We love a bit of self care here at UKBA HQ – it’s vital to being successful, to striving for greatness and to get more out of you. So we’re going to dive straight into these questions right now: Do you love you? #Bloghour Do you take care of you? #Bloghour What is the value of self care to you as a blogger? #Bloghour How do you give yourself that self care time? #Bloghour Do you struggle to ‘carve out’ that self care time? #Bloghour What is your ultimate self-care treat? #Bloghour See you tonight at 9pm over on Twitter! The post #Bloghour -Being kind to yourself appeared first on UK ..read more

It’s a really tough question for us here at the UK Blog Awards – we love doing new things, throwing ourselves into exciting projects and just generally filling up our diary! But what happens when something is no longer working for you anymore? We’re not talking about money…we’re talking about something not making you happy, not fulfilling you and not really congruent with your values any longer. Have you ever had that? Have you experienced that before? Let’s discuss this topic and see how you’ve handled those issues! Q1) Have you ever found yourself going down a path you don’t want to ..read more

We’ve touched on it several times before but we really do care about how lonely it can get as a blogger. Being at home alone a lot writing content CAN get monotinous….not to mention can staunch creativity. So we want to talk about all of the ways a blogger can get around people, get into creative spaces and meet fellow creatives to create that tall important buzz! Q1) Do you have a space you can go to, to write? (we’re thinking a Costa, WeWork etc) – share the location and any links if you can please! #Bloghour Q2) What/where is your favourite spot for ‘getting creative’? #Bloghour Q3 ..read more

Thought leadership is a bit of a buzz word isn’t it? A lot of people like to call themselves thought leaders, and they even go around putting it on their LinkedIn profile…but what does it actually mean? Is ‘being a thought leader’ an important thing? We want know what you really think about it. ​Q1) What does thought leadership mean to you? #Bloghour ​Q2) What is the commercial benefit to being a thought leader? #Bloghour Q3) Who can call themselves a thought leader? (and how?) #Bloghour Q4) What do you need to know and do to enter the realms of thought leadership? #Bloghour Q5) Do you ..read more

Now this might not be the right word for it and you might have your own word for ‘feeling down.’ This is what we want to discuss tonight at 9pm on Twitter for our #bloghour. Our word is blue, but let us explain WHAT we’re talking about, because that might help a bit… You know those days (or weeks) when you’re just feeling down? You can’t energise yourself, you can’t motivate, you feel so low and perhaps a little teary. You want to be alone and the thought of ‘being on,’ feels overwhelming? We’re not talking about an ongoing level of depression, although that is awful and we want to reach out ..read more

Ok, we’re sorry for the delay in getting this out but we’ve had much too much fun frolicking in the sun! Which got us to thinking about our #bloghour topic for tonight….. How do. you maximise the summer for your blog….. that’s right, a tenuous link perhaps but we’re going with it. Join us tonight at 9pm to discuss! Q1) How do you ‘use’ the glorious British weather to your blogging advantage? Q2) Does all of the summer events and generally merriment impact the content you write? Q3) Is your blog content dependant on where you are and what’s going on at all? (If not why not?) Q4) Wh ..read more

It is a bloggers’ greatest currency – their following. Call it what you will, readership, following, fans, tribe etc. It doesn’t matter the size, if there is a group of individuals out there who regularly follow your content or posts and LOVE what you do then you’ve got a….something. (For the purposes of this article let’s call it a following.) So what do you do with it? Are there opportunities being left on the table with this incredible group of people who love what you say? We want to explore that in depth during our Bloghour. Q1) Do you think you have a following? (no matter how small ..read more

And just like slim shady…we’re back! (Oooo dear a very aged pun.) Last night was amazing – we loved hearing about your journeys with your blogs, whether they were businesses from the start or hobbies that became businesses…so inspirational. Tonight we’re BACK again – that’s right, for another chat about your blog and your future. This time we want to get a little bit more specific. Q1) Which social media platform do you want to ‘dominate’ on in order to grow your blog in the next 12 months? #Bloghour Q2) Are there any design/layout updates you want to make to your website that you curre ..read more

You read that right, because we couldn’t host last weeks #bloghour we’ve decided to do a 2 parter this week! YAY This week we’re talking about you, your future, your goals and just generally getting us all excited as we move into the second half of the year. Whether you’re a full time blogger or you’re doing this as a hobby – having clear goals and a road map for your content and brand is only going to make your life easier. So let’s just dive straight in shall we? Q1) How do you see your blog – business/hobby? (or somewhere in between) #Bloghour Q2) Where do you want your blog to be in 1 ..read more

In the wake of the UK Blog Awards and our announcement of 27 incredible winners and 27 fantastic Highly Commended bloggers, it’s not hard to believe that the remaining finalists might be feeling less than a winner now. BUT one thing we believe here at the UK Blog Awards is that the actual accolade of a UK Blog Award is actually NOT THAT IMPORTANT (yep you read that right) what we focus on so much more here at UKBA is the community and camaraderie that we build throughout our 27 categories and almost 10,000 entrants! By hosting our weekly #bloghour, working on being more and more inclusive ..read more