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July 3, 2010 By Mom Spark 30 Comments

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#5: awesome sessions. It’s always a good sign when I attend more than one session (and stay) at a conference. The session that stands out most in my mind was the “Hands-On Cause Marketing” workshop where we broke out into small groups (no, it was a good thing I promise!) and brainstormed marketing strategies for a Make A Wish Foundation campaign. My group focused on social networking and photo sharing, and I facilitated the Twitter portion. We came up with amazing ideas for custom donation…

November 15, 2009 By Mom Spark 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…

August 20, 2009 By Mom Spark 136 Comments

I’m curious. Has anyone else seen a trend in the SAME mom bloggers who are being handpicked for special events, conference panels, or incredible business opportunities? With the web overly saturated with so many fabulous mom bloggers, it seems that only a select few are being recognized over and over again. Why is this happening? This observation has me intrigued as to how one determines blogger status, and if that method is fair. I am not a marketing or PR guru, so I do not…

July 28, 2009 By Mom Spark 52 Comments

I’m still trying to process the whole BlogHer weekend because, dude, it was a whirlwind. I arrived late on Wednesday, geared up and energized, then left early Sunday, totally drained, but motivated. I will only touch on the highlights of BlogHer because, seriously, there is just too much tell. Don’t get too excited though, it’s still a novel. NETWORKING. My main mission in attending BlogHer was networking with online friends and new contacts. I went up to everyone I could, both big and small names,…