Blogging is most often a solitary pursuit and as a result our success will often come down to whether we are able maintain our momentum and motivation. This means we have to be careful about letting our own thoughts get in the way. Here are five things I hear from bloggers all the time (myself included!) which […]
Advice
How Categories Help Your Blog
When it comes to selecting categories bloggers often fall into one of two traps. Some add a category as an after thought often using the same one repeatedly while some go to the other extreme, adding loads of rather specific ones leaving their blog full of category archives with only a couple of posts in most […]
News
What I learnt at the BlogCamp afterparty
After today’s Birmingham BlogCamp I’m sure you’ll be seeing plenty of ‘What I learnt at BlogCamp’ posts over the next couple of days. I finally worked out how to use Snapchat thanks to Aly Hodge and, as ever, enjoyed watching Sally masterfully explain the Tots ranking system (and somehow manage not to gouge out her […]
Could you be a ChannelMum vlogger?
After originally setting up as a YouTube channel a year ago and recruiting a small squad of vloggers, the newest network for parent bloggers, ChannelMum, has now announced an accompanying website and ramped up their efforts to sign up new vloggers. Siobhan Freegard set up ChannelMum after selling Netmums three years ago. She is confident that […]
Instagram announce easy account switching
A collective cheers was heard across blogland this week when Instagram announced that they were finally rolling out the option to link more than one account together and be able to switch between them within the app. It’s increasingly common for users to have to manage more than one account, be it to keep blogging […]
Tots100 profile changes
Tots100 announced changes to the profile information they collect from each blogger so if you want to have the best chance of being selected for opportunities to work with their brand contacts you should definitely head over and make sure your profile is as complete as possible. You can now add you postcode and age […]
Britmums Live announces new speakers
January saw the Britmums team announce some more great speakers for BML16. Nienke Krook, The Travel Tester, will be talking about how she developed her Pinterest account to gain more than half a million followers and sharing her secrets to make the most of pinning. Sophie Bush, from mywarehousehome.com, will be speaking at the Creation Inspiration session which is devoted to hearing from […]
Download our ‘Before & After’ Post Checklist
Every blogger knows that writing a post is only half the job. It’s often all those little tasks that come next that determine how successful that post will be. We’ve all kicked ourselves days after publishing a post when we realise we’ve forgotten to do something or we’ve missed an opportunity to make the most […]
