Why You Should Never Change Your Blog To Make Money

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I have been stumbling my way along on my blog here for under two years. What started out as a mummy blog and discussing the colour of my children’s poo to what finger snacks were best for weaning, the blogs direction changed. The blog became a voice for others, an open and honest view on [...]

Guest Posts For Mummy Bloggers; Deceptive Advertising Tricks?

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I receive many guest posts, many from people who at the start lie to me, they inform me they are a young writer trying to build a writing portfolio, they send me their post and yes there it is clear as day an advertising text link. They believe by writing a guest post for me [...]

Guest Posts; Am I jeopardizing my own blog for the sake of a link?

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I receive many requests to host guest posts on my blog, I have noticed recently that many of the guest posts are not coming from other bloggers or even authors for that matter but from PR companies acting on behlaf of their client. While the content is in relation to parenting lets say the links or author Bio clearly links back to most noticeable a well [...]

Controversy over the involvement of children in marketing

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Advertisers are increasingly trying to find ways to get consumers to spread the word about their products, but controversy over the involvement of children in this is forcing the advertising industry to examine its practices. Personal recommendations can be big business. Often when advertisers try to convince us of the life-enhancing qualities of some new [...]

Sex and advertising leaves mums feeling bad

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  Is the world over sexualised? Everywhere you look there seems to be half naked girls, and girls especially. You walk down the street and there is a girl scantily dressed sprawled across a sofa on a billboard, you turn on the television and there is a woman showering, the camera pans out to show [...]