Are you (or are your kids) a fan of Happy Family? They’re the makers of healthy and delicious foods for babies, tots, kids and now adults with their new line of Happy Squeezes. Happy Family Baby Foods are also organic and 100% natural, without any of the yucky stuff like pesticides or preservatives. If you’ve tried them and love them, then you probably know all that, right?

What you might not know is that Happy Family is also a community committed to the well-being of kids and families. It’s called “Generation Happy” and through Happy Family you can take the Generation Happy Pledge, get special VIP offers and connect with other moms in your area and all over the world who are as committed to their children’s health and well-being as you are!

Which is why we are excited to announce another Happy Family online event aimed at helping parents relieve a little bit of stress this holiday season:

Happy Family’s Surviving Holiday Travel with Kids Twitter Party to be held Tuesday, November 20, 2021 at 9pm ET!

Join @HAPPYsuperfoods for an hour-long party/chat on Twitter to trade ideas & tips, get advice and commiserate with other moms about this hectic time of year and what steps you can take to make sure any trips you take with your little ones run as smoothly (and the kids stay as healthy) as possible! This is the latest in a series of Twitter parties Happy Family has hosted, all of which have had topics that are of great importance to parents of small kids. What’s great is that there are so many members of the Happy Family community who attend these Twitter parties, that by joining in, you have an opportunity to chat with like-minded moms, get new ideas and tips, and maybe make some new Twitter friends along the way!

As an added bonus, simply by joining in the discussion and by RSVP-ing to the party on the official Happy Family party page, you’ll be entered to win one of the awesome prizes to be given away during the hour, including $100 worth of Happy Baby products! (Must be a U.S. resident over 18 to win. See official rules here.)

At this event, @HAPPYsuperfoods will also be joined by a group of panelists who will be on hand to lend advice and answer any questions about traveling this holiday season with kids. The panelists include Amity Hook-Sopko editor of Green Child Magazine, Emily Roach founder of Random Recycling, Laura  founder of @MOMables, Maureen founder of  @myterrababy, and Brenna Founder of @AlmostTruth.

How do you join the party? First, RSVP by leaving your Twitter handle in a comment on the official Happy Family Twitter Party page. Then, just log onto your Twitter account at 9pm ET on November 20th, follow @HAPPYsuperfoods and tweet using the party hashtag #TravelWithHappyFamily. You can see everything everyone at the party has to say by searching for the hashtag in Twitter search, putting the hasthag into an easy, web-based program like Tweet Chat, or follow along with this custom page Happy Family has created at Tweet Grid. If you’re still not sure about how a Twitter party works, check out our Beginner’s Guide to get started.

For more information and updates (and to RSVP!), please be sure to visit the #TravelWithHappyFamily Twitter Party page!

TweeParties was compensated for this post and for helping out with the #TravelWithHappyFamily Twitter party to be held on Nov. 20, 2012. 

Tags: @HAPPYsuperfoods, babies, Happy Family, holidays, Travel, Twitter party

Over the years, we have all seen the articles: Facebook Beats MySpace; Twitter Challenges Facebook; Will Google+ Take Over Social Media?-And so on. We are often left guessing which titan will fall, and when they do, who will be there to lay claim to the pieces.

However dominant Facebook may now seem, there appears to be a shift in the air: people are playing favorites. Not everyone logs into the same social network everyday. Some networks appear to be attracting certain demographics, turning many into ‘niche networks.’

For example, LinkedIn has positioned itself as the networking leader for business people, while Pinterest has really caught on with females, especially those who love crafting, cooking, decorating and family fun ideas. A jobseeker might log into LinkedIn first thing in the morning, eager to make new connections, while an avid Pinterest user might create a new board to pin ideas on while she enjoys her morning coffee.

New social networks that have cropped up recently are being described as new alternatives to the old standards: Pheed.com and App.net offer social media users a twist on the social network. Pheed.com allows those who create ‘channels’ either offer content for free or charge for it, which some believe might create more meaningful, worthwhile posts. App.net is a paid service that promises add-free content. We checked out Pheed recently, which seems to carry itself with an edgy, cool, ‘insiders’ feel, thanks to a soft launch that courted a number of celebs and musicians. While app.net has positioned itself as an alternative to Twitter, one for those who are serious about technology and  seriously opposed to advertisements.

Rather than seeing one social network replace another, it’s more likely that these networks and any others created hereafter will succeed if they can find — and retain — certain niches (we can’t lay claim to the idea; they’re already being called ‘niche networks’ by many). The idea here being that certain formats and online venues naturally attract certain people. Someone who logs into Pheed to check out his favorite independent artist is most likely not spending the rest of his day pinning pins on Pinterest, and vice versa.

How can this help your business when it comes to social media? Know that it might not pay to be everywhere. Social media is free in the sense that many sites don’t charge a fee to use them, but time really is money. Posting on every site out there might not be worth your time or effort. Instead, know your audience and find your niche. Where are your customers hanging out? On Twitter? Then focus more on tweeting and developing a conversation with them. Are your products visually appealing and likely to be pinned & repinned? Then concentrate more on creating fabulous photographs that will make their way across boards on Pinterest. Are you an up-and-coming brand whose future clients are teens who love hip hop? Then it would be worth setting up a channel on Pheed. Social media can be time consuming. Most of us can’t be everything to everyone. It’s best to find where your audience is and be there too; connect with them where they’re opening and willing to take part in a conversation.

Tags: app.net, pheed.com, social media segmentation