by Louisa Claire on March 1, 2013
One of the most important things you can do as a blogger is to build trust with your readers. Trust is what makes readers come back time and again, and what makes them tell their friends about you. Trust is what makes your blog and profile valued and valuable. Here are some ways to build [...]
by Louisa Claire on February 27, 2013
There are some topics that are worth talking about over and over again and this is one of those topics! If you want to work with brands then there are some simple things you can do to ensure that this is clear on your site. Here are 6 of our top tips, if you have [...]
by Louisa Claire on February 16, 2013
Have you ever wanted to start a business part time? Run something that you love and are passionate about without it taking over your life? Cindy Luken from Luk Beautifood is doing just that and this week I had the pleasure of speaking with her and then hosting a Twitter Chat together where she shared [...]
by Louisa Claire on February 13, 2013
If you are a blogger, or ever read blogs about how to do PR with bloggers you will read one consistent rule, do not send a blanket press release to a blogger. And yet, they still come. And they will continue to come because budgets will always be budgets, and as soon as one PR [...]
by Louisa Claire on February 6, 2013
This morning we kicked off #BMBchat on Twitter for 2013. We had over 30 participants join in the chat and we talked about setting blog goals for 2013. The #1 topic of interest coming through from bloggers was that we all want to create better content. We’ve touched on this topic on the blog [...]
by Louisa Claire on February 1, 2013
Find me a blogger who doesn’t want to create better content, find more readers and keep growing their blog and I will find you a pig that flies into space and comes back with rainbow lollipops made from star dust. Last year I spent three days in New York listening to some of the worlds [...]
by Louisa Claire on January 31, 2013
We are thrilled to announce the winners of this competition as Jenn from Jenn Unger and Sarah from That Space In Between. Thank you to everyone who entered, stay tuned for more information about Healthivate 2.0. Blogging Conference season has started and new on the scene for 2013 is Heathivate 2.0! Healthivate is [...]
by Louisa Claire on September 10, 2012
Last week I had the unhappy experience of being alerted by readers of my personal blog that they were getting malware warnings when they tried to visit my site. You have probably seen a warning like this in your own web surfing; it looks like this… Now being the good blogger I am, I got [...]
by Louisa Claire on August 16, 2012
I’ll never forget the first conversation I had with a senior PR exec about the blogger-brand relationship. One of their team had just sent out the sort of email bloggers hate to get – a mass, impersonal press release and bloggers weren’t happy. The email had been sent by a new team member and was [...]
by Louisa Claire on August 3, 2012
There’s a lot of talk about how PR folk need to approach bloggers and treat them with respect; how easy are you making it for them to do that? Today’s post covers the top 4 details you need to include on your blog to show that your are PR friendly. Making the following information clear and [...]