Facebook Rolls Out Interest Lists
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Facebook Rolls Out Interest Lists

March 16, 2012 Last week, Facebook revealed one of its newer features called “Interest Lists”. Very similar to Twitter Lists, which have been around for almost three years now, Facebook’s Interest Lists will allow users to customize what information gets included in their news feed. According to TechCrunch, Facebook will be rolling out this feature…

Is Social Media Fueling Girl Power, or Diminishing it?
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Is Social Media Fueling Girl Power, or Diminishing it?

April 3, 2012 Social media has changed how we communicate, learn, and share our lives with each other. From one vantage point, the emergence of social media has been a positive tool in our society. Unfortunately, there is a darker side to this medium. Anything good in the wrong hands can bring negativity, and in…

The Top 7 Tips To A Great Email Welcome Message … Through Pop Songs!
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The Top 7 Tips To A Great Email Welcome Message … Through Pop Songs!

March 14, 2012 As a mom, you understand the necessity to make guests welcome, so that sense of comfort and greeting should also be applied to your email marketing campaign. Once a subscriber has signed up for your site’s newsletter, the content of the welcome letter is key. It can either tell your customer they…

Fall in Love with Your Blog Again
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Fall in Love with Your Blog Again

January 25, 2012 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…

How Watching Arthur Can Make You a Better Blogger
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How Watching Arthur Can Make You a Better Blogger

January 24, 2012 The television shows my kids watch very rarely draw me in. My tolerance for the corny jokes and silly story lines is pretty low, and although they’re not allowed to watch anything crass or raunchy (or with “butt” in the title!), most of what they watch is absolutely annoying. Except for Arthur….

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…

“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,…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…