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5 Twitter Customer Service Fails
Twitter customer service can be customer service at its best, what it should be and stopped being years ago. It can be personal, real-time, proactive and, best of all, effective.
I see some companies who standout. They not only respond when directly contacted (@ed on Twitter). They monitor Twitter for...
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Competition in Blogging and Social Media
Competition has been on my mind for some time. I see it bring out the worst in people, and in the blogging and social media community it can be very harmful. This space is about community, collaboration and, by definition, being social. The people who believe they will get ahead by must shoving others...
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Announcing Type-A Mom Conference 2010
Type-A Mom Conference is a unique mom blogging and social media conference designed to help you take it to the next level. The conference will feature some of the most influential, admired and insightful mom bloggers and movers and shakers in the business community talking about topics like power social...
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How to Blog Like a Journalist
Blogging is a wonderful medium, but I am also a firm believer that we bloggers can elevate our work by taking the best of new media and the best of old media and combining it. It serves us well, and it serves our readers well. I spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter, and now seven years blogging (with...
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Blogging Queens, a.k.a. My 3 Words for 2010»
I was inspired by Chris Brogan’s post today,
My 3 Words for 2010. I think it’s a great way to summarize your goals, mission and vision for the coming year. The year 2009 was a wild ride. I spoke at several conferences, and hosted
Type-A Mom Conference. I launched
Momtent and I am organizing...
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SeaWorld at Chrismas – #typeatrip day »
SeaWorld was decked for the holidays, from Christmas trees with a seaside theme to twinkling blue lights. There were also several holiday-themed activities there. The Arctic attraction with the polar bears changed from a simulated helicopter ride to a Polar Express ride. Shamu also put on a special Christmas...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 05 8th, 2010 |
View CommentsCompetition has been on my mind for some time. I see it bring out the worst in people, and in the blogging and social media community it can be very harmful. This space is about community, collaboration and, by definition, being social. The people who believe they will get ahead by must shoving others down hurt the entire community. Not only that, they damage themselves irreparably. We all are lifted...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 03 26th, 2010 |
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Type-A Mom Conference is a unique mom blogging and social media conference designed to help you take it to the next level. The conference will feature some of the most influential, admired and insightful mom bloggers and movers and shakers in the business community talking about topics like power social networking, branding, blogging, finding your voice, and turning your passion for blogging into...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 03 14th, 2010 |
View CommentsThe latest New York Times article on mom bloggers,
Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand, is yet another of many from the Times that attempts to marginalize our industry. Liz Gumbinner has an
amazing post about the snarky New York Times article, and the comments there are outstanding. Be sure to read it.
We are not simply complaining about that article. There is...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 02 24th, 2010 |
View CommentsI am very excited to announce that Mom Blog SEO is published! I have already gotten some great feedback and comments from those who preordered the book.
You can find out more at
Mom Blog SEO.
P.S. You can also make money promoting my book by
joining the affiliate program.
Posted by Kelby Carr on 01 20th, 2010 |
View CommentsTwitter customer service can be customer service at its best, what it should be and stopped being years ago. It can be personal, real-time, proactive and, best of all, effective.
I see some companies who standout. They not only respond when directly contacted (@ed on Twitter). They monitor Twitter for mentions of their company, and they respond anytime someone mentions them by name. Beyond all of that,...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 01 18th, 2010 |
View CommentsI am excited to announce my upcoming book, Mom Blog SEO. I decided to do this because many mom bloggers were very interested in my SEO makeover. I tried to price it as affordably as possible, but it requires a lot of time and effort. Many just couldn’t afford it. So I realized many moms could do quite a bit by just knowing lots of the ins and outs of SEO themselves. Armed with that knowledge,...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 01 1st, 2010 |
View CommentsI was inspired by Chris Brogan’s post today,
My 3 Words for 2010. I think it’s a great way to summarize your goals, mission and vision for the coming year. The year 2009 was a wild ride. I spoke at several conferences, and hosted
Type-A Mom Conference. I launched
Momtent and I am organizing a blogging industry organization. I introduced social buzz ad campaigns on Type-A Mom and Foodie...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 12 18th, 2009 |
View CommentsI’ve been pretty disappointed by PETA’s response to the PR nightmare they created when they decided to spam several moms this week. Since my last post,
PETA Fail, or How Not to Spread the Word on Twitter, I have learned that they also used email and Facebook fan pages to continue their spam. That was even after being told by several influential people in social media, people who clearly...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 12 17th, 2009 |
View CommentsIt aggravates and saddens me that there are still so many major household names that know Twitter is hip, so they jump in and use it without the slightest thought to how to properly engage on Twitter. Yesterday, PETA did what can only be described as using the same tactic as porn and get-rich-quick spammers on Twitter. Don’t believe me? Here’s just one small snipper of their stream from...
Posted by Kelby Carr on 11 29th, 2009 |
View CommentsSeaWorld was decked for the holidays, from Christmas trees with a seaside theme to twinkling blue lights. There were also several holiday-themed activities there. The Arctic attraction with the polar bears changed from a simulated helicopter ride to a Polar Express ride. Shamu also put on a special Christmas version of Believe (although we went to the classic Believe show).
As someone who really doesn’t...
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