A few months ago I was given an iPad for work purposes. I know. I know. I said they were overrated and I still believe that. However, I am not the main user of said iPad. Neither is my programmer husband. Nope, it’s the 5 year old that immediately gravitated towards the device.
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Recently, I posted The Power of "Thanks, but I’m Not Interested" in Response to a PR Pitch. I do truly believe in responding to most PR pitches but what do you say when the pitch is a product review offer?
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Between this post and my resent colorful response to scrapers you are going to start thinking I’m some potty mouth complainer. Recently, I had an exchange with a company who shall remain nameless. I recieved a classic PR pitch for a product that I thought would be a good match for my audience an even [Continue reading...]
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Recently one of my sites was mentioned in a yahoo article and traffic skyrocketed for a few hours. I’m completely ecstatic but also overwhelmed at the emails, comments and questions I’ve been receiving. One of the hot topics in my inbox is how how/if I make money online. I’ve discussed this a few times here [Continue reading...]
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I’m not sure where it originated, if anyone does PLEASE leave a comment, I’d love to know! It’s a fabulous idea I saw on MomToTheScreamingMasses but I’d like to give credit where credit is due. I’m not even sure who made the graphic! Anyway, here’s a thing you need to know about bloggers…. we LOVE [Continue reading...]
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If you’ve been blogging for any significant amount of time I’m sure you are familiar with PR pitches. I get 4-5 a day on average, everything from giveaway offers, events to publicized, products to review. At first I was flattered they thought my blog was worthy of contacting. But after a few years and hundreds [Continue reading...]
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This is GENIUS! Have you you ever hosted a giveaway on your blog? You know, people leave a comment, you randomly select a winner, yada yada. I’ve done so many over the years and each time I found them to be a pain in the you know what.
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