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If you use StumbleUpon to discover new websites or generate blog traffic and promote your posts as much as I do, you’re probably aware that it’s extremely important to have a reliable anti-virus, anti-malware and anti-spyware system in place on your computer. Chica PC-Shield is a tool that allows you to find and remove the threats from your computer.

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If you want to try either of the computer  software programs, go to the Free Spyware Protection Downloads section to test them out.

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Productivity Tools

Although I have an Acer Netbook, I don’t always take it with me or am near a wi-fi spot. The iPhone will give me much more flexibility to stay on top of my blogging while information is fresh in my mind, or important to pass on to readers in a timely manner.

There’s going to be a learning curve involved as I try to upload photos and not make any typos (please excuse typos.)

Another of my favorite applications that I just added is the StumbleUpon app from iTunes. Now I can Stumble my favorite websites and posts while I’m in waiting at the doctor’s office, or getting my car serviced!

Stay tuned for further updates about some of the best free apps and subscribe in a reader or my email Newsletter!

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Photo Credit:  Creative Crass

Cindi – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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The organization, which creates one-to-one connections through child sponsorships, is rolling out a Facebook promotion called “The Experience of a Lifetime.” The promotion, which runs from May 31 to June 30, offers a unique opportunity for one lucky winner to travel across the world to meet his or her sponsored child.

If the promotion winner does not sponsor a child, he or she will win a paid, four-day escorted tour (including all travel, means and accommodations) to a ChildFund program in Asia, Africa or the Americas.

“We love sharing children’s photos, videos and stories on Facebook, but we know there’s nothing that moves you more than seeing the real thing,” said Anne Lynam Goddard, ChildFund president and CEO. “With just a few clicks on Facebook, one person will be rewarded with the experience of a lifetime.”

To enter the promotion, Facebook participants must:

• Go to www.Facebook.com/ChildFundInternational and “Like” the page,
• Choose to enter the promotion using the “ChildFund Experience” app,
• Ask 10 friends to “Like” ChildFund on Facebook and nominate their profile to win.
• Be at least18 and a U.S. resident (lower 48 states).

For every friend nomination over 10, the participant will receive one
additional entry into the promotion.

Five finalists will be randomly selected in early July. Each finalist will be required to write a short statement as to why he or she should win the trip. Their statements will then be featured on ChildFund’s Facebook page, and fans will be asked to decide the winner by popular vote.

# # #
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ChildFund International is a global child development and protection agency
serving more than 15.2 million children and their family members in 31 countries.

For more than 70 years, we have helped the world’s deprived, excluded and vulnerable children survive and thrive to reach their full potential and become leaders of enduring change. As a member of ChildFund Alliance we create supportive environments in which children can flourish. To sponsor a child in need, visit the ChildFund website.

Contact: Cynthia Price, 804-756-2722

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Using social media efforts to generate traffic to your personal niche or business blog requires a substantial time commitment.  Now it’s become easier to promote your blog posts on Facebook through an application called Social RSS developed by Social Revitalizer.

Up until now, I have been manually publishing my blog posts to Facebook on both my personal profile and my fan pages.

I have also been auto-posting my blog feed through Networked Blogs.

Other services I have been using to promote my blog posts and generate traffic include “Selective Tweets” and the Su.pra wordpress plugin.  Both of these only publish “snippets” or truncated versions of my post – the title and a link to the blog post.

Social Media Techniques

Social RSS Helps to Promote Your Business on Facebook

Social Revitalizer provides a suite of professional tools to market your brand on Facebook. We can help you display your brand on Facebook Pages, push your content to the Facebook community and even build custom applications for your company.

I recently installed the free version of the Social RSS application developed by Social Revitalzer on my personal page and my Fan Pages for Frugal New England Kitchen and Great Finds and Giveaways.

Key features of  Social RSS include:

• Helps to push traffic to your website and Facebook Page/Profile
• Readers can comment on, share and “like” your content
• Potential for your content to go viral by spreading throughout the entire Facebook community
• Helps to achieve increased engagement on your Facebook Page or Profile pages
• Ability to increase conversations on your Facebook Page or Profile page to discover your reader or customer needs and concerns

Free Version:

The free service is limited to a maximum of 3 blog posts or stories per week.

