I also enjoy how a mommy blogger will engage the readers into her own tale...as if being captured by words. I think as moms, we automatically "baby" our blogs and wath them grow...
Traits of Confident Mom Bloggers
By Jennifer James
Being a mom blogger is tough. We’re all so intimately connected through our blogging and social networks that we know the companies other moms are working with and for, the events they’re invited to, speaking gigs they receive, and products that get thrown their way. In the midst of all these opportunities it is extremely easy to allow self-doubt to creep in and your confidence to slink away when you haven’t yet attained these goals. I’m here to tell you that it is extremely paramount to keep your confidence brewing, even in the face of what may seem to be countless opportunities and connections passing you by.
I love watching moms who are not only amazing bloggers, but serious business women. Here are a few unmistakable traits I see over and over again in confident mom bloggers I am lucky enough to call my friends.
These mom bloggers are:
1. Hard workers
2. Willing to give and share
3. Serious about their blogs
4. Always reliable
5. Great writers
6. Creative
7. Willing to say “no” and refuse opportunities that don’t fit
8. Not afraid to ask questions and only work with companies who pitch opportunities that are in their best interest
9. Not afraid to be friendly
10. Thinkers outside of the box
11. Always thinking about “What’s Next?”
12. Open to suggestions and honest feedback
13. Willing to take risks
14. Gifted leaders and
15. Fast learners
If you want to eventually get where other mom bloggers are, sometimes it is simply useful to sit back and watch how they roll. You’d be surprised how much you’ll learn.
I think a confident mom blogger is passionate, focused and strategic. She is also willing to take risks and has the understanding that sometimes she will fail. The key is to pick yourself up after a fall because as my mom told me "nothing beats a failure but a try" and the lessons learned from failure can lead to greater success."
-Renée Ross
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(Posted on 2010-05-12 23:18:00 by )
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Thanks for the great advice! I am just starting out but very serious about blogging. It definitely is more than a hobby to me. I'm learning things every day from other mommy bloggers and from great articles like this!
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Agreed! Awesome list, Jennifer!
(Posted on 2010-04-19 15:18:00 by ) -
This is great! Gives me and every other mom blogger something to work towards, sort of a set of guidelines. Thanks so much. I am posting about this on my new blog "Blogger Towne". It is a place of newbie and old hat bloggers alike, to recieve informaiton to help support them and their blogs and also to advertise existing blogs.
(Posted on 2010-03-15 21:31:00 by )
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Great advice for the new bloggers on the mommy block like me. I've learned so much, and have met (and read) some really wonderful bloggers. I can't wait to see where my new blogging ventures will take me. Thanks! :)