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PapiBlogger and Leading Latina Bloggers Issue National Call for Gift Ideas for the 2011 Father’s Day Gift Guide

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday May 18th, 2011 at 02:05 PM

Deadline to submit ideas is May 30; Father’s Day is June 19

MIAMI, FL (May 18, 2011) – Creative parenting blogger Manny Ruiz of PapiBlogger and leading Latina bloggers Eva Smith of Tech. Food. Life. and Brenda Cisneros of Mejorando Mi Hogar are issuing a national call for gift ideas for the 2011 Father’s Day Gift Guide. The attractive, fully bilingual digital guide will be published and distributed nationally two weeks before Father’s Day. The deadline to submit gift ideas for this special gift guide is June 7. This year Father’s Day is June 19.

GUIDE CONTENTS

The guide will include a wide selection of beautifully illustrated gift ideas that will make shopping for ‘papis’ of all ages much easier. Featured items will range from the latest and greatest gadgets to cool guy apps, sports accessories and more!

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Companies and/or their public relations firms can submit their gift ideas by emailing dadguide@papiblogger.com.

The guide will be heavily promoted in both social and traditional media outlets through a comprehensive proprietary platform developed by PapiBlogger. The platform guarantees that participating companies’ products will receive strong visibility among Hispanic and other consumers leading up to Father’s Day.

ENHANCED SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Companies who wish to sponsor the guide will receive enhanced opportunities for major media coverage to include national television. Potential sponsors are urged to contact PapiBlogger via email manny@papiblogger.com or by phone 305.321.5002.
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PapiBlogger Holiday Video Underscores Our Commitment to Helping the Salvation Army and Other Worthy Charities

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday December 29th, 2010 at 02:05 AM

It was a bit late in being uploaded but here’s a very short video we compiled to encourage you, our readers and friends, to remember the hard and often thankless work of the Salvation Army.  The Salvation Army’s work has nearly doubled during this recession and yet donations are down by more than 20%.

As a very small token of our support, my family and I recently took a bounty of toys to our local Salvation Army warehouse.  Many of these top quality toys were donated courtesy of Wal-mart, Fisher-Price, Baby Abuelita, Kolcraft and other companies that were featured as part of our very successful PapiBlogger Holiday Gift Guide.  We didn’t put this video together to show off or let others know that we think we’re good but rather to remind all of us that it is more blessed to give than receive and especially when it comes to the Salvation Army and other worthy charities like the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

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4 Tips to Make Your Santa Story Last Longer

Posted by PapiBlogger on Saturday December 18th, 2010 at 10:30 AM

Some Santas just don't wear the suit with dignity so it's best to expose them as posers. (Photo by PapiBlogger, 2010).

Keeping Santa’s identify a secret is much harder today for parents than when I was a boy.  Back then we didn’t have the Internet or the onslaught of cynicism that makes it hard for kids today to be as gullible as we were.

When I was a boy I honestly believed in Kris Kringle, the elves and reindeers.  Like many other Generation X’ers, I eagerly awaited the annual airing of the now classic TV movie I looked “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer”, in large part because I really believed the story.  I never bothered to question why Santa, even when he looked a little different at the Sears my grandparents took me to.    (more…)

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Luis Fonsi requests that we remember to give to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this holiday season

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday December 17th, 2010 at 10:59 PM

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The Story that Saved Santa

Posted by PapiBlogger on Sunday December 12th, 2010 at 11:21 AM

I almost killed Santa for our kids until a cool idea saved him.

My 10-year-old son was about three when I first decided I would kick Santa out of Christmas by telling him that St. Nick wasn’t real.

I don’t feel like that anymore but at the time I thought that you should not mix Santa and all the commercialism that’s attached to him with Jesus, the true reason for Christmas.  I didn’t think Christmas in and of itself was wrong but I just didn’t think the “celebration” part of it was even in the Bible to begin with. (more…)

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PapiBlogger and Other Bloggers Join for $2,000 Twitter Party Sequel This Wednesday

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday December 6th, 2010 at 09:08 PM

BY MIGDALIA RIVERA
Managing Partner, Hispanicize

Last week our soon to be launched Latino social media company Hispanicize held a MEGA Twitter Party with 45 prizes worth more than $2,000. Click here for a quick recap. This week we’re hosting another fiesta/party for our Twitter title sponsor Discovery Familia with over $2,000 in gift cards and prizes.  This Wednesday night’s theme: Latino Holiday Traditions.

We want to know what traditions you follow or if you created “new” traditions for your family!

  • Do you put up a tree after Thanksgiving or do you wait for Christmas Eve?
  • Do you have family canciones/songs that you sing each year?
  • Do you open presents at the stroke of midnight or wait till Christmas morning?

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Parenting Insights for the Holiday Toy-Buying Season

Posted by PapiBlogger on Sunday December 5th, 2010 at 04:47 PM

Researching the toys with your child will help you select toys that won't languish in the closet. Pictured here is the Fisher-Price ImagiNext Bigfoot, a gift my own children ranked highly for this Christmas.

In the blue-collar Latino family that I grew up in, you sacrificed everything you could to give the kids the presents they wanted for the holidays.

My brother, a cop, for example, is going to be working numerous off duty gigs this month in order to go all out for my niece’s Santa list.  Like robots, my sister and I have always done the same for our children.  None of us has ever stopped to question the FAMILY TRADITION about gifts because it seems so harmless.

