Café Mom

Marketing within your interests

CafeMom is an ad-supported social networking website specifically targeted at mothers, offering member-generated content such as profiles, journals, groups, photos, and polls.
-- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1. Go to CafeMom www.cafemom.com/
2. Click on Join Now
3. Fill out the form
4. Optional: Tell everyone why you're here, and CafeMom members -- email your friends and introduce them to your profile and CafeMom
5. Before joining groups go to Settings
6. Click on Your Basics
7. Fill out the information such as What should other moms know about you?
8. Click on Save
   
   
   Tips
   

• On the left is a list of items you can click on to personalize your profile
• Click on Signatures to add a personal Signature message such as your website address.
• Personalize the way your homepage
• Join groups and participate
  
  
  
  

aNobii

aNobii is a social networking site targeted to worldwide booklovers. The idea behind aNobii is simple: create an online platform for avid-readers to share reviews, recommendations, and most important of all, find other similar-taste booklovers.
-- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1. Go to aNobii www.anobii.com/
2. Click on sign up for free
3. Enter email & a password and click submit
4. Choose your language & click on next
5. Click on Settings located in the top right corner
6. Click on Your Profile
7. Fill out the information – this is where you can add your website
   

Tips

• Add your books
• Go to Groups & participate
• After you add your books go to Neighbors and see who else listed that book as a favorite / read.
• After you add your books go to Neighbors and click on Discover.

Participating in social networking groups promotes your profile. Your profile lists your website. So when someone views your profile they will see your website and go to your website.

Dopplr

1. Go to Dopplr http://www.dopplr.com/
2. Click on Join Dopplr Now
3. Fill out the form
4. Click on Save Details
5. OPTIONAL: Invite people to share your travels. If you don’t want to do this you can click on skip.
6. Click on Start Using Dopplr. This will take you to a welcome page.
7. Go to the top right corner of the website and click on Your Account
8. Personalize your profile - click on and do the following steps

a)Change your photo – upload a photo that is a bit more personal
b) You do not have a public profile. New Edit your public profile. -- Choose what information, if any, you'd like to display to the whole internet. When done click on Publish My Profile.

9. Go to the top right corner of the website and click on Your Account 10. Anything you want to change in your account can be changed by clicking on the word(s) in blue. Click on Overview to see what your profile looks like.

Tips & Tricks

On the Overview page you can look at different cities where pople are posting questions. Go to these cities and answer a question or two to promote your profile that displays your website(s).


EXAMPLE: I clicked on Los Angeles
Dopplr asks “What's good to explore in Los Angeles?”

I answered this question by clicking on “There are 20 answers to this question”This brought up a new page. I click on Reply on the right side. Provided an answer and submitted it. Then I went through the list and clicked on Agree or Disagree. Both these actions help to promote my profile and website. Click on Q & A for more questions.



You can also add your own Favorite places such as places to explore and eat.

Now Public

Report & benefit from your articles, photos and videos.

From the website

1. "NowPublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. In twelve short months, the company has become one of the fastest growing news organizations with thousands of reporters in over 140 countries. During Hurricane Katrina, NowPublic had more reporters in the affected area than most news organizations have on their entire staff. In 2007, TIME Magazine named NowPublic one of the 50 Coolest Websites and in 2009, the site was nominated for an Emmy for Advanced Technology."
   
   
   Go to Now Public
2. Click on Join Now Public
   Fill out the form
   We've sent you a message so that you can confirm your account.
3. Go to your email and look for Account details for xxxx at The News is NowPublic.com‏ - click on the link
   
   NOTE: Click on Tell me how to get published – this will provide a video on how to get published.

4. New window: Congratulations. You've joined NowPublic
This will provide a video tutorial as well as other related tutorials to help you with your new account. Watch these videos as they will help.


5. On at the top right hand corner, click on your user name.
This will take you to a different page. You can edit any area that has a pink edit button next to it.
6. Where the tabs are located you can click on Edit Profile to set up your Now Public account

7. Fill out the form

a) Add a picture – makes a profile look friendly and welcoming
b) Url – this is your website address
c) Title – This is the name of your website

8. Click on Save Changes

9. Click on Edit Settings
10. Scroll down to
11. Your PayPal Account Settings
12. Type in your email address that you use for receiving money. This will allow other members to tip you for content you contribute to NowPublic
13. Click on Save

Tips & Tricks

* On Channels – you can choose what “channels” you can want to read, watch and or follow. This is a good way to participate and gain fans, followers and readers.

* Click on stories and leave comments on the stories so that others will see your profile.

