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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Building Community

by Amber Strocel December 20, 2010 12 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series on how to start a blog — “The Ins and Outs of blogging.” This is the fifth post in the series — you can get caught [...]

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Ins and Outs of Blogging:

Collecting Blog Post Ideas

by Amber Strocel December 9, 2010 13 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series on how to start a blog — “The Ins and Outs of blogging.” This is the fourth post in the series — you can get caught [...]

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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Name That Blog!

by Amber Strocel November 18, 2010 29 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series of posts on the ins and outs of blogging. This is the third post in the series — if you want to get caught up check [...]

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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Choosing a Platform

by Amber Strocel October 6, 2010 9 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here… One of the things that I love about the 5 Minutes for Mom community is that so many of us are mom bloggers ourselves. We are online for a [...]

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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Why Blog?

by Amber Strocel September 17, 2010 26 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here… One of the things that I love about the 5 Minutes for Mom community is that so many of us are mom bloggers ourselves. We are online for a [...]

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When and What Should a Blogger Charge for Their Services?

by Janice September 14, 2010 49 comments

Perhaps the hottest topic in the blogosphere the last couple years — bloggers and compensation. Experienced bloggers are powerful influencers, rich with talents and social media knowledge. We are extremely valuable to companies, helping them [...]

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Is it wrong to love my web hosting company this much?

by Susan June 3, 2010 18 comments

I think the tech guys at Liquid Web may think I’m a little crazy. Why? Well because at the end of almost every phone call, I tell them how much I love them. I think most [...]

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3 Reasons You Should Enter Blog Giveaways

by StephanieS December 17, 2009 44 comments

Blog giveaways are EVERYWHERE these days. Just check out Prizey.net and you’ll get a small taste of all of the outstanding contests taking place around the blogosphere. You can enter to win laptops and lipstick, [...]

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Basics of Writing

by Melanie Nelson September 2, 2008 12 comments

For some of us, writing comes easily. For others, it’s math. Or sports. Or organization. Everyone has something that just seems to click with them one way or another. For me, it is grammar and [...]

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FAQs for Beginning Bloggers

by Melanie Nelson July 27, 2008 12 comments

I just returned from BlogHer 2008 in San Franciso. I appeared on a panel with four other women called FAQs for Beginning Bloggers. Our panel was flat-out amazing. We met fantastic bloggers and answered many [...]

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