Blogging

Pursuing a Life Full of Awesome

After almost 5 years of blogging at Mommy Words, it was time to say goodbye. Farewells are hard, but change is good. When you are stuck in a rut, sometimes big changes can propel you out of that rut and back into awesomeland. For more than a year, I tried to make my ideas work with Mommy Words, but I looked at piles of mind maps and planned posts and editorial calendars and I knew I wanted something different. My content was not focused on motherhood on a daily basis, Read More...

Making Together Better {Type A with Brica Winner}

Wow! 33 wonderful posts on Making Together Better. Brica certainly had a tough decision picking the winner. We certainly want to thank everyone for sharing your stories with us! If you didn’t get a chance to read the posts, please do! You can find all of the posts here. As we read through the posts, a few really stuck with us. A Few Favorites We loved hearing about making every day an adventure. What a wonderful way to enjoy life and teach kids that adventures don;t have to be grand Read More...

Win a Full Sponsorship to the Type A Parent Conference from Brica

You may have heard that I am the new Social Community Manager for Brica and loving it. Brica is focused on making products for families that give you time to enjoy the little moments. Whether you are in your home, out and about or up in the air, Brica is always working to find ways to make your life run more smoothly. Our motto is “Making Together Better”, and the team works towards that goal every day. Brica helps make together better by providing parents with smart solutions with less Read More...

Add Pinterest Pin It Button to Every Post & to GetSocial

I am super obsessed with Pinterest right now. It is the perfect pick me up and a way to stay inspired and fueled with a million great ideas for my life, my home, my kids and my kitchen. If you have not heard of this amazing site yet, please check it out. You will not regret it. Not only is Pinterest good for you, it can be great for your blog. Each and every day I see tons of people saying that their greatest source of traffic is now Pinterest Read More...

Weekly Blog Planner {Free Printable}

Keeping up with a blog is a lot of work. It takes time, creativity, research, writing, editing, sharing, communicating and more. One of the best things we can do is have a go-to list when we sit down to work. Not only do I need to keep a running list of post ideas and inspiration, I also want to write down the people I want to reach out to and the random things that come to my head. I use a weekly planner I created and I thought I would Read More...

Stiff Upper Lip: Dealing with Disappointment

Yesterday I spoke at Blog World Expo on Avoiding Mistakes in Blog Design. I wrote about my excitement and nerves while on the plane to LA. I love speaking and teaching. Actually, I wanted to be a teacher. I was not nervous about public speaking; that part is exciting. I wrote that I was nervous about 2 things: losing my voice and having no audience. Guess what? The night before I lost my voice. I went to bed at 8 pm and woke up with a mere whisper. I drank Read More...

Conference Nerves before Blog World Expo!

I am so excited to speak on blog design at Blog World Expo tomorrow! As you know from the series on design I have not quite finished, I think a good looking blog is all kinds of important and I can’t wait to present with Melanie from Blogging Basics 101 (@chilihead). If you can’t wait for some design tips, check out my posts on Great Header and Navigation Design and Sidebars Design. Anyway, I am totally pumped to speak on Blog Design and hope that lots of people come to Read More...

Advice for Bloggers at a Trade Show

I just returned from the ABC Kids Expo in Louisville, Kentucky and I learned so much about working with brands and have a whole new appreciation for how these companies work. These trade shows are primarily for vendors and buyers but there is an important media presence and as bloggers, we are part of that group. I have a few takeaways for those who may be interested in this very unique opportunity to connect with brands in a whole new way. First, these shows are huge. At ABC there are Read More...