The top 10 Posts of 2011

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As you know I am a statistic Queen. Can't get away no matter what I do.I use information like this, to tell me what I need to do MORE of in the future.

2011 (June is when I started!)

#1. How to Organize a Playroom- Day 2 This is a post that was "stumbled"

#2.***GIVEAWAY***FLASH #Giveaway #Win $20 by TOMORROW! Weekly giveaway held by Moms with Voices Media

#3.***GIVEAWAY***#Rafflecopter Round Up #Giveaway EVENT! Giveaway Hop hosted by Makobi Scribe

#4.***GIVEAWAY***Welcome to the 2011 Fall Fashionista #Giveaway EVE... Giveaway hop hosted by Still Blond After All These Years Sign ups are open for the next event now!!! Visit HERE and tell her Cute-Ecakes referred you ;-)

#5.***GIVEAWAY***Christmas Let Down Giveaway Hop- Blogger Package! Giveaway hop hosted by Planet Weidknecht Sign ups are open for the next event now!!! Visit HERE!

#6.***GIVEAWAY***Radio Flyer Classic Bumper Car #Giveaway Group Giveaway hosted by Oh My Gosh Beck

#7.#BLOGSTARS Twitter Party- Tues 10 PM EST Twitter Party post hosted by the BlogStars!

#8.***GIVEAWAY***Power Wheels Dune Racer #Giveaway Group Giveaway hosted by Cute-Ecakes

#9.***GIVEAWAY***Falling for You CASH #Giveaway $130 Group Giveaway hosted by Cute-Ecakes

#10. Basic HTML for new bloggers I guess for no other reason, than people need help with the basics, and this is an awesome post! LOL!

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How to make a drop down navigation bar in blogger

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If you have been blogging for a bit, it is likely that you have more links that you'd like accessible from your home page, but how to display them without cluttering up your navigation bar? A simple drop down menu is not that hard to achieve and customize!

To accomplish this, you will need 3 things:

New GROUP Giveaway SIGN-UPS open!

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10 reasons Mommy Blogger's are AWESOME- a rebuttle

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It was a recent article, that I am sure many of you have heard about, (and since forgot about), it was said that a Mommy Blogger cannot possibly be a good mother, when she should be parenting instead of posting frequently. (In so many words)

I didn't say it!

Today however, after my allotted 5 hours of sleep came to an end, and as I ran through a list of 187 bookmarks, (I counted: I think I must be nuts) this article came back to my mind. Never mind the fact that being a MOMMY is hard enough, and never mind the fact that being a WORKING mommy is even harder. Now combine the two.

I have heard that some take offense to the term? I take pride in it.

Mommy Bloggers are SUPER-women!

• Showers faster than a speeding bullet (with 2 kids in the bathroom)
• More powerful than a television commercial
• Able to pitch a review and make breakfast in a single bound
• She navigates 18 browser tabs while composing 2 emails and switching the laundry

Top 10 referrers for September!

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Why do you care who MY top ten referrers are? You'll see! I often wondered the same when I read similar posts around the blogosphere, and now I see that using this information to my advantage, is to.....um....my advantage!!

Introducing Cute-D-Zine: Blog Services

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onmouseover: How to change an image

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I think this is SUCH a cool effect, and with a great variety of uses!

Turns out, it is NOT that hard to attain on a blogger blog, without a fancy plugin!

How to claim your site on Alexa

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Go HERE to register
Then go to http://www.alexa.com/siteowners/claim

Boost your Blog with Buddies

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I just wanted to let you all know that I completed the new forum, and I would love for you to link up!

Forum for Bloggers

I've created a few links to start off with, but here is the jist of this thing!

In lieu of hops, we will have clubs for each branch of

social media

Alexa- to share reviews, and clicks! **MUST install Alexa toolbar to participate!**

Klout- Join in keyword targeted twit chats, and RT groups, and trade +K

Facebook- Trade likes, comments, and shout outs

Twitter- #FF #RT and spread the love

StumbleUpon- List your posts here. Stumble others posts.

