{"id":53086,"date":"2019-10-09T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=53086"},"modified":"2019-10-08T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T02:58:09","slug":"single-mom-heals-grief-and-conquers-homelessness-through-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/single-mom-heals-grief-and-conquers-homelessness-through-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Mom Heals Grief and Conquers Homelessness through Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Pamela Barnett has not had it easy. While she describes her childhood as happy, her family was poor and there were periods of homelessness. Later on in life, she pre-maturely gave birth to twins, Parker and Abigail, who did not survive. However, it was these life events, and others, that served to provide strength rather than defeat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-1009-Pamela-Barnett-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Barnett of TryifFreeApp.com\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-1009-Pamela-Barnett-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-1009-Pamela-Barnett-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nToday, she is the mother of two and a successful entrepreneur who is the author of several children\u2019s books, the founder of a tumbling gym, a Christian teacher and minister and, most recently, an app developer. Her latest app \u2013 tryitfreeapp.com \u2013 is set to launch on November 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the death of my twins, I left a bad marriage with my daughter and started over,\u201d she says. \u201cAt the time, I only had a high school education and no real way to provide for my daughter. For me, entrepreneurship was the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TryitFreeapp.com will roll out in Texas, but Barnett has plans to take it nationwide. Like the name says, it\u2019s free and leads users to businesses that have free offers that include anything from a free facial or banana pudding to a martial arts class or pre-k reading class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great way for businesses to connect with consumers,\u201d Barnett says. \u201cAnd, it\u2019s also a great way for consumers to try before they buy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are many small businesses that don\u2019t have a big marketing budget and this app will offer visibility to tens of thousands of users at a glance. Barnett says the goal is to get 100,000 users on board in Austin and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Business owners can apply to be included in this initial launch for free and links can be found for pre-orders for androids and iPhones here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tryitfreeapp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.tryitfreeapp.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This app is affordable, targeted and highly effective marketing right in the hand of the consumer. Driving new customers is as easy as a few swipes on a phone.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Pamela Barnett:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Barnett has two children \u2013 a 17-year old daughter, Katelynn, who attends the University of Mary Hardin Baylor and is on the acrobatics team; and her son, Jaxen, who is thriving in one of her private schools advancing three grade levels above his age in math. This is her second app \u2013 the first is an effective learning to read app \u2013 <em>LearningtoReadwithAbbyGrace<\/em>. Average just isn\u2019t in her vocabulary. She teaches her children and students, \u201cLearn to multiply what you\u2019ve been given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow and learn more about Pamela Barnett at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbygracebooks.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.abbygracebooks.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MEDIA CONTACT:<br \/>\nPamela Barnett<br \/>\nof TryifFreeApp.com<br \/>\n+1-512-635-5661<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Tryitfreeapp@yahoo.com\">Tryitfreeapp@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Pamela Barnett has not had it easy. While she describes her childhood as happy, her family was poor and there were periods of homelessness. Later on in life, she pre-maturely gave birth to twins, Parker and Abigail, who did not survive. However, it was these life events, and others, that served to provide strength rather than defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7824,"featured_media":53085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[334,1,307,134,377,559,6,5,55,956],"tags":[12150],"class_list":["post-53086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-austin-news","category-business-news","category-family-parenting-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-mobile-tech-news","category-products-news","category-software-news","category-technology-news","category-texas-news","category-womens-interest","tag-try-it-free-app","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":5000,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}