Is Technology Bad for Very Young Children? 5 Ways to Make Sure They Don’t Overdo It
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Is Technology Bad for Very Young Children? 5 Ways to Make Sure They Don’t Overdo It

November 22, 2016 If you are a parent today, chances are you can remember a time when we didn’t have cell phones, handheld computers, devices, gaming consoles, and everything else in between. Nowadays, these items are everywhere and, while technology has done many, many good things, it’s important that we remember to unplug once in…

Facebook Is Actually a Good Thing For Kids: Here’s How
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Facebook Is Actually a Good Thing For Kids: Here’s How

August 4, 2011 A quick Google search confirms my suspicions. All the dangers of Facebook for kids – from cyber bullying to sexual predators to misbehavior that can impact a child’s college admissions and more – do indeed exist. A similar search, one that seeks what is good for teens about the world’s most successful social…

Hacker Group Anonymous Targets Facebook – Your Options
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Hacker Group Anonymous Targets Facebook – Your Options

August 10, 2011 The hacker group known as Anonymous posted a video today, promising to destroy Facebook on Nov. 5, 2011. The group said the purpose of the attack is to revolt against Facebook allegedly selling or sharing information with governments, and the lax privacy controls Facebook offers consumers. The group has claimed responsibility for…

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RAMBO Alert – Huggies – Tommee Tippee – Bonus My SocialMoms Rewards Points

August 10, 2011 New Tommee Tippee Blogging Contest 51 prizes and only 15 entries so far! Win one of 50 breast pumps you can use, regift, or give away on your own blog — and be entered to win a $100 gift card, too! Help spread the word about The Day Baby Was Born™, a free…

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RAMBO Alert – Tweet-a-thons, Tommee Tippee, video bloggers and more!

August 17, 2011 Leave a comment, get 50 points! We’re excited about our new My SocialMoms Rewards Program and we’re working each week to launch new point-earning opportunities. Now you can earn 50 points for leaving a comment using our Facebook commenting system at the bottom of any post. Check out some of the great…

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Computer Desktop
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Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Computer Desktop

August 18, 2011 There’s no denying that computer technology has become central to virtually every area of our existence. As a result, eliminating the clutter and organizing the desktop of your home or laptop computer is one of the most important things you can do to manage your family, and business if you work-at-home, life…

Mom’s Guide to Travel: Blog of the Week
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Mom’s Guide to Travel: Blog of the Week

August 22, 2011 Check out Mom’s Guide to Travel, written by Tawanna Browne Smith, from Pasadena, Maryland. Like most of our SocialMoms, Tawanna is a dynamic personality. She’s an entrepreneur, an actress, blogger, and a happily married mother of two boys. Tawanna also writes for the Examiner.com and works as a beauty consultant and online…

Safe, Fun and Educational Online Social Communities for Young Kids
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Safe, Fun and Educational Online Social Communities for Young Kids

August 25, 2011 Let’s face it, kids can use Facebook to do many good things. However, it’s not for everyone, especially young kids who know how to use today’s technology but who do not meet the Facebook minimum user age requirement of 13. So, where can young kids go to not only build fine motor…

The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Blog of the Week
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The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Blog of the Week

August 29, 2011 The Kitchen Pantry Scientist brings parents great science project ideas for kids!Science can be as easy as baking.  The Kitchen Pantry Scientist makes it simple for moms to open their kitchen cabinets and stir up some science for their kids’ hungry minds, using things they already have on hand.  To top it off,…

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RAMBO Alert – Join our paid review panel & get 650 points today!

August 31, 2011 New Ways to earn My SocialMoms Rewards Points Get paid to evaluate products for SocialMoms! Join our product review panel today and get 650 points credited to your My SocialMoms Rewards account. The survey is quick and confidential. Get 100 points (up to 1,000) when you use our Facebook Commenting System to do…

Must-Have Apps & Gadgets for Moms With Kids This Fall
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Must-Have Apps & Gadgets for Moms With Kids This Fall

September 1, 2011 Moms and kids will have an easier time getting back to school and work routines with some help from technology this fall. From taking family digital photos, to keeping multiple activity schedules and tasks organized, to protecting computer peripherals, this column has the must-have gadgets and apps you need. Xshot iPhone 4…

Social Moms
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SocialMom of the Month: Meet Nikki Mark!

