{"id":35140,"date":"2013-06-12T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T08:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=35140"},"modified":"2013-06-12T09:22:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T09:22:24","slug":"speedy-spotlight-barkingside-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-barkingside-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedy Spotlight: Barkingside 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/barkingside21.blogspot.co.uk\/\" title=\"Barkingside 21\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Alan-Howe1-183x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Howe, white hat blue shirt\" width=\"183\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35144\" \/>Barkingside 21<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">is featured in this week\u2019s Media Updates. Editor Alan Howe spoke to Cision about the environment, guest posting and getting paid.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why should people read your blog?<\/strong><\/span><br \/> To quote a local reporter: \u2018We love your blog, you write the stuff we are not allowed to\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The most important issue in your blogosphere is\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The environment. It impacts on just about everything else. We need to look after it; it\u2019s the only life support system we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What&#8217;s your favourite blog and why?<\/strong><\/span><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/gaianeconomics.blogspot.co.uk\/\" title=\"Gaian Economics\" target=\"_blank\">Gaian Economics<\/a>. Why? Read the masthead.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How often do you aim to post?<\/strong><\/span><br \/> Currently running about once every two days (ish).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How do you feel about guest posts?<\/strong><\/span><br \/> Relaxed. I usually solicit them from people I know. I do use PRs sometimes but not a lot. It has to be something I can put something of me into. <a href=\"http:\/\/barkingside21.blogspot.co.uk\/2011\/07\/plumb-green.html\" title=\"Barkingside 21 post\" target=\"_blank\">Like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How does a good PR work with you?<\/strong><\/span><br \/> They pay me. We got \u00a350 from <a href=\"http:\/\/holler.co.uk\/\" title=\"Holler\" target=\"_blank\">Holler<\/a> last summer towards our energy bike fund.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What do PRs do that&#8217;s bad?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Send me bit heavy photos and don\u2019t provide an unsubscribe link.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Editorial information on Barkingside 21, Alan Howe and thousands of other media outlets and contacts can be found in the<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><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>Barkingside 21 is featured in this week\u2019s Media Updates. Editor Alan Howe spoke to Cision about the environment, guest posting and getting paid.\u00a0 Why should people read your blog? 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