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Best Mom Blog Header Contest Phase One: Nominations

December 22, 2008 By
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Don’t you just adore the creativity and expression that comes out of some of the cool blog header graphics on Mom Blogs? I do! I’m a graphic nut anyways so it’s to be expected ;)

Do you have any favorites?

Please share them – we’ll collect nominations in the comment section below until January 9th – then we’ll put together a master list ask the mom blogging community to vote for their all time favorite.

If your favorite has already been nominated you do not have to nominate them again – they’re in the list for Phase Two :)

And then what? Why, we’ll bless that mom blog with tons of links and traffic of course!

Oh – and Profitable Mommy Blogging will throw in a $100 cash prize ;)

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Being Paid to Blog by Shared Adsense Views

December 21, 2008 By
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Moms, before you agree to accept ‘shared adsense’ views as the sole source of your payment for the original content you provide a blog network or website – please consider the math.

About the Math:

How many page views do you really think you can get?

The publisher wants you to write and promote the content for them. By offering you a split on the adsense views they hope you’ll be motivated to do a lot of promotion.

The problem with this is that many mom bloggers split their attention among many of these shared ads opportunities. They are splitting their promotional efforts as well and none of their content is getting a lot of attention overall so there’s little income. [Read more...]

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Mommy Blogger Call To Action: Toys for Tots

December 20, 2008 By

Mom blogger Jen Knox has posted a great ‘call to action’ for other mom bloggers on her Automatic Moms blog.  It’s all about the Toys for Tots campaign.

With just a few days left before Christmas there isn’t a lot of time to act – so the time is definitely right now :)

Please read her post and help to spread the word through your mom blogs and social networks.

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Earn a $25 Tip: Can a Mom Blogger Grow Into a Community Manager?

December 20, 2008 By

Sure she can – given the right bundle of talents :) The big questions is, what are those talents? What unique combination of social skill, writing ability and marketing acumen makes someone perfect?

What do you think those talents are? What makes a great Community Manager?

What tips would you give a Mom Blogger who wants to make that jump?

Share your tips in the comment section between now and Monday the 21st at Noon Eastern and we’ll draw one tipsters name for a $25.00 PayPal cash prize :) (Make sure you use a valid email!)

PS… If you dream of being hired by a company to act as a full time Community Manager you should listen to this archived episode of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio. I interviewed Blog Talk Radio Community Manager Deb Ng.

Update: Carrie Lauth won the $25 Tip :) Thanks to all of our Tipsters!

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Learning From Those Who Have Been There

December 19, 2008 By

As a mother you know that glazed look your friends with no children get when you talk about your trials with potty training, latest place you found peanut butter (and it wasn’t in the kitchen), and how you would never trade in your life with kids for hers. Its a familiar glazed look cause you have had it yourself and now you know when you need to know how to get gum out of hair you will consult other parents that have been there.

It’s the same in the business world, and blogging can be a business. Just read through some of the posts here at Profitable Mommy Blogging and listen to the podcasts and you will understand that there is more to this then just typing and a nice looking blog.

So where do you go to ask for help in the business world? Me- I choose to consult upon the amazing brain power at Mom Masterminds. When I say brain power- I mean it. Some of the biggest names of work at home moms are Mastermind Graduates. [Read more...]

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Glossary: Chat Rooms

December 18, 2008 By

A chat room is basically an interactive message board that allows live, online conversation for two or more users. When you use a chat room, whatever you type appears in the main screen next to your login name or handle. Other users will appear in the main screen with their messages next to their handles.

Most chat rooms have a specific topic that everyone will discuss. However, other chat rooms are simply for meeting other people. There are some chat rooms that are designed as intricate 3-D environments, where you select an avatar that will represent you in the virtual meeting place. [Read more...]

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It’s Here: WordPress 2.7

December 18, 2008 By

If you have a WordPress blog, then you have seen that little line of text at the top of your admin area “WordPress 2.7 is available! Upgrade now.” It sits there just screaming ‘click me, click me‘. If you haven’t seen this then go log into your self-hosted admin area now because its there just waiting to be clicked!

Usually I wait about two weeks before clicking that button, but this time on my new business blog I decided to click that button. With all the talk about how different 2.7 was and all the amazing changes I was really scared to click that button.

Would it mess up my theme I had worked so hard to get just how I wanted?

Would my plugins be left tangled and the only option would be to deactivate them? [Read more...]

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Can I Make Money From My Mom Blog?

December 17, 2008 By
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A mom blogger asked me a question yesterday and I asked permission to respond to her question here on the blog.  I’m glad she said yes because I’m certain that a LOT of mom bloggers have the same question:

I currently blog about my lessons with motherhood, I realized that so many other women were able to relate and thus I decided to create a blog.  I have been told my blog is great, but traffic is low.  I’ve been told you can make money from your blog.  Is this expectation realistic?

That my blogging friend would depend a great deal on what you expect ;)

I think you’re really asking me if a garden variety mom blogger make a full time income writing about mommy things?

