A carnival is a blogging event and "The Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival" takes place every two weeks and features recent posts from the cream of the mommy blogger community.
This is how it works: every two weeks a different mommy blogger “hosts” the carnival. The blogger community submits their best post from the past month -- this could be your most popular post, something that has done well on StumbleUpon or Digg, or one of which you are particularly proud.
The rules are one post per blogger and it must be something written in the past four weeks.
The host blogger then compiles the carnival. Check out the ones below for examples.
All of the submitters help publicize in some way -- Twitter, Facebook, a blog post, a link...
This is a great way to create traffic and link love to all sites involved.
I will organise and keep the schedule on A Modern Mother (below).
I am looking for hosts -- please email me at amodernmother (at) gmail (dot) com if you would like to host a carnival.
Carnival of Mommy Bloggers schedule:
The December 1 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The February 23 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
March 9 will be held at Moving On From The Drama. Please email entries to: amyeaton (at) sbcglobal (dot) net.
March 23 will be held at
April 6 will be held at
April 20 will be held at
And if you're bored, here are some past carnivals:
The November 4 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 18 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The December 2 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The December 16 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The January 13 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The January 27 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The February 10 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
February 24 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The March 10 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The March 24 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The April 7 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The April 21 Best of the "Expat" Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The May 5 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The May 19 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The June 2 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The June 30 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The July 14 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The July 28 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The August 11 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival.
The August 25 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The September 22 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The October 6 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 3 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
The November 17 Best of the Mommy Bloggers Carnival
March 2
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