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Cybermummy 2011

Posted by cafebebemama on Nov 22, 2010 in Cybermummy 2011 | 9 comments

Last year I attended the FIRST EVER blogging conference in the UK, Cybermummy. Cybermummy 2010 was such a phenominal success that Cybermummy 2011 is already in the diary. Saturday, June 25, 2011, loads of bloggers will descend upon central London en masse to learn, laugh, network and celebrate. Cybermummy 2011 is going to rock!

The venue this year? The Brewery! Yes, that’s right! A former brewery for a bunch of rowdy bloggers. Perfect selection I would say! There will be workshops, networking opportunities, sponsors, food and beverage (possibly beer related??) and making new friendships and renewing old!

As the date and subsequent information was released bloggers all over the UK started planning and plotting! Everyone looked at their bank accounts and tried to figure out if they could afford it themselves. A lot of bloggers began preparing “media guides” to request sponsorship from major brands, PR’s and companies. This became quite popular for the last Cybermummy conference so everyone is ready for this year.

Last year I put myself forward for sponsorship, if you’ll recall. Suddenly at the last minute, a generous “anonymous benefactor” came forward to send me to Cybermummy 2010. I still have no idea who was so generous as to send Cafe Bebe to the “ball” but I thank you. I’ve been contemplating sponsorship this year and have started to worry that maybe everyone would be sponsored before I even got a chance to put together my media pack.

I needn’t have worried though. Without so much as a vlog appeal, I received an email in the inbox today from the lovely PR representing Lego/Duplo. You see, along with several other outstanding bloggers, I have been enlisted as a Leg0/Duplo Expert…as you do! I’ll be bringing you the latest and greatest in Lego and Duplo products from the Little Miss perspective. I am envisioning the Flip camera being dusted off for a few VLOG reviews. Anyway, I digress.

Lego/Duplo have generously agreed to sponsor the Lego/Duplo Experts for Cybermummy 2011! That’s right folks, I’m going to Cybermummy! How very, very exciting! I plan to bring you loads of reports in the months leading up to Cybermummy & will be reporting (and maybe live blogging) from the event itself. You won’t have to miss a second. I know, you’re thrilled aren’t you?! Well, I am and that’s all that matters!

So thank you very kindly to Lego/Duplo! I have spelled out my thanks in Lego/Duplo blocks and characters on our living room carpet. Please admire my creativity once again!

Adopt a Mummy Blogger

Posted by cafebebemama on Mar 22, 2010 in Blogger Love, Vlog Posts | 3 comments

Cafe Bebe Mama courtesy of @mummytips

The UK Parent Blogging community has a very exciting event on the horizon- CyberMummy is coming on 3 July, 2010! Taking place at the Ibis London Earls Court, CyberMummy will be bringing together the UK’s best and brightest parent bloggers for an educational and networking conference. The one day event will have amazing speakers on a variety of technical subjects as well as bloggers who will be sharing their own expertise. It’s going to be THE place to be for UK Parent Bloggers…who wouldn’t want to go?

Well, I’d like to go! I’d like to learn and network and share. However, as a Mummy Blogger who is also a Stay-At-Home-Mum in a one-income family, the conference fee is a bit steep for our family budget. The ticket for CyberMummy is a mere £80 which is quite a good rate for an all-day conference. £80 is a good week’s grocery shop for my family. It’s not fair to take £80 away from my amazing Little Miss and wonderful hubby even if it means that Mummy gets a day away to learn and schmooze.

I thought that I would let the legions of PR’s and companies who are beating down the door at Cafe Bebe get the chance to SPONSOR me to attend CyberMummy. The PR/Company would pay for my £80 CyberMummy ticket and if they’re feeling really gracious, consider reimbursing me for any train travel to London and back. In return, PR’s/Companies will get the following from me:

• A mention and logo placement in any posts about CyberMummy including any live blogging/tweeting on the day of the Conference.
• The chance to meet me, the 67th ranked parent blog in the Tots 100 Index, at the conference (provided you spend the £250 ticket fee for PR’s…you can write that off on your expense account…it’s no biggie is it??) and have a chat about your clients/programmes/services/products which might be of interest to me at Cafe Bebe.
• An opportunity to run a small advert/banner on my blog from April 15 to August 31
• A blogger with integrity and a fairly decent following.

You will NOT get the following from me if you should choose to sponsor me:

• A blogger who will sell her soul for anything offered. I have standards and will not support JUST anything or anyone.
• I WILL NOT WEAR A T-SHIRT SAYING “SPONSORED BY…”! I may not have an exceptional fashion sense but come on…no way!
• A blogger who automatically says yes to every press release or product review. If it fits with me, my family and my readers I’ll consider your “pitch” but I guarantee that I won’t say “HOW HIGH” if you ask me to “JUMP”.
• You won’t get the UK’s top blogger or even one with 10,000 hits a day. You will get a blogger who is an active Twitter-er (I am a PERSONA, so says Klout), a very active writer (averaging 5.4 posts per week) and a very hard worker.

I’ve carried on too long now…let me speak for myself! If you like what you read and you enjoy my vlog post which follows and would like to sponsor me to attend CyberMummy 2010 in London on 3 July, get in contact with me through the Contact Us page on the top of the homepage OR leave me a comment. I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your time & generosity!