Blog PR Wire’s Helping Hands Public relations program will feature two non profit organizations (one American and one Canadian) each month both on our websites (BlogPrWire and MomBlogWire) and in our blog news wire reaching over 1500 bloggers.

What is a Helping Hands PR Pitch?

A Helping Hand PR pitch shares information and resources to bloggers who are willing to help non profit organizations by sharing their cause and fundraising campaigns on their blogs.

What is included in a Helping Hands PR Pitch?

Each pitch contains a short bio of the organization’s mandate, their  logo, links to social media profiles and videos, a description of how readers can help support the cause, contact details of the organizations public relations officer, and any opportunities for arranging interviews with the organizations founders.

Why is Blog PR Wire offering this service to free for non profit organizations?

Not that long ago we were watching a great video made by some British Columbia homeschoolers about being an advocate for social justice issues. They challenged us to do more to make a difference and this is the first of a few ways Her Media Marketing and Design (owners of both the Blog PR Wire and Mom Blog Wire) plans to give back to society and raise awareness for non profit organizations.

How to get your organization featured

We are currently looking for organizations that support children  and families to be featured in our Helping Hands PR pitches.  Simply contact us by email.

It’s edgy, it oozes intellect, and at times it can be a tad peculiar. One thing The Mary Sue always is; entertaining.

I know we’ve mentioned the Mary Sure before in a few tweets, but the blog deserves more laudation than 140 characters can muster. Just a guide to girl geek gulture? I think not. If I was 13 (like my son) I would have to tell you it is the EPIC guide to girl geek culture, but alas I am not 13 but well a bit more inverted (the letters that is) plus six so I will share with you that it is the ultimate guide to girl geek culture.

So let’s just say that if you are looking for another boring bland women’s news blog full of home baking tips the Mary Sue isn’t for you. If you are looking for a portal of Girl Geek knowledge, news, and entertainment then you should be clicking your way over to their RSS subscriber.

* The Blog Pr Wire ‘Blog of the Day’ is randomly selected by the staff at Blog PR Wire from the vast universe of blogs. Not all of our selections are members of the Blog PR Wire.

Why did you start your blog?
I launched my blog after we adopted our rescue pup, Daisy. I was already an avid couponer and deal-hunter and started finding all the best ways to save money on pet food, toys and treats. I posted deals to my neighborhood Facebook Group where we all share advice and coupons, and arrange play dates for our dogs and everyone liked my deal posts so much that they encouraged me to start my own blog! I’m just like every other mommy blogger, except my kid just happens to have fur!

What blog platform do you use?
Wordpress

What is your favourite plugin or gadget and what does it do?
I’m using so many handy widgets for WordPress but my most recent favorite is probably Pinterest RSS Widget. It automatically updates my blog with thumbnail images of whatever I’m pinning on Pinterest and also has a “Follow Me on Pinterest” button. Pinterest is my latest obsession.

Share a tip on how you promote your blog
I find that commenting on other blogs and participating in Blog Hops is a great way to spread the word about my blog.

Tell us a bit more about your blog and your upcoming goals for your blog
Right now, I’m doing a lot of giveaways and product reviews and hope that in the future I can also make a positive contribution to causes that are important to helping shelter animals…Daisy was a shelter dog so the cause is close to my heart!

Visit Liz and Rescue Pup Daisy at Woof Woof Mamma.

I discovered a handy little Blog Directory Linky this morning and though I would share it with our readers who may be looking for some free promotion for their blog.  The Coupon Queen of Texas is inviting other bloggers to link up their family friendly blog on her Blog Directory Linky.

While you are at it here are a few other Blog directory we like as well…

Blog A Rama

Blog Hints

Blog Flux

Submitting your blog to quality blog directories is a great way to spend those ‘few extra minutes’ you encounter waiting for a download  …

If you have a home and garden blog you won’t want to miss this opportunity to spread the word about your blog and win great home improvement prizes.

This Blog Hop starts May 1 and registrations are being accepted from bloggers through to April 24th.

More details can be found at the Mama Zone blog.

If you run a weekly series or common topic on your blog you will find that today’s Blog Tip will save you some much valued time! We here at the blog pr wire run a few common blog series (blog tips, featured bloggers, blog of the day) and we found our creative girl was spending a lot of time creating each post from scratch. We knew there had to be a way to duplicate our blog posts as a new draft and went searching.

We found a great free wordpress plugin to duplicate blog posts into drafts; Duplicate Post

The plugin allows you to ‘clone’ an existing page or post and then edit the new draft.

