Any ideas on how a small pump rental station can increase its business? I'm not a lactation consultant so I don't have that draw, I just do pump rentals and sell breastfeeding supplies. I've done the promotional mailing the pump company offers, sent flyers to the local hospitals, have an ad in the Yellow Pages, and have a small classified ad in a local child/family oriented newspaper. Also, for those of you doing pump rentals or seeing clients from your homes, how do you deal with keeping your house presentable? I have four children so having my house always clean is impossible. When I get an early morning pump call, I'm sometimes faced with trying to decide whether to take a shower and make myself presentable or straightening up the house and having it look presentable. With four children I also don't have any spare bedrooms to use as an office so I do business in the living room or kitchen which lacks a bit of professionalism I feel. I've been thinking about trying to find a small office space in town, possibly subleting something from someone else with a large office space. This would also give me a place to store my supplies (other than my bedroom!). I'm also not comfortable having strangers in my home for safety reasons. My husband is gone at work a lot and I'm home alone with the children. Any advice from those more experienced than I? TIA, Kim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kim Balzer, La Leche League Leader, Student Lactation Consultant Sebastopol, CA "The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~