I was incredibly excited to hear that the Bloggers’ Lounge won best organisation PR and Communications blog 2014 at this year’s UK blog awards! Not only that, but an amazing section of bloggers were highly commended and won awards- here is the list of winners so you can take a look for yourself! Arts and Culture […]
Many of you blog on the go, so spending hours on the design and look of your site simply isn’t an option- until you make it as a full time blogger of course! Until that day, here are 5 quick fixes to give your blog a seamless professional feel without the hours of design work. […]
It’s great to be versatile and write about a range of topics- but stretching yourself too thinly could be detrimental to the quality and potential of your blog. Especially when you’re starting out, it’s certainly worth thinking about a small range of topics which work well together. Not only this, you need to remember that […]
Once you’ve secured yourself a brand collaboration the hard work is far from over. Usually a relationship will begin with something simple, like a review or a competition- the key is to not let this contact be the last. You need to make sure you build on this initial project so both you and the […]
This week our featured blogger is travel addict Gemma Fottles! Read on for her thoughts on travel blogging, the difficulties bloggers face and where she’d like to be in one year from now! To start, tell us a little about yourself and your blog! I’m 23 years old and after graduating uni in 2012, decided […]
If you’re working hard on your blog and posting a couple of times a week there are no doubts about it- there will come a time when you start to run out of new content ideas! It happens to the best of us, and it’s by no means the end of the world. With a […]
I’m certainly not discouraging spending time working on your blog, however there is a limit! With a little organisation there is no reason why you can’t continue producing the same quality of content but over less time. Really, unless your blog is in the middle of a huge overhaul there is no need for you […]
If your aim is to become professional blogger (or even if you already blog full time) it’s always useful to set yourself new goals every few months. Having something to work towards, even if it’s just a personal goal is incredibly important. Here are a few ideas to get you started! 1. Set up and […]
The blogosphere has been boiling over with talk of follow and no-follow links- particularly over the past 12 months, but what exactly are they and what does ‘follow’ or ‘no-follow’ mean? Here is a quick guide to linking, and when it might be time to use no-follow a link! What’s the big deal when it […]
Hopefully, there will come a time in your blogging career when you finally feel like you’re making it! It can be a long road, and sometimes things move so gradually you don’t even realise it’s time to really knuckle down and get serious about your blog! Here are a few signals to watch out for, […]