Prepare To Be Shocked, Reduced To Tears Yet Amazed & Inspired
When I began this blog I never had the intention of revealing so much about myself. It was only meant to be a parenting blog that would offer a few tips here and there to help a few mums out. But as the blog grew and the readership developed so did the opportunity to open the blog up [...]
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 [...]
I have had the great pleasure of meeting some amazing and inspiring mummy bloggers during my time of blogging and I know all too well how much we pride ourselves and our blog. Blogging is not easy, it takes time and dedication and our blogs become part of our lives. We share our own lives, [...]
These past few days have been hard for me and I was even brave enough to share with the readers of the blog the reasons why. That anxiety is eating up my life. This is what I learned- I have been a Mummy Blogger for over 18 months now and guess what? Not 1 mummy [...]
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 [...]
I have decided to do something a little different and stop writing about what I think you want me too and actually ask you; my readers what do you want to see me writing about? Do you have a parenting question? A worry or fear that you would like me to personally answer [...]
Is long copy better than short copy, just what is the answer? Should you be writing a detailed step by step account in all you write, or just provide the interesting points? I am a busy mum to 6, I have many questions I need answers too, I don’t have time [...]
I wrote a post yesterday titled Are You A Blogging Bullyand after reading it back again I started to wonder why I had written it in the first place, it made me sound like a victim, like the little group of cretins were bothering me. I also received an anonymous comment to that post [...]
People enjoy expressing themselves in their own online blogs. Some people use a blog to talk about their life, use it to make money or pursue their hobbies and publish interesting content about it. The problem though, is that there are millions of blogs out there as well as hundreds of different blogging software platforms [...]
When I saw the linky that the very beautiful and talented Kate from Kate Takes 5 was doing this week, I thought it about time I got involved. Kate is asking bloggers to reveal what their Top 5 Blogging Tips are. Here are my own Top 5 Blogging Tips: 1 – Don’t even start a [...]
We all blog for a reason. I blog because it keeps me sane and also in the hope that some of the crap fantastic content I write here will help others in some way. While some bloggers will argue blue in the face that they write for themselves, I will argue back [...]
“We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves” (Francis J. Braceland, O Magazine, April 2003). Today my blog is about finding balance – not any easy task. After having my son Jake and going back to work full time, moving house and getting [...]
I became extremly lucky when asked to review a beautiful unique bag The Kate Benjamin Black Fabric Beaded Jewel Bag from www.accessoriesdirect.com. The bag is an ‘Exclusive to Accessories Direct. This stunning ‘Kate Benjamin’ vintage inspired bag is exquisitely embellished with black jewels and beads that will take you from day to evening. This framed [...]
When I started blogging a little over 8 months ago I had no idea what direction I was taking. To be honest, I had no idea what blogging even was. My desire was to create a website to house a few parenting articles, after searching for free hosting I came across WordPress. [...]
If you have yet to write a guest post, I recommend you do so. Today I will be talking about why writing a controversial guest post has great benefits. When I say controversial, I am not asking you to offend anyone or be nasty in anyway. I am talking about creating a debate [...]
You write an awesome blog post, you publish it, you advertise your post be this by links to Twitter and Facebook or by emailing your subscribers, maybe you add it to forums and then you move onto writing the next blog article right? In hindsight we forget about our old posts. Did you know that old [...]
Google Friend Connect has bugged me for a while, well many things do as you know but Google Friend Connect to me is nothing more than a show off tool. I do and will continue to read the blogs I love, but what I have found most annoying is being forced to follow a [...]
Some Bloggers Are So Rude
I know for a fact that you are reading this! My real life traffic tracker has you in its sights. ( Yes I am sat here waving at you) I know for a fact you will read this post then go back to what you were doing without thinking to voice your opinion [...]