After reserving saucepans at Argos, I was plagued by a spammer with cancer charity email from Macmillan … According to a survey 70 per cent of us will not be taking part in ‘black friday’ sales because we are worried about the safety of giving out our personal details online. And it seems we are […]
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The Daily Record, a reporter called Keith McLeod and some nasty ‘journalism…’
Shocking footage shows how TWO male reporters from Daily Record ‘visited’ a young mum in her own home… It never ceases to amaze me how so many people believe local newspapers to be trustworthy and somehow ‘safer’ than the national press. But in my vast experience nothing is further than the truth and here’s some […]
Should you post photos of your kids on social media?
Oversharing? Is it time to stop posting so many personal photos of our children on sites such as Facebook and Instagram? Posting photos of our children on social media has become incredibly fashionable. Indeed I follow many very public profiles on Instagram where the focus is the children. And the information given by the parents […]
When The New York Post doesn’t pay – warning to freelancers.
How the New York Post used a copyrighted photo and the extraordinary battle to get paid. Unacceptable delay over payment Forced to email them over a dozen times – the story of Invoice 2942. When the New York Post emailed me desperate for a photo in what was the middle of the night in the UK, […]
Daily Star gets round copyright issue…
If the Daily Star newspaper and website wants to improve its circulation – it recently suffered a whopping 13% fall and now just sells 425,000 copies a day (while Google rarely brings up the Daily Star website in any sort of search) – then the way to do it is to honestly source more exclusives…
Courtney Adamo and the trend on giving your kids an old-fashioned childhood…
Courtney Adamo believes in little TV, no electronics and giving few new toys to her four children.
But will her children really grow up happier people? It’s become very trendy amongst middle-class parents to deny your kids access to computers, iPads and plastic toys. But I believe we should enjoy spoiling our kids sometimes – and not be made to feel guilty about it.
Is Trip Advisor deleting reviews for fear of being sued?
Something has happened recently to Trip Advisor. I’ve noticed lately the bad reviews have got fewer and the good ones have become more plentiful. There are also some surprising eateries at the top of Trip advisor…
What happens when publishers don’t honour payments?
If you’re an editor on a publication hoping that seasoned freelancers, agencies, journalists and agents will email you first with that great exclusive then I am afraid you must be nice. And being nice doesn’t mean taking that journo you value for the occasional pizza (while that is nice) it means ensuring you are fair. That means not changing the brief after you have received the piece and when someone has done the job – provided you with a story and photos – you pay them the agreed amount…
The nightmare that is Hostgator…
I have written this post to warn anyone having problems with Hostgator – it’s easier to migrate your site elsewhere than you think and don’t think it is you! And don’t waste your time trying to fit your website to work for them…
How mumblogging is being killed off by adverts…
Something insidious has happened to mummy blogs – which is rendering them boring and all alike – they have been taken over by tens adverts and sponsored posts.