Tweet Yesterday I received an email from a marketing/SEO company on behalf of a major supermarket bank. It had all the usual waffle – we love your blog, we think we’re a perfect fit…
Tweet So tonight I’ll be joining all the other finalists at the Brit Mums Brilliance in Blogging (#BiBs) awards. There will be Champagne, and cackling, and catching up with old friends, or meeting new…
Tweet When you first start using social media, it’s easy to get into online spats, or say the wrong thing, which can land you in hot water. Even the most timid people become very…
Tweet I can hardly believe I’m typing this, but in just over a fortnight’s time I’m going to be jetting off on a Caribbean cruise, with five fabulous mummy bloggers (aka ‘a gaggle’), courtesy…
Tweet I was doing some research last night and quite by chance I stumbled upon the campaign ‘STFU parents’, which apparently has been gaining momentum in the US for quite a while now and…
Tweet Although I’m addicted to twitter, I do still use Facebook – mainly as a way of keeping in touch with family and friends, or people who have played a special part in my…
Tweet During the four years I’ve been blogging I’ve often heard the term ‘blogging royalty’ bandied about. It really is the most nonsensical, meaningless phrase. In Hollywood the term ‘royalty’ is used to describe…
Tweet I’ve seen a lot of nonsense talked about blogging over the past year, particularly by self-proclaimed ‘doyennes’ and ‘experts’ of blogging, and also by non-bloggers (I believe that if you’re not a blogger,…
Tweet Last week I had one of *those* conversations with a PR. You know the one. Her: ‘I thought you might like to blog about this product (talks about product), we’d be happy to…
Tweet One of the best things about blogging is being part of a lively, vibrant community. For me that community is BritMums, and so I’m absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted in both the…