Yesterday I stumbled across a two page story from the New York Times, “Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand”, by Jennifer Mendelsohn that floored me! You mean “Work at Home Moms”, oh I am sorry I think they used the term “Mommy Bloggers” (better make that call as some do not use the term WAHM) are getting big stories in the news that are positive, and in the New York Times to boot? Rock On!
The story covers the Bloggy Boot Camp tour, which was created by Tiffany Romero and Heather Blair, the founders of the Secret Is in the Sauce. Secret Is in the Sauce is an enormous community of I believe 5,000 members mentioned in the N.Y. Times.
Yes another conference to learn more about blogging, gasp! I know how does one keep up, right? I certainly don’t know but I do suppose there is money to be made and knowledge to be gained at these things.
With names like, Scary Mommy (Jill Smokler) on the speakers’ roster, you can bet it was not only educational but entertaining too. I have the unique pleasure of following Scary Mommy on Facebook, she is a hoot!
With women like Mary Fischer of Mommyologist, Ciaran Blumenfeld of Momfluential and Amy Lupold of Resourceful Mommy in attendance, it does entice the thought that I would have loved to have been there! That’s a lot coming from me since I am not all the hip about going to conferences away from home.
I guess I am a mommy blogger, I just prefer to be called a WAHM (Work at Home Mom) blogger, never the less, seeing this article in the New York Times really tells me that us Moms, who work from our home are a force to be reckoned with in the world of making money!
Since quite a few of these WAHM/Mommy Bloggers do product reviews and giveaways I thought it would be appropriate to share some communities that actively support contests/giveaways.
Listed are the top 4 places to look for a good giveaway or contest:
- Classy Chics in Business Forums
- Twitter using the hashtag #giveaway
- WAHM Forums
- Mommy’s Helper Community
Please Note: Some of these communities will require membership to view.
photo credit: María Cabello
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Yes! “Us Moms, who work from our home are a force to be reckoned with in the world of making money!” You can say that again! And it makes me soooo proud to see if every day! While yes, many of us are Avon selling mammas and are quite happy doing so … we've risen so far above that! We all deserve a nice pat on the back for that!
I also wanted to say a quick thanks for mentioning MommysHelperCommunity.com! Greatly appreciate that!
As well, I wanted to do a quick shoutout for the great gals Chris and Shelly of “Classy Chics in Business” – these two ladies do a fine, very fine job at the contest/giveaway thing – they write some very oh so awesome reviews! You can find their specific reviews here: http://twoclassychics.blogspot.com I personally highly recommend these gals. Just look at the fabulous job they do with the reviews!
Don't “they” say that there no such thing as bad press?
Yeah, I think “they” do but I don't think “I” agree with “them”. LOL!
Seriously though, bad press gets around so much more quickly than good press. And I think bad press can really hurt the reputation of your business … and … you in general. That's just my 2 cents anyway.