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.

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

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.

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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?

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Here’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.

Throughout 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.

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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.

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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!

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.

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