Meet Our Interns: Sherra Humphreys

Sherra Humphreys (@SherraLife) is a writer, speaker, homebased business owner and mom of four including three teenagers. She is an expert communicator with a gift for finding the funny. She loves to help women reinvent themselves and fulfill their dreams.

I caught the entrepreneurial bug about 23 years ago when I got a small business loan to buy the first Apple® LaserWriter which was a very extravagant investment way back in the day! I ran a successful desktop publishing business and have not had a traditional 9-5 job since then.

After having 3 children in 2 years (1 + twins), I started a direct sales business that could provide me with a little extra spending money. 15 years later, this “little” side business has paid for housecleaning, private school tuition, extra family vacations and many other perks. The biggest perk though, was and continues to be that I am able to Be Here Now for my kids. The flexible schedule that I can wrap around my family life has been invaluable.
I would have laughed at anyone who suggested I would have an internet business even 10 years ago. I promise I’m not laughing now – I’m learning as fast as I can!

The internet is my favorite way to shop, a place to meet people and a place where I can learn how to run a successful new business all the while helping other moms (and dads) who want to do the same thing.

Right now I’m running my own personal blog SherraLifeLesson.com where I am able to share life lessons – get it? about raising 3 teenagers + a 10 year old. In the past year, I’ve been fortunate to have done consulting and freelance work as a writer, speaker and have even helped several women set up their own blogs as a direct result of my blog.

For a young girl who said she was never going to have kids and never be in sales…four kids and 23 years later, here are some words I had to eat…

Never say never. If you are dreaming about it – you can make it happen. I am a fulltime stay-at-home with a part-time homebased business and I am in sales every single day.

I also run a second website called iLashGirls.com with Leigh Anne Wilkes. We have several new websites and internet business ideas in the works so we are both excited and know this intern opportunity has come at the right time.

I’m eager to learn more from this internship and other internet experts. In turn, I want to be able to reach out and help other people who want to be CEOs of their own business and life – exactly what Sparkplugging.com is all about!