This week the lovely Laura who blogs over at The Butterfly Mother asked me to explain how to become a brand ambassador. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting about the steps you can take to become a brand ambassador. I have written a post on this, if you prefer to read and you can find it here. If you have any topics …
What’s happening in my blog-life this week? Blog Chat #13 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget you …
Bloggers! How to overcome jealousy and self-doubt
Do you ever feel disheartened about your blog? Spend time drooling over other people’s blogs, so much so that you begin to doubt your own ability? Do you spend a lot of time focused on what other people are doing? Sound familiar? Here are my tips of how to overcome jealousy in blogging. Comparison is the thief of joy If you …
Boost your blog with 7 free awesome ecourses for bloggers
I love learning new things and that’s just as well really! Being a blogger, means there’s always so much to learn, or at least improve my knowledge on. Most of us do everything for our own blogs; we can be learning about SEO, design, monetisation, the list is endless! There’s so much brilliant content out there on the web. Some …
#BlogFixFriday Vlog – How to organise your blogging + recommended tools
This week I’m going to chat about organisation. The main ways to organise yourself and the tools which I use to keep on track. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other vlogs in …
What’s happening in my blog-life this week? Blog Chat #12 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my new YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here’s my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget you …
Saying ‘NO’ could be the best thing for your blog
There’s one word that I think us bloggers should use more and that’s ‘no’. It seems that lots of us seem a little too grateful for every opportunity that comes our way, whether it’s a good opportunity or not and whether it’s a good fit for our blog or not. Someone has asked us to collaborate and often we feel …
Does you blog still work for you? 6 quick fixes
We (over at Live. Love. Blog) have noticed that quite a few people seem to be falling out of love with their current blogs. Some of these people seem a little lost in the direction they want to take their blog, so we decided that it would be a good idea for me to chat to you today about some …
#BlogFixFriday – How to start vlogging
This week the lovely Jayne who blogs over at Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs asked me to chat about how to start vlogging. So here’s my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things vlog! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
What’s happening in my blog-life this week? Blog Chat #11 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my Blog Chat! The idea behind Blog Chat is that I chat about my blogging news for the week; which brands we are collaborating with, what projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget you can check out all my blogging tips over …
Blogging gave me something I never had
When I was growing up I had a few close friends, they may have changed as I got older, but they were always a small group. I spent most of my youth riding horses and fell into a serious relationship at an early age. So while I have had my share of nights out, most of them have been as …
#BlogFixFriday – How to build your Facebook following
This week I have been asked to give some tips on how to build your Facebook following. So here is my #BlogFixFriday all about Facebook! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other vlogs in …
What’s happening in my blog-life – Blog Chat #9 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. Blog Chat simply me chatting about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. This week there are lots of new apps and programme recommendations! Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you …
Blog Goal Review – The half year point
Welcome to the club! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. This post is part of my popular Blog Club series. Make sure you never miss a post by subscribing. No spam, I promise. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address Subscribe Back at the start of the year, I set myself some …
#BlogFixFriday Vlog – What is Citation Flow & Trust Flow?
This week the lovely Jayne who blogs over at Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs asked me to explain what Trust Flow and Citation Flow are. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things flow! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my …
What’s happening in my Blog-life? Blog Chat #8 [VIDEO]
Hi and welcome back to Blog Chat my YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up each week. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. …
My #BML16 experience
I, like many other bloggers, headed to #BML16 last weekend (thanks to my sponsor BioEden). I was really excited and had been looking forward to this event for most of the year. If you haven’t been before BritMums it is the largest conference in the UK for parenting bloggers and is such a great opportunity to meet up with your …
How To Create a Pinterest Pin Template
Pinterest can be such an amazing source of traffic if you harness its power. Although I fully realise that Pinterest could bring me more traffic, it wasn’t until recently that I decided to try to focus my efforts over there and, for a while at least, make if one of my priorities. All of the imagery and text we put …
#BlogFixFriday – How to create a Pinterest pin template
This week I did a course on creating Pinterest pin templates and I thought I would share with you (briefly) what I learned. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things Pinterest pins! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my …
What’s going on in my blog life this week? Blog Chat #7 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my new YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is this week’s instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget …
#BlogFixFriday Vlog – What Blogging networks are out there?
This week the lovely Butterfly Mother asked me to share some of the blogging networks I use or at least have heard of. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things networks! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
What’s going on with my blog this week? Blog Chat #6 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my new YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget …
Why your blog’s not growing & how to fix it
You invest lots of time in your blog and yet your numbers seem stagnant. Blog views aren’t growing much, followers are creeping up too slowly. You desperately want to see a quicker return on all your invested time. You want to see some progress, to make all your hard-work feel worthwhile. Here’s some reasons why your blog’s growth might not be sailing along …
#BlogFixFriday Vlog – What’s Domain Authority?
This week the lovely Lizzie who blogs over at Firstooth asked me how to explain what your Domain Authority is. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things D.A! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other …
What’s Going On In My Blog Life? Blog Chat Vlog #5 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to Blog Chat, my YouTube series, where I share everything that’s going on each week in my blog life. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. …
What They Didn’t Tell You About Blogging
There is no doubt that blogging is amazing. I have said it before, blogging has changed my life, totally and for the better. For all the fabulous things blogging will bring into your life, it is a huge learning curve. Many of us started our blogs on a bit of a whim, having no clue where it would go or …
#BlogFixFriday Vlog – Supporting Other Bloggers
The blogging community is pretty awesome and can be such a supportive place. So this week I thought I would chat to you about all the ways you can support your fellow bloggers. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
How To Save Time With Social Oomph
Do you spend time you haven’t got scheduling tweets to promote your latest posts? Or maybe you can’t schedule any as you haven’t got the free time to input them all. I have used a few different tools over the last (almost) three years and I want to talk to you today about Social Oomph, which is by far the …
Bloggers! Know Your Worth [VIDEO]
This week I decided to talk about knowing your worth as a blogger and how/when to negotiate. Increasingly, I see people who are worried about rejecting a fee, thinking it will put the brand off. So here is my #BlogFixFriday and I hope it helps! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then …
Blog Chat Vlog #4 [VIDEO]
Welcome back to my new YouTube series, which I am sharing here on the blog too. The idea behind Blog Chat is simple; a quick(ish) chat about my blogging news, which brands we are collaborating with, which projects we are working on and anything we have coming up. Here is my next instalment of Blog Chat, I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget …


























