January 7, 2009

6 Social Networking Communities for Moms

Social Networking and building community is very important nowadays, especially in the blogsphere. Having an online support community does wonders if you need some advice, some where to seek information, reassurance and build up friendships.

Here are some communities which I have joined over the past year which I have been actively participating in.

For Mom Interaction

1) Mom Bloggers Club

This site has 2700 members at last count and a very active forum section whereby one can join discussions, read or post articles and interact with all the other mommies on board. I have met many new friends through it.

2) twitter moms: the influential moms network

This is a fun network which I joined which is a branch off from another social network which I am deeply connected to :

: Image via CrunchBase

For those who do not already know my twitter handle is @dominiquegoh

Do check out my twitter profile 🙂

For enriching my soul and spirituality

4) 29-Day Giving Challenge

I joined the 29-Day Giving challenge once but was not able to complete it within the stipulated 29 days. I do intend to give it one more try though this year. It is not easy to constantly give on a daily basis to others without seeking reciprocal feelings or actions. Reading through member’s blog posts it not only gives me ideas of what gifts I can give others but also how beneficial it is to give to others .

5) Greenlight Community

The 3000+ strong community aims to help foster better relationships with others, how to communicate with others and much more.

For the Domestic Goddess Within

6) Blissfully Domestic Living

This community network is a spin-off from the highly popular online parenting blog- Blissfully Domestic. Created by Mrs Fussypants herself, Allison really rawks!! Did you know that her Blissfully Domestic was nominated for 2008 weblogs award as a finalist.

I too did create my own social networking community – Savy Hip Parenting but have yet to really launch it and get more interaction of it. I intend to use it to build up a forum for the upcomming book club that I intend to launch later this month.

Thoughts for 2009

[Photo was taken during our photoshoot with the family two years ago for Roy’s 1st birthday. ]

I thought I start of the new year by posting about the changes I intend to implement here on this site- My goals and wishes for this blog and the kids.

I will come up with monthly series on themes that I intend to address with my kids.- academically, arts n crafts and spritually.

I will be also trying my hand on making podcasts to add to this blog to enrich the content here and make each stop here more entertaining and informative for my valued readers.

I am still working on my e-book on multilingual parenting. It has taken longer then expected and I do hope to be able to launch it by the end of 2009.

If there is any topics/ questions you would like me to address feel free to drop me a comment or fill in my contact form and I will get back to you personally. 🙂

Wishing everyone a good start to 2009 and Gong Hee Fatt Choy for the upcomming Chinese New Year Celebration at the end of this month.