Social RSS also offers a paid version of the application, which I installed on my Moomettes Magnificents Fan page.  The paid version is $24/year per page and will automatically promote your content by posting an unlimited number of blog posts or news stories to your Wall.  The paid service also provides a statistics monitoring service that shows how well your content is performing in terms of number of clicks, comments, shares etc.

I’m going to be monitoring my statistics this year to see how this new social media Facebook application pans out for traffic generation.

What services do you use to promote your blog content and share across social media networks?

© 2011 C. Matthews

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Facebook pages are used by blogs, businesses, organizations and other public figures to broadcast announcements to those who are interested in what they’re doing and want to connect with them.  Using applications you can enhance your Facebook Fan Page by adding video, audio, news feeds, event announcements and more. You can also enhance your Facebook  Profile Page and Fan Page by adding a custom profile button photo that you can DIY and make it yourself for free.  I’ll show you how.

Welcome Your Visitors – Create a Facebook Profile Button Photo for a Page

Besides having a Fan Page for each of my blogs, I also have a separate account on Facebook where I can converse with other WAHMs, industry and pr reps, and social media friends.

I’ve created my own custom Facebook Profile Photo Page Button that not only sets me apart from just another pretty face, but helps to promote my blog as well.

Do you like it?  I’ve incorporated my blog logo for Moomettes Magnificents, my blog URL address, my photo, and also my Twitter handle, @Moomettes.

I did it myself, for FREE  without having to pay a designer to do it!  You can too!

I used the online photo editing service called PICNIK. With Picnik, I can edit and fix my digital photos online and make adjustments. I like that it has the capability to add text and graphics to my images. I can add frames and stickers to change out my photos, especially around the holidays. There’s a free version, and also a paid version (which I use) that has more extensive editing features.

Another photo editing software that I’ve also used is
Photoshop Elements.  You could probably use Paint.Net also if you have it, or any other photo editing software, such as GIMP, that you might be familiar with.

I’ve been writing and creating a Facebook Tutorial Series on the benefits of using Facebook for blog traffic. Recently I’ve had both my Moomettes Magnificents blog Fan Page and Frugal New England Kitchen blog Fan Page Facebook Landing pages custom designed to include a spiffy Welcome Page:

Isn’t it terrific? In a brief introduction and bio, my visitors to Moomettes Magnificents will learn more about me, my family and what I write about on each blog – work at home tips, blogging techniques, reviews, giveaways, photography , travel and family life.

On Frugal New England Kitchen my visitors will learn that I offer cooking tips and recipes, reviews of family-friendly household products, and also that I talk about my family, grandparenting and grandchildren.

Each Fan Page Welcome landing page also includes hyperlinks to my blog categories – WAHM Tips, Reviews, Giveaways, Recipes, Health, Entertaining, Grandparenting, Shopping, Travel, Photography (and more!) as well as hyperlinks to my social media icons for Twitter, StumbleUpon, LinkedIN and RSS feeds – making it easy to subscribe to my social networks and my blogs.

The cute little arrow points towards the “Like” button, where my fans can like the page, and have all my recent posts show up in their Facebook stream.

DIY Custom Facebook Fan Page

If you’re on a frugal budget, it’s very easy to DIY and set up a simple Facebook Fan Page for your blog or business.

However, if you would like a unique custom Facebook Fan Page Landing Page design such as I have on both of my blogs, I recommend my designer,  Stefanie from Design Press Unlimited.

If you end up making your own Facebook button for your profile, let me know how it works out for you!

Don’t forget to stop by and “Like” my Fan Page to keep up with more blogging tips and techniques, work at home ideas and more!

© 2011 C. Matthews

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Many people like Tweetdeck, but I personally prefer to use HootSuite.

How To Add Social Networks Using HootSuite

There are many social media networks that can be added in HootSuite; however, in the free addition, you are only allowed to add 5 accounts. If you need to manage more than five, you can subscribe to the paid option, which is very reasonable. In this tutorial, we will be adding Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to HootSuite.

