THANK you so much to everyone who has voted for You've Got Your Hands Full and Have a Lovely Time in this high-profile blog awards scheme, backed by Butlins.
After 20,000 nominations for around 2,500 blogs, You've Got Your Hands Full is included in a list of five finalists in the Most Inspirational MAD Blog, sponsored by Plum Baby.
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By Carol Garrington
Thank you very much to everyone who heeded our plea to vote for Linda's Got Your Hands Full site in the Author Blog Awards.
Out of more than 500 blogs nominated, Linda has been shortlisted so of course we are delighted.
And I'm afraid we need your help again.
There are some "big name" authors also on the list, and we'd love to be in with a fighting chance. We don't know how realistic this is!
But please do vote for www.gotyourhandsfull.com by following the instructions at the following link:
You can vote three times and have to click 'finish' at the end else your vote won't be counted, it only takes a moment (honest!):
http://www.completelynovel.com/competitions/author-blog-awards-2010
Also, please show your support if you would like to for You've Got Your Hands Full in a new awards scheme recognising the best of the UK parent blogosphere.
Got Your Hands Full has been nominated for Blog of the Year, Funniest Blog and for Inspirational Blogger. . Have a Lovely Time has been nominated in the Family Fun blog category as well as Best New Blog and Most Innovative Blog.
If you have the time in time for the deadline, we would very much welcome your help in supporting these sites and all the hard work that has gone into them.
Click on the MADs 2010 image above to go to the nominations page or click on the following link:
Thank you very much for all your help so far!
AN awards scheme recognising the best of the UK parent blogosphere has been launched and our sites have been nominated.
Got Your Hands Full has been nominated for Blog of the Year, Funniest Blog and for Inspirational Blogger. I'd love any support you wanted to send my way. Have a Lovely Time has been nominated in the family fun blog category as well as Best New Blog.
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By Carol Garrington
PASSIONATE Media director Linda Jones has been nominated in the Author Blog Awards for her site at Got Your Hands Full.
Linda has worked hard to help parents of twins, triplets and more through this blog as well as offering advice for aspiring journalists and authors in her Write Away column.
So it would be great to see her efforts rewarded with a place on the shortlist in the Author Blog Awards.
The nominations process is open until 2 April. The author blogs with the most nominations will be put onto a shortlist and everyone who nominates that author will be eligible to win a prize. You have to go to the awards site, register and nominate. People can then vote on the shortlisted blogs. The blog with the most votes wins.
Thank you very much to anyone who can help by nominating Linda and Got Your Hands Full. Voting takes a couple of minutes. There's bound to be lots of interest in the awards from some 'big name' authors so it would be lovely to see Linda get some recognition by reaching the shortlist.
THIS week we have been working on two new blogs and have been bowled over by the very positive feedback.
The first is for new online women's writing community, Judith's Room and we have been busy researching, writing and uploading content to inspire and inform aspiring and established writers.
Judith's Blog includes author interviews, hints, tips and advice as well as competitions and giveaways. It's part of a new community aiming to empower women writers set up by Staffordshire writer Josie.
We're very excited about the potential it has to help writers find new confidence and aim to fulfil their literary dreams. Please do come and see us if you're an aspiring Maeve Binchy or Marian Keyes.
The second is called Breaking the Silence and has grown out of a project we are working on with Lyn Jenkins, a regional co-ordinator with the mental health charity, Mind
It includes real life experiences, video and audio from people who have encountered difficulties through mental health issues and hopes to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.
UPDATE: The current total (at 9pm Sunday) stands at £1605! We’ve got enough for three boxes so far and a lovely message from James at ShelterBox:
‘ShelterBox would like to say a big thank you to the Bloggers for Haiti group. The money that you raise will help alleviate the suffering of people all over the world who have lost everything due to disaster and we are exceptionally grateful for your support.’
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WE'RE delighted that Karen Sherr, from nationwide pre-school fun music group Musical Minis, has caught the blogging bug.
We've been helping her set up Learning Made Fun and take her first tentative steps into the blogosphere.
As a former Great Ormond Street play specialist, and with a degree in psychology, Karen is already using the site to advise parents on child development issues.
She has also blogged about her family and business.
We can't wait to see how Learning Made Fun progresses and wish Karen a hugely successful blogging journey.
* Groan. We're sorry but we thought that old cliche couldn't be beaten. You can take the reporter out of an evening paper, but you can't take the evening paper training out of the reporter!
DO you know your RSS from your e-newsletter?
How about Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube?
This workshop is tailored to your needs with practical examples of how to use new media methods. If the thought of understanding what any of these new media phenomena mean has you reaching for the headache tablets, then this workshop is for you.
It will cover:
• Twitter - setting up and first steps
• Facebook for business – setting up and first steps
• Professional communication through LinkedIn
• Why content is king
• Basic dos and don'ts of social networking
• Why podcast?
• Blogging - what's the point?
BACK in 2005, it was reported that a new blog was set up every second.
Today, one of the fastest growing areas appears to be blogs by parents, with at least around 800 currently attracting an estimated joint readership of more than 100,000.
Passionate Media director Linda Jones has blogging since 2006 at Got Your Hands Full, a site that was set up to offer advice and support for multiple birth parents.
Now, a monthly list of the Top 100 is published.
It's encouraging to see our blogs are included, with Got Your Hands Full at number 10 and the newer family travel resource, Have a Lovely Time at number 72.
If you aren't yet familiar with parenting blogs and want to see the quality of material out there, then the Top 100 may be an excellent place to start. Check out sites from throughout the table to sample some of the useful, evocative, compelling content available.
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