Because I Know My Readers Are Smart!
Like the title?
Yea, I’m sucking up a little to you all.
That’s because I need your help.
When you have a question and need to do a bit of research, why not turn to your community, right?
So, let’s jump right into it. I hope you’ll be willing to help a mami out.
Here are my questions.
- What are some standard Virtual Assistant (VA) rates? Even if just the base starting price for standard services.
- Do you charge to review products? If so, what’s your standard asking price?
- Do you charge to host a contest? Again, what’s your standard asking price?
- If you don’t charge for #2 and/or #3 above, then why not? Do you find you get lots of exposure? Is that enough?
- If you do charge for #2 and/or #3 above, has it worked? That is, have you actually been paid by PR companies or even the product’s company?
I realize some of these questions may be sensitive in nature to some. But, the thing is that no one talks about it (that I’ve seen) and it’s hard to know what you’re getting into if you don’t have “real” experiences to relate to.
I’m hoping that by being frank and putting these out there, I’ll get some great answers, ideas, links, etc in the comments…from the perfect source. You!
If you would prefer not to answer these in the comments, feel free to email me with your answer.
melanie (at) modernmami (dot) com
Looking forward to getting your responses.
Oh, and thanks! 
If you like this post, then consider subscribing to my full feed RSS!
Posted in Blogging on October 23rd, 2008 by Modern Mami | | 6 Comments
Everyone Poops - but does everything poop?
You might have heard of the book Everyone Poops
I first heard of this book from a previous co-worker. She was a 1st grade teacher and is very much into literacy. She has a wealth of information in her brain regarding teaching children to read, various books, fun activities, you name it. I’ve been trying to get her to start a blog so she can share this information with all us mamis out there, but she’s a little hesitant still.
She suggested Everyone Poops to me for several reasons:
- She thinks the book is funny and cute.
- She thought my toddler daughter might like it.
- We were starting the very early stages of potty training.
We’ve read the book with my daughter a few times. I have to admit that it was a little weird to me at first, but then I embraced the silliness of it all. I mean, how can you not laugh at, “A one-hump camel makes a one-hump poop and a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop… Only kidding!”
The other night my daughter asked me to read it for her.
We sat down on the couch and as I read the title and author’s name out loud to her, I could see that she was studying the cover of the book.
(image from Amazon.com)
She then said, “An apple poops???!!!”
I started to laugh and told her, “Well, no baby. You see, we eat an apple and then it goes in your tummy and then it comes out your bunda.” (Bunda is what we’ve come to call the butt.)
As soon as I started the sentence, I knew I was giving way too much information that wasn’t going to make sense. I saw it in her face. I swear I could see the wheels turning in her little head trying to figure out what I was saying.
She looked up at me, confused as ever and repeated, “An apple poops? Hahaha…NO, that’s so silly! Hee hee hee”
Indeed it is, baby girl.
image by lodigs
If you like this post, then consider subscribing to my full feed RSS!
Posted in The Monkey, a different perspective, toddlers on October 18th, 2008 by Modern Mami | | 2 Comments
Defiant at 2
The other day I had a day off from work while my parents attended some medical appointments. It was a pretty good day off with baby girl. We did a little shopping, had lunch, made silly faces in the car…you know, typical day out with a toddler.
While out shopping, we bought the Munchkin Turtle Bath Toy Scooper
Once we got home, I opened it for her and she started to slide the turtle around our floor pretending it was a boat. She then took it into our bathroom and what I heard next was the sound of what could have been her falling but turned out to be the turtle falling into the empty tub.
So, I closed the bathroom door and told her “Don’t go in the bathroom by yourself. If you do it again, you’re going into timeout.”
Five minutes later…guess who was in the bathroom again?
Yup, a little short monkey girl came waddling out of my room and down the hallway as I was making my way towards her.
Were you in the bathroom?
Yes
What did I say?
Not go in bathroom by myself.
Ok, timeout it is.
Cue some crying….
At least I can take comfort in the fact that she didn’t lie about it.
At least.
Right?
Photo by redvelvettears
If you like this post, then consider subscribing to my full feed RSS!
Posted in Motherhood, Parenting, The Monkey, toddlers on October 5th, 2008 by Modern Mami | | 2 Comments
