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Mentor Lunch At Type A Parent Conference

I had the privilege of being a “mentor” at the Type A Parent lunch on Saturday. It sounds fancier than it was, but it was still fun. Each “mentor” was assigned a table and then cards were handed out to all the attendees. The attendees matched their cards to the tables. It was a good way to mix up the people that usually sit together.

I got to sit with six awesome ladies – Fadra, Lisa, Lucinda, Barbie, Christina, and Dianna.

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Opportunity: Mega Bloks Mom

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I received this via email and want to share it with you. If you decide to sign up leave yourself a bit of time. There’s a pretty long form plus you have to enter a sample blog post for them.

MEGA Brands Inc., a trusted family of leading global brands in construction toys, games and puzzles, arts & crafts and stationary, is launching 1) the Mega Bloks Family Club AND 2) the Mega Bloks Mom search.

MEGA Brands is looking for five – count em’ five – Mega Bloks Mom personalities to contribute to the Mega Bloks Family Club, a brand new MEGA Brands blog and online community.

If selected, each Mega Bloks Mom blogger will receive compensation, along with free MEGA Brands products.

For requirements and application, visit Megabrands.com

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What Is Article Marketing?

Article marketing pre-dates blogging. It was used for content on static websites, and some think that guest posting has replaced it. While it may not be as popular, article marketing is still a good way to get links and traffic to your site or squeeze page.

If you want to increase your exposure and skyrocket your profits check out Easy Article Marketing by Kelly McCausey and Nicole Dean.

Article marketing can help:

  • promote your physical product
  • grow your virtual assistant business
  • promote your website
  • get more subscribers
  • promote your digital product
  • grow your affiliate program
  • help your online radio program
  • grow your forum
  • and more!

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Finds and Favorites: Visual Thesaurus

Visual ThesaurusVisual Thesaurus is a fun tool to expand your vocabulary and find just the right word you’re looking for. Creating content on a consistent basis often leads to using the same words repeatedly. In turn, you’re writing becomes dull and lacks the pop needed to grab your readers.  This tool is especially useful if you blog for others and are stumped capturing their voice. All you do is enter a word and it will literally produce a “burst” of related words.  You’ll never be at a loss for words with this handy tool.

Visual Thesaurus offers a free 14-day trial to see if it’s a fit for your business.  After, there’s an annual subscription or a monthly subscription option to choose from.

How are you keeping your vocabulary fresh?

The Prepared Blogger: Develop Blog Post Templates

So far in the Prepared Blogger series I’ve suggested Blog Pizza Nights and Blogging Checklists to make blogging easier.  In this post,  I’m introducing blog templates.

I would imagine every mom blogger wants to write top-notch blog posts. Blog posts that readers rave about and re-tweet with a passion.  You know the ones that show up on everyone’s recommended reading lists.

Unless you’re a content machine, those kinds of posts are not going to come out of you every day. In most cases, they take a lot more time and creative thinking than the average daily post-and they should.

A common suggestion among top bloggers is to write certain posts according to the day of the week.  For instance, a review post on Monday, a how-to post on Wednesday, and a link bait post on Friday.

For routine posts, use blog post templates to speed up your writing time.

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I Link Love You!

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linkloveIt’s time to show a little love to those blogs that are teaching me how to make money with mine, right?

Let me just say that the Secret is in the Sauce, baby. I’ve met more cool bloggers through this website than you could ever imagine!

Problogger, oh problogger, how I love thee. This blog deserves three gold stars and a swoosh, because it’s just that great.

Parent Dish really hit home with this post and kind of showed me some cool things to do with the craziness that is working for home.

I love all the cool giveaways the Resourceful Mommy does, and I always meet really cool new people during her sitewarming parties.

I’ve been reading this site like it’s my new mommy blogging manual and I especially like the part where she tells me exactly how to monetize my blog.

I think it’s important to make your blog look good, and I LOVE to make my own blog pictures, so I am always on the lookout for good photoshop tutorials, and I have big ray of light plans soon.

This is a great post about blog reviews and how they sometimes aren’t worth it.

There you have it! I Link Love you Guys!

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