Step 1: Log Into HootSuite

Create your account and log in at HootSuite

Step 2: Navigate to Add Social Media

After you create your HootSuite account, you’ll need to add your social media programs. To do that, navigate to the social networks tab.
Click the owl in the top left of your screen to get a drop down menu. Hover over the “Settings tab” and click on the “Social Networks” tab when it appears. You will be taken to a new popup.

Step 3: Choose Social Media Networks

On the settings menu, click “Add Social Media Network.”

Step 4: Add Twitter

Click the Twitter button, uncheck any options you don’t want to include and click the “connect with Twitter button to add info about your Twitter account.

Add the Twitter user name or associated email addy and the password. Click “allow.” When you’ve added the account successfully, you will return to the settings screen. The new account will be listed there.

Step 5: Add Facebook

Click the Facebook button, uncheck any options you don’t want to include and click the “connect with Facebook button” to add info about your account.

Add the Facebook user name or associated email addy and the password. Click “allow.” When you’ve added the account successfully, you will return to the settings screen. The new account will be listed there

Log into Facebook, if asked. Click “allow” to grant HootSuite specific permissions.

When you have successfully added Facebook, you will see the option to “like” HootSuite. Click “finish” after you’ve made your choice. This account will show up on your settings page under the title Facebook.

Step 6: Add LinkedIN

Click the LinkedIN button, uncheck any options you don’t want to include and click the “connect with LinkedIN button to add info about your account.

Sign into your LinkedIN account and allow access when prompted.

How To Tweet/Post and Schedule Using HootSuite

Step 7: Add a Message

At the top of your screen, next to the owl, you’ll see an area where you can type in a message. Click in the box to add your tweet. The box will expand to show more options.

If you want to send the message immediately and from that account click the Send Now button.

Step 8: Schedule a Message

If you have more than one account or network where you would like the message to appear, select the accounts at the right by clicking on each account’s photo or by using one of the buttons at the bottom. A green checkmark shows on the images that you have chosen to include.

Note: When including Facebook, you have a total of 420 characters instead of the 140 in the Twitter network. You may want to post to Facebook separately to include more info.

Click on the calendar icon to schedule your message to post at a later time.

Your message hasn’t been scheduled yet. Notice that the “Send Now” button has changed to “Schedule.” Click the schedule button to complete the task.

Now that you know how to add social media networks, add messages, and schedule messages in HootSuite, there is no reason to shy away from social media. You can start socializing on HootSuite today!

Follow Me on Twitter: @Moomettes

© 2011 C. Matthews

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Amplify The Web Social Networking and Sharing

Clipping Service

While Amplify’s goal is to make conversations on the web more enjoyable, I am using it as a news clipping service to share with my Twitter and Facebook followers posts that I find beneficial.  Amplify’s bookmark chicklet also enables me to use the clippings as a reference library of posts that I can refer back to and find helpful as a blogger.

While Twitter typically allows only 140 characters for posting an update, Amplify allows more than that.

Key features of Amplify are:

• Amplify is a free service to use

• Use Amplify to autopost to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Google Buzz, Tumblr, Posterous, WordPress and more. I use Tumbler to aggregate all of my media and press coverage.

• Amplify can be used in any web browser or get the Amplify Firefox add-on or Google Chrome extension.

• Amplify can be used to share directly to or from Google Reader

There isn’t an Amplify application for the Android or iPhone smartphones or an app for the Apple
iPad at the moment but they are expected to be available shortly.

Sign up for Amplify by using your Facebook or Twitter account, and start your own clipping service of your favorite news or blog posts.

Follow Me at:   Moomettes on Amplify

© 2011 C. Matthews

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As a blogger, you should be using social media to gain more exposure for your blog. In my continuing Facebook Tutorial Series, I’ve covered how to set up a Facebook account, use top friends, applications , set up a fan page for your blog, and page updates. Today I am covering how to manage the new updated page navigation system for Facebook.

Supplies Needed:

• Facebook account with an upgraded business page

Step 1: Get familiar with the changes

Look around and get familiar with the new changes. You probably noticed the “Admin View” link under “Wall”. The “Admin View” is very important as it allows you to view the wall posts in chronological order.

