The Adventures of an Aluminum Can: A Story About Recycling was written by Alison Inches and illustrated by Mark Chambers. This book is part of the “Little Green Books” series, which is a new eco-friendly series from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. This is a great story about recycling that is written in diary…
I Can Save The Earth: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle was written by Alison Inches and illustrated by Viviana Garafoli. This book is part of the “Little Green Books” series, which is a new eco-friendly series from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. This book is about a little monster named…
Pool alarms for children should be required for any responsible parent. When we moved into our home, I was delighted at the fact that the house came with a pool. The pool was not fitted with a pool alarm or pool cover, so when Z.E.N. was born we made sure to add a fence around…
Mommy bloggers have gone from being a small segment of the online population to one of the most influential members of new media. Done mostly by smart, active women and mothers, mommy blogging gives women and mothers an avenue for sharing their ideas, suggestions, and recommendations about raising kids and everyday living. Corporations were also…
Since today is Father’s Day, I thought it would be fitting to post a few poems about fathers. {photo credit} The Perfect Father I love you because you’re my father, But you’re really so much more; You’re a guide and a companion; You and I have great rapport. You pay attention to me; You listen…
If you’re looking for the real deal about blogging and internet marketing, you have to follow these people. Why, you ask? Well, these people are very transparent in what they do online, some providing step by step instructions on how to perform a blogging/internet marketing related task. Most of them share the same sentiment that…
Since Z.E.N.’s last day of school is rapidly approaching, I wanted to make sure I get the word out to the other parents that he is available for play dates this summer. So I created these little cards to hand out to the other parents. (I used his real name and my real phone number…
The task for Day 6 of the challenge was to read through the following collection of 27 tips and tutorials for bloggers created by the following influential bloggers: Seth Godin from Seth’s Blog How to Get Traffic to Your Blog How to Send a Personal Email First, ten Rand Fiskin from SEOmoz 21 Tactics…
The task for Day 5 of the challenge was to review your blog comments to identify new readers and contact them via email to thank them for commenting. It may sound like a simple exercise, but it is one that can help to build reader engagement. We also had to answer the following questions:…
The task for Day 4 of the challenge is to take 15 minutes to analyze a blog that is in your niche. Instead of analyzing just one blog, I decided to analyze three. I don’t really think I have a niche, but if I had to choose one, I would say that I fall into…
