What If You Had to Pay for Social Media?

By Stephanie Azzarone Reprinted in part from Playthings.com

No surprise: Blogs, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly popular with moms, as they share experiences and information on all kinds of subjects.

According to a recent Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA) survey conducted by BIGresearch, women with children at home are more likely to use Facebook (60.3%), MySpace (42.4%) and Twitter (16.5%) than average adults (50.2%, 34.4%, 15.0%, respectively). And 15.3% maintain their own blog.

Research from SheConnected Multimediafound that one-third (36%) of online U.S. and Canadian women would give up chocolate, their Pradas, or their mother-in-law before they gave up their social networks (OK, that last’s one’s a given…). But interestingly, only half would be willing to pay subscription fees to continue using social media channels.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Ideas In A Rough Economy!

I feel great!

On the one hand, while companies and individuals emerge from a year of economic obstacles and setbacks, as parks and communities cut back on their programming, etc., the economy groans and contracts trying to hedge a bet on the future, people everywhere wonder – what next?

I say, “Tie another knot in the rope and hang on”.

Each of us has access to unlimited energy, enthusiasm and ideas. All we have to do is open up our minds and hearts!

Ideas!

Ideas are wonderful. Liberating. Free. While some people say ideas are a ‘dime a dozen’, I like to celebrate each and every little precious offering the universe gives me. They keep me charged and keep me moving forward.

Sometimes I have to wait years for an idea to come to fruition, and sometimes my ideas prove to be absolutely silly. But, it was still free to think them. Empowering to explore them. Joyful to watch them come alive.

This year there’s a unique opportunity to highlight the one thing we’ve always loved best- Women-owned and Mom-branded products, projects and businesses. Our platform was created to make large-scale events with unique, empowering programming available to families. For many corporations and especially smaller businesses looking for events to have direct consumer engagement opportunities that have integrity and are affordable, it’s felt like Mamapalooza Festival to the rescue.

We’re marching steadily towards spring with a spring in our step for three reasons:

We have great team members, staff, volunteers, vendors and performers.

We remain committed to our goal of branding mom-entertainment, highlighting women-owned businesses and celebrating commmunity.

We have lot’s of great ideas all the time on how to grow, improve, expand, love. That’s why here at Mamapalooza, we ‘Shout Out Loud’.

Check out a few of our latest brainstorms:

Mothers Day Party

Museum Of Motherhood ~ Register the name of a (M)other you love and have her name live in perpetuity at M.O.M

Show Off Your Business, Project or Passion at Mamapalooza:

Festival Vendors (New York Metro Area Only – More Coming)

Radio

Membership

Mamazina (One more week- Feb 5th, to place your ad for VERY affordable rates)

Thanks Much and See You Around The Block! Joy Rose

AltUse Find – Mamapalooza

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LISTEN UP! State Of

LISTEN UP! State Of Mama 2Nite@ Don’tTellMeToShutUpRadio:Joy Rose &Margaret Bernstein 7PM(EST)~http://htxt.it/sdYn

MediaMomRADIO w/JoyR

MediaMomRADIO w/JoyRose 7-8PM(EST)2nite:Jahna! http://htxt.it/MYZz

This Weekend! Mamapalooza at GO GREEN EXPO, LA CA

The Sustainable Women Initiative connects health, wellness, food sourcing, mind/body/spirit connections, integrative healing practices, alternative fitness & beauty as well as organics to the fabric of everyday life, affecting our future with regard to sustainable cultural & environmental practices.

COME CHECK OUT THE GO-GREEN EXPO 2010 WITH MaMapalooza IN LA, JANUARY 22, 23, 24
Booth #619 & #621 South Hall J

Business-to-Business Expo
Friday, January 22, 2010 • 10am – 5pm

Open to Public
Saturday, January 23, 2010 • 10am – 6pm
Sunday, January 24, 2010 • 10am – 5pm

The Los Angeles Convention Center

1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015

Tickets:
Friday: Complimentary to Business Buyers (please bring your business card for admission)
Saturday & Sunday: $10 for a full weekend pass / open to both business buyers & consumers. _________________________________________________________

We will screen a film on the backdrop of booth all day. You can see it on the homepage of Mamapalooza (With the Mamapalooza Song and Planet Earth)

Sharing our Booth Space are: Naja Tea www.najatea.com (Serving Tea Samples) and Revenge TShirts: www.revengeis.com are sharing the booth with me again.

Stage will be running all day Sunday 10-5PM

www.gogreenexpo.com
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Ongoing   www.poiarts.com

10AM   www.freetobemedrumcircle.com (Hermosa Beach Community Drum Circles, ‘Skin, the movie’ and ‘outreach kids in need’)

11AM www.stacyrobin.com (Stacy Robin is an engaging artist who delivers a blend of eclectic rhythms and stirring melodies. Performing as an acoustic duo or full band with Imaginary Friends, at a tranquil art opening or bustling street fair, she creates a remarkable musical atmosphere. Stacy is a masterful songwriter with several acclaimed commercial releases and original compositions featured in TV and Film, including ‘The Unit’, Toyota, and ‘TheStranger Beside Me’. Stacy is also the Central and Northern California Mamapalooza Event Coordinator) Noon-12:30  FREE Jam

12:30-1PM www.poiarts.com Susan Blacklocke also practices poi arts. She performs with The Hidden City Orchestra, and Mamapalooza events around the country. She’s currently enchanting Long Island N.Y., hosting and teaching Spiral Wave Poi and Poi Dancing.

