Blogging Tips n Tricks
Valerie Khoo – 7 Rules to Kick Ass Writing
Valerie Khoo, guru of all things writing, held a webinar a few months ago for the Digital Parents community aptly titled 7 Rules to Kick Ass Writing. Here is the link to the webinar but below I've just summarised the basics. KNOW YOUR READER Age Gender Income – Socio … [Read More...]
Tech Speak
Nicole Avery – Blog Coaching Boost Summary
This is just a fraction of Nicole Avery’s workshop she conducted at the Digital Parents Conference. But it is a start with some pointers to get you thinking. Now if you missed the workshop but want to really explore making your blog work for you, you can always visit her site www.blogcoachingboost.com Blogging Goals What… [Continue Reading]
My Blog My Story
New Life On The Road
New Life on the Road is a blog site that has been online for just over a year. It’s a new site, but it has a lot of “New Life” added since it started. You see the reason we started our blog was to share our journey of how we decided to change our whole family’s life! Actually it was one … [Read More...]
Digital Parenting
Do You Suffer From Mumory?
Prior to having children I had a pretty reasonable memory. It wasn’t a bionic memory by any stretch of the imagination but I was capable of remembering birthdays, appointments and general tasks I’d set myself. Since having kids my memory seems to have…escaped me. I now have a different kind of memory. I can remember… [Continue Reading]
Featured Posts
From The Editor April 2012
Welcome to the April Edition of the Digital Parents Blogazine. Well I’ve had a busy couple of months working on the Digital Parents Conference and this week we are all basking the in the afterglow. So as you can imagine plenty of content in this edition is focused on that. Last edition we had a… [Continue Reading]
Digital Parents Conference 2012 – The Wrap Up
It’s done. It’s dusted. I’m buggered. But wasn’t it good? I was working alongside Brenda Gaddi, founder of the Digital Parents Conference, as well as Kirrily Whatman and Trae Flett to bring the Digital Parents Conference to fruition on 30 March 2012 in Melbourne. As the Session Co-ordinator I… [Continue Reading]
Norton One – Membership Program
Remember the little pop up Norton window that would always come up warning you possibility of something sinister happening on your machine? Well that doesn’t exist anymore the good people from Norton assure me. In fact they’ve grown in leaps and bounds and now Norton One, while they do still sell antivirus… [Continue Reading]
Find Your Value Proposition
What your value proposition actually is? Why do we need to know our value proposition? Simply it will help you stay on track and focussed in the direction you want your blog to take. It is important to know your value proposition is know what makes you special, unique and stand out from other bloggers…. [Continue Reading]
You’re Just Big Boned
I quite often get the comments from people, oh you’re not that big or you’re just big boned. I know everyone is not meant to be a size 10. I am a curvy girl, I have very broad shoulders and “baby bearing” hips. But I let it get out of control. My Emotions play a… [Continue Reading]
Digital Double Standards?
“So not fair!” cried my almost 11-year-old as she stomped to her room. I waited for the slammed door; she didn’t disappoint. The cause of my “Oh no, you don’t”, and her outcry leered from my pc screen – my name above one of my stories. I write. Have done since I was a kid… [Continue Reading]
Omega Delight
I love seafood, I do. Could have something to do with my Mediterranean background. My mother would bake fish with potatoes in a tomato based sauce; roll fish in some flour and fry it; or squeeze some lemon, add some pepper and put it on the BBQ. So when I was invited to by Nature’s… [Continue Reading]
Whooping Cough – Community Responsibility
I’m all for freedom of belief, faith, culture and especially speech. I also believe in not forcing one’s view(s) onto another – I don’t presume to know the reasoning behind your decisions, don’t presume to know mine. But when a decision you make impacts on the health of my children, then we’re in a whole… [Continue Reading]
The PRs Speak Part 3
In line with the theme of the Digital Parents Unplugged, the Digital Parents Blogazine has contacted various Public Relations companies for their thoughts in dealing with bloggers. In this final part, we have the views from Ogilvy 360 and Switched On Media How do you pick your… [Continue Reading]
Emotional Eater
This is my heaven….. And i wish it wasn’t. Today I have started to take the first steps in dealing with this. I have lived as an emotional eater for some time now. I guess there are a few people out there who know that I binge, but for most I try to hide it…. [Continue Reading]
