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What You Really Get Out Of Blogging
With my 3 year anniversary as a mom blogger on the horizon, I thought it only fitting that I return here, where it all started, (and where I actually have a following) to share with y’all two these words of wisdom: Bloggers Rock!!! Blogging is not just about sharing what you ate today and making money from adsense. It’s not about tweeting and liking posts just to boost numbers so you can impress a brand. It’s about finding your community and growing with them. Having people there who’ll have your back. Being there for...
read moreFarewell Blog
It will be 3 years soon. Three years that I’ve spent babying this blog as if it were a houseplant. A very high maintenance houseplant. Mind you, I don’t have any plants, because anything I have to care for beyond the kids, hubby, the home, the business and the parakeets, well, it wouldn’t make it. But I have had plants. Plants that I’ve nurtured and grown from seeds. That I took pride in caring for. That I watched bloom into something beautiful. And then I’d get another plant. Something I found lovelier, that was...
read moreMy Heart Hurts For You
Dear Blogging Friend, You have been on my mind for months. Through the holidays, past the beginning of the new year… Not your blog, your humor or my need to get your awesome blog off that Blogger crap… but you, your family, your friends, your town. Every time I read your words I want to cry. I’m so choked up with the sorrow of it all, that I can not even comment. Can not give you words of support or sympathy, because really, what can I say? And though I know not one soul there, though I watched it on the news and learned to...
read moreShed Negativity From Your Life (And Your Blog)
Yesterday’s post Before You Hire That Blog Designer… received lots of great feedback. There were also several negative comments from other designers. I didn’t “approve” them. I looked at these comments that were each in a defensive tone along with being insulting to bloggers and I thought “i could shut her up and I could shut her up and I could make her look like a complete fool“… What can I tell you, these comments pissed me off. I dislike when people try to be “all technical” to...
read moreBefore You Hire That Blog Designer…
I. Am. Appalled. Being a blog designer myself, I’ve got to say I’ve been truly disgusted by my fellow [mom] blog designers due to the “save-my-blog” cases I’ve taken over the past few months. Before you hire a blog designer, here’s a few questions I want you to ask your designer. If the designer is offering to move your blog from free hosting to self hosting… 1. Do you have experience moving blogs? Do you have references I can check with? Designers aren’t necessarily technical. Many will offer...
read moreWhy Google Plus is Better For This Blogger
When I worked in corporate, every other Thursday night was THE night to schedule the sitter, meet up with friends and start winding down from the week. Occasionally I’d get on the bar hop train. A few friends and I would head out to meet up with other friends across the city. Spend some time here, head over to the next pub, spend sometime there. All along the way seeing other friends and making new acquaintances. Shooting a game of pool here, having a chicken basket there. Listening to this band sing downtown, laughing at that comedian...
read moreWhy I’m Saying NO to Mom Blog Group Giveaways
“Like me” for a kindle! Now like these other 97 people and their grandmothers… “Subscribe” to win a $500 amazon gift card! And then visit each of these 50 blogs, hunt through all the banner ads to find their subscribe boxes and subscribe to them too… “Follow me” for an ipad! Now visit this link, follow these 10 people, come back to the rafflecopter and confirmed you followed these people by entering your twitter handle. Now visit this link, follow these 10 people, come back to the rafflecopter...
read moreSacrificing My Blog
I’m about to bare my soul to you and tell you things that many Pros would say I shouldn’t. But there’s something bigger than me going on here. What do you do when you’re a little blogger stuck between two useless vendors? I’ve been practically non-exist this month. Along with work, I’ve been updating older posts on the blog, fixing all the errors caused by the permalink change and the WP update. A few days ago, I came across a new error. The videos on the Google Luv Course Page all have white backgrounds....
read moreWordPress Permalinks – What The SEO Gurus Don’t Tell You
No matter what industry you’re in, you never stop learning. The day you decide to stop, is the day you limit your potential. These days, SEO is a hard industry to keep up in. Google is forever changing and updating to “better” the info they provide in the search engine results. Did you know Google pushed out 500 algorithm alone this year alone? After the last update, I found many marketers griping about losing on average 30% of traffic. It’s a dog eat dog world and Google is The Dawg. But that’s only if you care about search engine ranking....
read moreThe Smart Way To Promote Your Blog With Commentluv
So you’ve bought Commentluv Premium and you’re just not seeing the benefits from the social media features. Or maybe you’re thinking of buying Commentluv premium and want to know how your blog can benefit from the social media features. Or maybe you want to know why the Premium version is better than the free version. Well this video’s for you bud! I’m sure after watching this video, if you don’t have Commentluv Premium and you’ve got plans to up your blog’s game, buying it is going on your Must...
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