The Blogger’s Corner series is an interview series featuring advice and experience from bloggers whose blogs are older than six months.
If you would like to take part, you can find all of the details here.
This week, we have the lovely Claire from Bumps, Babies, Tots and Teens Mummy Diaries
1 Introduce yourself
Hi there, I’m Claire Rocks. I’m 33, wife and mummy to 5 handsome boys. I am an OFSTED registered childminder and mummy blogger.
2 Tell us a little bit about your blog
My blog is Bumps, Babies, Tots and Teens Mummy Diaries. My blog is an insight into our personal, family and business life.
Here we will share with you our life stories, experiences, mistakes, life lessons, celebrations, the struggles, the trials and tribulations of daily life.
As a parent we encourage positivity as well as provide support for those in need We love nothing more than getting the most out of live and embracing who we are and celebrating our uniqueness.
I want to offer help to other parents from mums to be and parents to babies, tots and teens.
3 What can your readers learn from your blog?
My readers can learn a lot from myself and my blog. I promote positivity and hope to inspire other parents that they are actually doing a great job. I hope to share valuable life lessons, hints and tips to make life that little bit easier and more enjoyable.
4 What’s your favourite thing about blogging?
My favourite thing about blogging is knowing that people are actually visiting my blog and reading it. That maybe I am actually helping someone out there.
5 And your least favourite thing about blogging?
My least favourite thing about blogging is actually finding time between working full time and being a full time mummy of 5 to fit time in to write quality content for my readers.
6 Tell us one random fact about you
As a child I danced from the age of 3 up to 17. I won many titles and trophies from dancing competitions.
7 If you could only blog about one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
If I could only blog about one thing for the rest of my life, it would definitely still be parenting related. Us as parents are our children’s first teacher. If we get it right then we together can raise the next generation of well-rounded adults that are prepared for the outside world.
Giving our children the right attitude, confidence and power to believe in themselves. Together we can make a change.
8 What was the hardest part of starting your blog and why?
The hardest part of staring my blog was definitely knowing what to do. It’s not as easy as just signing up to WordPress and off you go. There’s things such as marketing, production, networking etc. to consider. It can be very time consuming and for myself, time is precious.
9 If you could give new bloggers one piece of advice, what would it be?
If I had one piece of advice for a new blogger it would be don’t get disheartened if you don’t get many views or your social media isn’t getting as many like as you would like. It does take time.
Set yourself goals. Know where you want to go with your blog and set yourself small goals and plans to achieve to get you there. This is a journey and journeys take time.
10 Is there anything you know now that you wish you’d known in the beginning?
Oh my goodness, there’s loads of things. But mainly I wish I’d know about the blogger communities and how helpful and supportive other bloggers are. They all have each other’s backs and are willing to help each other.
11 Do you have any long term goals for your blog?
Yes, I do have long term goals for my blog, but right now I’m working on the small things. Lots of tweaking, changing, learning. I’m still at the start of my blogging journey.
12 Who’s your blogging hero?
My blogging hero is Aby Moore over at You Baby, Me Mummy. She has a blogger community on Facebook, which is amazingly supportive, Mamapreneur Revolution
13 What’s your favourite social media network and why?
My favourite social media network is Instagram. I love Instagram as it’s very in the moment. Snapshots of people’s lives with the opportunity to read and write stories behind the photos.
14 Anything else you want to share with us?
Just believe in yourself. If you want it, work for it, it’s that simple.
15 Where can we find you? (blog link and links to any social media)
You can find me on my blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Pinterest.
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