Andrea Updyke - Klout For Dummies

Klout For Dummies

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About the Author

Andrea Updyke is the Founder of Lil-Kid-Things ( www.lilkidthings.com ), a parenting blog that focuses on raising boys, thriving as a work-at-home mom, and facing the challenges of parenthood head-on. She is a freelance writer and social media junkie.

Andrea has been connecting with people online since 1993 and had her first website in 1998. Her first blog was born in 2003, and she has been on Facebook since 2004 and an active Klout member since 2010. She has a Klout Score of 66.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband, Gerald Updyke, for his support and loving encouragement throughout the entire writing process and to my sweet boys, Oscar and Calvin, who completed my life the moment I laid eyes on them. Dream big, boys. Anything is possible.

Authors Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my friends and family, both online and offline, who have supported me with notes of encouragement, texts, questions, and cheers as I reached each deadline. Knowing I had a team of support behind me kept me moving forward and excited to see this project through to its completion. Thank you to my editors on the For Dummies team, who so patiently guided me and answered my questions, and to Starbucks for being my home away from home on marathon writing days. Finally, I want to thank my amazing mom, Doreen Lawrence, for sacrificing so many of her days to watch my boys so that I could write. To both of my parents, thank you for believing in me and for always cheering the loudest.

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