Maria T. Bailey

Radio Talk Show Host, Award Winning Author

Maria T. Bailey is an award-winning author, radio talk show host, nationally known speaker and the foremost marketing authority on marketing to moms and women.  Her company, BSM Media is a full service marketing and media firm that specializes in marketing to women and mothers. Her client lists includes The Discovery Channel, Chuck E. Cheese, Disney, Oracle, Microsoft, Clarke American, Dolly, Inc., Tahitian Noni International, Stork Avenue, and Office Depot.  She has been an invited presenter to Burger King, Coca Cola, Best Buy, and many other major corporations.  Her book, “Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market” (2002, Prima) is the first to examine the buying power of mothers and the most effective marketing initiatives to tap the $1.7 trillion market.

Maria’s newest book, “Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers” (Dearborn, 2005) focuses on the emergence of Gen X and Gen Y moms and how they compare to Boomer Moms.

Her first book is “The Women’s Home-Based Business Book of Answers” (2001, Prima).  She is published in Child magazine, South Florida Parenting magazine, the Miami Herald, Family Times, EPregnancy, and American Baby magazine and serves as a business expert for several online publications.

Maria is also the host of Mom Talk Radio, Founder/CEO of BlueSuitMom.com, the award winning Website for executive working mothers and Publisher of Today’s BlueSuitMom magazine, a national bi-monthly publication for working mothers.

Maria is a resource on work/life/family balance, working mother, marketing and women business stories for national media such as the British Broadcasting Corporation, World News Tonight, Hearst Publications, “The Home Show”, WPLG ABC 10, The NetFinancial News Network, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self, Smart Money, Parent, HomeChannel News, and Entrepreneur.  She and her company have been featured in Women’s Day, Money, Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post, Salt Lake City Tribune, NBC 6-Miami, CBS4-South Florida, WCBS-12 New York, WABC New York, and the Tampa Tribune, as well as on hundreds of local radio and television shows.

Maria also serves as the on-air work and family balance expert on “Simplify Your Life” which is viewed by over two million people on the Fine Living Network. She serves as the national spokesperson for Office Depot as their Family Organizing Expert.

She has informed and entertained audiences around the globe with her passion and charisma.  She has presented at The International Direct Marketing Association Annual Conference, The International Volunteerism Conference, The National Association of Industrial Psychology, Alliance for Work/Life Professionals and many corporate sponsored seminars including Tahitian Noni International’s Woman’s Health Summit, Highlights-Jigsaw National Convention, and Southeast Toyota Lunch and Learn Series.

Professionally, Maria is a member of Office Depot’s Executive Advisory Board and serves as a Women Consumer advisory to PR21 in Chicago. She has served as President of several non-profit organizations and founded The South Florida Parenting Conference. She was a 2001 finalist for Working Woman Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the first recipient of Women in Communication’s Women of the Year-Technology Award and South Florida Up and Comer. Her company, BlueSuitMom.com was named Women Owned Business of the Year-2001 by The South Florida Business Journal. Most recently she was named “Mother of the Year-2003 by the Broward County Medical Association and Healthy Mother-Healthy Babies Organization.  And now she has joined the Tahiti Trim® Plan 40® Advisory Board.

'I've always valued the importance of exercise and eating well but with four young children and a career, it seemed to get away from me.  I originally tried Plan 40 as a way to familiarize myself with Tahitian Noni International before speaking at the Women's Summit. Boy was I surprised when I realized that I was loosing weight and my energy was increasing because of Plan 40.  I was so thrilled to be 5 pounds below my pre-pregnancy weight just four months later.'

'It's been almost two years; I'm still using Plan 40 and haven't gained a pound back. In fact, the benefits keep coming. I turned 40 this year along with my girlfriends. I seem to be experiencing far less changes in my body than my peers who aren't using Plan 40. I attribute my physical fitness and mental strength to sticking with Plan 40 and all the benefits it delivers me.'

List of Awards and Accomplishments
Named one of “America’s Best Work/Life Resources” by INC Magazine 2003
Women Owned Business of the Year by South Florida Business Journal 2001
Mother of the Year-2002
South Florida Women of Substance and Style
Woman of the Year in Technology by Women in Communication 2001

Publications Authored by Maria Bailey
“The Women’s Home-Based Business Book of Answers” (Prima, 2001)
“Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market” (Prima, 2003)
“Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers” (Dearborn, 2005)