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Daily Reads – 5 Fabulous Bloggers #Clever5

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Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend's wish! The dictionary describes the word fabulous as: resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature. While I'm certainly not suggesting these bloggers fit the description of a fable they … [Read more...]

How to Take a Screenshot with your iPhone

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While "technology how to's" aren't typically apart of the reading material here at 3 Kids and Us, this actually is a parenting related topic believe it or not. For months I've been noticing screen shots of my own iPhone in my camera roll but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how they got there. As it turns out, my 3 year old daughter, Kaydence, fessed up to being the one that put them there ... dozens of … [Read more...]

You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.

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Ever entered a contest on a Wordpress blog and seen the annoying phrase, "You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down."? Yep, me too and it's beyond frustrating. As a mom, my time is precious and if I have read that message while entering a contest, it get's quite frustrating. Luckily for blog owner and commenters alike, there's an easy fix. By installing the Disable Check Comment Flood plugin from … [Read more...]

The Skinny on Sponsored Tweets

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Bloggers are always looking for the next best way to make a little cash while doing what we love most...talking! One of the newest, and easiest ways I've found to earn a little extra cash for the holiday season is through Sponsored Tweets. By now, you're probably already tweeting away on twitter so why not make a little bit of money while doing it. I do! Sponsored Tweet Set Up Process 1. Sign up for a Sponsored … [Read more...]

Blog Buttons: How to Create a Grab My Banner Box

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Creating a button or banner is a great way to advertise your blog. You can use it on other blog sidebars, entrecard, and some blog directories. A standard button is 125 by 125 pixels in size. There are a variety of other sizes you may want to have on hand depending on the advertising you'll be doing. The best part is that it's very easy to make and essential to building a great blog. It's not as difficult as learning … [Read more...]

Mom Blog Guide: Building Links

Building a great blog is much more than sharing cute photos and telling the world about your day, unless of course that's all your shooting for. On the other hand, if your goal is to reach out to thousands of people and brands, you'll want to learn a few things about SEO (search engine optimization). By definition, this is the process by which you improve the volume or quality of traffic (visitors) to your blog from … [Read more...]

10 Things I Shouldn’t Blog About

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or should I? NPR recently released a list of the Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Discuss on the Internet. Well, it turns out I'm in a frisky mood with a major headache today, so I'm just going to go for it. I want to see how well I can share my opinion and not start a huge debate about it. 1. Home-Schooling Let me ask you this. If a child is being taught in a safe environment, is learning the tools they need to … [Read more...]