In ‘Edit Posts’/'Edit Pages’, you can click on ‘Clone’ link below the post/page title: this will immediately create a copy and return to the list.

In ‘Edit Posts’/'Edit Pages’, you can click on ‘New Draft’ link below the post/page title.

On the post edit screen, you can click on ‘Copy to a new draft’ above “Cancel”/”Move to trash”.

While viewing a post as a logged in user, you can click on ‘Copy to a new draft’ as a dropdown link under “Edit Post” in the admin bar… change what you want, click on ‘Publish’ and you’re done.

I had a wonderful chat this morning with the Vice President of a marketing firm whose primary client is bloggers and it led me to today’s blog post at the Blog Pr Wire Blog Tips Blog.  How do you take your blog from a ‘blog’ to a business?

For the last five years I have been sharing this one tidbit so often that I fear I may grow feathers like a parrot but it still holds true for most bloggers whose intention is to earn revenue on their blogs. “You need to consider yourself an Internet Publisher not just a blogger.”

By definition a Blog is an online journal. As such a ”blogger’ is a writer. A writer creates content.

“(n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.” -www.webopedia.com

A publisher does more then create content. The definition of a publisher is;

” (n) the business head of a newspaper organization or publishing house, commonly the owner or the representative of the owner.”

That’s a big job, being a publisher. The marketing professional I spoke with this morning shared with me how their company is helping bloggers who have dug through the trenches of starting a blog  to become large successful blogs (Internet Publication). They are helping bloggers by taking over  many of the daily advertising, marketing, and promotional tasks of running a successful blog. Which allows their clients to step back into the role of creating content.

If your intention is to earn revenue on your blog then here are five of the many roles you will have as an Internet Publisher;

• Writer and Editor (the written content)
• Designer and creative director
• IT (think servers, bandwidth, email, domains, hosting, updating WordPress)
• Advertising Director (The person responsible for manging and selling your ad space to monetize your blog)
• Marketing Director (The person responsible for promoting your blog, joint ventures, and public relations)

Not all bloggers have a big start-up budget and most will where one or ALL of the roles listed above, but it is important to remember that if you blog as a business you (here it is my parrot moment);

“Wear two hats. Blogger AND Internet Publisher”

Think of your blog as a magazine. Your magazine isn’t going to grow if you only have an editor. You need to learn the advertising industry standards for Internet publications and manage your blog as a business and publication.

If your blog has grown and you need some help with the Marketing and Advertising roles take a moment to check out MBTrends. Their blog is also full of great tips for bloggers.

We found a blog this weekend that we simply could NOT pull a single post from that could be the ‘blog post of the day’. Why? Because EVERY single post was one of the best we have ever read. Why? Were they full of though provoking political debates? No.  Important environmental news? No. Then why ? Because every single post will make you laugh.

You know how a post can make you smile so large that your finger can’t hold back on the SHARE button? That happened to us this weekend and instead of flooding you all with 200 tweets and twitter shares we decided instead to make ‘Bedtimes are for Suckers‘ today’s Blog of the Day.

The blog is ‘written’ by Lilly whose mom (cough cough) is (according to a blog post) was a writer momlogic.com and is now a producer at CBS The Talk.

Way to go Lilly – for reminding us what it was like to be four years old!

* The Blog Pr Wire ‘Blog of the Day’ is randomly selected by the staff at Blog PR Wire from the vast universe of blogs. Not all of our selections are members of the Blog PR Wire.

We have 10 125 banner spots in our blog sidebar to giveaway to some of our blog members. If you have a non parenting blog (we have love for you at the Mom Blog Wire) and would like to get some free exposure simply be one of the first ten to send us your 125 button html code to support (at) blogprwire.com and we will run your 125 button through to March 30 2011!

Why did you start your blog?
“I wanted a blog to give other informed shoppers a place to find information on products and services that are worth their time and money. Honest reviews. Pure and simple.
The second reason for this blog is to pay it forward and help others in their business ventures. I am lucky enough to know many creative individuals that have talents I do not possess with crafting and producing fun unique products. This blog is my tool to promote those I admire and find even more talented people to spread the word about. ”

What blog platfrom do you use?
Blogger

What is your favourite plugin or gadget and what does it do?
We love the picture gadget, because we can showcase our current giveaway items on our sidebar for our readers!

Share a tip on how you promote your blog
We promote our blog by offering great giveaways that we share with our readers! We’re able to advertise these giveaways on several contest sites, and that really spreads the word about our blog!

Tell us a bit more about your blog and your upcoming goals for your blog…
Our goals are to expand our reach, grow our readership and connect more strongly with brands to bring our readers even more great reviews and giveaways this year!