In the better late than never category comes this post, about what I learned at BSM Media's She Streams conference in NYC. The conference, now in it's fourth (I'm pretty sure) year, is all about getting beyond the written word in the social media space, and about empowering women bloggers to take Continue Reading
What Someone Who Didn’t go to BlogHer13 Learned from BlogHer13
This year, BlogHer, the largest women's blogging conference in the world, fell on my kids' camp visiting day. It is the one day in seven weeks I get to see my kids. And, since my kids are teenagers, it's also one of the only days my kids are totally, completely happy to spend an entire day with Continue Reading
A Blogger’s Not a Journalist, and That’s OK
Today I went to CE Week here in New York. And here's what I learned: I'm not journalist, and I'm fine with that. For the second year in a row, the fabulous folks at Techlicious hosted a Media/Mom Blogger tour of the CE Week floor, highlighting various companies and products. Imagine it! Actual Continue Reading
Why Mom Bloggers Should Head to The Digital Kids Conference (and a discount code)
BlogHer. Mom 2.0. Blissdom. All Mom bloggers know about the biggies. And I’m all for ‘em. You can network, you can learn. And often, you can meet brand reps and make real contacts. But when these conferences are really huge, you sometimes think you’re making real connections with brands…but Continue Reading
Bloggers: How Not to Work with Brands
Last week, my post about How Not to Work with Bloggers evidently hit a chord. I guess there are still plenty of brands out there that aren't treating bloggers right. But in fairness - there are plenty of bloggers messing things up, too. So here's the other side of the story: What Bloggers shouldn't Continue Reading
My Big BlogHer Bash: Big Toy Book and KidzVuz get Sweet
Yes, it's taken me this long to recover from the ginormous event that was Sweet Suite 11 at BlogHer, the party KidzVuz and The Big Toy Book hosted at The Hard Rock hotel. We had swag. We had wine. We had cupcakes. We had line of women waiting to get in. And I'm finally (finally!) posting all about Continue Reading
Blogher 2011: Let the Petty Jealousy Begin!
Yesterday, The Blogging Angels sent out our invitation to a small breakfast during Blogher. Aimed (mostly) at up-and-coming bloggers, the breakfast is about learning to work with brands, to present yourself and your blog in the best light. Already, the Twitter-sphere is a-flutter with the haves Continue Reading
10 Things Every Woman Webpreneur Should Know
It's been nearly four years since we started KidzVuz. There were times I thought we weren't going to make it, and times I was sure we had the BEST. IDEA. EVER. But three years since the launch of the site, things are pretty good. Our clients are brands like Microsoft, and Samsung, Hasbro and the Continue Reading
Is it Time I Stopped Blogging?
I think it might be time for me to hang up my keyboard, pass on the Wordpress, stop with the stats. I think it might be time for me to stop blogging. I had a lot of friends in High School who wanted to be actors. Most of them auditioned for years and years, waiting tables all the while, until Continue Reading