{"id":45783,"date":"2013-10-17T10:49:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=45783"},"modified":"2013-10-17T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T10:49:36","slug":"speedy-spotlight-casa-costello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-casa-costello\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedy Spotlight: Casa Costello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/casacostello.com\/\" title=\"Casa Costello\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Costello<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">will be featured in today\u2019s Media Updates. Author<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CasaCostello\" title=\"Casa Costello\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Costello<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">spoke to Cision about cakes, advice for newbie bloggers and being a member of the WI.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Casa-Costello-250x232.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Costello blogger\" width=\"225\" height=\"209\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-45784\" \/>Why should people read your blog?<\/span><br \/><\/b>It is a good mix of recipes, family fun and lifestyle posts but most of all luscious baking projects and to-die-for cakes! I love to write and hopefully my blog posts come across exactly as if I&#8217;m actually there talking.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">What makes your blog different?<\/span><br \/><\/b>I try to go that bit further with my recipes \u2013 the pictures must always look brilliant but quite often there are tutorials to help readers be able to achieve the same cakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">What&#8217;s your favourite blog and why?<\/span><br \/><\/b>Too difficult a question! I love blogs with a wide variety of content, brilliant pictures, that don&#8217;t take themselves too seriously. But most of all, they must include cake! I want to be <a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/\" title=\"The Pioneer Woman\" target=\"_blank\">The Pioneer Woman<\/a> when I grow up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>What advice would you give to someone who wants to start a blog?<\/b><\/span><br \/> Just have a go \u2013 don&#8217;t worry too much about who might be reading. I&#8217;m much more natural when I&#8217;m enjoying myself and blogging because I have the urge to write\/bake.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">How does a good PR work with you?<\/span><br \/><\/b>Keep communicating. Use my name rather than calling me &#8216;Blogger&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">What do PRs do that&#8217;s bad?<\/span><br \/><\/b>I&#8217;ve always found that by being myself and keeping talking, I get on just fine with my PR contacts. I do like it when I get feedback from PR people when I&#8217;ve done posts for them though.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Do you have any surprising hobbies or interests?<\/span><br \/><\/b>I do help run our local WI, does that count? I am neither old nor do I do naked calendars \u2013 not your stereotypical WI member!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Editorial information on Casa Costello, Helen Costello and thousands of other media outlets and contacts can be found in the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/cisionpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"CisionPoint\"><b>CisionPoint<\/b><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/media-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Media Database\"><b>Media Database<\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casa Costello will be featured in today\u2019s Media Updates. Author Helen Costello spoke to Cision about cakes, advice for newbie bloggers and being a member of the WI. 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