When bloggers speak, brands listen »

About 18 or so months ago, I had an incident at a large retail store. In short, my credit info was stolen by a cashier and used to make the employee’s family members happy on Christmas morning. After receiving a bill for over $2,000 in my mailbox in January, I spent A LOT of time on the phone with the credit card company trying to get to the bottom of it, as well as to dispute the charges.

Bloggers are people, too »

We all know the type – a blogger who sits perched behind her desk all day blogging, tweeting, Facebook’ing like crazy. Telling all and leaving nothing out. Chances are, if you met her, she would be a laugh a minute, the life of the party, and your new BFF. Or, maybe not.

Bloggers, somebody loves us! »

It was with great pride (and a touch of bewilderment) that I took in a recent piece on the HuffPo, entitled Mommy Bloggers Are Going to Rule the World. The writer, Kari Henley, attended Blissdom several weeks ago, and the post included her impressions and take-aways from the mom blogger conference.

The bloggy overshare »

In a recent post on the New York Times Motherlode blog, Lisa Belkin ponders whether Mom bloggers are jinxed, since it seems every day there is another mom blogger facing disaster. The disasters, I assure you, are real. But is this the question?

Here’s to you, work-at-home-mom »

I am just back from a vacation in sunny Florida with my kids. For one week, it was just myself, and two little girls under the age of five. Sure, there were some grandparents around to feed them candy at bedtime and buy them pretty much whatever they chose at the toy store, but at the end of the day, it was just them and me.

Happy New Year – now update your copyright »

Four years ago I came upon this advice: If you have a website (like a blog) that you claim copyright for, and the information on that website is updated regularly, then as soon as a change is made on that website, you should update the copyright statement for the new year.

Social media put to good use »

A 27-year-old man from my hometown of Montreal disappeared last Saturday night outside of a popular restaurant, never to be seen or heard from again. On Tuesday morning, his body was discovered in the nearby icy Lachine Canal. There are no leads, no explanations, no clues.

The year in social media: the good, the bad, and the ugly »

2010 was the year of Social Media. It seems like everything revolved around social media and so many things – from fantastic to horrific – arose as a result. The power of social media cannot be denied, and below is evidence as proved by the events of the year:

It’s a small blogosphere after all »

Catching up on my RSS reader, I saw that once again, all hell had broken loose stemming from a snarky post written by a controversial blogger. Just another case of drama in the mom blogosphere. It’s the usual sideline entertainment so I won't bore you with details. Instead, I want to point out something about influence – and not so positive influence at that.

Why I blog »

People are super curious about bloggers. I'm constantly being asked things like, why did you start your blog? How do you keep up with it? OMG, you got that for free??

Blog to win? Blogger beware! »

There seems to be this new phenomenon occurring in the blogosphere. Every day my inbox seems to have an influx of pitches asking me to blog about a topic or product or service for the chance to win a gift card.

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