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Meet BlogHer’s Jory Des Jardins

ShannanB — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:59:12 +0000

Hey Cincy/Dayton friends - Cincinnati Women Bloggers has partnered with Cincinnati Social Media for an event this Thurs, Oct. 29th at Empower MediaMarketing: Building Community with BlogHer’s Jory Des Jardins. There are only a limited number of tickets available so if you are interested you better hop on over and register. You can read more about the event and register, here: http://bit.ly/44pWuT.

Jory doesn’t get to Cincinnati often so you won’t want to let this one pass you by!

Cincinnati Women Bloggers Meets Saturday

ShannanB — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:37:29 +0000

Hey Cincy friends –

Just a quick reminder that Cincinnati Women Bloggers meets this Saturday, 10am at the Cincinnati Ballet. You can get more info and RVSP, here.

We’ll be talking about BlogHer, as well as what you’re interested in learning about over the course of the upcoming months.

I’ll Share Mine, Will You Share Yours?

ShannanB — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:43:30 +0000

Hey Cincy friends -

Cincinnati Women Bloggers has launched a new “Friday Favorites” link up that allows you to share one of your favorite blog posts. It doesn’t have to be from this week – it can be from last month, last year, even two years ago. It just has to be one that you love.

I think this is a great way to not only share your writing talents, but to expose your blog to new readers as well as find new blogs you might not have known existed.

If you get a minute I recommend checking it out.

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Swag Bucks 101

ShannanB — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:00:40 +0000

During the recent Cincinnati Women Bloggers meeting, one of the programs that Andrea (Mommy Snacks) mentioned during her presentation on affiliate marketing and blog monetization that intrigued me was Swag Bucks. Not sure what it was, I decided to check it out, and it’s actually pretty cool. It essentially pays you to search the internet – something I do all the time!

If you are not familiar, Swag Bucks is an online site where you earn ‘Bucks’ for using their search engine to perform your searches. The Bucks you earn are then redeemable for various prizes. It’s that simple.

Swag Bucks is open to the general public, and registration took me less than 3 minutes.

How you earn Swag Bucks:

1. SEARCH: Log in to Swag Bucks when you need to search the internet. They also have a Swag Bucks tool bar that you can install that makes it SUPER easy to do your searching with them.

2. SHOP: Next time you head online to do some shopping, check out the Swag Bucks SHOP. It’s tied to lots of great stores like Liz Claiborne & Macys (they even have coupons!) For every $5 you spend you’ll earn 1 Swag Buck.

3. TRADE IN: Have an old cell phone or MP3 player lying around? Any video games your children no longer play? You can trade them in and win beaucoup Swag Bucks. The site shows the Swag value of a Motorola SLVR L7 as 44 Swag Bucks!

4. INVITE: Think you’re friends would be interested? Invite your friends to join and you can earn up to 100 Swag Bucks.

Prizes…..Are they worth it?

Prizes run the gamit from things for your kids to electronics and gift cards and they don’t require you to have ten bajillion points either. Some of the cool items I saw included:

Belkin Ipod Nano Silicon Case - 55 SB
Madden 2002 for the PSP, pre-used – 55 SB
Nora Roberts book, A little Magic – 100 SB
Various MP3 Singles – 15 SB

I am still in the early stages of checking it out, but so far it looks like a pretty cool program. You can sign up for Swag Bucks, here.

PS. Swag Bucks is also on Twitter. If you sign up, you should def. follow them as they Tweet special opportunities to earn Swag Bucks!

Affiliate Marketing and You!

Affiliate Marketing and You!

ShannanB — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:04:59 +0000

I’m back! After a 10+ day hiatus due to the “plague” I am feeling charged and ready to write.

This morning Cincinnati Women Bloggers hosted it’s monthly meeting at Bridge Worldwide downtown. The topic was monetization and affiliate marketing and boy, did I learn a ton. The presentation was given by Andrea of Mommy Snacks, a blogger I am happy to be able to call my friend.

