Join Bloggin’ Mamas as we support the #TogetherInHealing Instagram Live on Thursday, 4/4/24 at 6p PT/ 9p ET! Join us during National Public Health Week as we discuss healing from childhood trauma with international renowned clinical psychologist, trauma specialist and author, Dr. Edith Shiro. Plus, we’ll be giving away some copies of Dr. Shiro’s book!

Date: Thursday, April 4th, 2024

Time: 6:00–7:00pm PST / 9:00–10:00pm EST

Primary Hash­tag: #TogetherInHealing

Secondary Hashtags: #UnidosEnLaSanacion #MyNumberStory

Pre­sented by: @BlogginMamas & @mynumberstory on behalf of ACE Resource Network

Featuring a Discussion and Q & A with: @Dr.EdithShiro

Mod­er­a­tors: Eng­lish– @HeatherLopezCEO Span­ish–@meeshsparks

About ACE Resource Network

ACE Resource Network‘s mission is to reduce childhood adversity and trauma by promoting a greater understanding of childhood trauma and toxic stress; advancing research; and increasing healing spaces and resources. Number Story was launched by ACE Resource Network as the first national public awareness campaign focused on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

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Prizes

Grand Prize

1-  Self-Care Giftpack (ARV $200)- Includes 2 Books- The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth – Both Hard Cover English and Soft Cover Spanish, as well as special surprise self-care gifts.

Participation Prizes

1- Book- The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth (ARV $20-30) – Choice of Hard Cover English or Soft Cover Spanish

RSVP Prize

1- Book- The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth (ARV $20-30) – Choice of Hard Cover English or Soft Cover Spanish

RSVP via this IG Post

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Terms and Conditions

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

By RSVP’ing to the event and uti­liz­ing the #TogetherInHealing hash­tag, the atten­dees acknowl­edge hav­ing read and agreed to these terms and conditions.

Bloggin’ Mamas is a division of Heather Lopez Enterprises LLC, which is administering and managing  this Instagram Live, hereinafter referred to as the “event”. ACE Resource Network / NumberStory.org are sponsors and prize providers.

Instagram Live Prize Give­away begins April 4, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. PT/ 9:00 p.m. ET and ends no later than April 4, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. PT/ 10:30 p.m. ET (the “Instagram Entry Period”). One RSVP prize will be awarded during the Instagram Entry Period to one (1) winner who RSVP’d via the approved announcement post prior to the beginning of the Instagram Entry Period. Entrants enter via fol­low­ing @mynumberstory on Instagram, RSVP’ing via comment on the approved announcement post with their Instagram handle and the #TogetherInHealing hashtag, and then commenting at least once on the Instagram Live post dur­ing the Instagram Entry Period. Five (5) Win­ners will be drawn ran­domly by random.org at approx­i­mately 12 minute inter­vals dur­ing the Instagram Live Entry Period. One (1) Win­ner will be drawn ran­domly via random.org from the event RSVP’s on the announcement Instagram post.

Open to legal residents of the U.S. who are physically located in contiguous United States or the District of Columbia who are of the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of primary residence, usually a minimum of 18 years old but 19 or 21 in some states. Proof of residency and/or age may be required.

Prizes include:

Four (4) Participation Prize Winners will each get: One (1) Copy of  ‘The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth’ book. Total approx­i­mate retail value (“ARV”) $20-30, for each of four (4) winners.

One (1)  Grand Prize Winner will get: One (1) Selfcare Gift Pack.  Total approx­i­mate retail value (“ARV”) $200, for one (1) Grand Prize winner.

One RSVP Winner will get: One (1) Copy of  ‘The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth’ book.  Total approx­i­mate retail value (“ARV”) $20-30, awarded to one (1) win­ner who RSVP’s via the approved announcement post, by commenting with their Instagram handle and the #TogetherInHealing Hashtag.

Note: ‘The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth’ book in English hard cover approximate retail value (“ARV”) is $30. ‘The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth’ book in Spanish soft cover approximate retail value (“ARV”) is $20.

