A post from February, but I wanted to share with you again. When tragedy hits, people band together, but when times are uneventful, people gossip, backstab, and hate. It happens in the workplace, families, and, of course, the blogging community. I often feel discouraged and disappointed from it all, and often wonder why we indulge in tearing others down? The blogging world is extremely susceptible to this destruction because we are always voicing our opinions. While some tough issues do end up in healthy debates,…
April 7, 2010 By 58 Comments
::WHAT IS A FAVICON?:: Some of you may be asking, “What in the world is a favicon?” I can give you the technical definition from Dictionary.com: favicon: an icon associate with a particular website or web page and displayed when that site is bookmarked; also called favorites icon Got it? No? Maybe it would be easier to just show you: A favicon is the little image to the left of a url in the browser window. Favicons also show up with urls in website bookmarks…
March 22, 2010 By 63 Comments
Today’s Blogging 101 is on REVIEWS & GIVEAWAYS. LET’S GO WAY BACK. When I first created Mom Spark, I was baffled at the giveaways I saw on other mom sites. They were giving away expensive electronics, clothing, and other high ticket items. How were they doing this and how could I get in on that? I didn’t have a clue. In my own naivety and inexperience, I reached out to a fellow blogger who was giving away a Flip Camera and asked her for her…
January 24, 2010 By 61 Comments
I have a confession to make. I almost never blog about my kids on Mom Spark. Have you noticed? Yes, I am a mom blogger who doesn’t blog about her kids. There, I’ve said it. Truth is, I’ve never felt safe publicly displaying my kids. Sure, I’ve discussed issues like whether to have another child and managing work and parenting, but I rarely get personal. You will not find many photos of my kids here, either. These details are stashed away on my private blog,…
November 15, 2009 By 59 Comments
A few weeks after I returned from the “controversial” Nestle Healthy, Happy Family Event, I was contacted by Stacy Katz of Katz Media Consulting about a potential interview by the LA Times on “Twitter terrorism”. After speaking on the phone with Ms. Katz, she expressed that a reporter, P.J. Huffstutter, from the LA Times was writing a piece on Twitter bullying, and she wanted to speak to me about the backlash I experienced on Twitter regarding the Nestle event. Although the term “Twitter terrorism” was…
October 22, 2009 By 68 Comments
This issue has been boiling inside of me for a few months now, and was reconfirmed, again, when I attended the Type A Mom Conference town hall meeting, and heard the same conversation ignited. Product reviewers. Giveaways. Apparently, it is a HUGE deal. Product reviewers seem to be looked down upon, or considered the “bottom rung” of the blogging ladder. Why? Maybe because it doesn’t fit inside the blogger mold? Some would even dare to say that review and giveaway bloggers are not real writers. …
