Add an "Add This" Button to Your Blog

Do you want more exposure for your blog and not sure where to start? One super easy thing to do is create and add an “Add This” button to your blog. In four simple steps you can have a small button appear on your blog that allows your readers to subscribe using any feedreader, bookmark it through a bookmarking managing service or share on other social sites. Another thing that I like about adding this button is that it allows analytics to track the performance of your button.

So here is how you do it: Go to the Add This site and pick what service you want to add your button to (Blogger, WordPress, etc.). Next you need to pick the design of your button. If you want to track the performance of your button, you will need to register with “Add This.” I chose to register and all I needed to do was pick a user name, password and enter my email address. Now I should receive a weekly analytic overview report of my blog:)

After you pick the design of your button, then you will be given detailed instructions on how to install the button to your site! Now when people visit your site, they can click on your add this button and will have the option of over fifty ways to share and bookmark your site!

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Late Night Tweeting

If anyone has any doubt about the simple pleasures of Twitter, let me share this short story. Last night I was working into the wee hours of the morning. I decided to get myself a glass of red wine and some cheese. Well, I searched high and low in the fridge and all I found was gross plastic wrapped cheese. Yuck! Not what I wanted!
After a little more searching I decided on Goldfish crackers out of desperation. Surprisingly, it wasn’t bad! So I decided to Tweet about it.
I sent out a tweet that said: The next best thing if you don’t have cheese to go with your red wine? Goldfish crackers! Don’t knock it until you tried it:)
I had one other mom agree with me (thanks @chicest !) and one of my guy friends laugh at me (boo @boothy443 !)
The funny thing is this morning I work up and checked out Twitter. And there is a RT (re-tweet) from @PeppridgeFarm! They must have a search set up for “goldfish crackers” saw my tweet and re-tweeted it! Ahhhh the simple satisfaction of Twitter! As a consumer, I liked to see my tweet being re-tweeted by a company; I like that someone is listening!

Have you had a similar experience on Twitter, good or bad? Please share it!

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Savor the Succes: A Social Networking Site for Entrepreneurial and Creative Women

Hey there! Are a woman or mom entrepreneur? Then if you haven’t done it yet, you need to take a look at Savor the Success. Savor the Success is a social networking site that connects women that are in all stages of their entrepreneurial journey. There is a free membership (which will actually be changing to a trial membership as of August 1) and a premium paid membership. Although I haven’t made the leap to the premium membership, I hope to do so within the next few months.

Let me tell you why I love Savor the Success, even on the free level. With a completely filled out profile, Savor makes it super easy for other members to connect with you with some innovative features that you may not find on other social networking sites. For instance, there is a section on your profile that asks you to fill out what you need in your  life to reach your goals. This can be anything from a business coach, a web site designer or even women that could turn into potential clients. By filling out this part of your profile, you are actually entering in keywords. These keywords are used to connect you with other members who are looking for the same things or fit that description!

One of the things that I love is that when you want to connect with someone, Savor expects you to write a personal message to that person. Their philosophy is, if you are not going to get on a semi-personal level with this person by taking some time to say hello and how are you, then why do you want to connect with them? This is so true! No matter where I am connecting with people, I always try to go beyond the standard, “My name is Rebecca and I would like to add you to my network.”

So, why don’t you take some time and check it out! I would love to hear your feedback on this site. And if you join, please connect with me!

Virtually Out There,

Rebecca

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Facebook Fan Boxes

If you are anything like me, you are trying to get your fan base on Facebook up to 100 so you can secure you Vanity URL on your Fanpage. One way that I have gained some new fans is by adding a Facebook Fan Box to both my blog and website. And it is super easy to do!

Just go to your Facebook Fan Page (your Facebook business page) and on the left side right under your picture or logo there is option that says: “Add Fan Box to your site.” All you need to do is cut and paste the code into your website or blog and a widget will appear on your site that shows a feed of your recent activity. Now people can become fans just by clicking on your Fan Box.

There are few options to customize your site. You can choose to have your fans show in your box. I chose not to have current fans be apart of my box for a few reasons. One: how do I know that my fans want their picture on my website or blog? The last thing I want to do is offend one of my fans:) Two: the box is pretty large as it is and I wanted to do something that made it look smaller.

As far as I’m concerned, this new option provided by Facebook is fabulous! Enjoy!

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Support Creative Virtual Office in the 2009 StartupNation Home-Based Business Competition

Support Creative Virtual Office in the 2009 StartupNation Home-Based Business Competition

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Welcome!

Today is the first post on my new blog “The Musings of The Social Media Mommy.” Through this blog I hope to help other mom entrepreneurs (like me) gain some exposure on the Internet through the wonderful world of Social Media and Networking:)

There are so many wonderful sites out there that are very worthwhile to join and interact with. I hope to give you both personal and professional insight on these sites and maybe we can connect on there as well!

I look forward to connecting in the future!

Rebecca

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