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How to secure a sponsorship for a convention

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How to secure a sponsorship for a convention  With conventions around every corner, bloggers are all abuzz about sponsorships, scholarships, and partnerships with companies to help pave the costly way. I wanted to bring in a few ways to work with Public Relations and companies in order to secure sponsorships for the conferences that would [...]

How to get into review blogging

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 As is evident here on momdot, there are bloggers of all types that are wild on the net. From mom blogs to adoption blogs, to specialized fields, and contest hosters, there is a bit of everyone. But no one is more revered then the Review blogger. The blogger with free product to test, to show, [...]

Mom Blogging Platforms

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When you are first starting out to create a blog, its very important to decide exactly where you are going to put up shop….basically, the biggie…Wordpress or Blogger. You first need to decide what you are DOING online… Are you looking: to make friends blog about your life and kids are you a hobby or [...]

Style Tips with MomDot and Lands End!

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Join Lands’ End, Parents Magazine and Mom Experts for a Back to School Twitter Event Tweet for a Chance to Win Great Back to School Giveaways and $250 Gift Cards from Lands’ End  Lands’ End, Parents Magazine and representatives from influential blogs will host a six-hour Back to School Twitter Event on Tuesday, August 9, [...]

The Top 25 Most Annoying Bloggers

Top 25 Most Annoying Bloggers Now you didn’t come here thinking I was really going to list 25 annoying bloggers by name, right? Cause I would never do that. (Well, probably not.) Honestly, this started out as an article for the top 10 most annoying blogger types, but after asking around I found out that [...]

100 Things I have Learned as a Mom Blogger

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1) everyone has a price..just don’t make that price free 2) Boston is cold. Chicago is cold. Washington DC is cold. North Carolina is cold. Cant we start going somewhere warm for conferences? Thank you. 3) 125 banners on sidebars are actually kinda annoying 4) don’t get used to, or hung up on, your page [...]

3 more weeks of madness

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We didn’t have Charlotte this weekend. I’m telling you, the house was so empty. It always sounds more fun then it is to have your child away for a few days, but the truth is that there is a spirit that leaves your home with your child. Of course, 2 hours after she got home [...]

Reviews and Giveaways Trending out on Mom Blo ...

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The Past (<—our favorite review site) A year ago when I first started out as a blogger, reviews and giveaways were a staple in the community. In fact, many bloggers were publicly ranked depending on the companies they were touting. Needless to say, influence was quite obvious if you were seen giving away a $600 [...]

Blogosphere Post of the Day

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Goes to this blogger…hit box it to read the whole post…leave her a comment on behalf of women everywhere. ~Trisha

FTC and Bloggers: What does it mean for you?

[private] The FTC has been a hot topic amongst bloggers for…well…at least 6 months or more.  We called for regulation, we loudly ousted each other for false practices, we made big mainstream media news, we touted ethics, integrity, and  pointed lots of fingers. And the government answered. Bloggers, and specifically review bloggers, are such a [...]