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Pinterest Pin to Win New Guidelines for Brands

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I love me some Pinterest (feel free to follow Robyn on Pinterest) and I have promoted and participated in various “pin to win” giveaways since I started using Pinterest. One thing that has happened though is that some of them have gotten a bit spammy in nature – even the ones I promoted. In response [...]

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Making specific Twitter buttons for posts [Work Wednesday]

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While there are tons of plugins to automatically add Twitter buttons to blog posts for sharing, many are not customizable for each and every post. Sometimes we also need a Twitter button for our readers that we want to put within a post instead of at the beginning or end as most sharing plugins place [...]

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Write, Read, Do

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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing –Benjamin Franklin

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5 Ways to Find Topics for Blog Posts

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We all feel stuck a bit sometimes on topics for a post. For some of us keeping some ideas and an editorial calendar handy can get us past that stuck, but sometimes it just does not seem to work. Really open up your eyes and ears to the world around you though for more ideas [...]

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I am at the Disney Social Media Moms Conference

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Today I traveled to Florida to attend the Disney Social Media Moms Conference at Walt Disney World. It has been a very long day, but I am not totally exhausted (yay me!). Disclosure: While I did pay for my conference ticket and travel, the event is subsidized by many sponsors. Opinions are always my own. [...]

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Link up to give every child a shot@life

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In case you were unaware, this week is World Immunization week, the perfect time to talk about the importance of global vaccinations. Nicole of Sisters From Another Mister, together with shot@life and the United Nations Foundation are very happy to announce a link up to share our stories about motherhood. A Mothers day meme link [...]

Tagged as: blogging, causes, donation, health, kids, moms, parenting

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Appreciate Your Peers – Work Wednesday

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I am back at home after a trip where I was able to spend several days with some of my peers in the blogging community. This trip was wonderful in many ways, but one of the best things that I think these women truly appreciated each other, both personally and professionally. This appreciation is key [...]

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Create Custom Google Analytics Report for Best Day of Week on Your Blog

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Most of us have a vague idea on what days work best on our blogs. For me, I know that the weekends have lower traffic generally speaking. I was not quite sure of which day of the week was actually my best though so I thought I would find out with Google Analytics. Now, I [...]

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Essentials to Work Smarter with Technology Work Wednesday

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While many of my friends in the social media world are fairly comfortable using technology, it does not mean they understand the full capability of their devices. I am always surprised at how often I hear, “I didn’t know it could do that!” Here are a few essentials to help you work smarter, not harder, [...]

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Disclosures Are Moving Up

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A little housekeeping note for everyone. I have always been happy to disclose my relationships with brands in my posts. The disclosure has traditionally been at the bottom of my posts, but now some new rules are out and they want the disclosures more visible. To accommodate that I am now moving my disclosures up [...]

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