Marketing Links
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Top 12 Marketing Blogs For Women, By Women from Womanwise Marketing will fill up your feed reader fast!
Here’s s short post titled It’s Not All About Sales and Marketing by Traci Feit Love. Really!? After reading I totally agree.
Yes, Twitter is a marketing tool. Use Twellow to Maximize Your Twitter Usage on Top Business Reviews.
This one’s for affiliate marketers – 5 Tips for Successful Pre-selling by Lynn Terry.
Your blog tagline is a part of marketing your blog. BlogCoach has some great tips in the article Give Your Readers a Clue With a Great Tagline.
36 People Moms Should Keep An Eye On
Some Mommy bloggers main purpose in blogging is to kiss up to the A list bloggers. Don’t be one of those types. The A list bloggers aren’t necessarily the powerful bloggers.
Check out these people that have great online presence. Follow them on Twitter. Learn from them. They are ready, willing, and able to teach and help you.
From the blogging/marketing angle:
- Liz Strauss at Successful Blog
- Problogger
- Jessica Knows
- copyblogger
- Daily Blog Tips
- Sparkplugging
- KellyMcCausey
- Maria Bailey
- Barbara Jones of One2One Network
- Nicole Dean
If you like Frugal Blogging here are some of the top movers and shakers:
If you’re into houses and decorating there’s nobody better to watch than these:
- The Nester
- Blue Castle
- Melissa at The Inspired Room
- Hooked on Houses
Christian Bloggers
Food/Entertaining Bloggers – I know there’s lots more of these that I don’t know about. Leave your favorite in the comments!
Review/Giveaway Bloggers
Book Bloggers
Vloggers! My fave. Instead of listing them all I’m just sending you to MomTV where all the coolest hang out. 
Bloggers that love writing
I want to mention Janice & Susan from 5 Minutes for Mom. I have no idea what category to put them in because whatever topic it is they probably have a sister site all about it!
Here are two that every blogger should watch carefully. These are probably the most important of this whole list.
- The people who follow you
- Your niche market
Did you notice I left out the big “important” ones? Yea. That was on purpose.
I only wish I had time to read all of these! So, who did I miss? Want to add your blog in the comments?
What Discourages You When Shopping Online?
This is the last question in the cross blog conversation with Chele from Moms Love Shopping because my internship is coming to an end. Chele responded to my previous question about marketing with a great [although non-sexy] answer. I know a lot of people that need to read her answer about marketing. Thank you, Chele, for your part of the conversation!
Here is her question for me:
When shopping online, what aspects about a blog/website discourage you from making a purchase that you were considering? What do you wish more bloggers/online retailers would take into account for their shopping visitors?
Do You Want To Learn What I Learned?
To take part in Kelly’s internship I had to apply, be accepted, and commit to 10 weeks of writing for her network. It’s been great and I’m still learning a lot. You can have the benefit of the internship without applying because Kelly has launched an on demand blog internship.
There are 3 levels of membership to choose from. You can try one for a month and if you need more you can go to the next level or, if you don’t like it [which I highly doubt] you can cancel at any time. I highly recommend that you get some feed back.
For me personally, I needed the commitment. As a busy mother/wife it’s easy to just push things aside because of the demands of daily life. I needed to know that I had a deadline and someone watching over my virtual shoulder. If you are that type you might want to consider the one time payment. If your money is invested in the internship I think you will be more conscious of the time you put into it. If you use the internship to develop good blogging habits it will be totally worth the price!
You’ll learn about Wordpress, affiliate marketing, networking, better writing, linking, memes, and so much more. You can wait till fall when Kelly will be taking six more interns for free. Take a chance by following Kelly on Twitter and write for her blogs OR have a sure thing by signing up for the blog internship for your blog now.
Links To Improve Your Blog and Business
Gathered from sites around the web… It’s link love day!
Is Tagging Still Important? by Jonathan Bailey on Blogging Tips
Is Your Promise Irresistible to Your Customers? another great piece by Liz Strauss on valuing and learning about your customers.
Two Video Clips full of business tips on Martha Stewart Show from women/moms Business Tips, 1 and Business Tips, 2 [I like Martha Stewart - so sue me!]
