Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Contact Dermatitis & Grimy Cell Phones - YUCK!




Contact dermatitis is a fancy word for what happens to your skin when you hold a dirty, grimy cell phone next to your face daily. Celly Smellys scented gadget wipes are one more line of defense for reducing the risk of breakouts. Simply wipe your cell phone every day to keep oil, makeup or bacteria off of your cell phone and away from your face. Celly Smellys are LCD safe, non-toxic and they smell great. If your going to clean your phone, why not make it a pleasurable experience!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

She Knows Parenting





Flu fighting products for kids

Celly Smellys®
Kids can contract the flu not just from others but from contact with things as well. When Jessica Pohlkamp learned that cell phones are dirtier than the bottom of a shoe or a public toilet seat, she invented Celly Smellys® scented cleaning wipes. These LCD-safe wipes for electronics remove germs from the things kids use most: video games, cell phones, iPods, laptops and calculators.

So the next time your kid attempts to clean her cell phone with some spit on her thumb, hand her a pack of Celly Smellys®. Fun fragrances include Berry, Melon and Colada.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Gadget Hygiene

When considering H1N1 & hygiene, don't forget your cell phone, ipod, laptop, video games and digital cameras. The CDC recommends using alcohol based cleansers in addition to regular handwashing to prevent the spread of germs and H1N1. Unlike bacteria, viruses have a protein shell and do not respond to alcohol or anti-bacterial agents when applied. The key to reducing the spread of H1N1 is good old fashion good hygiene. This includes covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze, washing your hands and most importantly cleansing your cell phone and gadgets several times per day. Studies show that cell phones are dirtier than a public toilet seat or the bottom of your shoe. People are now considering hygiene in ways they never thought of before and that includes your cell phone. Celly Smellys wipes are LCD safe, portable cleaning wipes specifically made for gadgets. Celly Smellys are lint free, streak free, lens grade polishing cloths that scoop up dirt and grime off of your cell leaving a refreshing burst of clean fragrance including Berry, Melon or Pina Colada. You can pick up a pack from your local FYE store today!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Broken Cookies and a Cup of Cappuccino

It is not every day that one has the opportunity to meet empowered women entrepreneurs. This month I had the pleasure and honor of meeting both Amilya Antonetti and Jeretta Nord.
Amilya Antonetti is a pioneer in the green cleaning product category, a trail blazer for female entrepreneurship & networking and has established many programs to uplift and excel women including the "Broken Cookie" workshop for empowering women; which I attended (as pictured with Amilya above). Amilya has an immense online social media presence, is an Oprah favorite, and is actively working on many upcoming television projects.
Jeretta Nord is an author and has also dedicated her entrepreneurial path to uplifting the otherwise unheard entrep in her book series A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur's Spirit. Jeretta has a successful weekly radio show where she profiles and interviews entrepreneurial stories from her books, as well as other well known go getters including Amilya Antonetti!
As a woman entrepreneur, I am learning to think not only for myself, but to lend a reaching hand to others. We are all in different places on our journey of invention, innovation and business and the helping hands we recieve are invaluable to our success and longevity.
A special thank you to some other women entreps and their amazing innovations and businesses: Julianne Paulson (@YRJewelryGal) - Get Rocked Jewelry, Kathy Partak (@KDPartak) - ZipperBack Gloves, Kendra Kroll (@PortaPocketGal) - Porta Pocket, Kim Shulman (@NoSlipCharlie) - No Slip Charlie bathing gloves, Andi Barness (@Andibarness) - Actress.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Pitchmen, Social Media & Las Vegas

