Mainstream media interested in mommy blogging
Mommy blogging has increasingly become of interest to mainstream media, with CBC Radio One’s Sunday Edition featuring a documentary this past Sunday, January 8, 2012, "Monetizing Mommy-hood" by Ira Basen, which can be heard at http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2184262802. The show is promoted in this way:
"When mommy blogging began, the idea was that young mothers could create a virtual network with each other and exchange ideas. Then someone realized that there was big money to be made in the marketing of the mommy bloggers. In one case, a blogger in Utah has more than 100,000 visitors to her blog every day. The idea has taken off across Canada and the U.S."
Of interest to me is how attention, while somewhat critical of the ability of mommy bloggers are able to speak their minds, the conflict of interest and the issues of authenticity, is not as focused on the mommyblogger who is interested in developing or being part of a community rather than being interested in earning money. Annie Urban of PhD in Parenting (www.phdinparenting.com) speaks of, and is attentive to, the potential ethical practices of accepting ads from carefully selected companies without agreeing to write about or promote their products. Bonnie Stewart, author of Crib Chronicles (www.cribchronicles.com) also offers some insight into this lack of attention in her January 9, 2012 posting http://cribchronicles.com/2012/01/09/the-first-rule-of-mommyblogging-is-you-dont-talk-about-mommyblogging/.
Fluidmaternities is very interested in speaking about mommy blogging and I look forward to further conversations about it all. I wonder what The State of the Mom Blogosphere 2012 on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 , co-hosted by Jennifer James (momblogmagazine.com), Allison Czarnecki (PetitElefant.com), Christine Koh (BostonMamas.com), Isabel Kallman (AlphaMom.com), Stacey Ferguson (JusticeFergie.com), and Tracey Clark (www.TraceyClark.com) will be like. The promo notes that they will discuss trends shaping the mom blogosphere, the business of blogging, as well as the impact of Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms on mom blogging. You too can catch it by registering at http://www.themotherhood.com/talk/show/id/62337.
Cheers, FFF.
"When mommy blogging began, the idea was that young mothers could create a virtual network with each other and exchange ideas. Then someone realized that there was big money to be made in the marketing of the mommy bloggers. In one case, a blogger in Utah has more than 100,000 visitors to her blog every day. The idea has taken off across Canada and the U.S."
Of interest to me is how attention, while somewhat critical of the ability of mommy bloggers are able to speak their minds, the conflict of interest and the issues of authenticity, is not as focused on the mommyblogger who is interested in developing or being part of a community rather than being interested in earning money. Annie Urban of PhD in Parenting (www.phdinparenting.com) speaks of, and is attentive to, the potential ethical practices of accepting ads from carefully selected companies without agreeing to write about or promote their products. Bonnie Stewart, author of Crib Chronicles (www.cribchronicles.com) also offers some insight into this lack of attention in her January 9, 2012 posting http://cribchronicles.com/2012/01/09/the-first-rule-of-mommyblogging-is-you-dont-talk-about-mommyblogging/.
Fluidmaternities is very interested in speaking about mommy blogging and I look forward to further conversations about it all. I wonder what The State of the Mom Blogosphere 2012 on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 , co-hosted by Jennifer James (momblogmagazine.com), Allison Czarnecki (PetitElefant.com), Christine Koh (BostonMamas.com), Isabel Kallman (AlphaMom.com), Stacey Ferguson (JusticeFergie.com), and Tracey Clark (www.TraceyClark.com) will be like. The promo notes that they will discuss trends shaping the mom blogosphere, the business of blogging, as well as the impact of Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms on mom blogging. You too can catch it by registering at http://www.themotherhood.com/talk/show/id/62337.
Cheers, FFF.
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