The Editor-in-chief at AOL and the Huffington Post UK, Carla Busazi, is looking for BritMums to contribute your wit and wisdom. Here, she explains why you have impressed her, and how she wants you to have your say.
Some months back, when Arianna and I were first hatching plans to launch HuffPostUK, we started thinking about the kind of people we wanted blogging for us. Mums were top of the list. Not just because we were both passionate about having plenty of female voices on the site, nor because we knew we’d need some reason to balance out all those partisan MPs, but because if there’s one sector of society which gets community, it’s mothers.
AOL, which publishes The Huffington Post, also has a parenting site, Parentdish.co.uk, which thrives on its vibrant array of writers and commentators; its editor, Tamsin, who knows her netmums from her mumsnet, pointed me straight in the direction of BritMums.
And so here I find myself, an honorary BritMums blogger for the day. I hope to be back again once I’ve got some kids of my own and truly understand what’s it like to be a mum (this from a woman who this morning had an email waiting in my inbox from my own mother reminding me to buy some Floradix as she’s worried I’m getting run down with all the long hours. Clearly I still have some growing up to do).
In the meantime, I’d love to invite you all to come and share your blogs on The Huffington Post UK. You can write something new for us, or repurpose your own BritMums blogs – and you can always link back to BritMums and your own blogs to drive our HuffPost readers to check out both.
It’s super-easy to get started, simply follow the instructions below and we’ll get you up and running immediately.
I’m looking forward to reading all your thoughts – but no strange iron drink recommendations, please, Mum’s got that blog in draft form already.
To get started please send us:
1. A headshot of yourself – preferably on a white background if possible, but this isn’t absolutely vital. What is important is that it includes all of your head and not with your forehead/hairline chopped off.
2. A one-line bio of yourself – your primary title.
3. An extended bio of yourself – there is no word limit on this and you’re more than welcome to include hyperlinks back to your own site.
4. Your website and twitter username – if you would like these published.
5. If applicable, the ASINs of your published books on Amazon (this can be found on your book(s) page on Amazon) – we link to these on Huffpost.
Please send all of these, along with your first blog post if it’s ready, to ukblogteam@huffingtonpost.com.
About Holly Seddon
Holly Seddon is a writer, editor and community consultant and helped launched the community for Adoption UK, which won charity website of the year just 9 months later. She also writes a music blog.
Annie
Sunday 7th of August 2011
How exciting ! Thanks BritMums for another fab opportunity - you rule !