Rosie Scribble

Seeking a Cybermummy sponsor

CyberMummy is the UK’s premier blogging conference devoted to parent bloggers. After the success of this year’s conference I am keen to attend Cybermummy11. The event will be held at The Brewery, London on 25th June 2011.

I am keen to find a sponsor so I am able to attend.

What I am looking for

• My ticket: £80
• One night’s hotel stay: £180
• Travel costs: £70

Total: £330

What you will get in return

• Coverage in a blog post announcing my sponsor -  Value unknown
• Links in all blog posts relating to Cybermummy11 - Value £75
• Two posts dedicated to your product/service with links to your website – Value £150
• Advertising in the form of a button (or text link) in my sidebar until 1st July 2011 - Value £180
• Exposure to the mummy blogging community – Value unknown

Total: £405+

If you would like to be my sponsor for Cybermummy11, please get in touch to discuss the details: rosiescribble@gmail.com

Don't read this, read something else ...

Today, I am not here.

So I don't want you to read this.

I want you to read something else.

Not just anything else.

I have a particular post in mind.

Today I am featured on the BMB blog.

I have written a post about a difficult topic.

It was not an easy post to write.

It reveals more about me than I've ever written on any blog before.

It took me back to an existence I don't think about too much now.

I've moved on.

Thankfully.

But I'd like you to read it.

So don't read this, read something else ...

Click over to the BMB blog.

You'll find me there, just for today.

Thank you.

The Gallery: One day in August

This week's Gallery theme is: One day in August.

The idea is that we all take a photo on 29th August to mark one amazing day in the British Mummy Bloggers calender. The day three bloggers - Josie, Sian and Eva  - all fly off to Bangladesh for a week to help raise awareness of the work of Save the Children.

So to mark the occasion, we decided to send them a message:

 

Now, it may look like I have spent a Sunday afternoon busily cutting out pieces of card, sticking them on to pieces of paper, rubbing out the pencils marks and applying glitter.

I am able to say hand-on-heart, with two fingers crossed behind my back, this is all the work of a seven-year-old child.

CiderMummies

It was one of those occasions when you suddenly wonder if you have a large lump of spinach trapped between your front teeth, even though you haven't been eating spinach. That was how it felt arriving at Cybermummy a little late and more than a little nervous, yet I need not have worried. The day was a complete success. Friends were made, there were tears (yes, really) and lots of laughter. Few of us will forget this event for a very long time, for all the right reasons.

Photo credit: Tara Cain

Left to right: Jay, Josie, Tara, Me, Liz

For me, it was not so much about Cyberlabs or SEO tips, it was more about meeting real people in real life away from the computer screen and loving every minute of it. It was fabulous to meet the bloggers behind the blogs, to make new friends and to be reunited with friends I've known for a while.

Thanks to Ready for Ten, I was able to stay for a night at the hotel which meant I could spend time socialising, dining with new friends and enjoying a drink in the bar. For me that was the highlight, followed by the chance to have a lie-in on Sunday morning and read a newspaper in peace.

The fun and games continued after I left;  more than 'a little' alcohol was consumed and a good time was had by all.  It is likely that the prize I won in the draw at the end of the conference - a bottle of Tanqueray 10 Gin - will look highly unappealing to some so soon after the event, if the tired faces at breakfast were anything to go by!

 

I'll raise a glass to those who were there and those who weren't able to attend this time. I hope we can have more gatherings like this and more opportunities to meet in person. This is a wonderful community and I feel privileged to be a part of it.

Thanks to the organisers Sian, Susanna and Jen. Thanks to the anonymous sponsor who supplied my ticket, and thanks to Sarah and Charlotte at Ready for Ten for covering my travel and accommodation and for being great company over dinner. I still think my team should have won the pub quiz, mind.

Cheers to you all.

The Mum Blogger eBook by Erica Douglas: a review

The Mum Blogger eBook by Erica Douglas promises to provide you with the steps required to create your own blog. In actual fact, it does that and a whole lot more. And it is not just for mums who blog - it is a very valuable tool for anyone interested in starting a blog whether it be parenting, cooking or even business and for those looking to understand the mechanics of blogging a little more. I’ve read it. I think it is excellent, and I would highly recommend it.

The eBook is priced at £25. There is a discount code at the end of this post which gives you £5 off.

Erica’s eBook is broken into 25 short chapters designed so readers can work through it from beginning to end building up their knowledge bit by bit. There is a bonus chapter on monetising your blog for bloggers who consistently get more than 100 readers a day.