Each win­ner receives one (1) prize pack as set forth above. Limit one (1) prize pack per winner. Entrants who fail to com­plete said actions will be dis­qual­i­fied and an alter­nate win­ner will be selected from all entrants who entered dur­ing the Instagram Live Entry Period. Win­ners will be noti­fied via DM (Direct Mes­sage) on Instagram with a request for an email address to send prize claim infor­ma­tion. Win­ners will have 48 hours to complete the prize claim form or an alter­nate win­ner will be selected from amongst all entries received dur­ing the Instagram Live Entry Period. All prizes will be awarded pro­vided they are validly claimed by April 8, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PT/ 3:00 p.m. ET.

Entrants agree to release and hold harm­less Heather Lopez Enterprises LLC, ACE Resource Network, Meta, and any other orga­ni­za­tions respon­si­ble for spon­sor­ing, ful­fill­ing, admin­is­ter­ing, adver­tis­ing or pro­mot­ing this give­away, and their respec­tive par­ent, sub­sidiaries, and affil­i­ates and each of their respec­tive offi­cers, direc­tors, mem­bers, employ­ees, agents and sub­con­trac­tors (col­lec­tively the “Released Par­ties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and lia­bil­ity, includ­ing but not lim­ited to neg­li­gence and dam­ages of any kind to per­sons and prop­erty, includ­ing but not lim­ited to inva­sion of pri­vacy (under appro­pri­a­tion, intru­sion, pub­lic dis­clo­sure of pri­vate facts, false light in the pub­lic eye or other legal the­ory), defama­tion, slan­der, libel, vio­la­tion of right of pub­lic­ity, infringe­ment of trade­mark, copy­right or other intel­lec­tual prop­erty rights, prop­erty dam­age, or death or per­sonal injury aris­ing out of or relat­ing to a participant’s entry, cre­ation of an entry or sub­mis­sion of an entry, par­tic­i­pa­tion in this give­away, accep­tance or use or mis­use of prize.  Entrant agrees to indem­nify, defend and hold harm­less the Released Par­ties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and lia­bil­i­ties (includ­ing rea­son­able attorney’s fees) aris­ing out of or relat­ing to an entrant’s par­tic­i­pa­tion in this give­away and/or entrant’s accep­tance, use or mis­use of prize, includ­ing, with­out lim­i­ta­tion, lia­bil­ity for per­sonal injury, dam­age, or loss.

The Released Par­ties make no war­ranties, and hereby dis­claims any and all war­ranties, express or implied, con­cern­ing any prize fur­nished in con­nec­tion with the give­away.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUCH PRIZES ARE PROVIDED“AS IS” WITHOUT  WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND THE RELEASED PARTIES

HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL  SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

ACE Resource Network, and each of their respective parents, affiliates and subsidiaries, are not responsible for the promotion, administration or execution of this Giveaway with the exception of providing prizes as set forth above.

Dis­clo­sure: Bloggin’ Mamas is being com­pen­sated for man­ag­ing this Instagram Live. Indi­vid­ual guests and promotional influencers are being com­pen­sated for their par­tic­i­pa­tion, as well. All prize ful­fill­ment is the respon­si­bil­ity of the prize providers.

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About ALICE

ALICE is the first on-demand personal and family assistant that is there when you need her. Now, you can have affordable help in 30 minutes or less (or your service is FREE). Guaranteed. Services include rides for kids to and from school, camp and after school activities; rides for aging adults to and from doctors appointments, shopping, and more; child care, laundry, cleaning, errands, organizing, and more. It’s like having a full-time nanny at your disposal, without the expense of one.

Each ALICE undergoes a rigorous certification process the includes nationwide background checks, CPR training, fingerprints, child care continuing education requirements and more. They each have an excellent driving record, give back to their communities and genuinely love taking care of children.

Ride pricing is simple, $17 per ride for your household, or $10 per ride for your household when you participate in the car pool service. Childcare and family assistant services start as low as $14 per hour. They received specialized training for house cleaning as well. They even have a lockbox service you can subscribe to, that allows them to enter your home while you are away to care for your household needs. The mobile app notifies you when ALICE is there (if you subscribe to the app). ALICE is licensed, bonded and insured; so you know your family and your home are safe in her hands.

ALICE is currently available in the following locations in FL: Palm Beach, Broward, Miami, Collier, Lee ans Sarasota. ALICE is also available in Austin, TX; Charlotte, NC; and Boston, MA. If you don’t have ALICE is your area yet, there are opportunities to franchise available. Or you can keep following until they come to your area. Interested in becoming an ALICE? You can find more info on their site: AliceOnDemand.com.