Tip: One reason this may not be popular is it makes the navigation less prominent and increases the likelihood that the links could be below the fold (the part of the screen that’s visible without scrolling). What you could do is reduce the height of your business page’s profile picture. That would move the menu up higher on the page. Another option would be to add wording at the bottom of the profile picture that points visitors to the menu below i.e. the word “Navigation” and a down arrow.

Step 2: Edit/reorder your pages

If you have more than seven pages, you will have a link that says “More” at the bottom of your menu. If so, you can click that link to reorder the pages.

Once you click on More, you can drag and drop your pages to reorder them. Wall and Info will still appear at the top.

Step 3: Rename any 3^rd party apps you wish to change the name on

One good thing about the new navigation is that the app names can be longer than before. To rename a 3^rd party application name, click on Edit Page on the right side.

Click on Apps in the menu on the left.

Click on “Edit Settings” beside the App you wish to rename.

Enter the new name then click on OK.

Next up in the Facebook Tutorial Series, I’ll be covering photos and email notifications. If you’d like to follow along, Sign Up for my Free Newsletter so you Won’t Miss a Thing!

How do you use Facebook?  Do you use it to keep up with your family and friends or to promote your business if you work from home or traffic generation for your blog?

Send this post to your Mom, Aunt or Grandmom and ask them to follow along with my Series and learn to set up Facebook accounts together!

Don’t forget to stop by and “Like” my Fan Page to keep up with more blogging tips and techniques, work at home ideas and more!

© 2011 C. Matthews

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Facebook pages are used by blogs, businesses, organizations and other public figures to broadcast announcements to those who are interested in what they’re doing and want to connect with them.  Using applications you can enhance your Fan Page by adding video, audio, news feeds, event announcements and more. You can also enhance your Facebook Fan Page by adding a Welcome Page using the FBML application.

Only the official representative of a blog, an organization, business, etc can create a page. Once created, they can assign someone to assist with the management of the page.

Welcome Your Visitors – Create a Facebook Fan Page or Business Webpage

I’ve been writing and creating a Facebook Tutorial Series on the benefits of using Facebook for blog traffic. Recently I’ve had both my Moomettes Magnificents blog Fan Page and Frugal New England Kitchen blog Fan Page Facebook Landing pages custom designed to include a spiffy Welcome Page:

Each Fan Page Welcome landing page also includes hyperlinks to my blog categories – WAHM Tips, Reviews, Giveaways, Recipes, Health, Entertaining, Grandparenting, Shopping, Travel, Photography (and more!) as well as hyperlinks to my social media icons for Twitter, StumbleUpon, LInkedIN and RSS feeds – making it easy to subscribe to my social networks and my blogs.

The cute little arrow points towards the “Like” button, where my fans can like the page, and have all my recent posts show up in their Facebook stream.

Here’s how you can easily create a Facebook Fan Page for your blog or online business venture:

Step 1: Page Setup

a) Click “Create a Page” in the lower right corner of the home page or click here to get started. CREATE A PAGE
b) Select the type of page you want to create; Official Page or Community page. For this demonstration, we’re creating an Official Page for a business.
c) Choose what the page is for (local business, product/organization or public figure). You can narrow the focus using the drop-down that appears after you make the first selection.
d) Name your page using keywords related to your business.
e) Read and agree to the terms. If you don’t agree, obviously, you cannot create a page.
f) Click Create Page when you’re finished.

Step 2: Navigate to Custom Settings Page
Sign in to your Facebook account & you should see a link under your profile picture for Ads & Pages. Click the link to customize your new page.

Step 3: Page Settings

This is where you can set any restrictions for location, age, whether you want to publish your page or leave it unpublished until you have finished it. You can edit your Wall settings, add applications, etc.

I’m not going to go through these, but I do encourage you to take some time to see what is available. Remember, the goal is to have your page be a positive representation of your blog or business so you can connect with readers, clients, customers and perhaps even some JV partners.

Click “Edit” below each section, to edit those settings. Be sure to click Save Changes for each section before moving on.

Once you’ve finished with the settings, it’s time to move on to customizing your page.

To get there, simply click the question mark at the top of the settings page. See image above.

