Blog\u00adgin\u2019 Mamas<\/a><\/p>\nwas founded in 2010 by Heather Lopez, in asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion with the Blog\u00adgin\u2019 Mamas Cruise Con\u00adfer\u00adence. Since that time Blog\u00adgin\u2019 Mamas has expanded into an offer\u00ading local com\u00admu\u00adnity groups con\u00adnect\u00ading local blog\u00adgers and offer\u00ading sup\u00adport for blog\u00adgers to mon\u00ade\u00adtize their influence.<\/p>\n
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Cur\u00adrently chap\u00adters exist in South Florida, South\u00adwest Florida, Cen\u00adtral Florida, North\u00adwest Florida,\u00a0NYC, Saratoga\u00a0&\u00a0Adiron\u00addack\u00a0NY, Boston, Phoenix and New Orleans (NOLA) and are being set-up in sev\u00aderal other loca\u00adtions. Unlike other net\u00adworks, we start local first and then plan to con\u00adnect nation\u00adally. There is no charge to\u00a0join.<\/p>\n
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Mem\u00adbers are encour\u00adaged to sup\u00adport each other as they develop, enhance, and expand their blogs. Mem\u00adbers are also encour\u00adaged to add other mom blog\u00adgers they feel might be inter\u00adested in the\u00a0group.<\/p>\n
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I joined my local chapter online not long after Doodle entered my life and gained so much from the group the first few months, but back at the beginning of my journey, I never could have imagined how it would impact my drive to have a better blog.<\/p>\n
This year I’ve been fortunate to be able to attend two blogging learning seminars put on by Bloggin’ Mamas where I was able to meet some of those wonderful women I’d met in the virtual world face to face and to learn from them and their experience.<\/p>\n
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The second seminar was a turning point for me. \u00a0Hosted by JM Toyota (who gave us fantastic goodies, a chance to test drive their new family friendly cars, provided us lunch and a space for our learning seminar), I sat in the room, listening to the Toyota reps being their presentation when something hit me. \u00a0As they flashed a picture of their child development center and the children working so hard on the adorable hearts that adorned our goodie bags, it struck me: \u00a0I could have been IN those pictures!<\/p>\n
The job I didn’t get (or that I turned down depending on how you look at it) was at the JM Family Center. \u00a0I had come full-circle, here I was sitting at a seminar about blogging, sponsored by the company that put me in a place where I decided to become a blogger in the first place.<\/p>\n
I can’t even begin to describe what I’ve gained from Bloggin’ Mamas because the gains are not measurable. \u00a0I’ve gained, confidence, direction and drive thanks to the amazing women who are a part of Bloggin’ Mamas.<\/p>\n
And now is my chance to give back as Bloggin’ Mamas as they aim to raise $50,000 in just ONE DAY, and today is that day! \u00a0But the real question is, will you support the development of Beyond Mommying by Supporting Bloggin’ Mamas, too?<\/p>\n
#50kIn1Day is the goal! \u00a0Every $ counts in helping this great organization grow and help many more mommy bloggers just like me! \u00a0Want to do your part?\u00a0Check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0I made my contribution, how about you? Follow the link above to contribute. Leave a comment with how much you contributed and Beyond Mommying will match every dollar (up to $150)!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you ever had that feeling where you’re lost, confused and disenchanted in life? \u00a0Where you aren’t sure where to go or what to do? \u00a0Where things seems to just be going the wrong way and you aren’t sure where to go next, what to do, how to fix it? \u00a0And then you do something, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[60,57,58],"class_list":["post-3254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-blogging","tag-bloggin-mamas","tag-blogging","tag-mom-blogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3264,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a> One year later, I was back in the same place. \u00a0Feeling stifled, frustrated, unsure where to go, continue on the same path or make a choice to change (the basis for “Picking a Path”) and then I found myself surrounded by others who were the same but in a different place. \u00a0Bloggers who were doing it.<\/p>\n