I met Andrea right before heading down to BlissDom in Nashville this past February. It was at BlissDom that I had a chance to get to know her (and learned what a “big Deal” she is!). During dinner one night Andrea and I started talking about blogging and that’s when I learned of her extensive knowledge of the affiliate marketing world. Right away I knew I had to convince her to present at a Cincinnati Women Bloggers meeting. Luckily, she agreed and our group had a great meeting as a result.

Among the things I learned:

There are a lot of sites out there offering a WIDE array of affiliate marketing opportunities. Andrea has a list on her blog, HERE.
If you look at the requirements for a particular affiliate marketing group and don’t quite make the cut, contact them directly. You may end up getting in if you are close.
Always remember to stay true to the voice of your blog!
Mom Bloggers Club has a great post on selling ads on your blog
There is a service called Swag Bucks that pays you to do searches!

Since I am one of the organizers of Cincy Women Bloggers I didn’t have a chance to take a ton of notes, but if you are looking for a source for information on affiliate marketing, Andrea did a great recap post with overviews and links to various programs, HERE, on her blog. Also, my friend Debba with Girlfriendology recapped it on her blog, HERE and my friend Andrea from Udandi and the Craft of Money recapped it HERE.

Myself, Andrea and Erin from $5 Dinners at Blissdom09

Ho, Ho, Ho…..

ShannanB — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:40:19 +0000

Just wanted to share a fun event that I’m helping organize through Cincinnati Women Bloggers. If you are free on December 15th and live in the Northern Kentucky / Cincinnati area I hope you’ll consider coming down to Pachinko and spreading a little holiday cheer with us (all for a good cause). You don’t have to be a blogger or even a woman…. to attend! It’s going to be a lot of fun…. I promise!

Cincinnati Women Bloggers Holiday Social

Proceeds benefit the Interfaith Hospitality Network of NKY

WHAT: Cincinnati Women Bloggers Holiday Social, an event to benefit Interfaith

Hospitality Network of Northern Kentucky.

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 15, 2008

6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WHO: This event is open to the public.

WHERE: Pachinkos

MainStrasse Village

424 W 6th St

Covington, KY 41011

COST: $10 at the door (price includes appetizers and one drink ticket)

$1 raffle tickets

All proceeds benefit the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Northern Kentucky

INFO: www.cincinnatiwomenbloggers.com

DETAILS: Cincinnati Women Bloggers, the tri-state’s only organization dedicated to connecting women in the new media community, is hosting a holiday social from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Pachinkos in Covington. All proceeds will benefit Interfaith Hospitality Network of Northern Kentucky. In addition to collecting donations of $10 at the door, Cincinnati Women Bloggers will sell $1 raffle tickets for a number of items, ranging from fitness memberships to laptop accessories.

The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Northern Kentucky is the only agency in Northern Kentucky providing shelter to two-parent families and single parents with children under 18 while keeping the entire family together. It serves an average of 40 families per year, including 80 children – most of whom are under the age of 10. Nine host churches and 34 support churches that provide shelter, three meals per day, and transportation to homeless children and their families support the network.

Blogger Meet Up – You’re Invited!!

ShannanB — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:54:00 +0000

If you live in the greater Cincinnati area, Girlfriendology and I are organizing a Women’s Blogger Meet up on June 21. The meet up will be at 10:00 a.m. at The Bean Haus in Covington, KY. It will be casual and a lot of fun. Leave a comment and/or email me at Shannanb@gmail.com if you can make it. We already have several RSVPs.

Here’s a quick look at whose coming so far:

Julie from WineMeDineMe
Amy from Amy in Ohio
Tela from Working Moms Against Guilt (WMAG)
Laura from World’s Best Burger
Loree from Worlds Best Burger
Amie from 4Benders
Susan from Working Moms Against Guilt (WMAG)