16 things I learned at Blog Camp
I spent yesterday at my 3rd Blog Camp event. As ever it was full of insights, fun and cake. But we were also there […]
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10 ways to make money from your blog without running sponsored posts
This blog is my hobby. I don’t run it as a business, I run it for fun. But I do get work off the back […]
So your child wants a blog
So many parents have asked me about children’s blogging recently – looks like that kid with the school dinner blog has really sparked something in the […]
In conversation with Zoe Williams
I first encountered Zoe Williams over a dozen years ago. I was working for Carlton TV as a producer for Thursday Night Live (a current affairs […]
What Cybher taught me about blogging success
OK I know I promised you lots of hot blogging tips from Cybher, but as it turned out, it wasn’t that sort of day […]
What to wear to blogger events
There is mucho flappage going on in blogland about what to wear to the upcoming blogger events including Cybher, this weekend’s BlogCamp and BritMums Live. […]
Mistakes I made when I started blogging
I have now been writing this blog for 5 years. The done thing at times like this seems to be to slap the ugly word ‘blogaversary’ […]
The next evolution of parent blogs
First the parents came, and they blogged about their kids and it was good (actually, some of it was a bit tedious, but why let […]
PRs, bloggers and blaggers – the journalist’s perspective
You would have to be either asleep or off on a bloggers’ press trip to miss the debate that’s been rumbling throughout this weekend. […]
Bloggers, what are your rules for reviews?
Recently an ITV children's programme was censured by media regulator Ofcom for giving too positive a review to a product.
Let's hope Ofcom never start looking too closely at blog reviews, because when did you ever read one of those that was less than glowing?
I understand why that's the case – bloggers spend our own time writing reviews without pay. So why would you want to waste your efforts writing about something that you're not enthusiastic about?
Ever since I started doing more reviews on this blog, I have been thinking about what my review policy is. This is what I've come up with so far. I would love to hear what guidelines you stick to when you do reviews.