Want to find new blogs and tell the world about your latest posts? Blogging carnivals are great way to do it.
If you are a newbie, it’s a way to get new readers and if your an old hand, it introduces you to new blogs. It’s also loads of fun and really give you the pulse of the parenting blogosphere.
This is how it works: every two weeks a different parent blogger “hosts” the carnival. Bloggers submit posts from the past month.
The rules are one post per blogger and it must be something written in the past four weeks. No commerical or sponsored posts.
The host blogger writes the carnival and the submitters help publicise with a post, link, tweet, etc. It’s up to the host to decide if they want to have a theme.
Clear as mud?
Trust me, this is a great way to create traffic and link love for all sites involved.
We’re always looking for new hosts — just email mummybloggers (at) gmail (dot) com to be put on the list.
Go to the next page for the schedule, to see who to send your latest link to, and to see past carnivals.
– Susanna
The BMB Carnival schedule 2011 and 2012:
2012 Schedule
21 February 2012 will be hosted at Two Become Four. Please email entries to rebecca.mcluckie@gmail.com
6 March 2012 will be hosted at Domestic Goddesque. Please email entries to kellyinnes@hotmail.co.uk.
20 March 2012 will be hosted at Working London Mummy. Please email entries to n.pathan@imperial.ac.uk.
3 April 2012 will be hosted at Mummy From The Heart. Please email entries to michelle.pannell@ntlworld.com.
17 April 2012 will be hosted at Mummy’s Little Monkey. Please email entries to featureswriter@btinternet.com
1 May 2012 will be hosted at A Mother’s Ramblings. Please email entries to mummy@amothersramblings.com
15 May 2012 will be hosted at Simply Hayley. Please email entries to info@simplyhayley.co.uk
29 May 2012 will be hosted at Emma In Bromley. Please email entries to emmalouiseclement@googlemail.com
12 June 2012 will be hosted at will be hosted at The Mum Blog. Please email entries to lizjarvis1@yahoo.co.uk
26 June 2012 will be hosted at Family Friendly Working. Please email entries to antonia@acpr.co.uk
10 July 2012 will be hosted at I Carried A Watermellon. Please email posts to info@juliaboggiophotography.com.
24 July 2012 will be hosted at Mother Diaries. Please email posts to leyla@motherhooddiaries.com.
7 August 2012 will be hosted at Cherished by Me. Please email posts to nova@cherishedbyme.com
21 August 2012 will be hosted at Stay At Home Mum Loving It. Please email posts to sahmlovingit@gmail.com
4 September 2012 will be hosted at Bump to Basics. Please email posts to tmstevens14@googlemail.com
18 September 2012 will be hosted at http://www.chatty-t.blogspot.com. Please email entries to tmstevens14@googlemail.com.
9 October 2012 will be hosted at www.lifewithlymphoma.wordpress.com. Please email entries to rozbarnwell@gmail.com.
23 October 2012 will be hosted at http://wwwallbabyadvice.blogspot.com. Please email entries to Miroslava Moore at allbabyadvice@yahoo.co.uk.
6 November 2012 will be hosted at Yummy Mummy Flabby Tummy. Please email entries to Laura Campbell at lilw2@hotmail.com.
20 November 2012 will be hosted at http://tigertales-msxpat.blogspot.com. Please email entries to M Tumolo at xselph@hotmail.com.
4 December 2012 will be hosted at http://windmillfields.blogspot.com. Please email entries to R Grant at rosalindsusangrant@gmail.com.
18 December 2012 will be hosted at http://mammasaurus.wordpress.com/. Please email entries to Annie Spratt at annie.sandra.spratt@gmail.com.
1 January 2013 will be hosted at http://mummymishaps.blogspot.com/. Please email entries to Jenny Paulin at jennypaulin@me.com.
15 January 2013 will be hosted at www.susankmann.com. Please email posts to email@susankmann.com.
29 January 2013 will be hosted at http://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com, Please email posts to mums-the-word@live.com
12 February 2013 will be hosted at http://www.narrowboatwife.blogspot.com/. Please email posts to narrowboatwife@gmail.com
26 February 2013 will be hosted at Baby Budgeting. Please email entries to becky @ babybudgeting.co.uk
12 March 2013 will be hosted at Helloitsgemma. Please email entries to helloitsgemma@gmail.com.
26 March 2013 will be hosted at Me, The Man and The Baby. Please email entries to methemanandthebaby@gmail.com.
9 April 2013 will be hosted a Yummy Step Mummy. Please email entries to lilamy_84@hotmail.com.
23 April 2013 will be hosted at From Rat Racer to Homeworking Parent. Please email entires to simonecastello@hotmail.com
7 May 2013
21 May 2013
About Jennifer Howze
Jennifer Howze is the Creative Director and co-founder of BritMums. She blogs about family travel at Jenography.net, tweets at @JHowze and Instagrams at @JHowze. Previously, she wrote the Alpha Mummy blog at The Times and as a journalist has contributed to The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Budget Travel, CNN.com, Allure, SELF and Premiere, among others. She won The Maggie Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for a health article in Seventeen magazine.
Donna@MummyCentral
Tuesday 5th of July 2011
Can we have our name put on the list to host a carnival in the future please (might be many years in the future, but we'd love to do it!)
Tamsin
Monday 13th of June 2011
I am about to host a carnival and wouldn't mind someone letting me know, um, what I am supposed to do. I appear to have lost the email with the instructions. Quick! Before everyone thinks I am an idiot! Oh, wait...
A Modern Mother
Thursday 28th of October 2010
Please email mummybloggers (at) gmail (dot) come to be listed
A Modern Mother
Thursday 28th of October 2010
You set your rules, you can post about it. In past experience, most entries come last minute and it is very fun (challenging) getting everyone listed. Good luck!!!
A Modern Mother
Thursday 28th of October 2010
Make sure you email mummybloggers (at) gmail (dot) com to get on the list