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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 … [Read more...]

Mom Bloggers – Get MomTV to go with Stickam iPhone App

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To get it out of the way, I'll just start by admitting I'm slightly majorly addicted to watching MomTV. And if you don't know what MomTV is, here is a brief introduction... The MomTV growing community is designed for video sharing on topics that are important to our members. In addition to the MomTV community of videos there is a LIVE streaming video network of over 50 shows weekly geared towards … [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 … [Read more...]

How to Start a WordPress Blog

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Recently I went through the tedious task of setting up a new blog, Food for 5. Over the course of blogging this past year I've picked up some excellent tips and tricks when it comes to creating a successful blog. Whether you are blogging for fun, friendship or business, you'll want to lay the groundwork for your blog. You just never know what the future holds for your blog, but from my own experience, … [Read more...]

Blogging Passions and Events

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Maria Bailey said, "...the greatest thing you can gain from all this (blogging) community is earning the respect of your peers, and I think the way you earn that is through hard work and passion and demonstrating that passion to your peers...it's through those partnerships that I think you grow and do well." Out of Maria's entire one hour show, Maria Bailey LIVE! on MomTV (live every Sunday at 7pm … [Read more...]

Blog Guide WordPress Themes

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You've taken my advice and switched your basic, plugin free blogger blog to a self hosted wordpress blog (you did didn't you?, of course you did!) Now you've got this great platform to shout from the roof top (err keyboard) and divulge every detail of your mommy life to the world. The next step is making your blog as unique as you and your voice is. Wordpress themes are plentiful and range from free … [Read more...]

How to Organize Emails

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Organize emails? Who does that and why would I need to know how? These days the email in boxes fill up quickly, especially for bloggers. You get emails from friends, readers, other bloggers, contact forms, PR, etc. By the end of the day if I left everything unchecked I could easily have 400 plus emails. After going to bed at 2am through 10am this morning I woke up to 102 alone. All of this email … [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) … [Read more...]

Mom Blog Guide – Find the Photo

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I've been asked a few times how I found my cute little illustrated family characters you see in the header. You may have also noticed their clothing colors often change to match my blog. Today I'm going to share with you where to find these great graphics and how to manipulate the image to match your own style. Find Your Graphic Your first stop should be the search page of iStockPhoto. Here you will … [Read more...]