I would have continued the tradition this year except for a revelation that I got recently while cleaning my kids’ closet.  My liberating insight? (more…)

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Details about this Wednesday’s MEGA Twitter Party with more than $2,000 in prizes for the PapiBlogger Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday November 29th, 2010 at 05:54 PM

BY MIGDALIA RIVERA
Latina On a Mission

With the Holiday season already upon us, PapiBlogger in collaboration with Mamá Contemporánea have created a Holiday Gift Guide that you do NOT want to miss!

The Guide is chock full of suggestions for you and your loved ones that are not only well researched but also Latinalicious.

  • Have a man in your life that seems to have everything? No worries! The Guide has the answer.
  • What about a spoiled picky tween/teen? You’ll find a few inexpensive AND ingenious finds in the Guide!
  • Need some inspiration for your Sabroso Saturday recipes? The Guide has an app for that!
  • What about Fido? Does he seem a bit down lately? Could it be he feels unheard? Check out the Guide! After you see the recommendation, you’ll be amazed at what Fido can say in 140 characters!

There’s much more in the Guide, but I don’t want to spoil it for you. Check it out yourself!

Click HERE for the English 2010 PapiBlogger Holiday Gift Guide.

Click HERE for the Spanish 2010 PapiBlogger Holiday Gift Guide. (more…)

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Use Our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide to Plan Your Black Friday Purchases

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday November 26th, 2010 at 01:24 PM

In commemoration of Black Friday here are some of the top items we’re spotlighting this holiday season as part of 2010 Holiday Gift Guide.  The English-language version of the guide is available for free download here and the Spanish version can be downloaded here.  Below are some of our picks so enjoy the deals and be safe!

Javier doll from Baby Abuelita

This new addition to the popular Latino doll family of Baby Abuelita is the first boy of the Collection and like the other dolls from the collection Javier sings five Hispanic heritage-inspired songs. (Retails for $24.99).

Sesame Street® 1-2-3 Learn with Me™ Potty Chair

The 3-in-1 Elmo Potty Chair is a multilingual, multi function seat that can be used as a potty chair, a potty seat on top of an adult toilet seat and/or a step stool to help your child reach the toilet or sink.  Elmo encourages your child to use the potty with 10 different phrases in English, Spanish and even French. (Retails for $35.95) (more…)

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A New Tradition is Born: PapiBlogger and Mamá Contemporánea Launch 2010 Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by PapiBlogger on Tuesday November 23rd, 2010 at 09:00 PM

Click on the image above to download the English version of the bilingual guide.

Few things cause parents more stress than having to select which gifts to buy each other and their children during the holidays. In fact, the most wonderful time of the year can become a little daunting for some. Over 40% of Americans surveyed by the American Psychological Association indicate that the pressures of gift giving ranks up there on the stress meter during the holiday season[1].

PapiBlogger and Mamá Contemporánea have joined forces to come up with a simple solution that takes some of the stress out and puts some of the holiday cheer back in via a thoroughly researched guide that features gifts for mom, dad, toddlers and kids in a variety of price ranges.  It also features sections spotlighting top family apps and top Latino-themed gifts. (more…)

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PapiBlogger Speaking Dec. 7 as Part of PRSA Miami Blogger Panel

Posted by PapiBlogger on Thursday November 18th, 2010 at 03:52 PM
The Miami chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will host PapiBlogger as part of its Food for Thought PR Series roundtable featuring some of South Florida’s most popular bloggers, December 7.

Confirmed bloggers include:

- Maria De Los Angeles, Freelance Writer for Travel, Tourism, Blogging, Social Media, Sex, Food, Humor, Kitchen Sink. Sex and the Beach Blog, www.sexandthebeach.blogspot.com/

- Manny Ruiz co-publisher of the Hispanic PR Blog and bilingual daddy parenting web site PapiBlogger.com and the founder/organizer of the Hispanic PR & Social Media Conference, www.hispanicprblog.com/

- Stephanie Camargo award-winning blogger covering the latest in trends, venues, bars, pets, fashion, beauty and music… for your personal enjoyment. From midtown to midtown, exploring what’s best for MidTown Chica Blog, www.midtownchica.comWHEN:

December 07, 2010
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Mercy Hospital
3663 S Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33133

- $15 Member Meeting Ticket
- $35 Guest Meeting Ticket

If you would like to attend, click here.

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PapiBlogger and Mamá Contemporánea Getting Set for National Launch of 2010 Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday November 17th, 2010 at 08:55 PM

PapiBlogger is interviewed today by Telemundo network for one of three national TV stories that will air about the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide over the next two weeks.

PapiBlogger and Mamá Contemporánea are getting set for the national launch of the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide this coming Tuesday.  Many thanks to all of our wonderful sponsors, including Fisher-Price, Baby Abuelita, Lowe’s, Kolcraft, George Foreman Evolve Grill and Sony.

My daughter Briani is appearing in three of the national TV stories scheduled to air. Here she is at the wonderful set up Fisher-Price did in Miami for the hot Christmas toy list.

We also want to give a special thanks to McDonald’s, who almost from Day 1 of PapiBlogger’s launch has helped make a lot of the content we produce possible, including this year’s Holiday Gift Guide.  An honorable mention also goes to Sprint.

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