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This blog was started in November 2009, as a way to help provide family-related information to moms (and dads, grandparents, etc.) in the Daytona Beach and Volusia County area. Since that time, it has quickly grown! The blog has over 5,200 pages, gets 60,000 page views per month (months with holidays get much more), and has thousands of locals who use the site on a regular basis to find family-related information in the area. During 2017, according to Google Analytics the site had over 258,000 visitors.
The Facebook page for the blog has over 30,000 followers and an engaged local audience, with the page reaching over well 50,000 people per week or more on most weeks.
VolusiaCountyMoms.com was started and is run by Jacqueline Bodnar, a professional writer and blogger who has had over 3,000 articles published in magazines and newspapers around the world. She has ghostwritten seven books for doctors, and is author of the historical fiction novel "Blueberry Steel," and the book "Starting Your Career as a Professional Blogger.” She offers professional writing services, having completed thousands of projects for companies locally and around the world. Some of her other blogs include Florida Family Nature, Daytona Beach Bound, and Volusia Senior. She shares reviews and personal opinions in a column on this blog, called "Jacqueline's 2 Cents.”
A Michigan native, she moved to the area in 2006, after spending a decade living in Las Vegas, where she graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science Studies (covering psychology, political science, and history), as well as a Master of Professional Writing degree. When she's not writing, Jacqueline enjoys spending time with her family, reading, hiking, RV camping, snorkeling the springs, sipping tea, and traveling. She is a Florida Master Naturalist, a nature lover, runner, avid reader and hiker, environmentalist, and runs Voluisa County Curb Alert. Visit her professional writing site here.
Above photo credit: Keti Bianchi Photography
Jacqueline Bodnar is a local mother who lives in Port Orange. She and her husband have two children. Pictured above is her family visiting Sanibel Island.
Above: Jacqueline with her husband, Brian, at the VCM LIVE event in 2014.
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