{"id":25178,"date":"2013-02-28T10:29:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T09:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=25178"},"modified":"2013-02-28T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T10:29:51","slug":"speedy-spotlight-mother-wife-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-mother-wife-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedy Spotlight: mother.wife.me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"An<\/a><\/b><\/span>mother.wife.me<\/span><\/a> is a blog featured in this week\u2019s Media Updates. Author Luci McQuitty Hindmarsh is passionate about charitable causes and has clear views on PRs offering to \u2018help out\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why should people read your blog?<\/span>
<\/b>Because it isn’t so much a parenting blog as a life and lifestyle blog written by a parent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In my blogosphere everyone is talking about<\/b><\/span> Comic Relief\u2019s 25th Anniversary Red Nose Day<\/a> and Save The Children’s ‘The Power Of The First Hour’<\/a> campaign because<\/b><\/span> many of us bloggers care deeply about using our blogs to support charitable causes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite blog and why?<\/span>
<\/b>The Bloggess<\/a> because of her irreverent comic genius \u2013 what looks like mindless babble is rarely ever just that. Oh that I could manage this, I am far more likely to just produce mindless babble.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How often do you aim to post?<\/span>
<\/b>I aim to post two to three times per week. Sometimes it goes up and sometimes it goes down, dependent on how inspired I am feeling and how much time I can devote to blogging around being a parent and freelance work projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How do you feel about guest posts?\u00a0<\/span>
<\/b>Paid for guest posts? Yip, I run these, but I always write them myself because I want to ensure the content is in keeping with my blog and enjoyable for my readers.<\/b><\/p>\n

PRs offering to write guest posts to ‘help me out’? Nah, I don’t like this. I\u2019ve been approached a few times recently to do this and it isn’t a concept that sits well with me. To me it seems like a bit of a sneaky way to get space for free. If you want space for your client on my blog and you don’t have a story that I can use editorially, then you need to pay me to write a sponsored post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How does a good PR work with you?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n