Weekly Bloggertunities for Mom Bloggers – 6/14

“If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready…” – Will Smith

Love this quote. And I’m feeling more “ready” than ever after spending a few days with some of the most kick-ass bloggers around at Reviewer’s Retreat a couple weeks ago! Seriously – I learned tons of great tips and tricks, connected with some amazing ladies that I was so excited to meet in real life, and the excitement and energy from all of those awesome people really motivated me to bump my blogging up a notch! I had to travel for over 12 hours to get home again last week, then took a couple days to rest and help my poor house recover from being left alone with just the men to keep it clean, lol. But – I will be doing a recap of my session – Grow Your Audience – with a little more info thrown in. And I’ll pull out my notes from the event, and share some of the other great info that I learned during the weekend too. Stay tuned! {Want to head to some cool conferences this year too? Check out this Blogging Conference List for 2012}. Until then, check out my round up of cool stuff to help you increase your earnings, connect with new brands and bloggers, and cool tools to help you save time. As always – if you have any great event sign ups, linkys to share, blogging articles to help, or affiliates not listed here – PLEASE feel free to share them in the comments. The more you guys share, the more everyone benefits! And to make sure you never miss these weekly opps, take a minute to sign up for my email subscription. Thanks for reading!

Monetize Your Blog

• Referred Media: I just joined them a couple of weeks ago – {I’d been hearing about them for ages, and just finally took the time to check it out!} – I’ve heard good things, and am excited to check it out a little more. Refer partners to Referred Media!
• Paper Coterie: These are the prettiest paper products you will ever find… Seriously, incredibly creative picks. I’m crazy in love with their photo-cover planners! Sign up for their easy peasy affiliate program {runs just like Escalate} – and earn when you share their fun seasonal promotions and pretty products!
• Izea: They have a lot of different options for monetizing your blog – I don’t use the ads, but I love Social Spark {get paid for writing totally easy posts}, Sponsored Tweets {get paid for tweeting fun info}, and Staree.com – a new one where you earn from your own photos that you share.
• InfoStable: Share quick giveaway links, and earn a buck a piece each time one of your readers enter. So simple – and I researched the giveaways, the ARE legit and safe to promote. Earn with InfoStable.
• zuuzs: Similar type of site – share deals, and earn every time your friends shop. Then earn more when THEIR friends shop too. Sweet, right? And what’s really cool is that they often do referral bonuses for affiliates – which means extra cash for you each month. You can sign up for a basic account here, then go to the Affiliate section to let them know you’re a blogger, so you can get the additional earnings

Brand Connections and Opportunities

• Moms with Voices: They are looking for great bloggers who also offer services – things like editing, social media promotion, design, and more. If this is you, fill out the form on her site to add your information to the new database they’re putting together.
• Real Mom Media: Another great network that wants to connect with you! Fill out this form, and get onto their contact list for cool upcoming opps and other fun stuff. Join Real Mom Media.
• Question Moms: If you’re a business owner, you can get great feedback on your products or services. If you’re a blogger – you can earn incentives for sharing your feedback with the brands, and connect with them for product reviews too.
• Clever Girls: There are SO many fun opps on here right now – You’re totally missing out if you’re not signed up with them yet! Click here, then the button up top to “Join Clever Girls Collective” – you’ll love it.
• Sponsored Opps: Fill out this form to get on their mailing list for announcements of new opps like sponsored posts, twitter parties, and giveaways. Sounds cool.
• Global Influence: Are you a member here yet? It’s simple to join, and you get access to their weekly newsletter with fun new blogging opportunities and giveaways. Join Global Influence Network today.
• Brad’s Deals: Sign up on this form to be contacted about joining their team – it’s a pretty awesome site, so I’m excited to see what else they have in store for blogger promotions. Feel free to use me as your referral if you need one.

Good Reads and Helpful Tools

• Ping-o-matic: Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated. Check them out, and enter your info today.
• Sendible: I am loving this super helpful Social Media Management tool – very helpful, and very simple to use. Check it out – learn more, and try it yourself to see how much time it will save YOU each day.
• Business Cards: Are you heading to conferences this summer too? Then you need to have the coolest business cards – seriously. And my very favorite are Moo.com. {Hint, sign up for their newsletter, to get TONS of super cool ideas each week. Love the creative cards that people come up with!}
• Facebook Promoted Posts: Many of you have already read my post introducing the new paid post option on Facebook – But if you’re interested to learn how it’s working for real bloggers and businesses, take a minute to read some of the comments. I learned a ton by checking out everyone’s feedback on this new FB feature!

Events, Linkys, and Hops

• Free Events: I always love this list – great resource for finding FREE blog events to join. This is a great way to help get your blog in front of a lot of new people, and meet some cool new bloggers too.
• Mommy Solutions:Crystal & Co does my favorite weekly linky – I find SO many amazing ideas here, and get quite a bit of traffic from the stuff I link up. Whether you add a post, or just browse the super smart, and incredibly creative ideas there – you’ll love it.
• Twitter Party: I’m helping co-host the Glad One Bag Twitter Party with Mom Central – check out the details, and tweet out the invite for a chance to WIN $50 Amazon gift cards. Awesome, right?
• Intimidated by Twitter Parties? Join this super fun, much slower paced, and totally informative party as a great way to learn how it all works. It’ll give you a chance to explore Twitter, share solutions to parenting challenges, and connect mom bloggers and mom businesses. Cool, right? Mompact Twitter Party RSVP.
• Pin Party: Link up your Pinterest account, check out the other super amazing ladies on the linky, and have fun pinning cool content! I love this weekly feature.
• Cannon Camera: Join this great giveaway event to giveaway an awesome prize – a new Cannon camera! Learn more and sign up here.

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