Life With Levi: MN Parenting Blog
Busy MN mom blog about balancing work, school, and family, one sip at a time.
My friend Desiree over at The Miracle Momma just sent me a message that Kim Kardashian started a blog. I logged onto Facebook, and I see the drama is already stirring. As I glanced through my newsfeed, I saw several bloggers voicing concerns that this would hurt other mommy bloggers. As someone that runs a blog with a kick-ass reader base and also a blogging network specifically geared towards other mommy bloggers, I will say this once, and I hope {Read More}
The Los Angeles Times published an article yesterday on the Reviewer Card, the brainchild of entrepreneur Brad Newman to help people that write reviews get better service from the places they visit. The theory is that if you flash your Reviewer Card at a restaurant or store, you’ll get better treatment from the employees or other special perks. My friend Erik forwarded me the article with a request: “Please promise me you won’t get one of these.” Damn right I {Read More}
If you’re a blogger that runs giveaways using Rafflecopter, you should learn this trick to add a prize photo to your entry form. It’s really easy and is a great way to attract more readers to your giveaway. First, log into Rafflecopter. You can use this code whether creating a new giveaway or editing an existing one. Under Add A Prize (or Edit This Prize for existing giveaways), you’ll want to insert a short snippet of code. There are 3 {Read More}
A couple weeks ago I mentioned on Facebook that I had the opportunity to interview an internet security expert and asked readers to submit their questions. There were several great questions submitted – here are the answers from Norton Internet Safety Advocate and author Marian Merritt. (You will need Flashplayer installed to view the videos. You can download it for free here.) [toc] Budget & Online Banking Software Security My husband and I are considering using an online budget planning {Read More}
Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of emails from other bloggers asking “how to” questions. I was a new blogger once, too, so I always do my best to try to help people out. If I get asked a question often enough, I try to write a tutorial, so I can just say hey, here’s the link to some step-by-step instructions! Unfortunately, I don’t always have time (or I lack motivation) to write up a whole blog post about something. {Read More}
CommentLuv is a great WordPress plugin that increases engagement and can also help improve your Google page rank. What is CommentLuv? CommentLuv is a plugin that allows your commenters to link a recent post from their site into the comment they leave on your blog. Usually, there’s a little checkbox next to one of many different CommentLuv icons in the comment area on a post (much like this one). When you check the box, CommentLuv scurries over to your website, {Read More}
If you’re a blogger, or if you’re a mom, or if you just need a little help with time management, I highly suggest added this to your office supply list. This is a basic kitchen timer I picked up at my local Target for $3.64. I don’t know about you, but whenever I get online to blog, I get…distracted. There’s email, Facebook, Twitter, other blogs I like to read, news articles, and cool stuff online that I get sucked into. {Read More}
When it comes to StumbleUpon, there’s a right way to use it and then there’s all the other ways people use it. Ok, maybe there’s not a “right” way, but there certainly are recommended things to do. Why Join StumbleUpon StumbleUpon (SU) is like channel surfing for the internet. The best way I can describe it is a random button you get to hit to browse pages across the web. The awesome thing is that these aren’t just random {Read More}
Did you know that Google has a separate index for blog posts called Google Blog Search? What is Google Blog Search? Google Blog Search provides fresh, relevant search results from millions of feed-enabled blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you’re looking for Harry Potter {Read More}
How To Show A Photo Or Logo Next To Your Comments On Blogs
Have you claimed your Gravatar yet? That’s how you get your photo (or logo) to display next to your comments when you comment on a blog post (like this one!) Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site? This is what a comment on Life {Read More}