We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Christina Martin a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Christina , thanks for joining us today. Looking back, do you think you started your business at the right time? Do you wish you had started sooner or later
I started my business a year ago but I have been speaking at women’s empowerment events for years. I have been helping moms for as long as I have been one. I wish I would have had a name behind it sooner.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
Hi, I am Christina Martin, founder of Mom to MILF. LLC. I am a single mom of 3 wonderful children and I started this business to help empower mothers to not only be great mothers for their children but great to themselves. Never feel like you’re going through this journey alone because there’s millions of mothers struggling with you whether emotionally, physically, and mentally.
I never planned to be a single mother one time much less three times but I am so thankful for my babies. The saying, “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger” is so real! I get multiple messages weekly with questions from women, I speak at empowerment events, I motivate people to jump on this fitness journey with me, and some people just love to hear my story. I always tell them the same thing…it’s all possible with the help of God!
What is a MILF? I know some people are asking that. The traditional meaning of a MILF is a Mom I Like to Freak (a sexy mom) essentially an older Mom that younger men find attractive and want to be with. Why stop there? A MILF can mean a lot of things… Mom In Love with Football (Sports Mom), Mom In Love with Family, Mom who is Intelligent, Lovable, and Fun, and much more. I’m trying to help moms not only be enough for their children but for themselves as well: Physically, emotionally, and mentally!
Let’s go a step further! I don’t want you to think this is only for women who have physically given birth to a child. I am welcoming any mother figure. There’s foster moms, surrogate mothers, adoptive mothers, godmothers, aunts, grandmothers, cousins, coaches, teachers, mentors, friends, church mothers, and the list goes on.
I want Mom to MILF to become a movement and out of this movement; bonds will be formed, friendships made, and a community formed to help in any way possible! Get ready for this transformation from Mom to MILF, whichever MILF you want to be!
My mission is figuring out a consistent way to financially, physically, and emotionally empower mothers to be good to themselves in order to be good to their children.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
I think this is the hardest part…engagement. Social media is key to a successful business. I created reels and posted daily. You have to keep your audience interested and you have to be consistent. I also post discussion questions to get my moms to interact with me. I also did giveaways because people love free stuff. Another important factor, I had a huge following on my personal page so I tagged my business page in all my posts. This helped to get people to follow my business page.
Do you sell on your site, or do you use a platform like Amazon, Etsy, Cratejoy, etc?
The little I do sell is available on Wix.com directly through my site. This is best for me because I don’t have to touch anything. This is the easiest way to sell my products. Clients can get them shipped straight to them.
Contact Info:
- Website: Www.mom-to-milf.com
- Instagram: Mom.tomilf
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089596615756&mibextid=ZbWKwL
Image Credits
Headshot by Laconea’s Lens Photography Other photos from Me, My Business, and I expo by the Gumbo Show