Join our #secretgoodness Twitter Party this Thursday! Are you fed up with having arguments with your kids at meal times? Would you like to share ideas and tips on how to get more nutritious food in your children’s diet? Bread brand Kingsmill understands that as parents, we all want our kids to eat more healthily. [...]
January, 2011
Grab The Button — HTML Tutorial over at Typecast!
Have you seen these Grab My Blog buttons ? They’re popping up everywhere! They’re a great way to share blog love by displaying a button to your affiliation. Resident expert Nickie at Typecast has put together a fabulous tutorial to help you create your own. So head on over right now and learn how to do it.
Guest post: How to create a media kit for your blog
Do you want to sell ads on your blog? Are you looking to work with PRs? Why don’t you create a media kit for your blog? Rebecca from Two Become Four gives us some hands-on tips. A media kit, or media pack, is a little like a curriculum vitae for your blog. It’s a chance for you [...]
Blogger of the Week and 5 other must reads
The first month of the year is nearly done! How time has flown by! Already this year there are bloggers who are moving and shaking the blogosphere. These bloggers are making other bloggers stand up and take notice, are drawing the community together and are making a difference. It’s a great start to an exciting [...]
Dear mummy blogger: PR pitches, what works and what, erm, doesn’t
When it comes to blogger/brand relationships, Tara Cain from Sticky Fingers has had her fair share of pitches. Read this post to find out what works … and what ends up in the bin! I have had some truly awful PR pitches in my time as a blogger. I’m constantly asked if I would like [...]
Online blogger competitions: 5 best practices from the experts
Ever wonder how the experts run online competitions? Iain Haywood, founder of Competition Hunter, has years of experience running them for major brands and small businesses alike. In this post he shares his top tips for executing successful blogger competitions. Most of you as bloggers will be familiar with online competitions as a useful tool in the promotional [...]
How to publish your blog to Kindle
Have you ever wondered how to publish your blog to Kindle? Nickie from Typecast has recently listed hers and shares some tips. Amazon have recently allowed blogs to be self-published on their Kindle store. This facility allows you to upload your blog for sale to all Kindle users. Once you have completed this process your [...]
Guest post: 10 things to know about raising kids in France
It’s just across the Channel and a favourite destination for family holidays. But how easy is it to relocate to France? Tamsyn, who blogs at Anecdotes of a Manic Mum, moved there with her husband and three children, and now has four. She’s learned a thing or three about raising a family en France. Having [...]
What people are talking about: The Chinese parenting model
How do Chinese parents turn out music and math prodigies? Easy, says one mother in the Wall Street Journal. They’re stricter, stress academic achievement more and don’t let their kids get away with the stuff that Western parents do. Amy Chua, a Yale professor, describes an incident of hair-tearing, screaming, full-out war in her house [...]
Looking for new readers? Join the January Blog Hop
It’s the middle of January and it’s high time to start introducing ourselves, don’t you think? The stress and strain of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays is over. The bill paying has begun. The children have gone back to school and it’s time to start expanding your blogging portfolio by finding a few new [...]
BritMums Live 2013
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