Comments on: What Aretha Franklin Teaches About Mommy Bloggers: Part 1

By: texasholly @ June Cleaver Nirvana

texasholly @ June Cleaver Nirvana — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:44:26 +0000

I loved this. I really appreciate the idea of respect. I get 3-5 emails a day from people just giving me information about their product assuming I will be running to the computer to post it for free.

The other thing companies don’t think about is the work it is to put on a “give away” promotion. If done correctly it consists of at least 2 well written posts, tweets, stumbles, emails, etc. and then to figure out the winner in a real random way – that could take up to an hour depending on how many entries. UGH. It makes my head hurt just thinking about it.

Also, if you get on the good side of a blogger it can be INVALUABLE. I had an AMAZING contact with the people at Kleenex and I am their biggest fan now. They treated me like I was treated in the corporate world – which wasn’t that long ago, but it is RARE now.

Thank you so much for writing this. It will reach more people because you are not a mommy blogger!

By: capriliz

capriliz — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:01:48 +0000

Wait until you can tell the world that you have grandchildren! I am not surprised at the mommy bloggers. In fact, I know many that I consider to be friends. Women write about such diverse and intriguing topics. And they have a unique outlook on topics that others just can’t imagine.

By: Erin Pyle

Erin Pyle — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:16:52 +0000

Just like Lucretia, Barb and Denise said AMAZING article! More people desperately need to read this. It really is shocking how we are treated when they discover that we are not just bloggers but :::gasp::: we have children! You would think that automatically knocks our credibility and intelligence to nonexistent. It’s also so true that these companies don’t know how to approach us. I was a blogger BEFORE a mother, as well as working professional with two different degrees and they approach me like I am an idiot! They really don’t care about the person behind the blog as long as they get what they want. Time and time again I have been pitched as if I OWE them something. I get emails with their press release and then a deadline for me to post about it. They don’t offer me a sample to review or give me the chance to contact them and arrange to work together on terms that work for both of us, they just demand it. I refuse to work with people like that. I don’t care if you’re a multimillion dollar company and am willing to pay me $500 a post. I have standards and I have ethics. I have a planner full of companies that asked to work with ME, not expected it, because they thought we had something to offer each other, and they got to know ME and liked what they saw. Just because I review things does not mean your product is something that interests me and that I will automatically write about it because you say so. It is even more so increasingly obvious that these companies are not taking the time to get to know me when they contact me through email and ask if I have a twitter or a blog. If they don’t know the answer to either of those questions, how did they get my information??? If you search my email in Google or it’s pretty easy to find that out basically who I am. I even changed the website my twitter profile linked to my Google profile so that not only can they find my information they can find me all over the web! And I’m adding new links everyday.

Thank you again Adam for such a wonderful post!
I hope I get to work with you someday or at least people that have your same perspective. Respect is a two way street and we like being on either side.

Erin Pyle
@erinjeany
http://www.google.com/profiles/EjsMomEj

By: Denise Sawyer

Denise Sawyer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:34:23 +0000

Wow… I mean WOW! Someone finally gets it! I wish EVERY PR/social media, marketing director, etc., etc. HAD to read this! What a wonderfully written post! Not to mention Barb and Lucretia are two awesome women who are definitely the “go to” gals!

Kudos!
Denise Sawyer
The “Cent”sible Sawyer

By: Adam Torkildson

Adam Torkildson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:36 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. I hope this post takes the rest of the PR/Social Media people a step towards the best way to work with moms who blog.

By: Barb

Barb — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:04:24 +0000

Great post Adam. I would encourage those looking to work with moms that blog to try to connect with Adam. He is one of those really trying to understand our fun and wacky little world.

*blushing over the compliments* from both the amazing Lucretia and Adam.

Barb
@chaotic_barb

By: Melanie (Modern Mami)

Melanie (Modern Mami) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:20:15 +0000

Great post and excellent points. It’s nice to see that some people get it.

By: Lucretia Pruitt

Lucretia Pruitt — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:51:31 +0000

a) I love that song… always have

b) Thanks Adam – that was a really well written piece on this. Not just because you mentioned my name alongside of the amazing Barb (seriously, she so rocks!) but because it’s one of those timely topics. It’s always a little odd that there are folks out there who think that all moms who blog are so beige. Having kids didn’t change our diversity any more than it changed their Dads.

c) I’m so putting this in my link-it-rather-than-rewrite-it folder!