Thames Valley Mums Blog

Blogher 09 Q&A with Jen Howze, Sian To and ExpatMum

A few BMB members made it over to Chicago last week to attend Blogher 09, the world's largest gathering of female bloggers. Jen Howze from Alpha Mummy, Sian To, who blogs at Yummy Mummy Tips, and Toni Hargis of Expatmum agreed to impart some of their knowledge.

The most interesting takeway from this was the validation that blogging is still a huge phenom. And to think someone said blogging is dead!

You can replay the event below. Thanks to everyone who participated.

This post was written by Susanna, a Thames Valley Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog, A ModernMother.

The quick start guide to creating a fab mummy blog

Mummy, or "mommy" blogging, a huge phenomenon in the US, is just starting to take hold in the UK. A staggering 36 million women worldwide participate in "blogosphere" every week and fifteen million women have their own blogs. A growing number of these women are British.

I've put together this guide to help mums who are interested in creating a blog, but have no idea where to start. I assume a bit of technical savvy (such as you know how to surf the Internet) but in no way do you have to be an IT expert. I'm not, and trust me, if I can do it, so can you.

So what are you waiting for? Sit back, have a read and get blogging!

Is blogging dead? Not on this side of the pond!

First, check out the Best of the British Mummy Bloggers Carnival. It's up over at Potty's and is a nice collection of cries tales from the trenches of motherhood.

Second, I read something the other day that is really bugging me.

Is blogging dead?

The debate is raging in blogosphere. Some prominent bloggers have decided to “retire” because, to sum it up, now that blogging has reached mainstream in the US, it’s not cool anymore.

Microblogging, such as Twitter, is now the “in” thing.