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Recap #typeaparent Brand to Blogger Chat – How to Get on Their Radar
On Wednesday, January 29 at 12:00 EST, we successfully debuted our new #typeaparent Brand to Blogger chat on Twitter. We were joined by special guests: Marcy Massura, @marcymassura, vice president of...
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Bloggers and Causes: How to Work Together (#typeaparent Brand to Blogger Chat...
The first #typeaparent Brand to Blogger chat last week was a great success. See the recap here. We had 24.8 million impressions with 4,500 tweets and 548 participants (see the report here). I am happy...
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Sponsored Post Ratios – Are We Killing the Blogging Golden Goose?
I am noticing a trend lately of high ratios of sponsored posts vs. unsponsored content on blogs, as well as a lot of buzz around social media from bloggers complaining about how high the ratios have...
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Recap #typeaparent Brand to Blogger Chat – Bloggers and Causes: How to Work...
On Thursday, February 6 at 12:00 EST, we had a seriously uplifting Twitter chat about bloggers and philanthropy. We were joined by special guests: Beverly Robertson, @MoDBev, National Director,...
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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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#typeaparent Brand to Blogger Chat: Conference Networking Tips
Two weeks ago, we had latest installment in our #typeparent Brand to Blogger chat series – Bloggers and Causes. (See the recap here). During that chat, we learned some great lessons about how bloggers...
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Type-A Rewards – #typea7 FINAL Day 7 Announcement
For the last and final day of our Type-A Parent Lucky 7 Anniversary, I thought it would be nice to announce something fun! We are officially launching Type-A Rewards, which gives bloggers a chance to...
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Announcing the Holiday Gift Guide Sneak Peek Media Event at #typeacon
With the timing of this year’s 7th Annual Type-A Parent Conference just before marketers, bloggers and traditional media focus on gift guide season, this year we are excited to add the Holiday Gift...
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We’re Launching the A-List #typealist – Brand-Blogger Influencer Campaigns,...
This is something that has been gelling in my mind for several years. While I think there are many great companies connecting bloggers with sponsored post campaigns (and I want bloggers to continue to...
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10 Terms to Delete from Your Blogger Outreach Emails
Every day, bloggers receive email pitches. Some bloggers receive dozens. Some receive hundreds. And every day, a big chunk of those emails contain words and phrases that bloggers have a visceral,...
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5 Tips For Your Profile Pictures
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...
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Spam 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...
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Tips 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,...
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Marketers 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...
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Be 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...
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Bloggers 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...
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Should 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...
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Creating 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...
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10 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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