social media

First Radio Interview and the Question That Made Me Cry

March 1, 2011

Kelly McCausey from Work at Home Moms Talk Radio contacted me and asked if I would be interested in being interviewed for one of her shows. My first radio show? Heck ya! A novelist is using my name for one of her characters in her new novel, I just had my one second of fame [...]

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My $1,100 Thank-You Giveaway For My 10,600 Twitter Followers!

January 20, 2011

Ten days ago I got the idea to have a big thank-you giveaway to show my appreciation for my 10,000 Twitter followers.* I reached out via Twitter and the response was overwhelming: 24 companies donated wonderful prizes worth over $1,100! The power of social media never stops to amaze me and I’m already thinking about [...]

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Beautiful “Nursing the Future” Breastfeeding Video

June 2, 2010

Once again, I’ve been spending a lot of time on Twitter today — connecting with like-minded people, trying to help out, retweeting informative and funny tweets — and I came across the #holisticmoms Twitter party hosted by @HolisticMomsNet. One of their tweets led me to this beautiful video: Nursing the Future. I just love social [...]

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Sheep Shearing and Sweatpants Instead of Blogging

May 27, 2010

Look at that, I just checked to see if my most recent New York City Moms Blog post was scheduled to run, and voila, it’s already on their home page! I wrote about not being able to blog and tweet for a few days. Update: since the New York City Moms Blog doesn’t exist anymore, [...]

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Mommy Bloggers and Their Depiction in the New York Times

March 17, 2010

At first I wasn’t going to chime in after reading Sunday’s the New York Times article “Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand.” by Jennifer Mendelsohn. Then I read articles responding to it by other bloggers I respect and the many thought-provoking comments that were left. The mommy blogging word in is [...]

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Not Me! Monday: Mismatched Socks and Reheating Coffee

February 15, 2010

I did not wear a white and a black woolen sock to New York City the other day. Uh, yes I did. I was invited by Hasbro to a blogger event before they officially opened their doors for the New York Toy Fair (look out for the extensive blog post on that). I could only [...]

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Wordless Wednesday — This was my Day

February 4, 2010

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Mommy Bloggers Luncheon in New York City

November 22, 2009

I get invited to a lot of blogging-related events, and even though I say no to most of them because I am either not interested or don’t have the time to be away from home for that long, I was invited to Breathe Life In and attended a luncheon by Vicks the other day. Vicks [...]

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“Be The Media” And Make a Living Doing What You Love

November 7, 2009

Are you an entrepreneur, artist, musician, writer, or blogger who wants to make a decent living? You can! I already blogged about how I heard David Mathison speak about using social media to market what you are passionate about and how to use social media to your advantage. In his book, Be The Media, he [...]

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Katonah Green and David Mathison’s “Be The Media”

November 2, 2009

I haven’t had time to write about the Tweetup I attended at a Katonah coffee shop last week. If you know me at all, you know I am addicted to Twitter (yes, I tweeted almost 3,000 times in six months) and social media, and also love coffeehouses, so there was nothing that would have stopped [...]

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Dagmar Bleasdale Featured as Mom of the Week on NetworkWithMoms.com

August 17, 2009

I am tickled pink: Tatiana, owner of Network with Moms, is featuring me as the Mom of the Week! I even got a badge! See? Network With Moms aims to be the premiere resource for mothers to learn more about social media and networking sites. Ironically, I met Tatiana through Twitter. I am now a [...]

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I Reached 100 Subscribers of DagmarBleasdale.com!

July 28, 2009

I reached my goal of 100 DagmarBleasdale.com subscribers yesterday! I don’t know if that is a small or a large number compared to other mom blogs, but that doesn’t matter — I am so glad and honored that more and more women enjoy reading about my opinionated, green, frugal, breastfeeding, attachment parenting, proofreading & editing [...]

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BlogHer, here I come!!!

July 25, 2009

Well, next year. I just read a rumor on Twitter (yes, I have become a social media addict since I wrote this!) that the BlogHer conference will be in New York City next year. I am so exited! I was going to do my best to attend no matter where it takes place, but now I am [...]

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I Don’t Get Facebook!

March 8, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn’t want 300 “friends” on Facebook? Am I the only one with a cell phone that doesn’t have a camera? Am I the only one with no interest in texting? Social media? Huh? The latest and greatest for a lot of other moms I know is being on Facebook, [...]