A few months ago I asked my readers why they read blogs. I was in the...
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Why do people read blogs?
A few months ago I asked my readers why they read blogs. I was in the inevitable blog doldrums, no motivation to blog, and felt no sense of inspiration. I wanted to know what it was all about and why I should bother. I wrote a post, asked my readers ‘Why do you read blogs?’ [...]
Beauty blogs you should be reading
On Wednesday BritMums attended the Johnson & Johnson Beauty Care Journalism Awards at RIBA in London. (Special thanks to Family Affairs and Other Matters who was our fabulous plus-one.) An impressive array of beauty journalists was in attendance, from publications ranging from The Financial Times, The Times, The Stylist, Stylist, Psychologies, European Cosmetic Markets, ElleUK.com [...]
BritMums blogger in the press
Clare Macnaughton, who blogs at A Modern Military Mother, has been featured in Get Hampshire about her speaking engagement at BritMums Live! alongside Ruby Wax, Sarah Brown and Carla Buzasi of the Huffington Post. The article highlights Clare’s blog, her bi-monthly column with Wiltshire Life magazine, and the book she ghost wrote, called ‘Immediate Response’, in conjunction with a serving Royal Marine Major, [...]
How Do You Manage Your Social Networking?
Looking at the top of my computer screen, I currently have eight tabs open: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calender, the Blogger dashboard, two tabs for Facebook (home page, one group page), a Google search page and a forum. I have Tweetdeck (old version) ticking away at the bottom of the screen and I’m listening to [...]
The new BritMums Laugh Out Loud! Roundup
So how to choose the Top 10 funniest blogposts for BritMums? Well luckily this is a monthly thing so it doesn’t have to be my funniest Top 10 of all time! Pressure off then. My first method was to ask on twitter and facebook for suggestions and submissions and that has proved fruitful and taken [...]
Guest post: Girls v Girls
Following on from our recent guest post by Lisa Pearson, Stop slagging of your sister, Clare Macnaughton from A Modern Military Mother has added her thoughts on the crazy culture of women berating other women. I have to confess that I don’t really understand the unspoken rules of Girldom, and I pay heavily for getting [...]
Good reads: Scrotum piercing, cute babies and twitter addicts
Hello. Me again. Sorry bout that. So, it seems that Good Reads is getting a lot of good press right now, (I didn’t even have to pay people to say they’re enjoying it,) it’s great to hear that people are enjoying finding new and interesting blogs and I’ll continue to do my best to keep [...]
Giveaways: Can you attract more readers without losing cred?
Jody Brettkelly, the glamorous blogger behind About Last Weekend, is back to offer more ideas for your blog. Here Jody suggests fantatic ideas to get started with giveaways on your blog. Have you ever thought about hosting a giveaway but had no idea how to start? You like the idea of a giveaway – creating [...]
11 energy-saving tips from mums
With the cold snapping our heels and the temptation to whack the heating up growing by the day, our Smart Mums project in association with British Gas could not have come at a better time. Taking the idea of being energy smart and running with it, many of our bloggers have found innovative and fun [...]
Newbie Tuesday: How much is too much?
As a parent blogger, I see lots of like-minded writers talking through their blogs about their children. A child is what defines a parent blog, and it fascinates me to see the huge variation in styles, not only of writing, but of approach to writing about children. Over on the discussion forum this week I [...]
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