Naomi M. (#2388) is happily married to her husband of nearly 10 years, Thomas and they have a beautiful daughter together, Alannah, who is 11.  She is originally from Middleboro, Mass. and  migrated to Clearfield, PA in 1992.

In March, 2007, Naomi was working as an EMT when she was injured on the job and no longer able to work in any previous field due to her physical restrictions.  She had tried doing Home Interiors parties in August of last year.  After 8 months, 3 parties and frustration of not being able to get a booking to save her life, and still coming out in the hole, Naomi started looking around on the internet for something newer.  She didn't want to get into anything that was already over-flooded with consultants.

She literally stumbled on Shure Pets on this one site called www.homepartyplannetwork.com .  Naomi says she thought "How original is this!" Searching the corporate site, she realized that Pennsylvania had a shortage of Pet Consultants.  She tested the waters by placing a couple of ads on two different free sites and got about 10 email responses within roughly about 30 minutes.  She enrolled on the spot!!  By the end of the first week, Naomi had responded to more than 50 emails, booked 3 parties, 2 vendor events and began thinking long-term.

Her husband Tom works away, so she says balancing family time is tough. Naomi says, "I try to keep his days off free, with the exception of follow-up calls. However, whenever we go out anywhere, I have my trusty Shure Pets tote on my shoulder packed with all the essentials....my calendar, a complete host packet, a couple of cat-alogs, business cards and of course, my purse. Carrying the tote around has generated a lot of looks, which is good. I greet all of them with a smile and a hello and I try to talk Shure Pets to everyone. I keep in toned down though when Tom's home."

Her daughter Alannah has become her assistant, though Naomi says "she'll say assistant manager.  Some of my best ideas have come from her. Kids think outside the box, so when I need a new marketing idea, I go to her. It's often too hard for an adult to see 'the forest for the trees'."

Naomi's first year goal is to have a full team of 20 active consultants. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? NO!  She currently has one gal enrolled, Barbara D from Brookville, PA, and a handful of others that are working on buying down their kits.  She has several parties booked for April and is looking to jam her calendar for May and beyond.

She says she loves being a Pet Consultant, especially for Shure Pets.  In Naomi's words: "I have the freedom to be creative, work within my limitations and still have a fantastic income. I get to support a whole new niche that hasn't even had the surface scratched yet. Currently, I am working on an Opportunity Event with Carol Caito, whose knowledge is a treasure trove, an advertising campaign, my first vendor event, creating a gift basket service with Shure Pets products."