September 1, 2011 You can’t go online today without discovering new, fabulous and fabulous-er things for kids. Toys, games, clothing, gadgets, books… the supply of cool kid stuff is as bottomless as our parental love. Frankly, it’s hard to imagine not finding exactly what you need when you’re on the hunt. But that’s just what…

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RAMBO Alert – New Ways to Get “Likes”, Earn and Redeem Rewards Points!

September 7, 2011 Get More Likes by Giving Your Blog Visitors Points Download our new SocialMoms WordPress plugin. Add it to your sidebar to give your visitors 25 My SocialMoms Rewards Points for liking YOU on Facebook – and they’ll get a 500 point enrollment bonus – by adding our plugin to your sidebar. It’s totally free…

5 Reasons to Consider Buying a Tablet Instead of a Laptop
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5 Reasons to Consider Buying a Tablet Instead of a Laptop

September 13, 2011 Since the iPad by Apple was first available for purchase in April 2010, a new tech device category was introduced. The tablet. With functions that are in many ways a cross between a mobile smart phone and a laptop, the tablet market has really taken off. We now have the iPad 2,…

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RAMBO Alert – Expecting Moms Wanted

September 14, 2011 Disney Spooky Buddies Twitter Party Join us and co-host, Dawn Sandomeno (@dawnsandomeno), from www.partybluprintsblog.com, on Tuesday, September 20th, to chat about Halloween-themed parties, decorations, costume ideas for the kids and the family dog, and more! RSVP Today!  Click to Tweet an invite to your followers for a chance to win a Spooky Buddies Blu-Ray/DVD…

7 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Using Images
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7 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Using Images

September 26, 2011 Are you looking for ways to enhance your blog? It is well-known that successful blogs are developed by regularly posting remarkable content. By providing relevant, valuable information, blog authors are able to draw in and engage readers. However, there is a lesser-known way that truly successful bloggers use to appeal to readers:…

Facebook Takes on Industry Giants: Twitter, Google and Blackberry
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Facebook Takes on Industry Giants: Twitter, Google and Blackberry

September 19, 2011 With its annual developers conference, f8, just around the corner, Facebook introduces major enhancements that are sure to capture the attention of fellow industry giants: Google, Twitter and Blackberry. In the past week, Facebook has released several major innovations, positioning the company to become more than just another website on the internet….

Tips for Using Your Smart Phone to Take Great Photos
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Tips for Using Your Smart Phone to Take Great Photos

September 20, 2011 You might be surprised to hear that you don’t necessarily need one of those elaborate digital cameras with a huge lens to capture incredible pictures. Instead you can tap into the power of a great tool you already may own: your iPhone, Blackberry, or other handheld mobile device. Whether at a distance…

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RAMBO Alert – Clorox2, ABC, Lifetime, Nature’s Path, BK and More!

September 21, 2011 Clorox2 is Looking for 100 Bloggers Clorox2 and SocialMoms have teamed up to bring you a fun new blogging program. In honor of the Worldwide Day of Play on September 24, we’re asking you to take the Clorox2® Play 2Day pledge to play outside! We are also looking for 100 quality blog submissions…

Build a Twitter Following That Continues to Grow
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Build a Twitter Following That Continues to Grow

September 28, 2011 Like other social media tools, acquiring and retaining Twitter followers requires a strategy and ongoing effort. When you start a garden you need to first plan your patch and then sow your seeds to eventually produce plants and produce. The same goes for growing your Twitter presence. You need to plan, evaluate your…

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RAMBO Alert – Hot Wheels, Nature’s Path, Playtex Baby, Penguin Books and More!