As an intern trying to figure out what I should do there has been a lot of info flooding my brain. The article The ONE Thing You Focus on Right Now by Lynn Terry is right on for me at this time.
This post titled Back to Basics: 4 Forehead Slapping Blog Promotion Methods by Easton Ellsworth on the Blog Herald made me chuckle and say ouch at the same time.
Six Things To Check Before Clicking Publish
Some simple things to get in the habit of checking before publishing your post:
Picture – Every blog post should have some kind of picture. Sometimes it’s hard to find a related picture. Think about it for a minute and see if you can come up with something clever.
Headline – Will it catch the reader’s eye and make them interested? Does it have key words that will show up in searches? Does the post deliver what the title promises?
Voice – Read the post out loud. Does it sound like you? Does it flow?
Grammar – Edit! Edit! Edit! Check for misspellings and proper punctuation. Cut out extra words wherever you can.
Layout – Is it scannable? Have you made some key words bold? Can you turn some of it into a list? Is there white space? Use the preview tab and make sure it looks good.
Links – Can you link to any of your other posts? Does someone else have a similar post that might be of interest to your readers?
Your readers will appreciate your checking these six things!
How To Be An Affiliate Marketer
Last week I made 50 cents from Moms Talk Network. You may say [in a Brooklyn accent], “Big deal. Go buy yourself a soda.” I’m happy about it anyway and looking at it as the first rung in a long ladder that I hope to climb.
How did I make this money? Through an affiliate link.
How did I learn to be an affiliate marketer? From podcasts and recordings. I had dabbled with links to Amazon and ads in my sidebar. They weren’t doing much at all so I knew that I was missing something.
How can you learn this? First, listen to these free Mom’s Talk Affiliates Podcasts. If you don’t have a clue about affiliate marketing listen to them first. They start from square one and give you a nice foundation.
After that, or if you already know a little bit about affiliate marketing, purchase these affiliate expo recordings. They are worth every penny of the $7.00. I learned so much from them! It was the first time that I sat with a notebook and pen in hand to listen to a podcast/recording. Usually I’m folding laundry, doing dishes, stirring food, or something, but I kept having to stop and write notes so I sat and listened.
Do you want to climb the affiliate marketing ladder too? I’ve given you two excellent resources to learn from.
I know some of you reading this have already listed to the expo recordings. What did you think of them?
Breaking News From MomDot
Want more exposure for your blog? You can be a contributor on MomDot.com. Here’s an announcement from Trisha Haas.
MomDot.com has recently changed its site where you can promote your own articles, ideas, and link back to your sites. If you would like to submit any of your articles to be included in the lifestyle, frugal, or any of the many many sections and categories we have set up. If you would like to be a feature author weekly for us, please contact me.
Also, you can go to the site, register, and login. Then submit an article. Please feel free to link your site, your bio, pictures, etc. in order to advertise yourself as well!
On Being a Good Wife And A Profitable Blogger
You may think it strange that I picked the meme about marriage for this blog. Bear with me, I hope it will make sense.
Before I started this internship, before I even filled out the application, I talked it over with my husband. I knew there would be more time demands on me and more things that would not get done. I needed him to be okay with that because, to me, bringing in tons of money would mean nothing if my husband/marriage was not happy. Not that I’m bringing in tons of money, but you get the idea.
I want to encourage you to put your marriage above your business. Sometimes, it’s tempting for me to just keep online things to myself because it’s harder to explain to him anyways. It’s a part of my life that’s important to me right now and it needs to be shared with my husband.
Don’t let your online friends push away the friend that you married.
You are more than welcome to join in Wifey Wednesdays. The link up is at To Love Honor and Vacuum.
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Why I Wanted To Be An Intern
After a busy week Chele was able to answer my first cross blog questions on her Moms Love Shopping Blog. She admitted that she spends 8-10 hours online every day and needs to work on controlling her internet window shopping. Don’t we all! It’s so easy to click, click, click – or tweet, tweet, tweet. All of a sudden half a day is gone!
