Advertise Here

Get Your Own Self Hosted WordPress Blog During Blog Week

This week is Blog Week!  A partnership between Mom’s Talk Biz and Mom Webs Hosting gives you the opportunity get set up with your own self hosted WordPress blog.

It’s a special package that includes your domain name registration for the first year, three months of free hosting, a customized blog header graphic and much more.

Are you still blogging on Blogger and want to finally make the leap to self hosted WordPress?  This is the time.  If you don’t have a blog now and want one, go for it!

The Blog Week deal includes access to WordPress Orientation classes that are held on Monday nights.  You’ll be able to ask questions and learn more about WordPress every week so you won’t feel lost in all of the tech.

What is really cool is that you get to watch them create your new blog header graphic – so you can make it look just like you want as you offer feedback in live time via a web conference room.  This also means that you get your blog set up THIS week – no waits, no delays.

Is A Blogger A Writer?

Mentor Lunch At Type A Parent Conference

I had the privilege of being a “mentor” at the Type A Parent lunch on Saturday. It sounds fancier than it was, but it was still fun. Each “mentor” was assigned a table and then cards were handed out to all the attendees. The attendees matched their cards to the tables. It was a good way to mix up the people that usually sit together.

I got to sit with six awesome ladies – Fadra, Lisa, Lucinda, Barbie, Christina, and Dianna.

[Read more...]

Video About Mom Bloggers And Brands

I found this interesting and pretty much right on the money.  [pun totally intended] I’d love to hear what you think.

Mommy Bloggers Influence

mom bloggers (2)

It’s nothing new that moms have a huge influence on advertisers. Even before the Internet most advertisements were directed towards women because when it comes to the household women usually run the household. While it’s not so popular to say that a woman’s place is in the home, advertisers still focus most items for the home – and for children – toward women.

[Read more...]

Profitable Hobbies To Blog About

crochet

crochet

All you have to do is visit a site like Etsy.com and you’ll notice that hobbies are not only in, hobbies are profitable too! If you are involved with any hobby, and know a lot about it, that’s the most profitable hobby to blog about. Blogging about what you know comes so much easier than trying to blog about things you don’t. If you already know about something then it will show in your blog posts. If it’s your hobby, then it is likely also a well loved activity and maybe even a passion which will show through your writing.

[Read more...]

Is Facebook Profitable For A Mommy Blogger?

facebook
facebook

photo from Shutterstock

Social media is hot for all bloggers and especially for mommy bloggers. If you don’t have a Facebook Page especially for your business you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to connect to your target market in a unique and personal way. So, the short answer to the question, “Is Facebook profitable for a mommy blogger?” – is yes. So, how do you cash in?

[Read more...]

Freebie Info on Content, Lists, And Target Markets

link love

link loveHere’s some great stuff for you – all for free!

Lynn Terry answers the Top 10 List Building Questions. You can read it as a post or download is as a pdf at the bottom. It is good for every blogger – whether a mommy or not – to have a mailing list.

All Custom Content is offering free Summer Content Planning Tools. A bit of planning ahead of time will help your business sale smoothly through the summer.

There are 2 free downloads from Contentrix that can help you. First there is How To Write Product Reviews That Sell. Many mommy bloggers do product reviews and it would be a nice bonus to make some affiliate commission from those reviews.

Then there is a free special report titled 15 Things You Should Know about Your Target Market to Immediately Boost Your Sales. Even as “just a mommy blogger” you should know about your target market. It’s necessary information for your media kit; plus it just may surprise you.

Start A Baby Blog: Three Awesome Reasons To Get Started

mother and baby at computer

mother and baby at computerStarting a baby blog can be a fun personal thing to do to share your baby experiences with your friends and family far away, as well as a way to connect and commiserate with other women experiencing the same thing that you are. In addition you can start a baby blog as a business, promoting products and services related to babies.

First let’s talk about four possible types of baby blogs you can start:

Baby shower blog — Starting a blog to throw an online shower for a friend or family member. Give permission for everyone in the family, and all the friends to add posts and before you know it you’ll have a wonderful 9 month long blog to share with the mother.

[Read more...]

