Amy Lupold Bair - Raising Digital Families For Dummies

Raising Digital Families For Dummies

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About the Author

Named one of the most powerful women in social media by Working Mother magazine, Amy Lupold Bair is the owner of Resourceful Mommy Media, LLC ( www.resourcefulmommymedia.com ), a social media marketing company that includes the blogger network Global Influence as well as her own site, Resourceful Mommy ( www.resourcefulmommy.com ). She's loved the Internet since she first heard the whir whir click of a dial-up modem. Her first home online was a Geocities community, and she still maintains a Prodigy e-mail account for sentimental reasons. Amy's primary digital addiction is Twitter where she is always available as @ResourcefulMom .

Prior to her career as a social media consultant, writer, and speaker, Amy taught middle school English and drama. She and her social mediaaverse husband live in the Washington, D.C. suburbs where they are raising their own digital family.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband, Jason, and our two amazing, tech-savvy kids. All three believe whole-heartedly that I can accomplish anything and support me without question as I pull them along on this crazy journey that is my life.

Authors Acknowledgments

Thank you first and foremost to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for giving me this opportunity and welcoming me to the For Dummies family.

Special thanks to Ellen Gerstein who changed my life with the best Twitter direct message ever as well as Amy Fandrei who took a chance on this very grateful blogger. Your support and encouragement through this process has been incredible.

Brian Walls, my project editor, thank you for having patience, a sense of humor, and the courage to edit a bloggers writing. Thanks to the rest of the editing team who took the ideas on the page and turned them into something For Dummies worthy. Jennifer, Chantal, and the rest of the marketing team, thank you for your part in bringing this book to its readers.

I am grateful for the support and love of my family who gave up weekends and helped out in countless ways, all in the pursuit of deadlines.

Thank you to the blogging community for your friendship, encouragement, inspiration, and trailblazing. Shannan, there would be no me without you, and I am eternally grateful. Kelby, Melanie, Andrea and the rest of the KA room, thank you for your expertise and camaraderie. The Safe House Blobbers, I could not get through my days without you.

I would be remiss if I did not thank Mr. Herb who never allowed me to be satisfied with good enough writing, Mrs. Readinger who made writing fun, and Mrs. Bolich who insisted that I learn one new word a week. I still love ennui and undulate because of you.

Finally, I want to acknowledge Samantha Hall, the nom de plume I created as an eight year old girl, certain that Amy Lupold could never write for a living. I think, somehow, weve done this together.

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