Summer #FamilyTravelChat FB Live

Join Blog­gin Mamas & ALICE as we host the Summer #FamilyTravelChat via FB Live on Thurs­day, 7/19/18 at 9p EST! Join us as we discuss summer family travel tips, and there may even be a prize!

Date: Thursday, July 19, 2018

Time: 9:00pm EST/ 6:00pm PST

Hash­tag: #FamilyTravelChat

Spon­sored By: @ALICEONDEMAND

Pre­sented by: @blogginmamas

Hosts:

Heather Lopez- Bloggin’ Mamas Head Mama in Charge  & I Love Family Travel Founder

Frances Wilhelm- ALICE Founder

RSVP & Participation Prize

10 ALICE Coins worth 10 hours of ALICE (ARV $140)

RSVP: bit.ly/alicebmrsvp

Terms and Conditions

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

By RSVP’ing to this event and commenting on the FB Live post appearing on the Bloggin’ Mamas Facebook page, the atten­dees acknowl­edge hav­ing read and agreed to these terms and conditions.

Give­away begins July 19th, 2018 at 9:00 pm ET and ends no later than July 19th, 2018 at 10:00pm ET (the “FB Live Entry Period”). Entrants enter via RSVP’ing for the event and commenting on the FB Live post on the Bloggin’ Mamas page dur­ing the FB Live Entry Period. One (1) Win­ner will be drawn ran­domly by random.org dur­ing the FB Live Entry Period. Increased participation in the conversation via comments increases the odds of being selected.

Prize includes:

Ten (1o) ALICE Coins .  Total approx­i­mate retail value (“ARV”) $140, for one (1) winner.

Win­ner receives one (1) prize pack. Entrants who fail to com­plete said actions will be dis­qual­i­fied and an alter­nate win­ner will be selected from all entrants who entered dur­ing the FB Live Entry Period. Win­ner will be sent a link to a claim form to claim their prize. Win­ners will have 48 hours to complete the prize claim form or an alter­nate win­ner will be selected from amongst all entries received dur­ing the FB Live Entry Period.    Prize will be awarded pro­vided it is validly claimed by July 26, 2018 at 11:59PM EST.

Entrants agree to release and hold harm­less the Blog­gin’ Mamas, Heather Lopez Enter­prises, LLC, ALICE, Alice On Demand, Facebook, and any other orga­ni­za­tions respon­si­ble for spon­sor­ing, ful­fill­ing, admin­is­ter­ing, adver­tis­ing or pro­mot­ing this give­away, and their respec­tive par­ent, sub­sidiaries, and affil­i­ates and each of their respec­tive offi­cers, direc­tors, mem­bers, employ­ees, agents and sub­con­trac­tors (col­lec­tively the “Released Par­ties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and lia­bil­ity, includ­ing but not lim­ited to neg­li­gence and dam­ages of any kind to per­sons and prop­erty, includ­ing but not lim­ited to inva­sion of pri­vacy (under appro­pri­a­tion, intru­sion, pub­lic dis­clo­sure of pri­vate facts, false light in the pub­lic eye or other legal the­ory), defama­tion, slan­der, libel, vio­la­tion of right of pub­lic­ity, infringe­ment of trade­mark, copy­right or other intel­lec­tual prop­erty rights, prop­erty dam­age, or death or per­sonal injury aris­ing out of or relat­ing to a participant’s entry, cre­ation of an entry or sub­mis­sion of an entry, par­tic­i­pa­tion in this give­away, accep­tance or use or mis­use of prize.  Entrant agrees to indem­nify, defend and hold harm­less the Released Par­ties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and lia­bil­i­ties (includ­ing rea­son­able attorney’s fees) aris­ing out of or relat­ing to an entrant’s par­tic­i­pa­tion in this give­away and/or entrant’s accep­tance, use or mis­use of prize, includ­ing, with­out lim­i­ta­tion, lia­bil­ity for per­sonal injury, dam­age, or loss.

