Great Blog Reader... but I run out of time to do any blogging myself

The great part of my day is seeing all the mom bloggers who contribute on NewBaby.com via video. I watch all the video blogs, make sure they are categorized and then place them on our video wall and tweet about them to the thousands of tweet friends that follow me and MomTV.

As a WAHM, I really appreciate the creativity, personality, challenges and fun that come through on video... but then I read the post that makes me stop... wipe my eyes and go to the next blog. Both are great mediums and both are eternal. Which is why we spotlight blogs on NewBaby.com as well.

It is an honor for me to be a part of this community and network with such great moms... I wish I could meet you personally but will say that seeing you in video does bring you closer to your audience and really gets them attached to you - like a character on TV.

We are launching MomTV this spring and I invite you to stay tuned or sign up for your MomTV channel. Have some really great things to help promote each Mom and their blogs, revenue and review opportunities as well as networking.

I hope to see you soon and if you want to use video as a medium to blog with - let me know, we are hoping to get 250 (150 more) Moms on video by June.

Sign up on www.MomTV2.com or email me at stephanie@newbaby.com to get the scoop on FLIPS and more.

Best and keep those blogs coming!!

Stephanie @ newbaby.com

How to Enter to Win a Flip to Vlog with on NewBaby.com

We will be picking 3 Awesome Mom's to get a flip video camera. It's easy to do. (Oh, in case you didn't know, NewBaby.com is not just for babies!!)

1. Join NewBaby.com
2. Feed your RSS in your profile and put your blog URL (website or all sites) in the about you with info about YOU.
   
3. Add your photo to your profile.
   
4. Add a Friend: NewMomsOnline (that's me)
5. Go to our Linky Love page and grab a badge for your site and install it
6. Fill out the link back form from us to your site / blog so it shows up in our directory
7. Write a blog (short or long) on why you're ready to jump in front of a camera and vlog... it's easy - just think of your pictures animated. Lot's of our Mom's start off a bit nervous and in no time are rocking it like a Movie Star

The promotion runs from now until Midnight on the 31st of January and the winners will be randomly selected and will be posted here... and on NewBaby.com.

Oh... here is some background on why we are doing this...
NewBaby.com is the first online community focusing on Mom's by providing video blogs from opinions to expert advice. We have been helping mom's who want to go from blog to vlog... by giving them Flip Video Cameras (that we have been buying... boo, not donated by Flip!).

Why do we push video so much?? Video is the next big wave and if you read all the new media press like I do, you see things like this:

Businesses Embracing Online Video Will Fuel The Web's Revolution
IF VIDEO KILLED THE radio star, online video will surely kill the static Web.

Video is poised to permeate the Web in a way that goes far beyond YouTube's user-generated clips. The Web's design and flexibility make it a powerful visual medium, with moving images, Flash and animation fast becoming the lingua franca. This presents corporate America -- and private enterprise in general -- with a huge opportunity.

All Video, All the Time

...The following are a handful of ways video is impacting corporate Web strategies and business models:

Company news and information. Web video enables organizations to become their own broadcast networks.

Product information and how-to. Video can be a key enabler of product support and advice....

Best practices and knowledge management. If commercials and entertainment can be viral, so can internal company knowledge. A manufacturing company with plants all over the world could enable far-flung employees to record and share best practices....

Community. User-generated content (UGC) can turn customers and fans into a network of content creators who communicate through video. Cult footwear favorite Crocs, for instance, has set up a site that invites lovers and haters of the brand to upload videos about how they feel about the product. And look for more companies to build communities with video as the primary form of content.....

UGC offers organizations a significant source of original content and can foster a natural community that keeps a pulse of the brand. This is where two of today's most powerful trends -- online video and the social Web -- combine to form a new capability for business: the power to create and sustain new communities, glued together by our most compelling mass medium.

Turning on the Spigot

So why should corporate America embrace the video-centric Web? Remember the lessons of a certain small appliance maker called Blendtec. This small business came out of nowhere in a crowded and competitive market segment to establish a vibrant business on the back of short, simple video segments. You never know where the best ideas or content will come from. Successful companies will be the ones that engage online communities with video that is compelling and continuous.

(The article above has been shortened... you can read the whole thing by clicking the title link).

Special thanks to Dawn, the PainterMommy!

Dawn was so awesome in designing my blog that I use to post about NewBaby.com happenings, support our mom Vlogger program, and put a little about me and mine in the mix.

Visit Dawn's VA (virtual assistant site) she does more than just make web layouts... and is she fast? Oh yeah!! She rocks.

Help support our Mommy's and tweet about this or share with other mommies looking for website/blog/tweet help.

Have a good evening all... and thanks again Dawn!!

Blissdom in February 09

If you are going to Blissdom and are looking for a room mate or if you have a discount code to share for the event - please let me know...



Take your video camera and record some vlogs there and post them on NewBaby.com to share with other Mom Vloggers / Bloggers.

Have fun!!