CyberMummy 2011 Sponsorship Opportunity

I'm really excited about CyberMummy, the UK’s premier blogging conference devoted to parent bloggers. The conference takes place on Saturday June 25th 2011 in London. It will be a fantastic opportunity for the Alexander Residence to network and gain inspiration, but also holds immense potential for brands looking for an ambassador.  I can be your ears and eyes at this high profile event and keep you up to date on what's happening in the parent blogging community.  I'm looking for sponsorship to attend, and here's what I can offer in return:

I am looking for sponsorship to cover:

Conference Ticket – £80
Train  – £80
Hotel – £130

Total - £290

In return I can offer a unique package made up of a combination from the following:

• A blog or vlog post/s about your product / brand and a giveaway.
• Links to your site or service on Twitter and Facebook and in all my Cybermummy posts.
• A badge or an advert on Alexander Residence's sidebar during 2011
• Creative consultation on working with bloggers
• Original copy for your website
• Local media coverage if relevant - I live in the second highest concentration of under fives in the UK

I am an English and Drama graduate, a trained Drama and Media teacher, a creativity in education consultant, a creative writing student and, of course, a MUM to a four year old girl and a two year old boy.  I will make a creative and confident ambassador for your brand, both in writing and in person.
 
Alexander Residence won a BritMums Brilliance in Blogging award in January and continues to grow. Alexander Residence is in the Wikio top 100 Parenting blogs and has been nominated in eight categories for the forthcoming  MADs blog awards.  I am one of the handpicked vloggers working for Britmums and a member of the select team reviewing products on behalf on Netmums. 

Please click on my PR and Contact pages to find out more about me and to receive more information.

On Brilliance and Bravery

Not quite sure what  to do with this week.  'A sad happy day in the Alexander Residence' I think I tweeted.  Here is the only way I have found to explain it, a bleat from behind the tweet...

I want to say a huge thanks for the votes and the award.   I couldn't believe I was nominated, never mind winning the Fresh Voice category.  I am surrounded by brilliance at every turn, constantly in awe of amazing blogs.

The award was a lovely shiny beacon of happiness in a week which has been one of the worst in my life.  My mum has brain cancer.  I haven't blogged about this, because the blog is one of my coping mechanisms.  Last week she was admitted to hospital, became very sleepy and today, for the first time, the word hospice was spoken.  She has put up an amazing fight against a very aggressive form of cancer.  I have had a lot longer to come to terms with this than I thought I would, two and a half years.

I haven't been blogging very long, but I feel hugely supported by this community.  I am surrounded by so much brilliance.   Blogging and tweeting help to keep me going, the jokes, the banter.  Which is why I have been avoiding talking about cancer here, I don't want to alter things.   But then it became like a huge bubble of subtext which was ready to burst.  Sad news is weird, people stop talking to you.  I feel like I am taking a gamble here....Please please keep talking to me.  I have stumbled on new blogs before when people have been going through bad times and not been sure if it was invading.  You're not. 

I may be a bit raw, all over the place but I intend to blog through this.   Probably more about the normal stuff than the bad stuff, because that's how I deal with it.  My good friend whose sister lived through cancer told me cancer needs a box, you can take it out of the box, explore it, think about it, cry about it, but then it has to go back in the box. 

Dedicating the award to My Mum x