Monday September 14th was the big day! Pitchmen season 2 auditioning from the ERA convention at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inventors from all over the country poured into Paris for the opportunity to pitch their product to the Pros Kevin Sullivan (Sully) and Billy Mayes (recently deceased - RIP dear Billy!). The Livemercial production team was filming, interviewing and recording pitches one after the other with host Jennifer Crawford. She had an amazing nack for asking the right questions and maximizing the entrepreneur(s) pitch for a chance to pitch to Sully and a chance to not only appear on the Pitchmen show, but make their product a hit in the direct marketing category.
As the tradeshow doors open we all bolted to the sign up table to get our time slots to present our products. While waiting for my time slot, I strolled around and learned a whole new language called direct marketing. The vendors at the ERA (Electronics Retail Assoc) included full licensing companies down to individual production, talent, resource companies able to piece together what each product needed. I returned to the line for my time slot to pitch my product. While in line, I was chosen to actually pitch to Sully (I'll take that as a compliment) and the butterflies went wild! I had samples, my medical scrubs on and a toilet seat for a prop. "Why the toilet seat?" Sully asked - well, your cell phone is dirtier than a public toilet seat, so clean that cell phone!
This audition was not just me and my invention Celly Smellys scented cell phone wipes. The trip to Las Vegas was also a perfect storm of social media gone wild. I have been a twitter user for months now and over the year I have met several entrepreneurs and tweeters that have integrated into my 'twitterverse' to become a strong and viable network of opportunity. I met several twitterers in Las Vegas at tweetups and tradeshows including @Livemercial, @MavenManagement, @SmashYoTrash, @KDPartak, @YRJewelryGal, @Ginellem, @PortaPocketGal, @VegasBill, @24K, @JuliaRosien, @TKPLeslie, @PeterArceo, @LasVegasHilton and so many more.
I networked like a bandit, I learned a new language, I met some great new friends and I grew as a person and an entrepreneur. Thank you to @Livemercial for the production and the VIP party and to each an every person that shook my hand and said "that's a really cool product". Check the Livemercial site and Youtube site for actual video of my audition and pitch to the Pitchmen!



Saturday, August 29, 2009

Celly Smellys Twitter Promotion

Tweet to win! Tired of smearing dirt and grime all over your cell phone, ipod, or laptop? In back-to-school spirit, Celly Smellys is giving away one 6-pack (2 Berry, 2 Melon and 2 Colada) combo per day from September 1-15th to rid your gadgets of dirt and grime! Simply tweet a message containing #CellySmellys on Twitter and your instantly registered to win!
One winner will be randomly chosen each day. The drawing will occur at 7pm EST daily and the winners will be tweeted! Winners will have 72 hours to claim their prizes. Deliveries in the continental U.S.A. only, excluding Saturdays.
Follow us on Twitter and Funk-defy your gadgets! Also check out Celly Smellys online for more details about our fun, new product!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Intuit Love a Local Business





Celly Smellys have been nominated for the ‘Intuit Love a Local Business’ contest. For those of you who are voting weekly, THANK YOU! And for those of you who have tried and found it difficult, please try again! If you haven't clicked over, please do. I know that with the number of people in our networks, there isn't a single reason why Celly Smellys® can't be a winner of a $1000 grant..free money! Please send this along to your network with a note letting them know you know us and really want to see us win and succeed.

I'm going to see if I can't spell this out as simply as possible. Again, thank you and I'll keep you posted!

1. Visit Love a Local Business link #1 Nominate.

2. Type in Celly Smellys® and Cincinnati, OH or 45255 and hit "FIND"

3. Make sure you can see underneath the "FIND" button because if you can't nothing will happen. If you can’t find us, you will see it says google maps can't find us and there will be the Nominate Manually link. Click that link!

4. You'll now see ‘#2’ step highlight to the right and here is where you type in our information:

Celly Smellys®
8190 Beechmont Avenue
Cincinnati
OH
45255
Jessica Pohlkamp - Owner
Contact info: Jessica@cellysmellys.com

5. Click "NEXT"

6. Select "I am a fan of this business"
Enter your e-mail address.
Type in any comments you would like to.
Put in your nickname.
Check the "I accept the terms."

7. Hit "Nominate."

Once you do it, it's very quick. We have to do this each week as the nominations are wiped clean for each new week. If we all work together, we can win and we won't have to keep playing! Help us by rallying your troops to rally their troops! You can still vote today if you haven't already and if you have, send this along to your network!


A special thank you to Kathy Partak (tweet @KDPartak) for nominating Celly Smellys. Demonstration of the power of networking - namely Twitter! xoxo