Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and

to all a fabulous 09

Holiday Cheer

'Tis the season, share the love!!

This can do great things for your reputation, all the good things you do during this season because it does seem to happen, should be shared.

Even just sending out happy wishes to as many people as you can through the networks you are part of.

If you are able to do some extra special things, like help hand out food to those not as lucky as you. If you donate to more charities and the like, you should do a press release.

When doing a press release, if you want it to help with the ranking of your site you should do an optimized press release. We can help with this if you need it.

Sharing Info about Family

Another question I have gotten asked a lot is how mommy bloggers and similar can keep their family's safe.

Safe from predators, identity thieves, the psycho neighbor who creeps you out (not really, well maybe really if you have one). Also safe from your kid growing up and trying to get a job and their new employer finds your blog about how funny potty training was.

Biggest tip - use fake names. Basically create a new virtual nickname for the person and this saves it from ever coming up in a search.

If you have used their real name, go back now and change it. It may show up in the search engines, but hopefully by the time your kid is grown and looking for work, it will be easily buried.

Education in School

Someone suggested to me recently that someone start training kids on what might happen if they share too much information on the Internet.

I think it is a great idea, especially any kid who is planning on going into the arts or politics (or be a well known person of any kind).

Imagine, some kid gets their big break, they get a part in a big movie, star in a TV show or something. Next comes the press (or the paparazzi/celebrity gossip artist) who hunt for all that great stuff to spread all over the place about you. This includes that wonderful picture of you with your bikini falling off and you falling into a pool with a beer in your hand.

While it seems to be true that many kids don't care about what people find in general, because they are having fun. Talking about their future careers, one they feel passionate about, might change their mind.

If anyone is interested, let me know, I would love to partner up with someone to get this in the schools.