1- 2PM Arlene Kole, Music Connection Magazine “Hot 100 Unsigned Bands & Artists of 2009 in the Nation”

2-3PM  Sista Jean   http://pridenation.com/pepper (RE: Peppa Mashay, International Recording Artist re: Celine Dion, Aaron Neville, Christina Aquilera and of course her own chart topping hits)

4PM    Jahna! (Currently featured in Yoga Journal, ‘The L Word’, and ‘Mythic Journey’s movie with Tim Curry)

7-8PM(EST)2Nite-Radi

7-8PM(EST)2Nite-Radiow/Joy&PassionOfTheHausfrau&MusicW/KarenSororca: http://htxt.it/AIHX

Radio Every Wednesday, Plus WBAI Wed. Jan 12th 11AM (EST)

EVERY WED @ 7PM (EST) ‘Don’t Tell Me To Shut Up Radio’ at New York Talk Radio With Joy Rose

Listen Live

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

EPISODE #24

January 13th, Wed @ 7PM and Monday, January 18th Noon (EST) Listen Live Enjoy Nicole Chaison creator of the ‘Passion Of The Hausfrau’, a roller coaster ride of zines, comedy and smarts!
Also listen to Karen Soroca, part of the dynamic songwriting duo of Soroca and Allocca with some of her personal music favorites. More… and Enjoy!

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This Week WBAI

LISTEN LIVE: online:

wbai.org or 99.5FM

WBAI Women’s Collective

This week –

Reconciling Motherhood
Mother Artists, Mother Feminists, Mother Activists, Mother Academics – Who Needs ‘Em?

Why in the twenty first century do we need a ‘Motherhood Movement’ at all? Haven’t mothers done more harm than good? They’ve played with our psyches, polluted the planet and, if Sigmund Freud is to be believed, we’d be better off without all that guilt. Exactly! For centuries mothers who were artists, educators, feminists and more were an oxymoronic concept. And yet, they existed. Carving out unique spaces for themselves in an often unwelcoming professional world or worse, sometime difficult home lives where social pressure and financial hardship went hand in hand with the path less taken. Long denigrated as a viable topic for serious artistic or other practice, motherhood is gradually gaining credibility and increasing it’s visibility outside the birth room. Phyllis Chesler, Alana Ruben Free, Andrea O’Reilly and many others have paved the way to combining this life-altering role with a successful and passionate careers. Institutions, however, are slow to change. As in centuries past, motherhood can still serve as a detriment in both the art, activist and academic communities.

Music By Pollywood

Hosts: Joy Rose, Linda Z

Extension for academ

Extension for academics in Motherhood due YESTERDAY. http://htxt.it/Iczp

Mom Made Products, Mom Rock and More~ Advertise With Us!

Think Spring! Think THE BEST PLACE TO UNITE WITH MOMS!

While it might be wintry days and wind chills in the news, we¹re thinking spring at Mamazina Magazine. That¹s right, even though January just began, the Mamazina staff is hard at work on our Spring/Summer 2010 debut issue, featuring new Mama Rockers Antigone Rising, Kore…..

Now’s the time to make good on that New Year¹s resolution and get that business going! With Mamazina¹s exclusive Mom-made Products advertising section, it¹s easier than ever to get the word out about the products and services you sell.

Mom writers have something to say. And now they have an effective and affordable place to say it. Mamazina Magazine has partnered with Mamapalooza Inc., a mother-owned and -operated multimedia firm well known for producing hundreds of family festivals, baby and green expos, and mom¹s night out events.

Where else can you reach 100,000 families, 10 million media impressions and 1 million web visitors for rates starting as low as what you¹d pay for a cup of coffee a day? Advertise your handmade crafts, home business, Etsy shop, eBay store, blogs, books and more! Affordable, targeted print and online advertising solutions that can be tailored to meet your individual needs. But hurry‹ Spring¹s around the corner, and so is our February 1 ad reservation deadline! Email Amy: advertise@mamazina.com or call toll-free 1 (877) 382-6771

Our Mom-Owned Company Wants To Work With You!

Back Cover $750

Inside Front $500

Inside Back $450

B/W Full Page $375

½ Page $250

¼ Page $125

12/ Blog Ad

¼ Blog Ad

Marketplace Full Page $375

Mom-Made Products Full $375

Mom-Made Products ½ $250

Mom-Made Products ¼ $125

Classified Page Items (x words) $30

Business Card Size Ads (Includes Graphics) $40

Online Marketplace Section 1 iss./6mo. $75

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