Start A Home Business – Top Ways To Earn From Home

work from home
work from homeHome based business are on the rise. The internet makes it easy for people aspiring to transition from a traditional 9-5 or make some extra money from home. Here are some of the top ways to earn from home.
-
#1 Freelancing
Freelancing is simply selling a service without a long term contract. You can offer any number of services. Writing, graphic design, transcription, editing, audio creation, photography, and even voice over services can all be offered as a freelancer. Freelancing gives you the ability to pick and choose the projects you work on and whom you work with. It provides you with the freedom to set your rates and to choose when you work and when you don’t.
-

Blogging As A Career

money under the mouseI am at the FitBloggin Conference. It is a great conference with great people and presenters. The purpose of this post is NOT to bash anyone. I just feel like if I don’t write this out I will implode.

I – and nearly everyone else at the conference  - attended a session yesterday titled “Blogging From Hobby to Career?” I think that it had a totally wrong title. The four ladies that spoke come from a position of working for big brands or big companies and that is what they spoke about. There is nothing wrong with that, and all the information they shared was good. BUT – you knew that was coming didn’t you – BUT – there was no mention of other ways to make income from a blog!

[Read more...]

Mommy Confessions

shocked mother

shocked motherThroughout the mommy blogosphere you’ll find a lot of mommy confessions in the form of blog posts. Moms are talking about their personal feelings, opinions, and even giving out information about themselves and their families and even telling what they think about others. Are these mommy confessions a good thing, or a bad thing? Are moms revealing too much, or too little? The answer to these questions are the same: It Depends.

Can you handle the heat?

If you’re going to be open about your opinions regarding the issues of the day, be prepared for not only people agreeing with you, but people disagreeing with you. Sometimes the people who disagree can do so very loudly and publically. It might even make the front of CNN.com or the front page of your local newspaper. If you cannot handle this type of fame, don’t make public confessions.

[Read more...]

Blog content — How to come up with good content

woman_writing_in_the_agenda

One of the hardest parts of blogging is coming up with blogging content. How do you continuously produce content day after day, and year after year? Why are there some people who seem to be endless fountains of topics, and others who struggle with each and every post. If you’re a struggler, read on, you will learn how to never run out of topic ideas.

[Read more...]

WAHM Deals For May Madness

Five Dollar Deals!I’m part of the Mom Masterminds forum and I absolutely love it! Each May they host the 10 Day May Madness sale. Everything is only $5.00 and there’s always a great deal on the actual Mom Masterminds membership. This year it’s ”your first month for just $5 and enjoy a 50% discount for the rest of the year!” Wow!

Some other things offered this year include:

  • ghostwriting services
  • virtual assistant information
  • Google Analytics information
  • WordPress installation
  • PLR
  • reports about personal growth and health
  • graphics
  • Mom’s Talk Network Advertising
  • Internet Marketing Start-up Guide
  • even a report in Spanish!

Hurry and grab these deals now because this ends on May 17, 2011!

Mailing List For Your Site – What It Is

Wahmcart, ecommerce solutions for moms

Have you heard the saying, “The money is in the list?” They are referring to a mailing list. If you are an online marketer it is important to have an email list. AND if you are a serious blogger you are an online marketer. Even if you are just trying to get more traffic and views you are marketing yourself, your writing, and your site.

What exactly is an email list?

An email list is different than your RSS feed email. Bloggers often give readers the option to “subscribe through email.” When the reader enters their email address they get each new post delivered straight to their inbox. A mailing list is different; it is often used for newsletters and special updates. The content of the mailing list should not repeat any of the content on the blog. You can point out that you have some great new posts up, but don’t just copy your posts into the newsletter. The people that join your mailing list are giving you permission to contact them personally through email. It is a valuable connection that should be nurtured and protected. It’s not hard to hit “unsubscribe” so make sure you give them good content.

[Read more...]

Start A Blog In One Hour

hourglass

If you don’t have a blog yet, you’re missing out on one of the easiest methods of marketing your goods and services. The great thing is, getting started is so easy that you can get started in an hour or less. It really is simple to get started, but you’ll have to make some choices first. Such as what host you’ll use, do you want to use a free service or a paid service. Do you want to build it yourself or do you want to hire someone?

Free Services -hourglass

  • WordPress.com,
  • Weebly.com,
  • Blogger,
  • LiveJournal,
  • xanga.com,
  • and more.

The main feature of free services is that while you can start a blog you must pay very close attention to the terms of service (TOS). You usually don’t need any technical knowhow to operate one of these free hosted blogs. But, they will usually put advertisements on your blog. Many free services do not allow you to run your blog for a profit, or a business. Also, since they are hosting you, they can delete your blog and information at any point. Some even claim the rights to use your pictures or other information as they see fit. So read the TOS very carefully if you choose to go for a free blogging service.

[Read more...]

Come Get To Know Us :)

We're Very Social!