Moms In Business

Moms in Business Weekly Digest

Here's a roundup of some interesting Moms in Business stories for you to check out:

Busy Cyber Moms find support through online networking communities. http://snurl.com/28ewi

Interview with Moms and daughters who work together. http://snurl.com/28eve

Interesting statistics on Blogging Moms 71% maintain profiles on MySpace, 44% on Facebook, and 1.8% on Twitter. http://snurl.com/28etu 

SWAT moms, (Smart Women with Available Time) find part time gigs to put their high level skills to work. http://snurl.com/28ese

Mom: An Entrepreneur's Secret to Success. The slide show is awesome! http://snurl.com/28ert

Enjoy!

Linda Locke
Moms in Business

Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing everyone a very happy Mother's Day.  I hope you are having a fun and relaxing day.

In honor of the day, here's a fun post of some of the most popular social networking site for women.

Top 10 Social Networking Sites for Women

Enjoy!

Linda Locke
Moms in Business

Are Women Better New Media Marketers?

Here's a link to an intriguing post by Deborah Micek (otherwise known as Coach Deb) on what it takes to be a successful new media marketer and why she believes that women have the advantage.

7 Characteristics of the Successful New Media Marketer–Part 1: Trustworthy

The best tip Deb gives is the following hint:

Quote: "Get a male/female partnership in business and you’ll have an even greater advantage by applying each person’s natural skills to the appropriate task needed in the company."

So what do you think?

Linda Locke
Editor, Moms in Business

My Twitter Weekly Digest

A roundup of some of my Twitter posts from last week.  Yeah I got kinda carried away :)

Enjoy!

Here's some good ideas for getting content for your blog. http://snurl.com/270ah

Can you write a good blog post in 5 minutes? http://snurl.com/271bx

[BLOGGING] Make your blog better in just 15 minutes. http://snurl.com/271b7

[BLACKBERRY] Email tips and tricks. http://snurl.com/271bg

[PODCASTING] 10 Tips for Launching a Solid Podcast http://snurl.com/271ax

Here's 5 essentials for the mobile web worker. http://snurl.com/26vqy

[PR TIPS] Amp up your PR campaigns by making them newsworthy. http://snurl.com/27199

Reading A Secret to Blogging Success from Problogger. http://snurl.com/26vo2

Powerful, good stuff on how to deal positively with your fears. http://snurl.com/26qsq

If you are a singer, speaker or use your voice a lot, here's why you should make sure you keep your voice hydrated. http://snurl.com/26qrt

Viewing Social Media Optimization and Marketing 101 presentation at SlideShare.com http://snurl.com/26nbb

How to Be a Stress-free Web Worker. http://snurl.com/26n53

If you are a new freelancer, here's some helpful tips on how to set your rates. http://snurl.com/26l9q

The 2 Magic Words. http://snurl.com/26ew3

Ahhh! The joys of self employment... http://snurl.com/26cz9

Dreaming of blogging around the world. http://snurl.com/26bkc

Direct Marketing vs. Social Marketing. Good stuff! http://snurl.com/26bhh

Can you juggle? http://snurl.com/26beb

Reading Seth Godin's advice on how to write like a blogger. http://snurl.com/252vd

Reading Anywired.com's Complete Guide to Becoming a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. Fantastic! http://snurl.com/25sdi

Two good places to find free pics for your blogs. http://snurl.com/25san

America's Favorite Mom

Teleflora is searching for America's Favorite Mom.

Read about the 15 semi-finalists here.

Raising a Social Media Son?

Another interesting interview with a social media Dad from socialmediamom.com

Social Media Dad … Raising a Social Media Son?

"My son wants to start blogging. He’s 10 years old.

Should we let him?

That’s top of mind these days for this Social Media Dad (and my wife), who’s thrilled that his son knows what blogs are and wants to have his own, but also a little bit concerned about him becoming more of a Social Media Son than a Do-Well-In-School Son.

Not long ago, I was sitting on the couch in the family room, banging away on my laptop (no doubt writing a blog post, reading a blog post, or playing/working on Mixx, StumbleUpon, Sphinn, or maybe Yahoo! Answers), when my son said the magic words: “Dad, I want to do a blog.”

I stopped everything I was doing."

“Really?,” I said. “Why do you want to start a blog?” Because it looks fun, he said." more

Social Media Dad, Darren Rowse

This insightful post by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.com, is a wonderful reminder about how seeing things through the eyes of a toddler can help you to experiment and learn new skills like social networking.

4 Tips for Social Media Toddlers

Enjoy!

Linda Locke

South Jersey Moms Create Green Business

Want to start a Green business?

Here's some inspiration about two clever Moms who run successful eco-conscious businesses.

Eco-friendliness drives business

Comeback Moms

Thinking about returning to work?

Read about two moms from Austin who made a business out of it.

Austin moms give advice on how to return to work

Moms on Twitter

Do you Twitter?   I signed up for a Twitter account recently and I'm already addicted.

So what is Twitter? It's a micro blogging tool that lets you stay in touch and network with friends, family, website or blog readers and share information through short 140 character posts.

You can check out mine here: http://twitter.com/lindalocke

And here's a lot of other moms who Twitter too! 

Moms on Twitter

Try it you'll like it!

Linda Locke
Moms in Business