Her Media has launched their Newsletter for female bloggers and website publishers who publish blogs and websites of interest to women.

Subscribe today to receive notification of; potential advertising media buys, affiliate programs targeting women and parents, networking opportunities, Her Blog radio show programming, and blogging tools.

Another great Social Media book marking tool to help you connect with like minded internet geeks or to promote your blog and service. What ever your reason if you haven’t joined Furl its time to do so. So lets get started. I have been told you like steps so here they are ! (This is written for the beginner so if you are Social Media or Internet Geek really just go to http://www.furl.net and register

Step one go to furl and register (right click and open in a new tab) of course this would be much easier if you were using Fire Fox you are using firefox right ?

Remember to use the SAME user name on all your social media related accounts so others can find you.

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The custom twitter profile went over so well I am sure you will like this give away equally if not more so.

I purchased a premium word press Omni theme ($80 value), and although I really like it. I have decided to roll the podcast into the her-media site and will not be needing the premium wordpress template from her Blog Radio after all.

So here’s your chance for a premium word press template complete with youtube and flicker widgets installed.

See the Demo

Earn entries by commenting and doing any one or all (for additional entries) of the following;

1) Tweet the contest

2) Write about the contest on your blog

3) SUBSCRIBE TO the Her Media Feed

4) Blog about the upcoming launch of Her Blog Radio

5) List your blog at Her Blog Directory

6) Subscribe to our feed (I may have already mentioned that 

7) Post a comment on any new post published on Her Media between now and the draw date

Link to Hermedia.com on your blog

Draw Date: August 6th 2008

Winner announced on the first segment of Her Blog Radio !

Zip file and Lisence info will be sent to you by email. I will contact Omni to let them know I transfer the lisence to your blog effective August 15th 2008.

Good luck !

It was just brought to my attention that I haven’t posted a post about Her Blog Directory and as the founder it would makes sense for there to be a post here on the Her Media Blog.

List your Blog at Her Blog Directory.

My goal with Her Blog Directory isn’t to create a a ‘community’, there are many female blogging communities out there already. The goal is simply to provide a  search venue of blogs written by women. Blogs and podcasts written and published by women on a wide variety of topics. From Mommy bloggers to political and religious blogs.

If you would be interested in helping to promote Her Blog DIrectory so that we can establish the largest online directory of blogs written by women. Please contact me.

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Stumble Stumble Stumble. I heard this over and over at Bog Her.

Stumble upon is an internet community and browser plugin that helps users to users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos.

Useful as a user and a powerful tool for presenting your website content and blog posts to a vast number of potential visitors searching for the information and services you provide.

Getting started is easy. Simply go to StumbleUpon and register for free.

Download the Toolbar and then add the stumble code into your Blog Template.

Stumbles Buttons and tools page allows you to select the button that works for you and provides instructions on how to insert the code into your blog platform.

I do not recommend that you use services or groups developed simply for ‘exchanging stumbles”. Why ? Doing so will get you marked as a ’spammer’. Instead you should develop your own personal relationships with other users and readers who value your content and encourage them to express their interest  by asking them to stumble your content and writing a review.

If you have suggestions on using StumbleUpon, finding quality blogs posts and videos with Stumble Upon please leave our comments below.

It’s Saturday and BlogHer 08 is almost over. This evening I wanted to share a great resource for those of you blogging and wondering about the Tax implication for bloggers. This information is (unfortunately) only for US bloggers. Kelly Phillips Erb of Taxgirl has posted her Taxes for Bloggers notes from the Blog Her 08 convention.

So be sure to visit Tax Girls post and download the free PDF handouts.

Karrine - Her Media from BlogHer 08

This morning I encountered a new blogger on the internet named Greg Hollingsworth. A political and social issue blogger from the USA writing Devil in the Details . His Blog layout is refreshingly simple, different, and easy to navigate. I picked up on this search area containing a widget by ‘Lijit’ and had to check it out.

I am not in need of yet another way to track stats as I like Google Analytics as it allows me to keep tabs on not just my own sites but that of my clients as well. However the search feature sounds promising

“install the Lijit Search Wijit on your blog to give readers the most relevant results from a source they trust. YOU.”

The sign up process allows you to pull all the information from your other Social network and blogging platforms so before you start be sure to sign up with the following services (should they be of interest to you) using the same User ID.

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Here’s where you can find Karrine (aka The almost always organized mom of Her Media) at Blog Her 2008 (Special Thanks to GreatAupair.com)

Friday, July 18, 2008
8:30-9:00 AM
Day One Breakfast  * Yes I will eat breakfast
9:00-9:15 AM
Welcome to BlogHer ‘08
“Speed Dating” for BlogHers

Break-Out Session #1
Who We Are: Introversion, Blogging and BlogHer
MommyBlogging: Is MommyBlogging Still a Radical Act
Break-Out Session #2
Who We Are: Race and Gender: What are the lessons of 2008
What We Do: DIY Content Syndication and Promotion
Break-Out Session #3
Who We Are: Blogging with a Global Perspective
How We Communicate: Video Blogging
Room of Your Own: Funding & Incubation Opportunities and Women Entrepreneurs

Saturday, July 19, 2008
8:15-9:30 AM- Breakfast

9:30-10:30 AM Morning Keynote:
HybridMedia: How we will all work together to build a converged-media future

Break-Out Session #1
MommyBlogging: The Commercial Momosphere: Policies, Ethics and Outreach

12:15PM - 1:45PM: Join us for the BlogHer Swap Meet

Break-Out Session #2
What We Do: There’s More to Monetization than Advertising

Break-Out Session #3
What We Do: Blog to Book Redux

5:15-6:15 PM Closing Keynote: Living the Truman

Sunday
8:45-5:00 PM BlogHer Open Space, the “Unconference”

I will be staying an extra evening

Monday:

In SF until about 5pm - Network anyone ? ?

If you stop by OrganizedFamilies.com you will see I use the ‘ add this ‘ service to help my visitors bookmark the blog. I noticed Blink List on the list of possible options today and though I would check it out while I had my morning cup of coffee.

The sign up was painless, although Blink List lost some credibility for me when they moved into a “co reg” offer section that unless you really read carefully you may assume that you are simply on a second page fo the registration process.

When I realized this, I simply typed the domain back into my browser to be brought to the main page, scrolled down to the bottom to retrieve th blink list button. Which was as simple as dragging the button into my Firefox tool bar

I can see the value in this service (if I can look past the user’s ‘booty icons’ Using the search tool I discovered some great Affiliate blogs, parenting sites, and a few other resources.

This looks like a great tool for keeping your research “organized”.

As a blogger you can feed your links into your page. Blink list also has some social media tools.If you have some time you can check out their video demos.

There are so many social book, marking services out there staying on top of them all can be daunting. Check out the Mashable Blog for more information on blink It and other social book marking tools and news.

Web Site Magazine (get yours for free HERE) had a great article this month about where the mobile web is heading. I devoured the article as this is something I had been reviewing over the last month for my blog clients and even some larger websites I work with.

I am mobile and if you want me to stay on your site don’t exploit my bandwidth ( no unlimited plans in my location) you need to offer a mobile friendly version of your website.

Mobile friendly WordPress Blogs are simple with a Word Press Plug in. (Yet another reason why you should be considering the switch to a Hosted Word Press Blog.)

Other Blog users may want to use Google Reader. You can find some instructions on creating a mobile friendly version of your blog with Google Reader at Digital Inspiration.

Looking for some more information about Mobile web users and how it may affect your blog or business website, check out this months Website Magazine.