I love what I have chosen to do. I run a successful business from home, take care of my family, and have a mildly successful blog. I delete more pr pitches than I respond to because most of them think I’m their pwn personal promotions dep’t. I am not as widely known or a “important” (*ahem*) as some of my peers simply because I have kept my blog at a level that is comfortable for me. So it doesn’t feel like work, per se.

So no need to have an official blackout.

But to those of you who spend 24/7 on your computers, hell, TAKE A MONTH!!
.-= Jill Notkin´s last blog ..I don’t know what I’m wearing at BlogHer and that’s ok. =-.

I say the mom bloggers are being whiny. Quit complaining. If you don’t want to do reviews – don’t do them. (thats simple- isn’t it)

If you only want to blog about your families- do it. If you lost followers because of it – so be it. If you don’t GREAT.

You have no one to blame for the state of your blog other than yourself. You can say no to any review at any time.

And a week? Really? Will your ads come down then too? Or will mombloggers still be profiting (albeit small) at that time while they take their stand.

Just my two cents.. as an avid blog visitor.

I do reviews but not a ton – I take what I think I’d actually use and what I would buy on my own if I had the cash. If I did NO giveways and/or reviews here, I think I would be OK with that but I like trying out stuff and letting people know what I think about it. [I'm an over sharer ]

On my work blogs, I write about alcohol and video games and get tons and tons of pitches and press releases and [if I'm lucky] “product samples” heh

And, you’re right, I’m not part of the forums but believe me when I say that I get that this idea was meant to be a good thing and I think that it IS a good thing if someone feels that overwhelmed.

It stems from all the mom blogger review sites who are overwhelmed and they needed to form an alliance of support to say its OK to say NO for ONE WEEK. I am a part of the MomDot community and feel badly for Trisha because she really has the best of intentions and unless you are a part of the forums there where we talk all day long about the ins and outs of blogging, then you really wouldnt get it…it has a huge back story

anyway–good post! I think you at least were fair!
.-= Clarissa Nassar´s last blog ..In Honor of my Mentor Trisha Haas =-.