September 27, 2011 Hot Wheels is Looking for 100 Bloggers Hot Wheels and SocialMoms have teamed up to bring you a fun new blogging program. To celebrate the release of the new Wall Tracks system, we’re looking for 100 quality blog submissions sharing ten tips for de-cluttering and organizing toys in your kids’ playroom or bedroom for…

Social Media Updates – Major Facebook Upgrades and More
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Social Media Updates – Major Facebook Upgrades and More

September 28, 2011 With social media updates from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Foursquare, this past week was a big week in social media. Here are the developments that caught Social Moms’ attention: Facebook Following its f8 developers conference last week, Facebook hit a major milestone and rolled out several new features. Facebook has now surpassed…

“Social Moms” Prefer Sleep, Smartphones over Sex
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“Social Moms” Prefer Sleep, Smartphones over Sex

October 5, 2011 A few weeks back, SocialMoms.com and The Lipstick Economy conducted a survey of its members, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers. The goal was to learn more about what’s important to women who are active in social media: the tools they use, where they spend their time, how they view their social media activities,…

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RAMBO Alert – Book Tour Hosts, Nature’s Path, The Company Store, Kudzoom and more!

October 5, 2011 Thank you for your interest in the Lysol blogging program. As of 1:43pm PST, 10/5/11, we have received over 100 blog submissions and are in the process of verifying each post. We will be in touch with everyone who submitted a blog link on the discussion page regarding your rewards for participating. …

Is the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Emerge a Viable Competitor to the iPad?
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Is the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Emerge a Viable Competitor to the iPad?

October 20, 2011 Amazon has unveiled its new Kindle Fire and set an official launch date of November 15, 2011, strategically just in time for the Black Friday rush. Although the device has yet to even hit the shelves, it is already being viewed as a potential threat to the Apple iPad, which currently has…

If You’re Not Creating Video … You’re Missing the Boat
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If You’re Not Creating Video … You’re Missing the Boat

October 26, 2011 The world of video is exploding. Youtube is currently the second most used site for search, after Google of course. While people are searching for answers to their questions in video format, there are a LOT of other benefits to using video as a one element of your marketing campaign. True Connection….

Insider’s Guide to Find More Fun Twitter Party Invites
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Insider’s Guide to Find More Fun Twitter Party Invites

October 18, 2011 As new users continue signing on to Twitter and the total tweets per day escalates, more companies are beginning to see the value of Twitter parties to build brand awareness among their targeted audiences. In fact, judging from the growing number of tweets I’ve seen on lately, I’d say Twitter parties seem…

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RAMBO Alert: Clorox2; media alert; two new contests and we’re hiring!

October 12, 2011 Media Alert: Looking for Online Grocery Shopping Experiences A business reporter is looking for SocialMoms who have used online grocery shopping web sites. Please fill in this form if you are interested in being interviewed. Clorox2 Twitter Party – RSVP for Oct. 20th! Clorox and SocialMoms have teamed up to host a…

SocialMoms Rewards Bloggers – and all Social Moms – With Unique Loyalty Program
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SocialMoms Rewards Bloggers – and all Social Moms – With Unique Loyalty Program

October 21, 2011 Emerging on a new platform, SocialMoms continues to listen to what you want, to expand to meet the evolving needs of our mom blogger members. Most exciting, we launched the industry’s first loyalty program that rewards bloggers for participating, and it invites all manner of “social moms” to get in on the…

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RAMBO Alert: SavingStar, The Company Store, Kudzoom, Reading Eggs and More!

October 26, 2011 Looking for Expecting Moms for Future Blogging Opportunity SocialMoms has a new blogging opportunity in the works specifically for expecting moms. We’re looking for pregnant mothers interested in blogging. If you’re interested, please fill in this form. Become a SavingStar Affiliate SavingStar is a new way to save on groceries – nothing to…

Top Social Networking Sites for Bloggers
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Top Social Networking Sites for Bloggers

November 8, 2011 Bloggers already know how powerful Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are for sharing their blog content and attracting readers. But there are many other less publicized social networking sites that offer great resources for bloggers as well. From providing versatile platforms to build your blog’s following, to cataloging your blog content, the following…