The BritMums Blog

I went to CybHer blogging conference in London yesterday and met a really lovely blogger who told me she has two friends who are expats in Britain—one loves her life here and is full of the spirit of adventure while the other is struggling, picking holes in her host culture and not at all enjoying [...]

Blogging awards are a great way to discover new blogs you haven’t come across before as well as a great way to let the world know about the fantastic bloggers we already know about. Major blogging awards such as the Brilliance in Blogging Awards (BiBs) are an excellent tool for increasing awareness of blogging, bringing [...]

I’m writing this month’s expat roundup from a cafe in Cambridge while my children row on the River Cam. We don’t live in Cambridge but I love the city and I love that we’re here every weekend for the rowing. I love being in the famous city, I love the history and the very British [...]

Well, lovely readers, I wanted to write a short post to say that I am moving on from editing the BritMums blog to working with BritMums in other capacities, including BritMums Pro, the Brilliance in Blogging Awards and of course BritMums Live! (see you there?). One of the things I have loved the most about [...]

Right. Boil the kettle, make a cuppa and sit down and join me for a little roundup of expat posts from all over the place. Doing a round-up of a specific niche gives one a great excuse for trawling through the favourites in my blogroll as well as spending time reading some new discoveries. First [...]

This month some of the expat posts from around the world include a couple of Brits in the States who are learning about their home culture through their host culture, an Estonian expat in Britain and a British expat in Moscow discussing the British cold and a repatriate who is experiencing the culture shock of [...]

Writing a sponsored post means you’ve been offered something (usually a PayPal payment, but sometimes a voucher, product or experience) in exchange for writing a post with one or more anchor words or phrases included. These anchor words will have links to the brand’s website. The two main types of sponsored posts: Content without the [...]

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?’ [...]

Increasing the numbers of followers is one of those vexing blogging topics that has many people obsessing over stats, comparing themselves with others, and Googling for the best strategies to bring in more people. The good news is that there is no magic formula to increasing readers; all it takes is time and effort. Time [...]

Here’s an alternative list of blogging tips–ideas to not use on your blog! 1. Try as hard as you can to please everybody. Because this always works. Every time. 2. Avoid social media. Unless they’re close friends, there is simply no point engaging with others on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Stumble Upon, or LinkedIn and [...]