Giveaway: Pampers Diaper Clutch !

Grabbing your somewhat cumbersome diaper bag, or like me a zipper bag and a couple diapers, as you leave the house can be a hassle – especially when you are just going out for a short time. For a limited time with the purchase of any Pampers Big Pack (48 ct or larger), consumers can receive a small, lightweight diaper clutch that is just big enough and especially designed to hold one diaper and wipes. It’s the perfect size for quick trips away from home. And, we would like to offer you one free clutch (with wipes included!)

I got my free clutch and used it all weekend long!!  Love IT !

Now through 12/11/09, when you shop at participating stores (see full listing of participating grocery stores at: PampersDiaperClutchPromotion.com), you can receive a FREE diaper clutch with your Pampers Big Pack (48 count or larger) purchase. Specially-marked packages of Pampers Big Pack Diapers will also include coupons worth up to $20 in savings on future purchases.

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Winner will be chosen at random. Giveaway deadline is 11:59 pm EST on Dec 7, 2009. ONE winner will be announced Dec 8, 2009.


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My 1 year old laughs at the safety locks we install. I think he realized if he breaks them i will just reinstall new ones, so after two replacements he figured this one out!

Activity #471: Utilize an object-oriented diaper bag strategy

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Activity #471: Utilize an object-oriented diaper bag strategy

A post from Designing Moms crossed my path just as I was realizing that I need a zipper pouch in my purse to contain all the loose pieces I keep for emergency kid entertainment. Plastic spiders, packaged snack bars, and tiny cars are forever preventing me from locating my keys quickly when I dig my hand into my purse.

Guissell identifies the contents of her two tote bags with detailed notations. I would call these two the "with kids in tow" bag and the "without kids" bag.

Some items, like wallet, keys, sunglasses, and phone go into both bags. Things like wipes and board books stay in the "with kids in tow" bag. You get the idea.

Read the details of her system to fully appreciate how clever it is.

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Does Your Blog Look Like NASCAR?

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Does Your Blog Look Like NASCAR?

In this post, Jack Gamble from Babeled talks about ad placement and the risk of overdoing it.

Are you responsible for a website that has so many ads that it looks like Dale Earnhardt Jr. should be driving it in circles at high speed with a strange aversion to right turns?

That is because your advertisements are out of control.

Like all things in life, with advertising you need to know when to stop. If there is one thing that drives me crazy, it's arriving at a blog and being bombarded by a mess of Goggle Adsense, pop-ups, and 125×125 banner ads. All of these are ways to bring in some cash for your hard work, but at what point does it become counterproductive?

Here's a hint: if I need to scroll down to get to your content because you have nothing but ads above the fold, then I am never coming back to your site. I will not click your ads. I will not subscribe to your feed. I will not download your e-book. I will not tell my friends about you. Are you getting the point? Too much advertising on your blog is simply insulting to your readers.

You need to come up with some simple guidelines for your ad campaign and stick to your guns. I'm not going to tell you that this ad is good and that one is bad. But I will tell you that there is certainly a point where the next ad you put up will cost you money.

Try testing yourself. Click on any post in your blog and scroll down to an arbitrary point in the post. Now take stock in what you see. What percentage of the screen is dedicated to advertisement? If the number is too high, then you're readers are not happy (if you have any left).

So what percent of space should you dedicate to displaying ads?

Let's look at the other popular media outlets our there. In television for example, the average 1 hour show has about 44 minutes of programming and 16 minutes of commercials. That is an ad/content ratio of just over 26%.

Print magazines are far worse. The average magazine has an ad/content ratio on the order of 40%! This doesn't exactly demonstrate a devotion to reader satisfaction. Could this be part of the reason that print magazine circulation has fallen more than 10% since 2008?

So what can we take away from these numbers? For starters, you need to get your ratio down as low as possible. Certainly the 40% magazine standard is a failing number, and in my opinion, the 26% TV figure is not much better.

All the ads in the world won't do you any good if there is nobody there to see them. If your blog has been sitting idle with no growth in earnings, subscribers, or traffic then try removing some of th...

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eebee's mix & mash adventures

I recently received a preview DVD and cookbook from eebee.com.
Meet eebee, he is this adorable little guy:

eebee helps prepare some easy and quick kid friendly recipes like "roasted swee-ee-t potato shapes" and "guacamol-ee crunch". My little mans (1yr old) eyes light up every time he sees him! The recipes are so easy and show you how you can get your little ones involved in cooking. My older son (4.5yr old) was and still is always around when we are cooking, he loves to be involved. He is also a little more adventurous about what he eats because he helped prepare it!

You can find eebee at http://eebee.com/. "eebee's adventures are designed to engage you and your baby with rich play experiences that provide powerful lessons that memorizing letters, numbers, colors and shapes simply can and do not."




See eebee in action in this video from youtube.

Giveaway: Kids Lunch Box Cards

KidsLunchBoxCards are a super-fun alternative to the humdrum lunch-time napkin note. They revolutionize communication between moms and kids at that vulnerable time during a long school day.  

Gina Flanagan, an award-winning costume illustrator who worked exclusively in the feature film world, searched like most moms for ways to send her kids to school happy. When her older daughter reported that lunchtime was sometimes lonely for her, Gina began to draw fun notes and put them in her lunchbox. The notes were much more than just a note on a napkin; elaborately illustrated, they grabbed the whole lunch table's attention. Soon a crowd waited to see mom's next cool drawing.

A special note that says...

 

Each pack contains (5) cards, a school-weeks worth of cards...



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FIVE winners will be chosen at random. Giveaway deadline is 11:59 pm EST on Nov 12, 2009. FIVE winners will be announced Friday Nov 13, 2009.

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