A Mama's Rant: I do reviews!

You can find blogging me at

A Mama's Rant
Rants, raves and reviews from a mother's perspective.
FoodieView Blog
Delicious recipe roundups.
Mom Central Blogger University
Helping mom bloggers become more professional and take their blogging to the next level.
Mom Central Food
Food and healthy living for moms and their families. From the Mom Central kitchen to yours.
Mom Central Goes Green
Helping moms and families become more environmentally conscientious.
Mom Central Technology
Technology for moms and families.
My Readable Feast
Bringing families closer with children’s books and a pinch of cooking.
Rocky Mountain Moms Blog
Doing the Rocky Mountain mom blogger thing.
The Write Spot
Promoting your business through social media and marketing communications. Anne-Marie Nichols, professional blogger, freelance copywriter, and social media consultant.
This Mama Cooks! On a Diet
Watch this mama lose it...one pound at a time. Diet and fitness tips, weight loss inspiration, and delicious, healthy recipes the whole family can enjoy!
This Mama Cooks! Reviews
This Mama Cooks! reviews food, diet and health products.

Other places I've blogged at

Citizen Mom's Family Journal - A RealFamilies RealFun Blog
Entertaining and insightful stories from my own experiences as a writer, domestic engineer, and mom.
DotMoms: More By Anne-Marie
Writing our momoirs.
MOTHERS Book Bag
Books on motherhood for book groups and consciousness raising from MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org.

I'd love to review your:

parenting, woman, or reader/writer related service or business
blog or website
book
CD
or anything else you think parents, women and people who write or read might be interested in

Two ways to do it - paid and free

You can pay me directly for a review. I use PayPal to invoice you.

Cost: $25 per review
What you get: One post reviewing your site, blog, product, book, etc. - minimum 200 words.
Benefits: The article is focused on your product/site. You will receive in-text links, which will provide the maximum value in exposure and SEO benefits.
Cross-blog marketing: I own or write for many blogs (see my sidebar for a listing). If I think your product is of interest to my readers on those blogs, I will promote the review and link to it on my other site(s). However, I will not publish the review in several places because duplicate identical postings bring down search engine listings.

Why pay?

You'll get your product, business, service or site reviewed within 72 hours (3 business days) of receiving your product. (If it's a book, I will take the time to read a few chapters before writing a paid review.)
A Mama's Rant gets decent traffic from women, writers, parents and other mommy bloggers - 100-150 unique readers and 100-150 page views per day.
The power of a review post. On my cooking blog, This Mama Cooks! On a Diet I did a short review of Cutting Edge Cake Design, a small business owned by a local mom. Since then Susan has been getting business from all over the Denver metro area just from people finding the review via Google searches.
My Google page ranking is 3.

Caveats

Remember, just because you pay doesn't mean a positive review. I try to be fair and honest in my reviews even if the product or site has flaws. See this post over at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet as an example. I believe in the power of positive and constructive criticism and won't put your product down just for the thrill of it.
All paid reviews are identified as sponsored posts. Here's a sample: first page and second page of AskPatty.com paid review.

Want if I don't want to pay?

That's fine. Contact me and pitch your product.
However, if I'm swamped - and I usually am - it may take awhile to review your product.
I only write positive reviews if I like your product, not just because you send me free goodies.

Email me to pitch your product and I'll send you my mailing information if I'm interested.

For more information, see My Sponsored Post and Review Policies at my freelance business blog, The Write Spot, LLC.