Optimizing Blog Images for Pinterest
You all know you should care about Pinterest, right? You know you need to be optimizing your images so that they make the biggest impact on that super-visual social media site… Why? First of all:...
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5 Tips for Your Profile Pictures The world we live in has shrunk at the same time as it has expanded. We can connect with people around the globe through social media networks. In order to connect well...
View ArticleSpam Email Tips for Bloggers – 5 Most Hated Blogger Emails
Spam email tips for bloggers As a blogger, arguably one of the biggest nuisances is email spam. It is a productivity killer, and a time suck. Still, email messages can just as easily be life-changing...
View ArticleTips to Avoid Ethical Pitfalls in Blogging and Social Media
When it comes to ethics there are definitely more than 50 shades of grey. We face ethical questions in our personal and professional lives and we judge others based on their ethical choices. Often,...
View ArticleMarketers Who Understand Blogger Outreach
So there is yet another list of top mom bloggers. Yes, another. Cue exasperated sigh. I am on this list so believe me when I say this isn’t about sour grapes. In fact, the list itself looks pretty...
View ArticleBe Original, or How Nickelodeon’s NickMom is Sliming Parent Bloggers
September 20: Post updated with new posts being added to NickMom with improperly used images, and the Nickelodeon response. September 15: Post updated with response from NickMom below, as well as...
View ArticleBloggers vs. NickMom Edition of the Talk of the Parent Blogosphere
Last week we talked about the start of the NickMom vs. blogger debacle at length, and since then the blogosphere (and social media) has been abuzz about it. Last week, Amy from Resourceful Mom wrote...
View ArticleShould Bloggers Sell Products Companies and Firms Send Them?
Type-A Parent Conversations is a new feature that encourages discussion and debate on topics important to parents who blog. Welcome to the debut of a new regular feature called Type-A Parent...
View ArticleCreating a Successful Holiday Gift Guide Submissions Page
It’s that time of year again for bloggers – Holiday Gift Guide time! If this is your first year, or you simply want to up your game this year, you should have a holiday gift guide submissions page on...
View Article10 Social Media Habits that Annoy Your Followers
Social media is just like anything else — stick around long enough, and you’ll start to develop bad habits, get stuck in ruts, or notice your own pet peeves. I even have a few of my own. I have a...
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