{"id":27157,"date":"2013-03-21T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=27157"},"modified":"2013-03-21T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T11:11:12","slug":"speedy-spotlight-mellow-mummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-mellow-mummy\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedy Spotlight: Mellow Mummy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mellowmummy.co.uk\/\">Mellow Mummy<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">is featured in this week\u2019s Media Updates. Author<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jumblyMummy\" title=\"Emma Button on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Button<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">talked to Cision about Google+, guest posts from brands and the clarity of PR.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mellow-Mummy.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mellow-Mummy-e1363864227385-250x164.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Button and her children\" title=\"Speedy Spotlight: Mellow Mummy\" width=\"250\" height=\"164\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27167\" \/><\/a>Why should people read Mellow Mummy?<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<br \/> For a no-nonsense, non-mumsie record of life as a UK working mum of two.\u00a0Most people come to my blog to read the reviews I write of mother and baby products, and the occasional pampering health and beauty product for mum.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>In my blogosphere everyone is talking about<\/b><\/span> Google+ <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>because:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0it is where the conversation is right now.\u00a0It\u2019s easy to use and easy to talk to others.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>What\u2019s your favourite blog and why?<\/b><\/span>\u00a0I enjoy reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.methemanandthebaby.com\/\" title=\"Me,The Man and the Baby\" target=\"_blank\">Me, The Man &amp; The Baby<\/a> because Emma\u2019s two boys are almost exactly the same age as my two girls and it is nice to know that there is someone out there going through the same thing as you, at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>How often do you aim to post?<\/b><\/span> I like to post at least three times during the working week and I post two reviews every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>How do you feel about guest posts?<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Guest posts from other bloggers do great things for my blog and theirs.\u00a0I enjoy posting guest posts from brands if they are really closely tied to the content of my blog and if they are for brands and services that I know and love.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>How does a good PR work with you?<\/b><\/span> A good PR sets clear expectations on what they would like from you and when they would like it, right from day one of a campaign. The PRs I most enjoy working with know who I am and what I do outside of my blog; they understand that I blog for a hobby, not as a job.\u00a0The campaigns I most enjoy are either ones which really draw on my \u2018expertise\u2019 as a mum, or which encourage creativity rather than just posting about a topic or event. Recipes, craft challenges and interactive content all work well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>What do PRs do that\u2019s bad?<\/b><\/span> I don\u2019t like to simply receive an anonymous press release.\u00a0I know there are blogs out there where \u2018news\u2019 is published but most personal blogs need some real-life context. Personally, I prefer it if what the PR expects in response is made REALLY clear on the first contact. Have they contacted bloggers because they want you to perform a review? Because they would like you to start a conversation about a brand? Or because they want you to write about their \u2018news\u2019?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Editorial information on Mellow Mummy, Emma Button and thousands of other media outlets and contacts can be found in the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><a title=\"CisionPoint\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/cisionpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\">CisionPoint<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"Cision's Media Database\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/media-database\/\" target=\"_blank\">Media Database<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mellow Mummy is featured in this week\u2019s Media Updates. Author Emma Button talked to Cision about Google+, guest posts from brands and the clarity of PR. 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