Lisa Stone's blog

BlogHer of the Week: Her Able Hands

What if your biggest stumbling block is...you? Say you have an idea. A crazy, wonderful, huge idea. So you call on your courage, uproot your life, move a thousand or more miles, and arrive on the scene to...wait a little more. Have you failed? Or are you just getting started?

Sad Truth: The Story of Little One April

by Lisa Stone at 3:00pm Fri, 12 Jun 2009 under Blogging & Social Media, Mommy & Family, Editorial guidelines; 3477 views
This month, the BlogHer team learned about a blog that violated our editorial guidelines by publishing content the writer knew was false: http://littleoneapril.blogspot.com. As such, this blog is no longer a member of our publishing network. The author, Rebeccah Beushausen, has never received payment from BlogHer, and won't.

BlogHer of the Week: Mom-101

Did you know we have a woman on the inside in the roiling debate over how bloggers work with marketers, write about products and disclose advertising relationships to readers? If you've ever read her blog, you've likely figured out that Mom-101 has a day job. What you may not know is that Blogger Liz Gumbinner is a pro advertising writer with an inside line on what marketers and ad agencies really think of social media, of blogging, of paid reviews, and, yes, of "mommybloggers."

Save the dates: BlogHer Meet-ups near you now scheduled for June!

UPDATED: Philly now on for Thursday, June 18. Details below! UPDATED: SF East Bay now on for Saturday, June 13. Details below! UPDATED: Seattle now on for Saturday, June 13. Details below! Time to get your SQUEEEE on people, whether you've got a ticket to BlogHer or not, whether you've ever been to a BlogHer conference or not -- a meet-up of BlogHers may be coming to a 'burg near you in the next two weeks! Look, I've been moved to actually use exclamation points, that's how excited I am.