Step 4: Customize your page

Customizing your page is just like customizing your profile page. You’ll want to upload an image that represents your blog or company, add a business summary as a way to introduce your blog or business to readers, members and prospective customers or clients and so forth.

Select “Edit Page” to add specifics such as websites, contacts, addresses and phone numbers.

Step 5: Invite friends view your page

To invite (called “suggest”) people to view your page; click the “Suggest To Friends” link under your profile picture.

Select from your friends list those you would like to invite to your page. Add a personal message if you’d like.

Click Send Invitation.

If you are comfortable doing so, ask your friends to recommend your page to their friends. If you’re not comfortable doing this, that’s OK. Your following will naturally grow as people see that their friends have joined your page. They will visit out of curiosity and many will join.

Additional Notes:

Where pages show up and how you can find them:

Pages will show up in the search results on Facebook & they are in the main Facebook Page Directory. They also show up on the “Info” tab of any FB member who connects with the page.

Pages can also be found by clicking “Advertising” at the bottom of any FB page then clicking the “Facebook Page” link on the page that populates.

To send your followers an update:

You can update all of your followers or just a select group of followers about new page content, upcoming events, specials and more. These settings are controlled under the “Customize” option in the drop down next to the “Share” button in the publish box.

All updates will appear in the “Updates” tab of a user’s Inbox. Updates published for a select group will only be visible to those users. They will not show up in the news feeds, on your page or anywhere else on Facebook.

To post an update, click the “Share” button on the left side of your page.

You first have to add the “Events” tab to your page by clicking the + sign at the top of the page publisher and selecting the Events option.
From there, you simply add a new event on the events tab.

Note: A “Blog Giveaway” is NOT an event.  I receive “Event” notifications of this type from my friends all the time.  I delete them, and block them.  Be selective in what you choose to send to your friends.

To advertise your page:

From the settings page, click Promote your page and follow the instructions given.

If you’re on a frugal budget, it’s very easy to DIY and set up a simple Facebook Fan Page for your blog or business.

However, if you would like a unique custom Facebook Fan Page Landing Page design such as I have on both of my blogs, I recommend my designer,  Stefanie from Design Press Unlimited.

Don’t forget to stop by and “Like” my Fan Page to keep up with more blogging tips and techniques, work at home ideas and more!

© 2011 C. Matthews

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Using Social Media

Social media is an amazing tool for anyone online, and especially for moms. One of the top reasons moms spend time online is to be social. They are looking to make friends, find information, share what they know, sympathize with others, and maybe even make some money.

Social media sites and online communities are set-up so moms, or anyone, can pop in and out and easily share. They are always busy with a ton of traffic and you need to direct some of that traffic to your blog. However, you need to make them want to come interact with you because your sign is so compelling; not be forced to drive past because someone has a whistle and white gloves.

If you want to make friends on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, here are 5 things you should avoid:

• Boring conversation about the details of your life
• Links in every update
• Constant bragging
• Only retweets
• Constant quotes

None of those things are terribly wrong. Actually, each of these things will appeal to someone, but not if that’s all that they hear from you.  Mix it up, keep it interesting – that’s what’s important.

If you think, “I’m blogging to make money, not friends” you won’t get anywhere online. Readers visit people they like and shoppers buy from people they know. The key to using social media sites the right way is honest interaction. Here are five tips that might help:

Be yourself. Don’t set up a persona.

Use your best level of conversation. Don’t talk like you’re at a sleepover with your friends; talk like you are at a networking conference.

Search for a topic that you like and talk to people about that topic.

For every tweet you post about yourself reply to someone else.

Strive to build people up and never tear people down publicly.

Don’t be intimidated by the unwritten rules of social media.  Rather watch, read, and learn how to go about things the best way so that you’re accepted easily and hopefully, spread around. You want people to associate good things with your name and brand.

Building relationships, gaining trust, becoming friends, honest interaction – all of these things take time and don’t happen overnight.  Remember that anything worth doing at all is worth doing well.

If you want to learn more about blogging, gaining more exposure in the blogosphere, building great relationships and incorporating new profit points into your content be sure to sign up for the Smart Blogging Skills 10 week course.

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© C. Matthews 2011

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