Tell your story and boost your business credibility with a story in your local newspaper. iWAHP Week gives you the perfect opportunity to be loud and proud about working from home! We’ll give you a helping hand to get your work at home story into the media. Just fill out the form below (make sure you complete all fields) to submit your details, then we’ll draft a release on Support a WAHP letterhead and email it to you. You then add your phone number at the bottom of the release as a local contact and send it on to your local newspaper/radio station in the lead up to iWAHP week.

Tips:

For local newspapers, it is best to call first and ask who to send the release to. Say “I’m participating an an international event for home based businesses” or something to that effect and ask who to send an email to.
When you send the email, make sure you attach the media release.
If you haven’t heard back within 2 days, follow up with a phone call to the person who you sent the release to and ask them if they got it okay and if they are interested you could offer to set a time for a photoshoot or send them a photo.
If you secure an interview and photoshoot, draft a list of questions (we can help you with that, so email if you need assistance) and answers to keep for your reference. You can also suggest questions to journalists but don’t give them your answer sheet.
In photoshoots wear colourful clothes and bright lippy if you wear makeup. Most newspapers are using colour photos these days.
Email us or post on the iWAHP Week Facebook Page Wall with any Questions.

Make your voice heard (and seen). Create a Video!

Create a brief 15 to 30 second webcam video and send it to us in .mov format. We will then compile the videos into a video collage and upload it to Youtube, our Facebook presence and distribute it, well, everywhere! All participants must also share the finished video throughout their networks.

In the Video:

An example script: “Hi I’m [YOUR NAME]. I run a business called [YOUR BUSINESS NAME] and I work from home. Working from home enables me to [BENEFITS HERE]. I chose to work from home to [LIST REASONS HERE]. Did you know that approx 66- 68 percent of small businesses in Australia, the UK, Canada and the US are home based? As a WAHP, I want to send a message to government and industry that supporting work at home mums and dads is supporting our economy and community.”

iWAHP Week Stories

A big thank you to the WAHPs who submitted media release requests over the past couple of weeks. Some fantastic stories which are now available to read on our website here!

iWAHP Week is proudly sponsored by Media Connections