Being deep in social media each day, I often see the latest boycotts and hot topics on Facebook and Twitter before it even hits the mainstream news sites. More often than not, these topics include political drama, Wall Street woes, celebrity dirt or the newest Youtube video gone viral. Newsworthy? Sometimes. In the past, I have made it clear that TLC’s Toddler and Tiaras is disturbing. Beyond disturbing. Yes, young girls tanning, whitening their teeth (or wearing fake teeth), wearing scantily clad clothing, and dancing…
As I sit here writing this blog post, many memories and thoughts are racing through my head. How did I get here? Where is “here” exactly? How do I have readers, a community, or followers? Do they trust me? Do they really know me? Do I really know them? I have been blogging for three years now. Not long in the grand scheme of life, but my blog has evolved somewhat over that short period of time. What was once an outlet and hobby is now…
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GIVEAWAY CLOSED – Winner is Randi K.! Reviewer’s Retreat is the first conference geared specifically toward the issues and challenges faced by bloggers in the product review genre, a topic that is lacking from most conference agendas. Review bloggers, those who conduct product and resource reviews on their site, will converge to take part in sessions on a variety of topics including brand-blogger relations, website design, perfecting the pitch, statistics, photography and more. This brand-friendly conference welcomes company and agency representatives as building and strengthening…
Over the last few months, I have been hearing the same complaints from friends and family. “I am totally quitting Facebook. I hate it.” But they never quit. This intrigues me. What is it about Facebook that makes us so upset (enough to want to quit), but is so hard to walk away from? Let’s start with the reasons Facebook could be upsetting in the first place. ANNOYING STATUS UPDATES You may like your friends and family in real life, but their status updates bug…
When I decided to make blogging and social media a career for myself, I didn’t realize how tough it would be. Although I was an experienced business owner, having managed an online eBay store for many years and assisting my husband’s traditional media business, I was not prepared for the business side of blogging and working with brands. It was a completely different world. With eBay, managing my business was somewhat easy. It did take tons of time and labor, but was more or less…
I just received this pitch: Hi I was looking at your site momspark.net and was wondereding if you would be filling to link to my client in return for a box of either cheese or meat from my clients site. This client supplies to top class restaurants – so you can expect a great product. Maybe you could do a review of the product? Thanks Chris