Here’s what she asked me:
- What was your interest in becoming a blogging intern at Profitable Mommy Blogging? I noticed that you were already blogging on your own blog for two years before accepting the position.
- What are the distractions that keep you from spending as much time as you’d like blogging and how do you avoid them?
Is Your Website Sticky?
Normally when someone says sticky I grab the washcloth and head for the kids. A sticky website, however, is a good thing. If your website is sticky it means that visitors will stay longer. They will visit more pages, and they will book mark it to come back again.
Some simple things you can do to make your site sticky are:
- Make sure your page loads quickly
- Have your subscribe information prominent
- Include related posts at the bottom of each post
- Make the links open in a new page
- Include links right in your content to other content
- Have a list of categories in a prominent position
- Make sure your website is easy to navigate
- Use the More tag so more posts are visible on the main page
- Include a next post/previous post link
- Keep your website attractive without cluttered sidebars
The possibilities are unlimited!
Talking To Chele About Shopping
This is the exciting start of a cross blog conversation! A cross blog conversation is exactly that. We’ll be talking across 2 blogs. The interview answers will be posted on the other blog, not this one.
I’ll be talking with Chele Neisler from Moms Love Shopping. So, Profitable Mommy Blogging Readers, meet Chele!
Chele is happy to have Moms Love Shopping as an outlet and a connection to other women. Spending every moment with all males isn’t easy! Hosting the show also allows her the chance to return to her two first loves, shopping and chatting.
My questions for her are, “How much time do you spend online in an average day? Do you spend more time online shopping or doing blog related things?”
She’ll be answering these 2 questions at her Moms Love Shopping blog. Then she’ll post a question for me to answer here.
Links To Hot Topics
Of course we know that Moms Rule The Web , but it’s nice to read this confirmation posted on the NewBaby.com blog.
Are You Selling Lemons? written by Regina Baker who, sadly, bought some ebook lemons.
A Somewhat controversial post titled Why Mom Bloggers Aren’t Flipping for Just a Sample of Your Product from GeekMommy. Reading through the comments is more interesting than the post!
Another post about bloggers and PR from the PR point of view - Bloggers, Brands & the New Publishing Paradigm from PR MAMA by Stephanie Smirnov
A post by Alexander Sandler titled Don’t Give Up and Keep Cool is true to the old saying, “No pain, no gain.”
How To Make A Media Kit That’ll Knock ‘Em Dead
A business card might get you an introduction. A media kit might get you a job. Here are some things you should have in your media kit.
Tell them about the genius behind your site
- Include a short bio;
- What you write about – in a nutshell;
- A professional looking picture; and
- Contact info – are you available for phone or Skype calls?
Tell them who knows about you
- Include your blog stats per month;
- Demographics/Info about your readers that could include gender, age range, # of children, education, employment, income, location, ethnicity;
- How influential your audience is [do they blog, twitter, use facebook?];
- Your numbers [Twitter followers, Google Rank, Alexa Rank, Technorati authority, newsletter info, blog key words];
- Affiliations, Forums, Groups you’re a part of; and
- Don’t forget to include offline influence – we do talk in real life also.
Buzz A Mom: Dr. Mommy Part Two
It’s time to Buzz a Mom! This week we are talking to Dr. Daisy Sutherland, aka Dr. Mommy.
My name is Dr. Daisy Sutherland, aka Dr. Mommy, and I am a Doctor of Chiropractic by profession, a mom to 5 beautiful children which I home school, and married to my soul mate…Health/Wellness and Nutrition have always been a big part of my life and sharing my knowledge with the public is very important to me.
I am a Parenting Coach and my mission is to help parents teach their families to lead happier and healthier lives. My ultimate goal is to help individuals take control of their bodies and health and make informed decisions regarding their health.
I was flat out amazed at how many sites she runs! She has tips to stay healthy, helping you help your family, a content writing and managing site, a Reserved Only course teaching respect, responsibility, and renewal, an estore, and she stays active on Twitter.
So I had to ask her, “Do you have a VA?”
I do and couldn’t imagine not having one.
Which of your sites is your favorite?
I love all my sites, but if I had to pick just one, I would have to say Dr. Mommy Chronicles. Read more
