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Top 10 Things I Learned at a Mom Blog Convent ...

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10) Bring your OWN swag. Nothing makes you more popular then handing out products.  Its’ good for you, its’ good for the company you represent. You attract crowds that come to you, you look cool for having companies use you to pimp their stuff, and people remember you. (I got the most swag from Petite [...]

Selling Your Brand: Mom2Summit

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11:23 Conference is about half marketers and half bloggers right now. How do ads become information? As a blogger, you need to be willing to pitch yourself to people and as a marketer, you need to do your research. You can match sponsorship to content. Writing an article about what your readers will be interested [...]

Mom 2.0 Summit: Social Media 101

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Back at it today! The groups have broken up and I hoped that this group would be the best for you all to learn! Ill blog as it goes on. 9:40  www.StartupPrincess.com She helps companies get thier business off the ground. 9:42 This is being run by @GwenBell. What are hashtags? They are pound signs combined [...]

Session On Social Responsibility Post #4

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  Quaker is talking about the Quaker program that they did with social media (go ohanamama/sarah!). They sponsored the 25 bloggers in 25 days. They also did an 11 inauguration breakfast parties nationwide with top mom bloggers. The 25 bloggers in 25 days had 550 comments, media was present at half. 53 blog posts came [...]

Breakout Session in Communities, Mom2.0Summit

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1:38  Back to classes after lunch. Lunch was wonderful. The sessions have broke off to social media 101 and a panel on blog communities. I chose the blog communities. Off we go. 1:40 Four important points on building communities. Its not just building a community, its about fostering a relationship. Its the conversations and interactions [...]

New Panel, Maria Bailey (Mom Select), Lisa St ...

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They are just now getting set up again and giving away door prizes to get everyone sitting down. Im sitting in the middle of the floor in the front of the conference where I could find a power strip because my laptop died. Now I am front and center. Do yall expect anything less? Maria [...]

Mom 2.0 Summit

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  (can you guess who these twin bloggers are?) has been………insane. Getting here? Insane. Getting checked in to my hotel? Insane. Getting to the convention…surprisingly OK, but the 9 month pregnant 13 year old girl sorta freaked me out. Leaving the convention and going to get my car…..Clark Griswold Insane. You won’t even believe what [...]

Dilemma: To Conference or Not to Conference

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Where do you take the leap of faith with your blog and start investing your money and time into being something great? Don’t get me wrong. I believe what we provide here, be it friendship, some funny quip, advertising for a blogger or business, is amazing. We all know that networking is half the battle [...]