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October 7, 2008

• Beating Bugs with Better Hand Washing

  I am a huge hand washing advocate.
  Personally, I hate being sick - and I hate having sick kids! When I hear that a classmate or playmate of my kids has a stomach bug, my own stomach tightens and turns and my palms start to sweat just a little. I instinctively have the urge to [...]

September 30, 2008

• The Most Amazing Card Trick You Have Ever Seen in Your Entire Life

  I saw the most amazing card trick I’ve ever seen in my entire life during a presentation at the August StomperNet LIVE event in Atlanta.
  Later that night (well, actually early the next morning… it was 2:30 AM), as a bunch of attendees and presenters were hanging out in the hotel bar and lobby, I saw [...]

• Tackle It Tuesday - #123

  Hello Tacklers!
  Today, I have a very busy THREE part Tackle It Tuesday post.
  Part 1 - Tackle To Win???
  First, I want to make sure all you tacklers heard about the exciting THEME TACKLE coming up on October 21st.
  You can read my post from Friday night to get all the details. But the short version is [...]

September 29, 2008

• Are you a multitasker? Do all successful work-at-home moms multitask?

  Do you multitask?
  I imagine most moms will say, OF COURSE! And I’d especially expect a hugely successful, mom blogging, mother of five, work-at-home mom to say that multitasking is a given.
  But apparently I was wrong. Hear how Gabrielle Blair (Design Mom and Kirsty co-founder) has built her fabulous online career.
  Work-At-Home Mother of Five Reveals [...]

September 26, 2008

• Can a Mom Blog make you money? What about get you on TV?

  Mom Blogger Christine (aka From Dates to Diapers) has turned blogging into a career and has had her blog featured on Good Day Sacramento TWICE!
  Christine and her family were also on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet talking about budgeting for a large family.
  I chatted with Christine at BlogHer08 about her appearances on The [...]

September 22, 2008

• Large Family = Lots of Laughs = Great Blogging

  Being a humor blogger changed the way Dawn looks at life with a large family. Listen how…
  Large Family = Lots of Laughs = Great Blogging Material from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  Dawn blogs at Because I Said So and is the author of a soon-to-be-released book based on that blog.
  Visit her blog for a [...]

September 19, 2008

• Juggling Multiple Blogs to Build Your Blogging Career — Video with ChiliHead

  Melanie (aka ChiliHead) from Blogging Basics 101 shares with us tips on how to leverage multiple blogs to build a successful blogging career.
  Juggling Multiple Blogs to Build Your Blogging Career from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  This is the first of our series of interviews with Melanie.
  We have been very fortunate over the last several [...]

September 17, 2008

• Win $10,000, a Trip to Las Vegas and MORE…

  With a Grand Prize of $10,000 plus a trip to Las Vegas, Five Finalist Prizes of $1,000 each, and 200 additional prizes, the SanDisk You Tube Film Festival is a contest you NEED to enter!
  So grab your point and shoot camera, switch it to video mode, and capture your life as it moves!
  Kids don’t often [...]

September 15, 2008

• Wanna know what’s behind a huge blog party?

  The very cool, very down-to-earth mom blogger Megan from Velveteen Mind let’s us in on how she teamed up Oh The Joys, Izzy Mom and others to throw one of the biggest parties at BlogHer 08.
  Planning A Blogging Event - 5 Minutes for Mom Interviews from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  Last week we published [...]

September 8, 2008

• Demystifying the Big Name Blogger: Velveteen Mind Gets Real with 5 Minutes for Mom

  Megan from the Velveteen Mind talks with us about the crazy perceptions people have about big name bloggers, top bloggers, A List bloggers or whatever you choose to call them.
  In May, Megan published a brilliant post titled Debunking, Defusing, and Demystifying the Big Name Blogger; Mommy or Otherwise. And Delurking You.
  We talked with Megan [...]

September 5, 2008

• How To Build Strong Online Friendships in the Blogging Community

  Do you wish you had more blog readers and true blogging friends?
  If you do, Stephanie from Adventures in Babywearing and 5 Minutes for Parenting is the girl to watch. She is everyone’s friend and for good reason… listen to her secrets…
  How To Build Strong Online Friendships in the Blogging Community from 5 Minutes for Mom [...]

September 1, 2008

• A fun peek into the busy life of humor blogger Dawn from “Because I Said So”

  Join Janice and I for a lighthearted chat with Dawn Meehan from Because I Said So about the crazy behind the scenes life of professional mom bloggers.
  Laughing at the Busy Lives of Professional Mom Bloggers from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  This is the second video of our series of four interview segments with Dawn. [...]

August 31, 2008

• Finding Your Blogging Niche: 5 Minutes for Mom Interviews Scribbit

  Michelle has found her niche. Have you?
  Watch part 2 of our video interview with Michelle Mitchell from Scribbit.
  Finding Your Blogging Niche: 5 Minutes for Mom Interviews Scribbit from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  You’re welcome to embed this video on your own blog to share with your readers.
  Have you signed up for Scribbit’s RSS feed [...]

August 27, 2008

• Blogging about Autism and other Special Needs - Video Interview with Arianne

  I think one of the greatest blessings of the blogosphere is the community of moms supporting each other through the challenges of parenting. Parenting is always tough but when children have special needs, the power of community sharing is extraordinary.
  In this video interview, we chat with Arianne about sharing her experience of raising three boys [...]

August 21, 2008

• Getting the camera turned on us!

  Just moments after our production crew packed up at the end of filming our BlogHer interviews, Amber Scott from Capessa grabbed Susan and me and turned her camera on us!
  Outside in the San Francisco streets, with blaring buses and raucous street performers, we had a fabulous time chatting with Amber about 5 Minutes for Mom, [...]

August 19, 2008

• I Interviewed The Queen of Spain! Yes, on Video!

  Do you know who the Queen of Spain is?
  I’ll give you a hint…
  She’s a superstar blogger and she interviewed Barack Obama…
  I was a little star-struck when I interviewed ‘the interviewer’.
  Watch it now:
  5 Minutes for Mom Interviews The Queen of Spain from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.

August 14, 2008

• Video Interview with BusyMom.Net

  In January 2006, one of the first blogs Janice read online was BusyMom.net. Now in 2008, Janice met Busy Mom in person and on camera during the Mom Central party at BlogHer 08.
  5 Minutes for Mom Interviews BusyMom.Net from 5 Minutes for Mom on Vimeo.
  We’ve hosted these video interviews at Vimeo because they have great [...]

August 11, 2008

• Now on Video — Meet Our Going Green Managing Editor, Arianne

  Arianne is one busy blogging mama!
  She writes for so many blogs, I can’t even remember all the names… but you can see the list here. Her personal blog is To Think Is To Create and she is the managing editor of our sister site 5 Minutes for Going Green.
  Even with [...]

August 7, 2008

• Shannon from Rocks In My Dryer talks to us about Africa — On Video!

  Do you wish your blog would take you to Africa?
  Shannon sure did NOT.
  But she went anyway.
  Apparently, many of you bloggers are the adventurous type… reading the comments on Jennifer’s recent post about her upcoming Compassion International trip to the Dominican Republic, it is clear that many of you would love to go on such [...]

August 5, 2008

• Watch our Video Interview with Scribbit — Part 1

  Have you ever been to Alaska?
  I haven’t… maybe one day I’ll take a cruise up and check it out… but in the meantime, I’ll get my tales of the Last Frontier from Scribbit!
  Join us now and meet Alaskan blogger Michelle Mitchell.
  5 Minutes for Mom Interviews Michelle Mitchell of Scribbit from 5 Minutes for Mom on [...]