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Books for Bloggers: The Badass Blog Planner Giveaway

PBN — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:15:36 +0000

I love a good planner. So much of my blogging time is spent on the laptop but there is still something very cathartic about sitting down and actually putting pen to paper to clarify where I’m at and what I want to do next. This week I’ve been putting ‘The Badass Blog Planner’ by Sarah Morgan to the test.

Sarah Morgan is a web designer and consultant and the Badass Blog Planner describes itself as ‘your guide to defining your purpose, creating clarity and building a year of killer content’ which is no mean feat so does it live up to that hype?

The planner takes you step by step through all the areas involved in running a blog including:

posts and pages
social media channels
newsletters
advertising
design
finances

You make all your notes in the book as you go and what’s really important is that it encourages you to review what has been working in each area before going on to ideas for the future which I think is vital to make properly informed plans. It has space for both long and short term plans as well as actions broken down my month and quarter. It is set up to cover a year but you can start at any point.

The structure is really easy to follow (although you wouldn’t necessarily have to do each section in order, you could pick out your priority areas if you prefer) and the colourful layout give you plenty of space to get down all your thoughts as you go through.

I think it would be perfect for someone who has been blogging for at least six months to a year and now wants to review what they’ve achieved and take their blogging to the ‘next level’.

We have a copy of The Badass Blog Planner to give away to one lucky PBN subscriber. Just use the rafflecopter widget below to let us know the email address you subscribed with to enter and then you can make any extra entries you like. The giveaway will run until midnight on Sunday 8th May 2016.
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Competition Time – March

PBN — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:30:31 +0000

Last month’s Competition Time was a hit so we’re back with another linky for March so if you run blog competitions then do share them here (and find some to join in with yourself). There’s no need to link back to PBN, show a badge or anything like that (although if you want to point people in this direction then that would be fab!). The only rules are that the comp must close during the month and you enter the details in the format ‘dd/mm – prize’ (for example ’12/03 – £25 John Lewis Voucher’) to make it easier for people to see what the end date is and what they can win.

So without further ado, here’s the linky for comps closing in March. Good Luck!

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Britmums giving away a Caribbean family holiday

PBN — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:52:52 +0000

Britmums have a great holiday competition at the moment. In partnership with Elite Island Resorts they are giving away a Caribbean holiday for a family of four, tempting hey? All you need to do to enter is comment on the competition post (find it here) sharing which resort you like to go to and tweet to @BritMums and @EliteIsland using the #EliteIslandFamiles hashtag. Entries need to be in by midnight on 31st January 2016 so be quick so you don’t miss out.

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Competition Time – February

PBN — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:46:49 +0000

Blog competitions have become an unexpected perk of blogging for many of us. Everyday there’s a new opportunity to win anything from a sample of a new soft drink to a family holiday and often they take nothing more than a mouse click to enter. Of course, they can also be a big driver of traffic, talk about win-win!

Parent Blogger News will be taking over the Yellow Days Competition Time Linky from February so if you run blog competitions then do come and share at the beginning of each month. There’s no need to link back to PBN (although if you want to point people in this direction then the more the merrier!), show a badge or anything like that. The only rules are that the comp must close during that month and you enter the details in the format ‘dd/mm – prize’ (for example ’12/02 – £25 John Lewis Voucher’) so that people can immediately see what the end date is and what they can win.

So without further ado, here’s the linky for comps closing in February. Good Luck!

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