If you keep an eye on your blog stats, sometimes you might notice a traffic spike on a specific post. Usually this spike comes from a link from another blog or website, linking to a meme or a social bookmark. (More on social bookmarking coming soon.)
Seeing all this extra traffic is exciting. But instead of just sitting back and enjoying the higher numbers, why not take advantage of this new traffic? After all, wouldn’t it be great to turn some of this one-time traffic into returning traffic?
When you notice this …

Sorry for the technical difficulties and the site being unavailable recently. We had some backend issues that needed to be fixed.
One of us moms here at Mom’s Blog Resource was convinced she could fix the problem on her own. So she stubbornly refused to ask for help and attempted to do what she could, which wasn’t much. Finally, she gave in and turned to Hostgator, the hosting company of the site, to see if they could help. Within an hour, one of the Hostgator techs had the site back up …

Chances are you spend a lot of time blogging. If you are like almost every other blogger out there, you’re always searching for ways to bring more visitors to your blog. After all, what’s the point of spending all that time working on your blog if no one is going to benefit from your wisdom, laugh at your wittiness, or “awww” over your precious children.
Of all the successful blogs on the Internet, hundreds more have failed. Running a blog is like running a business website. Unless you are willing to …

Have you ever sat down at your computer to start blogging, only to find yourself still sitting there an hour later without a single word written? Believe it or not, this is a common occurrence that almost every blogger experiences once in awhile. What do you do when this happens? Do you ever wish there was somewhere you could to find ideas and inspiration?
There is! It’s called Blog Energizer.
Blog Energizer is a fantastic blogging resource site that is filled with endless content ideas, promotion opportunities, and networking and connection opportunities.
If …

The nicest thing about the drafts of a blog is that no one will ever see them but you. Until you hit that publish button, you can play around with your drafts as much as you want.
Say you have a great idea for a blog post and a few perfect sentences already written in your mind but no idea where to take it from there. Start a draft post, add those sentences, and then let it sit until you have more time or more thoughts.
Or say you are hit with …

Have you ever read a magazine article or watched television news or talk show and wondered how the quoted “average-person responders” were found? Well in this day and age, many of them are found through HARO.
What is HARO you ask? HARO is an acronym for Help A Reporter Out. The brainchild of Peter Shankman, HARO is a wonderful source that connects average people with media sources and vice versa.
On the HARO website, you can enter your name and email address to be added to the source list. Then, you will …

Like most online communities, the Twitter world has developed its own unique language. Here’s a basic cheat sheet to help you jump in without feeling like you need a translator.

Tweet – Another word for a 140-character update.
Tweeps/Tweeple – Short for “twitter people.” Your friends and followers in the twitter community.
Hashtag – A hashtag is used to keep track of a topic that many people are talking about. The hashtag is the pound sign (#) followed by the chosen descriptive word of the topic. As an example, during the Blissdom conference, …

As a new blogger you have high aspirations for sharing your endless knowledge, your funny stories, and your most humble (or not) opinions.  You want others to try your tastiest recipes and your favorite household tips.  You desire to unleash your inner writer and make a difference in your corner of the blogosphere.
But what do you really want? What you really want is for someone to read your posts! I can remember refreshing my stats page every hour 30 minutes after those first few posts, giddy when I saw that …

Review blogs are a nice little niche to explore if you like the idea of reviewing free products and sharing your opinions with your blog readers.
When it comes to reviewing products, you have a few options. You can create a blog just for reviews, start a second blog that focuses on reviews, or add reviews into your current blog content.
That last option is probably the best for newer blogs, although there are some ad networks that do not allow reviews of products over a specific dollar amount to be run …

The one phrase I’ve heard constantly repeated throughout the Mom blogosphere is: “I’m not in it for the money.” In fact, I said that often myself in the beginning.
I certainly have a ton of respect for bloggers who subscribe to that theory for the life of their blog. That’s their prerogative, and good for them if they are happy just writing.
But I don’t understand why monetizing a mommy blog has such a stigma. Personally, I spend around 30 hours a week working on my blogs. In addition to my time, …