Young Mommy chats - yay or nay?

November 6, 2009 | Uncategorized

So I’ve been trying to figure out a way to make the young mommy chats (you remember those, right?) better for everyone.

When we first started, Twitter was having too many issues - some days we couldn’t see each other, the updates would take too long to post, etc. In an effort to have something a little more….branded, I moved it to my blog. Fewer glitches, more privacy, but y’all didn’t migrate with me! LOL.

So I put it on hiatus. But I miss it. I watch the weekly Girls Night Out chats on Twitter and am dying to get back in the game.

But I want to do it big. Why bother if I’m not trying to make it beneficial to everyone’s life? I want sponsors, prizes, a way to record it and make it available for people who missed it, a corresponding network so people can continue conversations or make connections.

Now there’s only two problems with this:

1) Do I really have time to build this?

2) Will everyone else be as enthusiastic as I am about it?

So I’ll leave it to you all - what do you think? Young mommy chats - yay or nay?

As always, you can follow me on Twitter and check out the group on Facebook for more on young motherhood. (Be sure to check out our Question of the Day!) Even if you’re not a “young mom,” you are welcome to join! I'll see you there.

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  • humpsNbump said:

    Ok so, no word of a lie - I was thinking about your Young Mommy chats this morning! I joined into your first chat - which if I remember correctly was about family finances. I had a great time, and connected with some awesome young mommies that I now follow. It was the first TweetChat that I ever did.

    I know that you moved it over here to avoid the technical difficulties and yes, I am totally guilty of dropping off then. Since it was on your site, it was completely off of my radar. :(

    But this week I did two TweetChats - #gno and #galtime - and had a blast. I would love to see the Young Mommy chats come back to Twitter.

    If there is anything I can do to help get it off the ground again, let me know. Brainstorm topics? Help co-host? Help promote? I’m here for ya.

    ~ humps

    # 6 November 2009
  • Tara (author) said:

    @humps - Thank you so much! :) You’re one of my favorite bloggers *wink*

    I know it was off the radar….maybe I’ll just use the chats on my site when I have a “special guest” or something….an financial expert or relationship counselor…or…I dunno. I DO want to start them again and I think I will go back to Twitter….I will let you know what I come up with! :)

    # 6 November 2009
  • Yakini said:

    I think I only took part in the chats once (I wasn’t always available at that time) but I imagine it’s just forgetfulness/laziness that keeps folks from migrating over here (and I don’t mean that in a negative way - we are all guilty of that). If I were you I’d probably take them back to Twitter, since it’s such a central place - glitches and all. If you havent already, maybe contact Twitter Help about the technical issues.

    # 6 November 2009
  • Tara (author) said:

    @Yakini - Yeah, you’re right. I just remember how much people were protesting - “Take it off Twitter!” “This stinks!” “Why would Twitter act right?” LOL. But I think Twitter has made some upgrades in the last couple months so we’ll give it a go again…

    # 6 November 2009
  • Hanging With Mrs. Cooper said:

    Hey Lady, I have no idea what it is so I give it a “Yay”. Go for it. Twitter has gotten better. Heck, I haven’t received any porn spam lately. So go for it and let me knw and hopefully I can join you.

    # 6 November 2009

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