* Write articles, submit photos and or videos to Now Public to gain readers and fans. You can do that by clicking on

I want to write something and I've got photos and video

Didd It

I Didd It!

Did it is another silly time waster but effective marketing method. Basically Did It is a community where you check off things you have done in your life and things you would like to do in your life. Your profile in Did It allows you to list one website along with the standard information such as About Me.

How you use Did It is travel through different parts of the Did It community, click on the check mark if you have done it, click on the thumbs down or thumbs up picture and leave a comment if you like. In the list for Social Networking I listed my profile website address. This is another way to market yourself and your websites.


1) Go to Didd It http://www.diddit.com/

2) Click on Join Diddit
a. Just enter an email address and password and you're done.
Fill out the information and your ready to start telling people all about you and marketing your website(s).

3) Once logged in click on You

4) Scroll down to About & click on edit

5) Fill out the following areas
a. Name
b. Profile photo
c. Tagline
d. Website/Blog
e. Bio

6) Click on Save

7) Click on Browse

8) Move your mouse over the word Browse. A menu will appear with different categories. Chose one.

9) Click on one of the Featured Lists

10) A new page will appear with 10 different things you can check mark. Click on the check mark and this will bring up a new window. Click on the thumbs up or down and write a comment.
That’s it.

Why do it.

The system is constantly displaying new comments from Diddit users. The more you use it in a single sitting the better chances you have that your profile will come up for everyone to see what you checked marked on and what comment you left. People who see it will see your profile and can click on your profile – this will market your website(s).

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Blog Ideas

Today’s blog is an abridgment of a month long series by Pro Blogger which is a great resource for new bloggers. Every Monday and Tuesday I will post a digest from this wonderful series. If you would like to learn more about the series please go to http://www.problogger.com/


Come up with 10 Post Ideas

1. The Set Up

Get a whiteboard, piece of paper, note book, tablet pc or something else to write on (there are also various mind mapping tools and software options out there - but I find a pen and paper can work just fine) and draw five circles across the middle of the page. In each circle write the titles of the last five posts on your blog (if you want to do this more comprehensively go back further and do it with more posts).

2. Extend Your Previous Posts
Now take each post in turn and spend a few minutes brainstorming on ways that the post could be ‘extended’. Most posts that you write will be able to be ‘extended’ in any number of ways including:

picking up a question or idea that a reader asked in the comments on that post
exploring the opposite point of view from the post
taking a ‘news’ post and writing an ‘opinion’ piece about it
taking a ‘theoretical’ type posts and writing something that helps people to ‘DO’ it
expanding upon ideas glossed over in passing in the previous post

The list could go on - really it is about finding ways to take ideas in a previous post and expanding upon and extended them.

For each idea draw a line out from the circle, draw a square (or use a different color) and write the idea inside of it.

The key at this point is to let yourself be as creative and outside the box as you want. Any idea is allowed at this point.



Read the entire post here

Set Up ‘Alerts’

Today’s blog is an abridgment of a month long series by Pro Blogger which is a great resource for new bloggers. Every Monday and Tuesday I will post a digest from this wonderful series. If you would like to learn more about the series please go to www.ProBlogger.com


One such important activity that I spend considerable time on as a blogger is ‘watching’, ‘monitoring’, ‘listening to’ and ‘reading’ what others are writing on their blogs or social media accounts.

Reasons to Be Aware of What Others are Talking About in Your Niche
There are quite a few reasons that bloggers monitor what’s being said on other blogs and in the news on certain topics. These include:

1. Ideas for Posts - one of the main challenges that bloggers face at different times is running out of things to blog about. Keeping abreast of what others are writing about gives you an almost unlimited supply of ideas and helps you to keep your posts on topic with what is buzzing in your niche at any given point of time.

2. Awareness of Breaking News - this is more relevant for some niches than others but sometimes knowing when a story is breaking in your industry can be very important. Being unaware of such stories can make your blog look out of touch to readers wanting to know the latest.

3. Profile Building and Perceived Expertise - bloggers who are obviously aware of what else is happening in their niche are often seen as experts and authorities in their industry. I know of a number of bloggers and twitter users who’ve built profiles for themselves simply by having their finger on the pulse of their niche and linking to interesting and useful content on other sites.

4. Networking - using some of the ‘alert’ tools below enables you to know who is talking about issues relevant to your niche within a short time of them doing so. This enables you to make connections and build relationships with these people.

5. Reputation Management - knowing quickly when others are talking about you, your company, your brands and your blog is valuable information as it enables you to not only build relationships with those who are saying positive things about you but also manage negative talk.