On Paying Bloggers – It’s Not Black and White, It’s Green
I want to talk about money. Yes, cash. You may have heard of it. It is used for paying bills, buying groceries and paying the mortgage. It’s good stuff. What I do not see is money being offered frequently enough when bloggers are asked to promote a product or service. I just spoke on a [...]
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 down [...]
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 networking, branding, blogging, finding your [...]
Newspaper Bias Against Mom Bloggers
The 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 [...]
Mom Blog SEO is Published
I 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.
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 mentions of their company, and [...]
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 a [...]
PR Nightmares: Salvation is in the Reaction
I’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 [...]
PETA Fail, or How Not to Spread the Word on Twitter
It 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 [...]
Freelance Rates – How Bloggers Can Set Their Rates
Setting freelance rates can be tricky. Often there is little information out there to see what others are charging (especially for bloggers), and even more often there is little guidance for the many variables from client to client. In the comments on Mom Bloggers Deserve to Get Paid, I could see a lot of bloggers [...]
