The Job/Employment Blog Week in Review for Feb 10 – 16

Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for February 10 – 16. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! Last week, the 3rd to the 9th of February, we started the series on how to become a blogger for Families. We finished that series this week and also covered how to keep the job that you got with Families.com! I hope this series was helpful to all blogger hopefuls. If you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in … Continue reading

How to Keep the Idea Well Primed, Part Two

Part One was posted yesterday, in case you missed it. Yesterday, I talked about keeping an idea file in your computer. Today, I wanted to talk about some ideas particular to being a Families.com blogger. First off, Families.com asks that you write a Week-in-Review blog each week, for the previous week (from Saturday to Friday.) If you want to see a Week-in-Review from the Jobs blog, check one out here. I have found that since the set-up is the same each week (Lisa asks that all Review blogs follow the same outline, which she gives to you) I can simply … Continue reading

How to Keep the Idea Well Primed, Part One

This is part of an ongoing series about becoming a blogger for Families.com. If you missed the beginning of it, please check it out here. Yesterday, I talked about the magical moment you’ve been waiting for: Getting hired by Lisa! As I explained yesterday, there is usually a waiting period between when you get hired and when you start posting the blogs, though, which is the perfect time to stockpile blogs. Many people apply for a topic because they love it, but once they get hired, they get overwhelmed with the thought of having to write about this same topic … Continue reading