What a tough question!  Of course there are three answers.

Answer #1: Yes. Definitely.  Some are doing it.  They have gargantuan traffic and a wide variety of income streams related to their blogging activity.  I doubt that any two really successful mom bloggers are making money exactly the same way.

Answer #2: No. Forget about it.  The vast majority of mom bloggers are out there writing their fingers off and not making even a tiny reliable wage for their time.  If you just want to blog for the fun of it – do it.  But if you’re hoping that you can tell cutesy stories about your kids everyday and make a bunch of money, that isn’t likely.

Answer #3: Possibly. If you do things right – if you become a marketer and not just a blogger – you could  earn an income from your blog.  The size of that income will relate directly to the size of your readership and your ability to market to them.

Readers, how would you answer this question?  Do you agree with my three answers above?  What would you add?

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Are We Burned Out On Guest Blogging?

December 17, 2008 By

I have a few different guest blogging opportunities on my network that offer an excellent back link from established sites – yet lately I have few takers. Why is that?

A year ago it was considered quite an honor to be invited to write a guest post on someone else’s blog. Have guest blogging opportunities grown at such a rate that we’re all burned out on it?

If the answer is yes I think it’s a shame.

A one way link from an established, relevant website is valuable and guest blogging continues to be a great way to build a fresh, relevant link to your site.

I think guest blogging should still be given a relatively high priority in your marketing plan. Plan out a regular schedule on multiple blogs and use your guest posts to target links to important internal pages of your website.

Always keep an eye out for a new guest blogging opportunity – you want fresh links from new places to advance your overall authority on the web.

Question: Do you guest blog? Will you now?

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Do You Disclose?

December 16, 2008 By

I just created a disclosure policy for Profitable Mommy Blogging.  The blogging powers that be (whoever they are) say that having a disclosure policy is the right thing to do.

Why Disclose?

The idea is to be totally up front about the fact that you’re trying to profit from the content you share on your blog.  (Or to proclaim that you’re not trying to.)  By being transparent about your motivations, readers can make a smart decision about how you may be influenced by your desire to make money and whether they should trust what you say about products, services and people that you have a business relationship with.

I used DisclosurePolicy.org to create my policy – but maybe I should write my own original disclosure policy?

It would go something like this:

I like to write for free but I also like to pay my bills so sometimes I write for pay – but I promise you three things. I won’t say I like something I don’t,  I won’t say I like someone I don’t and I won’t say I used something I haven’t.  Any opinions shared on Profitable Mommy Blogging (good, bad or just plain aggravating) are those of the individual writers no matter who gets paid what.

What do you think?

Do you have a disclosure policy?  Why or why not?

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Glossary: Cache

December 15, 2008 By

Cache is the action of storing Web files for later reuse so that they can be easily accessed at a later date. When you are browsing the Internet, your Internet browser will store a HTML page code, graphics and multimedia elements in the cache. This way when you return to that particular Web page, the information doesn’t have to be downloaded all over again.

The cache is actually a form of high-speed memory. Your computer sets it aside to store frequently accessed data. The data can then be accessed directly from the hard drive, instead of the Internet server. Accessing the hard drive is a much faster process than accessing a server, so essentially the cache increases the time it takes to view frequently visited pages.

Keep in mind that the cache can build up over time and actually slow down your hard drive. It is advisable to clean out your cache from time to time.

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Glossary: Bookmark

December 12, 2008 By

With so many interesting web pages out there, it’s hard to keep track of sites that you want to revisit again and again. Using bookmarks can help you keep tabs on the sites you liked and want to look at in the future.

Your Internet Browser will have a tab at the top that says “Bookmarks” or “Favorites.” When you are on a website that you want to bookmark, you can select “Bookmark this page” (or a similar phrase) and your web browser will save the URL information for that site. [Read more...]

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Profitable Mommy Blogging #8

December 11, 2008 By
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In this week’s Episode of Profitable Mommy Blogging, contributing Host April Jones interviewed Dr. Daisy Sutherland of Dr. Mommy Says about her experiences as a blogger and how she plans to build a membership site around her blogging community.

April asks Dr. Daisy questions about how she is monetizing her content and building streams of income and Dr. Daisy shares tips on how she seeks out affiliate products that compliment the content she shares on her blog.

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Content is Key

December 8, 2008 By

If you just started a Blog with me last month you have probably realized that you can’t begin to look at your new creation as a potential income source until it has two things: quality content and an audience. Acquiring both of these things takes work and time. Before you devote much of either to traffic and audience building, it is best to develop enough content to make your Blog worthy of the readers you seek.

In her post, The Importance of Consistent Posts, fellow Profitable Mommy Blogger, Merry, indicated that the key to the success of any Blog is providing fresh content on a regular basis. She joins the chorus of successful Bloggers who suggest that three times a week is a good goal for a beginning Blogger to set. [Read more...]

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