Your Life, Your Blog: Promote Other Bloggers!
May 3, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itI am sorry that Your Life, Your Blog is late today! The only way I can describe last week is that a tornado of ballet costumes, bobby pins and sequins thundered through my house and evacuated us to the town Auditorium for the week! We are done, but very exhausted around here! So this [...]
Your Life Your Blog: Party Like It’s 1999… Pageviews on Your Blog, That Is
April 11, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itWelcome to another installment of “Your Life, Your Blog!” Each Monday, I post a blogging tip, and include a LINKY where you can promote your blog! Today’s tip is about BLOG PARTIES, carnivals, and memes! They are an awesome way to get the word out about your blog! Whether it’s a weekly meme, or [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: Ultimate Blog Party!
March 28, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin it***link up your “Your Life, Your Blog” posts below*** It’s time again for the Ultimate Blog Party with 5 Minutes for Mom! If you are a blogger, but especially a new blogger, participating in parties like this can help you discover new friends, new blogs to read, and new readers for yours! The UPB [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: Your Twitter Name
March 22, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itThis is going to be a quick tip today for bloggers and then get straight to your posts! Choosing a Twitter name can be one of the most grueling processes, unless you just get a stroke of genius. Here are a few thing I would consider when coming up with your name: Branding is [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: Guest Bloggers
March 1, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itSome of the most meaningful moments on my blog have been written, not by me, but from guest bloggers! I love asking for guest bloggers for times such as vacations, special occasions, holidays, and… well, just because. The tears recently spilled over as the blogging dots were connected in an amazing way. Back in [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: Unmarketing’s Tips for Mom Bloggers
February 15, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin it Welcome to another week of “Your Life, Your Blog,” where we share a blogging tip, and promote YOUR blog posts, too!! Here is my tip for today, which is actually from a giant in the field! I caught up with Scott Stratten, of www.un-marketing.com at the Disney Social Media Moms Conference. Scott was [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: Who Are You? Reader Survey
February 9, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itI have been meaning to do a reader survey for a while. “Reader Survey” sounds so impersonal. I really want to learn more about you- who you are, why you read, how I can help and connect with you better. I would appreciate it more than you know if you would take a few [...]
Your Life, Your Blog 1-4-10
January 3, 2010 by Sarah
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Pin itWow! It’s weird writing ’10 in a date already. Well, I started to feel bad last year because I kept running out of time to read all the posts that were linked to my weekly blog carnival! I felt like I was being a bad host in a way, but now I miss reading, [...]
TypeAMom Conference Roll Call! Are You Going?
September 17, 2009 by Sarah
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Pin itThe buzz is building for the TypeA Mom Conference in Asheville! I’ve been hearing lots of Twitter talk asking who is going! Rather than just set up a post or linky on Real Life asking who is going, I decided to take advantage of MckLiny’s new feature, BlogHop Linkies! If you copy the code [...]
Your Life, Your Blog: 9/14/09
September 14, 2009 by Sarah
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Pin itHere we go again! It’s Your Life, Your Blog time! I’d love to get 30 links today, and spread around the love! Don’t miss this Thursday’s live show Get Real on Momtv.com, 1PM est, 10 AM pst Last week we had a great discussion about Local vs National Blogging, and this week we’ll dive [...]
Your Life, Your Blog 8/31/09
August 30, 2009 by Sarah
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Pin itHappy Monday! I’m back this week! Last week, I was in Charlotte for Social Fresh conference, created by the amazing Jason Keath, and featuring many knowledgeable and inspiring speakers! I was thrilled to serve on the Corporate Blogging panel, with Bert DuMars (Newell Rubermaid), Rick Burnes (HubSpot) and DJ Waldow (Blue Sky Factory) to [...]
Your LIfe, Your Blog 5/31
May 31, 2009 by Sarah
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Pin itBefore we get to the Monday linkfest here at Real Life, I have a question for you! I am in the process of planning a live streaming webcam show with MomTV! (ala iCarly, without all the teen agnst!) Anyway, I am horrible at making decisions, so I need your help! Will you answer my [...]







