Profitable Mommy Blogging

It is VERY important! As I just told my blogging intern in a recent email: “Commenting on other blogs is very important when you’re building up a blog. It shows other bloggers that you’re interested in them and that you are willing to be part of the community. It builds links to your blog which [...]

Tonight I’m one of three Panelists that will be answering your questions about monetizing your blog.  The event is a Site Warming party being put on by Amy Lupold Bair for the new Me Time Affiliate Program. You can learn more about the event from Amy’s  blog and you can learn about the other Panelists [...]

It’s been a crazy few months, and I apologize for not blogging here in so long! Some situations have arisen that have encouraged me to once again refocus my time and effort into monetizing my mom blog, so I’d like to share with you what I’ve done, and what I’m planning on doing. Redesign My [...]

Join me as I recap what’s been happening on the blog since last weeks show and then we’ll enjoy a great guest interview! Alaina Frederick, host of the soon to launch Giggle Talk Radio, had a interesting conversation with Jen Matuska of Mommy Instincts. Jen has been a blogger since first wanting to share her [...]

This week I upped my blogging intern’s posting rate to two per day.  She soon asked me why since she looked around at other mom bloggers and didn’t see anyone else doing it.  (I know that some are – she just hasn’t been around long enough to see a wide range of blogging styles.) I’m [...]

Are you new to the idea of blogging?  This free “So You Want To Be A  Mommy Blogger” Report is made just for you.  With a simple introduction to blogging, mom blogger profiles and ideas for growing your blog traffic, it’s perfect for a blogging newcomer. Grab your copy for free right now. (PDF – [...]

I love reading blogs (I won’t mention that my Google Reader has 945 unread posts waiting for me at the moment! LOL). I think a lot of us do for a number of different reasons. Now it’s time to take action and give back to those bloggers we love so much. Happy to be at [...]

Mom’s Talk Network is a thriving multi-blog/podcast network, an ebook publisher, a mompreneur resource center and an affiliate program providing an income stream for hundreds of mom bloggers and website owners. And today – Mom’s Talk Network is a proud sponsor, sending Mom Blogger Alyssa Avant to the BlissDom ’09 Conference. Alyssa is a busy [...]

It’s the end of week number three for my blogging intern, Sharon Trombly. Here’s a quick update: In week number one her goal was to become familiar with the WordPress Visual Editor, learn how to upload pictures and make a post to the blog each day. Then at the end of the week she put [...]

Several mom bloggers are blogging and tweeting about finding a company to sponsor them for one of the big blog events for moms and women. Blissdom is right around the corner and Blogher is coming up in summer.  These events give bloggers the chance to connect with people they have met through the blogosphere.  They [...]

del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/) is a social book marking site. It is for storing and sharing web bookmarks with other users. The service is completely free and relatively new. del.icio.us first came online in late 2003. Everything that is posted on del.icio.us is viewable by the public, although you can choose to make specific bookmarks private. Bookmarks [...]

My guest this week is Trisha Haas of MomDot.com.  Trisha is a busy mom with a lot of creativity and she’s here to tell us about a new project called Bloggers Give. I think it’s pretty cool that she’s come up with a program that lets bloggers and companies support deserving charities with small actions [...]

As bloggers, we keep a close eye on our RSS subscribership. It is one of the measures we use to consider how successful we are at engaging our readers.  If our readers enjoy our content and have an understanding of how RSS works, they subscribe to our feed in order to not miss future posts. [...]

I received a very compelling email today and I’m going to use it as our next ‘Tip’ gathering opportunity. Our reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, asks this: “Kelly, I was listening to this week’s episode of Profitable Mommy Blogging and while I really enjoyed the content, I was actually left feeling sort of down. [...]

What??? Is this some kind of joke??? No, but it is a play on words if you will. B.A.D. stands for Business Advice Day. Pretty cool, huh?! I love a good acronym! Totally her is hosting B.A.D., a day where you can pick the brain of leading women in business. How awesome is that?! But [...]