Q&A with Megan Calhoun, TwitterMoms Founder

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Traveling Mamas interviews the Head TwitterMomI’d like you to meet Megan Calhoun, the brains behind TwitterMoms.com. In case you don’t twitter (or are not part of the demographic) Megan started this website as a convenient, easy to use way for moms who use Twitter to find and keep connections with their cohorts. It’s quite a site: In less than a year, TwitterMoms has been recognized as a force in the online community, with a distinct, lively personality and active forum. So impressive! A mama with great ideas is a mama we want to get to know better.

Tell us a little about TwitterMoms; what inspired you to create it, and what would you like to see happen with it in the future?

As a stay at home mom, you sometimes don’t get enough adult interaction during the day. Twitter was great for connecting with friends, and I noticed a lot of interesting moms on it – but no easy way to learn more about them, or make decisions about who would be really interesting to connect with on Twitter.

My husband joked about starting a site to fill that niche. On Sept. 2, 2008 I had roughed out the concept on Ning (a free “build your own social network” web hosting company). I added the URL to my Twitter profile and the next morning we had four members. A month later, membership rushed past 2,200 active members, and now stands around 16,000. It’s been quite a rush!

For the future of TwitterMoms, I would like to continue to offer the moms high-quality opportunities and resources from the media, marketers or other moms. I want to give my members value that could possibly help them in either their professional or family life.

We believe that any mama can be a Traveling Mama. Where are some places you’ve vacationed with your children?

rockiesWell, I love to travel – it’s one of my passions that I would like to pass down to my kids. But since they are so young right now I’ve really only taken them to places to visit family like Colorado to go skiing with their cousins, Florida and Indiana to visit the grandparents. However, I plan to travel internationally with them when they are older.

Since becoming a mother, have you had to travel without your family?

Funny you should ask I’m leaving for a business trip to New York without my kids in a couple of days. It’s the longest time I have ever been away from them. On one hand, I’m very excited about having a break, but on the other, I will miss them so much.

Where is the one place you’d most like to vacation with your children?

Italy. Because I want to give my children the opportunity to learn about another culture and experience a different world outside of their bubble. And, I love the food, language and people. My dream vacation would be to rent a villa in Tuscany for many weeks and take trips to Florence, Venice and Rome. Wow! I would love that.

Thank you, Megan! And for the uninitiated, you can find Megan at Twittermoms, or on Twitter as, well…her Twitter name should be no surprise. Thanks for letting us get to know you better, Megan!

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June 18, 2009 | Filed Under Mama Interviews, The Cookie Jar 

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2 Responses to “Q&A with Megan Calhoun, TwitterMoms Founder”

  1. Authentic Seacoast Resorts says:
    June 18, 2009 at

    Great interview! We enjoy being part of the TwitterMoms network and sharing wine tips from cellar keeper Audrey Firth at our luxury inn DesBarres Manor. Glad to hear Megan wants to travel internationally. How about Nova Scotia? Definitely a different culture, language, people and food on the Authentic Seacoast!

  2. Wendy Polisi says:
    June 19, 2009 at

    Thanks for sharing this great interview! What a great site Megan has created! I am a twitter-newbie, but looking forward to connecting with moms who have similar interest.

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