The Released Par­ties make no war­ranties, and hereby dis­claims any and all war­ranties, express or implied, con­cern­ing any prize fur­nished in con­nec­tion with the give­away.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUCH PRIZES ARE PROVIDED“AS IS” WITHOUT 

WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND THE RELEASED PARTIES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL 

SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Dis­clo­sure: Blog­gin’ Mamas is being com­pen­sated for man­ag­ing this FB Live.  All prize ful­fill­ment is the respon­si­bil­ity of the sponsor.

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1. Share Fun and Business – Keep your images relevant to your industry of course, but be sure to share fun and business images as well as videos. Being a lifestyle, food or fashion blogger seems to fair well with the users of Instagram, along with pets. Get creative and share a bit of fun along with business to make your followers grow.
2. Connect your Facebook Account – Be sure to connect your Facebook account as a means to grow your followers on Instagram. When you connect your Facebook to Instagram you will receive notifications when your Facebook friends create their own Instagram profile, which gives you another outlet to pitch your brand to them. Plus, you can share your posts over to your FB profile or page. Be sure to go to FB and make your images publicly visible. When they are public, other people can share them too!
3. Embed Instagram Videos on Your Blog– With Instagram’s 15 second video clips, you can start to create content for your blog, which in turn helps gain more exposure across multiple platforms. Start to use some of your Instagram video uploads in your blog content for maximum marketing effort with little time involved.
4. Know Your Audience – There are many studies about who is on Instagram and what age brackets tend to flock to Instagram. Overall, it appears the audience on Instagram ranges from ages 18-34 with the platform predominantly being females. Keep this data in mind when sharing content on Instagram to reach the masses.
5. Use Hashtags – You may have noticed that hashtags are something many brands use for tracking, but what you may have missed is that using the Instagram app actually allows you to start to type in a hashtag and it brings up related tags that have been used, with a number of Instagram posts that are out there. Use this information to build your engagement.
6. Brand Hashtags – Include your business name in the hashtags, so not only are you wanting to use hashtags to engage people in the Instagram community, you will want to use your blog name as a hashtag too as a means to measure engagement.
7. Use Repost – Making your followers famous will really help to market your brand. Tell your followers to use your branded hashtag, as a means of giving permission to repost. Use an app called Repost to repost relevant content from your followers and be sure to tag them on both the image and post to give them credit. This will encourage excitement from your audience and gain you more credibility as well as exposure.

There are so many ways you can market on Instagram, the key really comes down to knowing your audience, connecting with your community by balancing fun with business posts and simply being an active member on the Instagram platform. When you start to use these 7 tips for marketing on Instagram, you will soon see positive results for your blog!

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1. Combine Business & Personal Posts – The life of a professional blogger is all about building a personal brand that can be monetized. People want to know that you are real and live a life similar to theirs with messy mishaps, happy moments and everything in between. Combining both your personal & business posts together under one Instagram account will allow you to reach a larger audience. (Note: This applies to personal blogs, specific to one blogger or family). In fact, people want to see more organic content than sponsored Instagram posts, so you should have more personal pics on your profile.
2. Keep Your Voice the Same –Maintain the voice you use for your blog within your Instagram account. You will slowly build faith within your community of followers when you are consistent. People want to know the real you; they read your blog because they love your voice which means they will soon follow you on Instagram if you keep true to your unique voice.
3. Link to Instagram on Your Blog & Vice Versa– Create sidebar widgets and in post links back to your Instagram account. Your audience can’t follow you on Instagram if they aren’t aware that your profile exists. Within your author bio as well as your sidebar embed a link to your Instagram account. In your INstagram profile, you can link back to your blog or a specific blogpost you want to promote.
4. Interact with Others on Instagram – The key to building a community is communication & reciprocity. Take time every day to like photos on Instagram as well as to leave comments. Be certain to leave comments on people who fit within your niche as well as target audience to gain more followers.
5. Analyze Popular Hashtags – Learn what hashtags are popular within your niche and use them to your advantage by having the in the captions/ comments of your photos. This will gain traction rather quickly as others searching out that hashtag happen upon your updates and soon you will see your Instagram community grow substantially.

Growing your Instagram following organically isn’t much different than you were doing to gain traction on other social media outlets. It’s just a matter of getting in touch with your creative side, using the search function on Instagram to follow & interact with others in your niche and staying true to who you are as a brand online. When you practice the above 5 tips to grow your Instagram account organically, you will soon see your following increases on a daily basis.

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