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On a personal note

May 28, 2009 By

Dear MomReviews Readers,

I feel I should apologize for the unplanned-for seven day break I took from updating this blog. I didn’t have posts pre-written and waiting to publish, I didn’t arrange for guest bloggers to fill in. I just…took a break.

Okay, I’ll be honest- I took what I suppose would best be described as a BIG OLE’ MENTAL HEALTH BREAK.

Basically, a week ago I pulled my head out of the clouds and took a look around and realized that my life needed a whole lot more of ME living in it.

I can’t say that taking a week off solved all my problems, but it sure did wonders for my stress level.

So now I am refreshed and ready to dive back in to the world of reviewing products and giving products away and lots of summer surprises!

Thanks for still being here :)

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Sponsored Conversations-The Cavemans Guide

May 19, 2009 By

You may have seen the phrase sponsored conversation on a blog post or Twitter lately, and if you’re wondering what it means, I have this video to show you that explains it. A sponsored conversation is any blog, twitter, facebook, or other kind of post in which the author has been compensated in some way by the company they are writing about.

In other words, every product review I write, every giveaway I host, every time I go to a blogger event and come back and write about my trip, those are all sponsored conversations. And according to experts on marketing, every company should be doing them. Watch this video and you’ll see why:

this post is a sponsored conversation for IZEA

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Attention Posties! There’s a new PayPerPost on it’s way!

April 20, 2009 By

If you’ve ever checked out PayPerPost, you know that the current system shows lists of paid post ‘opportunities’ and it’s up to the bloggers to grab the opps on a first-come, first-served basis. Well, all of that is about to change. PayPerPost has taken three years’ worth of user feedback and completely redesigned the model from the ground up. Say hello to PayPerPost v4.0:

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The account bloggers create with v4.0 is unlike anything PayPerPost has ever done before.  The blogger completes a very quick and easy sign-up form including setting their OWN PRICE for sponsored links and their price PER WORD for a paid post.  The blogger’s profile also includes their desired category and a list of keywords related to their site. This helps match up the best advertisers for each blogger.

Best of all,  with the new PayPerPost, bloggers can choose for themselves whether they want the sponsored link(s) in each post to be Follow or NoFollow. Google prefers NoFollow and is less likely to penalize a blog for having sponsored posts if the links aren’t followed.

The site is still in Alpha testing, I have invite keys if anyone would like one. If you ask for one, keep in mind that you’ll be creating a PayPerPost account and will be in the marketplace for offers for advertisers. I have nine invites left so let me know in a comment if you want one!

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