{"id":82190,"date":"2015-10-27T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=82190"},"modified":"2015-10-27T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:28:23","slug":"judging-panel-for-the-vuelio-blog-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/judging-panel-for-the-vuelio-blog-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging panel for the Vuelio Blog Awards announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vuelio is pleased to introduce the four distinguished media, PR and communications experts who will head the judging panel for the inaugural Vuelio Blog Awards!<\/p>\n

Says Charlie O\u2019Rourke, managing director, Vuelio: \u2018We are honoured to bring together a talented group of professionals at the top of their game, whose expertise, insight and all-round fine taste make them the perfect judges of what represents\u00a0the very best in UK blogging.’<\/p>\n

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Panel of Judges:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Siobhan Freegard <\/strong>OBE, founder of\u00a0Netmums, the country\u2019s largest parenting website.<\/p>\n

Ben\u00a0Smith<\/strong>, founder of PRmoment, leading PR and communications publication<\/p>\n

Neil Stinchcombe, <\/strong>director of Eskenzi PR<\/p>\n

Julie Hermans<\/strong>, media researcher at Vuelio<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The panel will be chaired by\u00a0Paul Miller<\/strong>, head of digital strategy at Vuelio.<\/p>\n

Meet the Judges:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Siobhan Freegard<\/strong>\u00a0is the founder of\u00a0Netmums<\/a>, the country\u2019s largest parenting website with a unique network of\u00a0151 local websites\u00a0and\u00a0300 national groups\u00a0for mums to meet offline, alongside\u00a02,300\u00a0parent\u00a0bloggers\u00a0and over 8 million unique users each month.<\/p>\n

Siobhan is the author of the book\u00a0How to be a Happy Mum<\/em>, published by\u00a0Headline. Headline published six other\u00a0Netmums\u00a0parenting books under Siobhan’s guidance.<\/p>\n

In 2011 Siobhan and her co-founders sold\u00a0Netmums\u00a0to\u00a0Axel Springer-owned French women\u2019s publisher Aufeminin\u00a0<\/sup>but she remained as managing director until September 2014 when she stepped down from her position to start a YouTube community for mums, called Channel Mum.<\/p>\n

Siobhan was awarded an\u00a0OBE\u00a0in the\u00a02013 New Years Honours List\u00a0for services to families,\u00a0which was presented to her in March 2014 at Buckingham Palace by\u00a0Prince William<\/p>\n

Siobhan is a regular commentator on parenting issues in the media, with her comments appearing regularly in\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/em>,\u00a0The Sun<\/em>,\u00a0The Times<\/em>\u00a0and on daytime television shows including\u00a0Loose Women<\/em>,\u00a0BBC Breakfast<\/em>,\u00a0Sky News<\/em>,\u00a0Lorraine<\/em>,\u00a0ITV Daybreak<\/em>,\u00a0ITV News<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0This Morning<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Ben\u00a0Smith<\/strong>\u00a0is the founder of the\u00a0PR\u00a0and communications title,\u00a0PRmoment<\/a>.\u00a0Ben\u00a0started the\u00a0PR\u00a0Moment\u00a0in June 2009, bringing together his experience of the\u00a0PR\u00a0industry and his passion for publishing what people really want to read about.\u00a0Ben\u00a0has a deep knowledge of the\u00a0PR\u00a0market \u2013 having worked previously at PRWeek and on the consultancy side. He understands\u00a0PR\u00a0both from writing about it and actually doing it.<\/p>\n

Ben\u00a0is a passionate supporter of the sector. He believes that the importance of public relations to the world\u2019s organisations has never been so great, and that this importance will only increase. We are living in a golden age of\u00a0PR: publishers have an almost insatiable appetite for content,\u00a0PR\u00a0people can help brands tell their stories and organisations have never been so concerned about trust.<\/p>\n

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Prior to becoming a director with Eskenzi PR<\/a>, Neil Stinchcombe<\/strong> was the European Financial Director and MD of the French subsidiary of software development company Datawatch. As a result, he brings a unique first-hand view of working in the IT market. He has also worked on corporate strategy, reporting directly to board level at NASDAQ (Datawatch) and London Stock Exchange quoted companies (Tate & Lyle plc and WPP plc). Whilst at Eskenzi PR, Neil has worked with clients in the following sectors: Information Security, Broadcast, Telecoms, e-business, wireless, mobile data, electronics and billing systems. Neil is also on the UK Advisory Board for ISSA, as well as a member of ISACA and ISSA.<\/p>\n

In the PR Week Most Rated Agencies by the journalists Neil was described as ‘Always fast off the mark and helpful’, ‘A man with a real drive for excellence in PR’, \u201cNo shrinking violet and his determination in ensuring his clients are at the top of the agenda is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Neil isn\u2019t working overtime for his clients, checking the books and overseeing the computer systems he is striving to become an advanced practitioner in NLP and learning to cope with an entirely female household and office!<\/p>\n

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Julie Hermans<\/strong>\u00a0is Vuelio’s resident blog expert and is responsible for the UK’s market-leading blogger database.\u00a0She\u00a0has a degree in English and Film and moved from working an events background to join the company in 2012. She\u00a0manages the #vuelio10, a weekly ranking of the top ten blogs in various industries, ranging from Fashion to Gadgets, and also interviews key bloggers for the company blog.<\/p>\n

She was a speaker at the first #CambMeetUp where she spoke about the blogging industry and the benefits of joining the Vuelio network.<\/div>\n
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Working day in and day out with the blogosphere, Julie definitely knows what makes a great blog!.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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