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This week we’re talking with Scarlet Paolicchi of the Moms Wear Your Tees Blog, which is the blog to accompany the Moms Wear Your Tees website.

As a side note, I have been poking around the Moms Wear Your Tees Website and I’m really loving the views on social media that have framed their business model. I strongly encourage you to check it out!

Now, let’s meet Scarlet and her blog ….

I have lived all over the United States. My met my husband in college 15 years ago! I used to work as a retail store manager now I am a stay at home mother of two.

1. How did you come to have your “mommy blog”? Was it planned that way or did it just accidentally sort of happen?

I just up and decided to go for it!

2. Do you work outside the home or work from home? What are you currently working on?

I work from the home. I created MWYT Social Media Marketing.

3. Do you accept advertising and sponsorship on this blog? Why or why not?

Yes, I do accept sponsorship as it allows for lots of great giveaways for my readers. I keep it clearly labeled and do not clutter my blog with ads. I enjoy familiarizing my readers with cool companies. If I am not into the product, I don’t accept the sponsor.

4. Do you have a blog publishing schedule or do you just spontaneously blog as the mood strikes you?

I ususally blog once a day. Sometimes the mood strikes me more often, sometimes less!

5. Do you consider your blog a business venture or just a mommy outlet for getting thoughts out of your head? Is it both?

It is a business outlet and personal outlet and I think that keeps it more interesting for the readers. If it was purely one or the other, I feel that it wouldn’t offer as much. But then, I like variety, change, and spice!

6. How do you feel about paid blogging and it’s impact on the mommy blogger community?

I feel great about it! I think it should be more prevalent. It is very hard to get paid to blog but if someone can find a topic that they want to write about and somone else will pay them to do so, fabulous. Especially if it is helping mommies who want to stay home with their kids be able to do so.

7. Do you talk about your family in any depth of detail on your blog? Do they know about it and do they read your blog?

Not too much. I am not into sharing deep secrets. I do like sharing our activities and crafts and trips though. My kids are too young. My husband and other family keep an eye on my blog occasionally.

8. Do you use real names and include pictures of your children on your blog? What brought you to that decision?

I do. I don’t see it as a big deal.

9. What really inspires you to blog?

Things I like. If I enjoy a craft we did or a product we tried, I share it!

10. Has a comment on your blog ever made you cry?

No

11. Do you read and comment on other mommy blogs frequently? Do those bloggers visit your blog and comment as well?

Yes.

12. Name one thing about your lifestyle that blogging has changed or impacted?

I devote time to it on a regular basis. We get to try a lot of great new products. We have this record of our daily lives.

13. Has blogging led to other things online for you? (such as business ventures, job offers, additional blogs etc….)

It has led to many new friendships.

14. What mommy blogger myth or misconception annoys you the most? What do you want to say to those people, even if you bite your tongue?

I am pretty laid back. I do feel that there is some concern by some about being labeled as a mommy blogger. I figure I am a mom and I am a blogger and I don’t feel boxed in by that.

15. Have you been contacted by media or PR reps because of your blog? Is that something you’re interested in and enjoy, or not so much?

Yes. I get contacted. Sometimes I love it. Sometimes I am not interested. Just depends on the news, cause, or product they are sharing.

16. Were the technical aspects of getting started a hurdle for you?

No. They make it pretty easy. I still have trouble getting the images to behave properly on occasion though!

17. What blogging platform do you use and why did you choose that platform?

I chose Blogger because it was free and easy.

18. What things do you *need* to have for your blog? (Plugins, tools, etc…)

I need the share this button. I would love the comment luv plug in if I move to wordpress one day.

19. What is your favorite thing about blogging?

I like pushing publish. I get a great feeling of creation and completion!

20. What advice do you have for someone that wants to break into blogging and has never done anything online before?

Go for it! Learn as you go. Mommy bloggers are great at supporting each other, giving pointers, sharing info, and it is easiest to learn by doing.

Remember, you can find Scarlet’s blog at http://www.momswearyourtees.blogspot.com and you can connect with her on Twitter by following @MWYT.

If you’re a tweet addict like myself, I’ve created a list at Twitter of all our 20 Questions with Mommy Bloggers interviewees so you can find them and follow them easily http://twitter.com/retta719/mommybloggers Of course, I’ll be adding to that as we go along and updating each week.

I hope you are enjoying the 20 Questions with Mommy Bloggers series as much as I am. If you’d like be interviewed or recommend your favorite mommy blogger for the series please send an email to retta.oliver@gmail.com and let me know.

Happy Blogging!

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