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Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:52:30 -0000

it reminds me of rusting metal

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

slowblogger — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:36:31 -0000

It's a beautiful story and a beautiful song. I guess moms, as caring beings, love artists' life stories as much as their works.

I know an artist whose day job is an admin worker at a hospital. His father's business went broke as soon as he was out of the art school. So, he joined Korean army and then had to make money to feed his family and so on. Now he is 41, but he still says art is the most important in his life. He thanked me for starting an art site where he could show his work. I felt honored.

Here is one of his photography works, called "Spring 1". http://artpoli.com/products...

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:50:12 -0000

I'll check out these links mike

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:45:07 -0000

I'm not sure cory. I don't think they should fork the community. If moms wanted to do that themselves, then I am sire they'd be all for it

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:32:14 -0000

I'll stop by this weekend

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:32:10 -0000

Is ladies an old fashioned word?

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:23:11 -0000

I think all bloggers are undervalued right now

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:17:09 -0000

I'll check it out

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

mikenolan99 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:28:57 -0000

We took the kids around the world, and kept friends and the kids school up to date with a family blog.

http://www.takethekidswith....

I also wanted to share my wife's published article about mothers warning their daughters about a hideous danger - scrap booking. From reading your wife's stuff, I think she'd get a kick out it.

http://www.julesnolan.com/2...

Thanks for the post,

Mike

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

cece — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:38:27 -0000

awesome! Well, here is one blog you didn't mention!

WWW.DOESMOMMYLOVEIT.COM

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Cory Levy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:58:18 -0000

Tumblr is so easy to use. They should leverage their technology/service to build a separate blogging community of just moms.

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

trisha — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:28:46 -0000

We would love for you to check out our mom blog community! We love mom bloggers! We see about 40K+ visitors a month and most are mommy bloggers. I think collectively the smaller mom bloggers hold the power.

trisha haas
momdot.com

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

BmoreWire — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:14:17 -0000

I guess what I'm looking for is some social media tool or link sharing tool that would allow a CPG advertiser to do an online word of mouth camapign through the network of mom-blogs.....like an easy way for mom-bloggers to share ideas (whether they are fueled by an advertiser or not) across blogs. i.e. all new moms use diapers and to provide an avenue to share best practices or prices for diapers.

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Liza — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:05:37 -0000

There is no common badge, link, or blogroll tech that most mom blogs use. We aren't all tied together. BlogHer probably comes the closest to being a common thread, but the network of mom bloggers is more like alot of loosely interconnected networks of moms.

For example, while good writing and high visibility gives some mom bloggers (Dooce, Pioneer Woman) with very niche viewpoints connection to a wide variety of moms, a lot more moms link to and read blogs that are more similar to their own experience. IE, moms of teens are less likely to read blogs by moms of babies, conservative christian moms are less likely to link to lesbian mom blogs.

Geography has been effectively leveraged by the Silicon Valley Moms Blog group to dev their affiliate sites around North America, but I think they may be succeeding more via good writing/marketing than specific common ground.

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Leah — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:30:59 -0000

I think of it as the new Ladies Home Journal, only those women wanted to be ladies not moms and these women relish in being Moms!

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Amanda — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:17:47 -0000

Love Diane Birch! Such a sweet disposition and a beautiful voice! Looking forward to tweeting with her some more at the Twitter Party @ResourcefulMom is having tonight!

I also love that so many great companies are looking into and enjoying working Mommybloggers, there are so many of us!

We're like ice cream, there are so many flavors it would be a shame to just pick one type and not try all the others! We're all great in our own ways and we all appeal to different types of parents. I would like to see all mommybloggers get the same attention and exposure. Though I do understand how business works...
Great article though!

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Kristin Fitch — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:17:07 -0000

I find it interesting that most of the people posting about and even commenting about mom bloggers are guys??? I have created a group of mom related websites/blogs that are going well. Most of the comments below are true from what I have experienced/see. I have a question to pose which I will be writing about in detail- Are mom bloggers being exploited or undervalued? We hear it is the most sought after market but only a handful make enough money to speak of- just curious on others perspectives. I co-founded and created http://www.ziggityzoom.com- for kids and parents and http://www.Mommie911.com and launching this month is CuriousBaby and DigitalMediaMoms.

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

rgibralter — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:45:00 -0000

Some very smart folks are working on a new polling platform that is IDEALLY suited for momblogs. The emphasis is on sharing questions and opinions and through collaboration learning what communities know and care about. A good test case is biggirlssmallkitchen.com which has a link on the upper right of the home page to their own poll, called an urtak. For more info, check out: urtak.com

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Catherine Maino — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:20:15 -0000

This again shows the influence that woman have on so many aspects of everyday life and decision making. Reaching woman, let alone Mom's, is not an easy task. Utilizing a destination that we are gravitating to for community, information or advice is brilliant! We're not easy to reach or "sell" to...but once you do we are loyal!

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:52:13 -0000

The value of being the top link is high

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

yy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:13:31 -0000

i love that ... too!

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:08:09 -0000

Awesome

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

BmoreWire — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:09:11 -0000

Does anyone know of a common badge, link, or blogroll technology that most mom blogs use? I'm looking for something to tie all of these mom blogs together.

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

Mike — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:01:17 -0000

Fred,
Your blog could be a case study for people interested in placement vs. clickthrough rates b/c as of right now (noon on June 4) the clickthroughs to the momblogs you listed are:

- My Charming Kids (111 clicks)
- dooce (50 clicks)
- c jane enjoy it (47 clicks)
- Bring The Rain (44 clicks)
- The Bloggess (37 clicks)
- The Pioneer Woman (33 clicks)

It makes sense that #1 gets the most clicks, but I was surprised that they decreased in order for the remaining sites. This seemed especially odd since I'm assuming almost none of your readers have heard of these blogs before. I guess it just goes to show that we all rely on your diligence to guide our behavior.

So keep up the good work!

Re: Is Momblogging The New Radio?

fredwilson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:39:08 -0000

Great comment. Its gotham gal btw. http://gothamgal.com and http://twitter.com/thegotha...