Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand With Twitter by Sarah-Jayne Gratton, @grattongirl #FollowMe

Stars: ★★★★★ John Wiley & Sons (2012)Social Media Marketing Summary: It’s not what you say to others that makes your brand successful. It’s what others say about you. And Twitter is where they’re talking. It’s where you find out what your customers want and see your offerings from their perspective. Where you discover what tickles… Read More »

Pinterest for Dummies by Kelby Carr

Stars: ★★★★★ Wiley (2012)Pinterest is the hot new social network. I don’t know anyone who has started using Pinterest who has bad things to say about it. For those who are less tech-savvy, learning a new social network can be hard and no one makes new subjects easier to understand than the Dummies series. Pinterest… Read More »

Write Like You Talk Only Better: Learn the Secrets to Pulling Ideas Out of Your Head and Onto the Page by Barb Sawyers

Stars: ★★★★★ Summary: What happens when you write like you talk – only better? You tap into the basics of conversation you’ve enjoyed since you were a kid. Your writing flows. You connect and make friends. You think about what matters. You go for your goals. – from back of book I love blogging but… Read More »

Things to Blog: An Offline Journal by PlainWhitePress.com

Stars: ★★★☆☆ Summary: There are blogs about everything these days, and inspiration for your next post can strike at any moment! Having this little journal handy for jotting down your ideas in popular blog style will help you remember to update and post the next time you’re near a computer. The book is divided in… Read More »

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to WordPress by Susan Gunelius

Stars: ★★★★★ Summary:  With more than 22 million users worldwide, WordPress is the #1 blog WordPress publishing application in the world. This guide provides users of both its hosted blogging service (WordPress.com) and its self-hosted application (WordPress.org) with everything they need to know to create, customize, manage, and share their WordPress blogs with the world.… Read More »

Get Famous E-Book: The Greatest Resource for Mom Bloggers on the Planet by Lisa Cash Hanson (Mompreneur Mogul)

Stars: ★★★★☆ Summary: Mompreneur Mogul shows you how she gained lots of new visitors to her blog, earned over $250 in under 30 days, got the attention of companies, was paid for posts with 0 Google Pagerank, got on the homepage of Yahoo! and more. Lisa Cash Hanson shares all her blogging tips in this… Read More »

#Bloggiesta Finish Line

Well another Bloggiesta is coming to a close. I may still do some work tonight or early tomorrow morning or I may not. Here’s what I did: Wrote one review (nowhere near my goal) Fixed sidebars and blog layout in general Added social media buttons Learned a bit more about SEO Made plans for immediate… Read More »