The Love-Hate Relationship with Facebook

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Over the last few months, I have been hearing the same complaints from friends and family. “I am totally quitting Facebook. I hate it.” But they never quit. This intrigues me.  What is it about Facebook that makes us so upset (enough to want to quit), but is so hard to walk away from? Let’s start with the reasons Facebook could be upsetting in the first place. ANNOYING STATUS UPDATES You may like your friends and family in real life, but their status updates bug

How to Get Blogging Jobs: Professionalism

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When I decided to make blogging and social media a career for myself, I didn’t realize how tough it would be. Although I was an experienced business owner, having managed an online eBay store for many years and assisting my husband’s traditional media business, I was not prepared for the business side of blogging and working with brands.  It was a completely different world. With eBay, managing my business was somewhat easy.  It did take tons of time and labor, but was more or less

How to Insult a Blogger With Your Pitch

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I just received this pitch: Hi I was looking at your site momspark.net and was wondereding if you would be filling to link to my client in return for a box of either cheese or meat from my clients site. This client supplies to top class restaurants – so you can expect a great product. Maybe you could do a review of the product? Thanks Chris

Kate Gosselin Scores a New Gig as CouponCabin Blogger – What Do You Think?

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Yesterday, I received this press release in my inbox: Self-Professed Coupon Lover to Offer Money Saving Advice

Dear Mom Spark, A PR Rep Lied to Me

We are here with a new question in our Dear Mom Spark advice column! Need a sounding board?  Simply submit a question (click here to submit) to Dear Mom Spark and we will do our best to feature. Please feel free to submit anonymously. Dear Mom Spark, How should you react when a PR rep lies to you. Don’t they realize bloggers talk? Thank you, Anonymous Please leave a comment below to offer your advice to Anonymous.  Have you experienced the same issue?  You can share that, too. 

Dear Mom Spark, My Friend’s Children are Smelly and Dirty

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We are here with a new Dear Mom Spark! Need a sounding board?  Simply submit a question (click here to submit) to Dear Mom Spark and we will do our best to feature. Please feel free to submit anonymously. Dear Mom Spark, I have a friend; we’ve been friends for over four years. She has three young children and recently started back to work. I have agreed to be her day care provider. The problem is that I didn’t know her as well as I thought.    Her

My Trip to Fellowes Headquarters!

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When I first received the invitation to be an official “Fellowes Mom”, I was intrigued and confused.  I asked myself, “What do shredders have to do with me, or any mom for that matter?”  I honestly didn’t have a clue until I researched Fellowes shredders. It all started making sense. Think about it – moms open mail, pay the bills, and work from home. Moms handle very important documents on a regular basis.  So, where do those important documents go when they are no longer