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Fall in Love with Your Blog Again

January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Tips for falling in love with your blog, and the reason you started blogging, again.

You dreamed about it, planned it, and finally created it.  You wrote value-filled content weekly.  You implemented social media marketing tactics and participated in social networking groups. You poured your heart and soul into it, and now it’s a reality.  You created a killer blog. But now that the dream has become a reality, you’ve realized the sacrifices it involves (frequent writing, consistent marketing and regular interaction) and you’re beginning to wonder why you started your ... Continue Reading

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10 Tips to Make Your Blog More Reader Friendly

December 22, 2011 By 8 Comments

Ten tips that make your blog reader friendly and easier to navigate.

As I look around the web and discover new sites, I make mental notes about things that should be standard on every blog. When I build blogs for clients, I send out a questionnaire which lists standard items included in the design. Here are the ten tips I use to make your blog more reader friendly, and easy to navigate: Navigation bar: Yes, this should be a given, but I was on a site recently that had no nav bar. The nav bar gives visitors easy access to visiting must have pages like the ... Continue Reading

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Google & Google Apps Get a New Look

December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Check out the changes coming to Google and Google Apps.

With the release of its Google+ a few months ago, Google created a new way for its customers to interact and network.  With that major enhancement under its belt, Google has now introduced a new look and feel across all of its products.  These tweaks will allow Google’s interfaces to be more consistent and streamlined, while providing greater ease of use. So What’s Changing? Gmail - The redesigned email is more clean and simple.  It automatically adapts to any size window or you can ... Continue Reading

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The Ultimate List of Holiday Nightmares #HolidayNightmares

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ultimate Holiday Nightmare List

We asked our SocialMoms to share their worse holiday nightmares with us. Check out what bugs them the most and share your holiday nightmares too!

We're compiling the ultimate list of holiday nightmares. And we would love to hear your biggest holiday nightmares! The holidays can be the most wonderful time of the year with family gatherings, gift-giving and more.  But, unfortunately, they can also be the most stressful time of the year. From visiting relatives to being overbooked to crowded grocery stores, the nightmares of this time of year can be endless. And exhausting. We all look forward to this time of year but we also realize ... Continue Reading

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Score Holiday Presents For Little Money at All

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Get holiday presents with a little time and effort – through contents, Twitter parties, and more.

The holiday season is a time where children expect presents, but not everybody can afford to get their kids what they want (or deserve). I'm here to show you how to keep your out of pocket costs to a minimum so you can save that money for what’s really needed - bills, groceries, mortgage payments and more - hopefully keeping you out of the 70% of families who fall behind on bills between November 1st-December 31st. Here are some ways to get some incredible holiday presents, for little to ... Continue Reading

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Top Social Networking Sites for Bloggers

November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Social networking sites allow you to build your blog’s following, catalog your blog content, and provide versatile platforms.

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 social networking sites are great tools for bloggers: Tumblr – this social networking site gives users the ability to effortlessly share ... Continue Reading

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Random Facts – funny, cool, interesting, fun and weird facts

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Random Facts - funny, cool, interesting, fun and weird

Funny, cool, interesting and random facts about everything from bats to tulips to Woodstock and more from the SocialMoms network.

Every day on Facebook, we get our moms engaged with one another by inviting them to participate in posts and prompts. Last week we asked our Facebook fans to name a totally random fact -- funny, cool, interesting or weird -- that they had learned recently. And boy were there some random facts! From facts about bats dying off to the best tulip bulbs to plan to Woodstock not actually happening in Woodstock, NY, we got it all. We've listed a few of our favorites to help get your creative juices ... Continue Reading

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

October 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Learn the benefits of creating and adding video to your blog or website.

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. While you can get a feel for someone by reading something they write, like a blog post or an article, watching them live gives you a much better connection with the person. Once you've heard ... Continue Reading

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Insider’s Guide to Find More Fun Twitter Party Invites

October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Learn how to find and join a wealth of Twitter parties.

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 to be increasing in popularity. If you haven’t had the chance to experience a Twitter party yet, it might be that you just don’t have the time and/or desire to attend any. More ... Continue Reading

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“Social Moms” Prefer Sleep, Smartphones over Sex

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Learn more about today’s social moms and what’s important to women who are active in social media.

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, and what’s most important to them. In a finding that should shock nobody on SocialMoms.com, more than half of the moms surveyed -- 51% -- said a full night’s sleep was the ... Continue Reading

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