Giveaways- Link up your giveaways, find and share resources where to list them

Connections- Share and search for review and company connections, List your affiliate links and more!

Media Sharing- Have something really special going on that needs a boost? Golden rule applies!

Additionally, we will have topic groups. Have at it, anything and everything. Emotional support, vent, help and more!

The golden rule of #blogging

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Of course everyone has heard it, shoved it down our kids throats during times of desperation, and perhaps it has become so cliche, that the meaning has slipped.

"Do unto bloggers..."

How to display posts on Blogger Pages

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This is a common question that I come across, and the answer is simpler than you would imagine! BUT, you are not looking for a page, at all!

First thing's first; you may want to make a click-able header. (i.e. an image map) Then you can determine exactly what you want to display as far as pages are concerned. Check that tutorial out HERE! Your html result will look something like this:

How to create a clickable header in Blogger

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Tutorial: If you would like your header image clickable, in lieu of the standard Blogger header with your links either on a sidebar, or below the header, just follow these simple instructions!

1. Create your image
I use a program called Gimp for all of my photo editing, and this is comparable to Photoshop, but FREE!

You can download the program HERE

Blogger to WordPress Part 1- How to Keep your GFC followers

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When I first began the process of moving my blog from Google Blogger, to a self hosted WordPress site, I had a lot of fears. (I still have several fears left...) Losing the following I had accumulated in these past 3 months, losing Alexa stats...

Five things I learned about Social Media

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And you might not know!

Let's be reasonable, most of us are bloggers, and want to increase our numbers! Take these tips to help out yourself, and others! Its a wide social world out there, and some of our activity has catches!

#1 Facebook likes MUST come from your personal page!
Meaning- If you are participating in a Facebook hop, and you 'like' someones page, it will not increase their numbers if you are 'using Facebook as your business page. This is what hops are all about, right?


#2 Comments are for more than just getting a follow back!
Google your blog, and soon you will find that your comments appear in search results. We WANT to appear in search results! Spread your name around, and not only will you be 'doing a solid' to your fellow bloggers by READING their post, and leaving RELEVANT comments, but increasing your own exposure too!

#3 'Do unto others' is not old school!
The truth remains as it did thousands of years ago, that you will get what you give. The blogs that I return to are those who've returned to mine. Leaving a comment for something other than a hop is always welcome, and makes us all feel good. A twitter mention does a soul good, and a stumble or plus one brightens your day. If you think about the blogs you pass through, how long would it take each of us to add in these extra steps!

#4 Klout scores...
Although there have been a number of articles predicting the future of Klouts impact, I am still unsure what relevance it has on our cyber presence, but I have learned this...as with everything else, I LIKE to see my numbers go up, so must others enjoy this too! And how does Klout score us? The algorithms used to determine scores, take into account your Twitter and Facebook followers, mentions, and re-tweets, (among other things that are beyond my technical knowledge) So I then refer you to #3. Do unto others applies!

#5 Alexa- the basics
Alexa, the mother of website ranking. If you have recently participated in an 'Alexa Hop', there are a few things you should know.

a. You MUST have the toolbar installed! Alexa traffic is only inclusive of visits from users WITH the toolbar installed. What does this mean? If a visitor does not have the toolbar installed, it WILL NOT count towards your ranking. If you are looking for reviews and giveaway on your site, it is likely that your business partners will check into your Alexa ranking, to see what kind of traffic their product will receive. Better ranking, better reviews and giveaways. It would SERIOUSLY behoove us all to have the toolbar installed! Get it for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. (It's a small, non intrusive toolbar, and better still, you can see your own ranking every time you are on your site without visiting Alexa.com)

b. Also taken into account is your bounce rate, and time on site. Simply stopping by someone's site after having installed the toolbar is nice, but it is even nicer to click on another page. I've considered inserting a "Read More" on every post, thus forcing visitors to click another page to continue reading.

Check out my ranking, and see the difference since I installed the toolbar, (July 6) and began participating in Alexa Hops! Check out the search percentage graph...Hmmmmm

Coming soon....My take on StumbleUpon, and what kind of impact it can have on your traffic