Maria Bailey was born in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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. Maria is the mother of 4 children and lives in Pompano Beach, Florida

Pompano Beach, Florida

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 with her family.

Maria is a graduate of Bishop Kenny High School

Bishop Kenny High School

Bishop Kenny High School is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational Catholic high school in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located in and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine...

-Jax and Florida State University

Florida State University

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.

She is the CEO of BSM Media, author, talk show

Talk show

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 host, co-founder of MomTV.com and newbaby.com - a company involved in mom engagement marketing

Engagement marketing

Engagement marketing, sometimes called "experiential marketing," "event marketing", "live marketing" or "participation marketing," is a marketing strategy that directly engages consumers and invites and encourages consumers to participate in the evolution of a brand...

 and public relations

Public relations

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, using blog

Blog

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s, videos, social

Social media

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 and traditional media. As CEO of BSM Media in Pompano Beach, Florida, she produces a website devoted to executive mothers, BlueSuitMom.com, and serves as the host of Mom Talk Radio, the first talk radio

Talk radio

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 show for working mothers. Another one of her alleged areas of expertise is marketing

Marketing

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 to mothers, and she is the author of Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market.

Maria Bailey speaks to 8 million moms a month via television, radio, magazines, websites, Twitter

Twitter

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, Blogs, online TV, podcast

Podcast

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s, Facebook

Facebook

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 and local community groups. Her company, BSM Media is a full service marketing and media firm that specializes in engaging moms.

She is also the creator of Smart Mom Solutions, a product line that "offers solutions to everyday challenges for busy moms."

In her spare time, Maria enjoys traveling, fishing

Fishing

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, extreme sports and marathon running. To date she has completed 20 marathons and 2 extreme distances.

Books

Maria is an author of:

• The Women’s Home-Based Business Book of Answers (Prima, 2001)
• Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market (Prima, 2002)
• Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers (Dearborn, 2005)
• Mom 3.0: Marketing With Moms by Leveraging New Media and Technologies (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2009)
• Ultimate Mom (HCI, 2009)
• "Power Moms" (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2011)