WAHM Web 2.0 Resource Guide

Why a Wahm Web 2.0 Resource Guide?

It doesn’t take much looking around to see the web is changing. It is getting more and more social as the days go on. Word of mouth can be your best friend of your worst enemy and either way is one of your best ways to get traffic to your site.

I put together this guide to Mom related Web 2.0 resources, for myself and to share with you. In a Web 2.0 world it is imperative to get involved with your niche, get to know them, provide useful information, be friendly and be part of the community.

Lucky for me, my “niche” is me! That makes it even more fun when doing my “job” and looking for resources.

Here they are, Interactive Mom, WAHM, and Business sites to get you involved in your Niche community.

Forums/Communities: Forums/Communities are a great way to meet people like yourself. Get into conversation and once you’ve provided good conversation or interesting info, leave a link to your site in your sig file. *Make sure you read the rules around sig files, each and every community and forum is different. *

Just Moms ~ Moms getting together to talk about being moms and mom related stuff.

Maya’s Mom

Cafe Mom ~ Huge community with groups on any mom topic you can imagine.

Mom’s Talk Network

Contest for Moms

Mom Junction

The Best Moms

Mom’s Source

IVillage ~Another huge community with groups on just about any topic you can think of.

Mothering Community

Kaboose

Families.com

WAHM Forums:

Freelance Moms ~ A friendly group of moms and a lot of WAHM resources.

Internet Based Moms

Frugal Mom

Mom Gadget

Mommy Trackd

The Wahm Shack

Blog Communities: It was interesting as I was doing my research I found these communities that looked like blogs, but were way bigger. A perfect example of web 2.0 in action. I have added these to their own category because they are interesting and deserve to be looked at.

Mommy Community

Blog Her

Work it Mom

Top Momma

Mommy Speak

Pajama Mommy

Mom Blogging

Blog Directories: Add your blog to these directories and you will find you get more traffic, and you’ll have some good backlinks too. You will probably have to put a button up on your site in return for being listed. They are usually pretty cute and you can put them together in one spot. There are tons of directories out there I tried to keep these to mom specific directories.

Blog Catalog ~ Parenting

5 Minutes for Mom The wait to be listed is quite long, but it doesn’t hurt to apply

BlogaMama

The Mom Blogs

Real Savvy Moms

Delightful Blogs

Blog Flux ~ Parenting

Dr. Moz

Blogging Fusion ~ Mommy Bloggers

Blog Daisy

Mom Blog Network

Blogs By Women

Blogs: Here are some blogs I’ve found entertaining and interesting. By being a regular reader and commenter on blogs you will get quite a bit of traffic and make some new friends. I know this has been the case for me.

Mom Blogs: Mom blogs are a great place to play. Other moms are reading them and some of them may want to quit their jobs and work from home. You should get some decent traffic from your comment link if you leave quality comments that add to the conversation.

Connecting Rainbows Life Balance for a Work at Home Mom ~ mostly mom stuff.

Den Of Wolves Life as the only female in a pack of males

Little Fun Little Learning Fun ideas and activities for kids

Hipster Mom A hip cool mom blog

Busy Mom Better Parenting through Coffee

The Mommy Blog Adventures from the wonder-belly of motherhood

Blonde Mom Blog Just another manic mom day

Silicon Valley Mom A byte of Silicon Valley

Mom 101 I don’t know what I’m doing either

Nature Moms A guide to natural family living

WAHM Blogs ~ These are blogs by WAHMs. I have found the WAHM community to be friendly and supportive. It’s smart to read other wahm blogs, they are like you and those reading their blogs will probably be like you or want to be like you (a work at home mom) so you will probably get decent traffic from your comment link. **Leave good comments that add to the conversation**

The Wahm Blog Ramblings of a multitasking WAHM on topics concerning today’s mom her business and her family

WAHM Spotlight Inspiration and Resources for Work at Home moms

Work at Home Mom Revolution A blog for moms who want to work at home

Mom Works at Home Make money at home, online and with blogging

Show Momma the Money Confessions of an Ebay momma

Home Office Women A meeting place for all home office women

Internet Marketing for Mommies Internet Marketing from a Mommy’s point of view

It’s a WAHM Life One Wahm’s story of keeping it together with 1 spirited toddler, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 husband and a house.

My Thoughts, Ideas and Ramblings A day in the life of a stay at home/work at home mom

Make Money/Business Blogs: Reading and commenting on money making blogs is a great idea, not only do you get to learn from others, but you may find other people looking for what you have to offer. Make sure to leave worthwhile comments that add to the conversation.

Successful Blog ~ Thinking Writing Business Ideas

Earn Extra Money On the Internet at Home

DayJobNuker

Freelance Folder The place for Freelancrs, Entrepreneurs and folks Working from home

Affiliate Marketing Coach

30 Day Marketing Experiment Each month a new marketing strategy, how would 1 new business partner a week change your business?

30 Day Challenge Amazing blog ~ Great content, huge community.

Attachment Parenting Blogs: Getting to know bloggers who blog on topics close to your heart is a great way to get involved in the blogging community. I’m an AP mom. Here are some of my favorite AP blogs. If you’re not into AP think about things you love and google it. Get involved in blogs related to your favorite hobbies or interests.

Breastfeeding Mums

Diaper Jungle

Chatanooga Baby Wearing Blog

Adventures in Babywearing

Baby Carrier

Motherwear’s Breastfeeding Blog

The Lactivist

Attachment Parenting

Hathor the Cow Goddess

Parenting a Much Better Way

The Homeschooling Mommy

In a Web 2.0 world the best thing a WAHM can do to increase her traffic and her business is get involved. Community abounds in this new day and age online, it doesn’t take much to find people to talk to and places to get involved.

I suggest you find 5 forums, and 5-10 blogs. Read, post and comment on them every day. You will be amazed at the movement you see on your blog/site/business!

Good luck and have fun!

If you’d like your Blog added to this Wahm Web 2.0 Resource Guide, link to this post in your blog and then leave a comment on this post with your blog url and I’ll be glad to add it. :)

[tags] blogs, business blogs, mom blogs, mom directories, mom communities, wahm directories, wham communities, wham blogs, mom forum, wahm forum[/tags]

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