How To See Pages Posts in Your Facebook News Feed

Jun 19,2013 / By Maria / 4 Comments

Many of you are not seeing my Facebook posts in your news feed and are missing out on top fans opportunities!

*edit* It was brought to my attention that First Time Mom already blogged about this! I didn’t know and please forgive me if it appeared that I copied her post!

Please take a few seconds to visit my Facebook page, hover over “liked,” (make sure “show in news feed” is checked), click “settings,” then check “all updates!”

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Mabel’s Labels Allergy Alert Labels Review & Coupon Code

Jun 18,2013 / By Maria / No Comment

I received labels at no cost for review purposes; post contains affiliate links. Mabel’s Labels introduced their newly re-designed Allergy Alert Labels in honor of Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in May. I am very fortunate that my son’s F.P.I.E.S. is not life threatening if treated, and his trigger is an easily avoided food (sweet potato.) However, food allergies are near & dear to me because we have family & friends whose children do have life threatening allergies.

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Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 6/17/13 – Ground in Dirt on Diapers

Jun 17,2013 / By Maria / 1 Comment

Once a week, I publish a user question, and ask you to help! Don’t miss any posts! Subscribe to our new RSS Feed or subscribe via email.

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Cloth Diaper Giveaway Roundup for 6/14/13 (Plus Linky for All Giveaways)

Jun 14,2013 / By Maria / 2 Comments

Friday means a new cloth diaper giveaway roundup. Don’t miss any posts! Subscribe to our new RSS Feed or subscribe via email.

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Secure Password Tips!

Jun 13,2013 / By Maria / 1 Comment

This is rather off topic, but in a former life (LOL) I was a computer “nerd.” I served as workstation liaison at my insurance job, and completed MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) A+ and Net+ training. Not necessarily relevant, but my husband is also an IT Network Security Engineer and feels the same way. 🙂

In my current cloth diaper/social media career, it has come to my attention how insecure most people’s passwords are! On the one hand, it drives me crazy when my banking companies (etc.) have nutty password requirements, make me change them, and end up getting me locked out because I can’t remember them! On the other hand, it seems that most people are one hacker away from having their company/website devastated.

Here are some things to keep in mind when you create a password:

Your password should not contain any word in the dictionary (in any language), backwards or forwards.
It should not contain your business name, children/pets names etc.
It should contain at least one capital letter and one lowercase letter.
It should contain at least one number.
It should contain a special character (!@#$%^&* etc.) if the program allows.
Password should be at least 8 characters.
You should change your password regularly.
Change all passwords when you have someone leave your organization.
Your password should not be the same for every program (If someone gets access to your Twitter account, you don’t want them to have access to your email and banking too!) I am guilty of this one. It is SO hard to remember a ton of passwords!

Tip: Take a phrase and turn it into a nonsense password. Ex: “I Got Married in Las Vegas 6/10/02” could be: Igm@LV061002 (I didn’t BTW, LOL.) To keep things simple for those in your organization, you could take part of your business name, the social media account and some significant #s. Ex: Ch@ngeDipeTW99$, Ch@ngeDipePT99$ etc. (Sorry not my passwords, LOL)

I don’t remember all the nitty gritty, but you can Google the time it takes for a hacker to gain access with 4, vs 6 vs 8-10 characters, if it contains a “word” and so forth. The difference is huge.

At the least, someone sends spam tweets. At the worst? Someone gains access to your website and/or email account, and it takes time and money to get it back (if at all.)

Change your passwords!

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