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[Op Ed]: The Scary ‘Truth’ About Moms
Last week, Jill Smokler, author of Scary Mommy, published a guest post by Not Supermom where she shared her challenges as a mother to two children with special needs. The title of the post read, ‘I Don’t Like My Children‘ … Read More
Websites, Blogs Prepare to go Dark Tomorrow in Protest of SOPA/ PIPA
There has been quite a bit of buzz this week about SOPA and PIPA. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. PIPA stands for Protect Intellectual Property Act. SOPA is an anti-piracy bill currently working through Congress. According to Gizmodo, … Read More
Women at CES give the side-eye to “booth babes”
The past few days, tech writers and blogger descended upon Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES is the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, drawing large crowds and big-name brands anxious to introduce new … Read More
GOOD READ: Is Your Blog Stalked by Trolls? Here’s Why
This post is cross-posted with permission from Perils of Divorced Pauline. I belong to a group of mom bloggers and it is not uncommon for one of us to Facebook the rest of us and ask for “nice comments” on … Read More
Blogger Pulls Out Of Ambassadorship After Lowes Pulls TLC Ads [Interview]
In early December, Lowes made the decision to pull ads for their hardware stores from the new TLC show American Muslim. Lowes spokeswoman Chris Ahearn said that a member of their social media team observed negative feedback about the show … Read More
Google’s Sponsored Post Gaffe: an Interview with Blogger Alaina Forbes
Last week, several bloggers got some unexpected press when Search Engine Land discovered a series of sponsored posts with a hyperlink to Google’s Chrome download page. The story was of particular interest to the tech industry since sponsored posts seem … Read More
The Power of Pinterest.
Anyone who has visited Pinterest knows that it isn’t hard to spend hours looking through all of the crafts, recipes and home projects. In fact, this is probably why Pinterest was just named one of the top ten most-trafficked social … Read More
Content Stealing: Today’s Cautionary Tales
Content stealing. It happens all the time, and yet today seemed to bring some unique examples of websites stealing content from bloggers. First, Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks noted that the tech gift guide at Yahoo was an exact … Read More
GOOD READ: Does Disney + Babble + Daddying = Parenting Network?
Ok, so we know from Disney’s history that they like to purchase companies and incorporate them into the “magic”. They’re clearly making a play on social media by acquiring Babble Media, but the events that unfolded and the quotes … Read More
Blogger Wants Ambassadors to Talk Back
Sommer Poquette, who publishes Green and Clean Mom, was curious about how other bloggers view their experience as brand or blog ambassadors. Having been a blog ambassador herself, currently for eBay Classifieds and White Cloud, Poquette has had great experiences. … Read More
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