Speakers at CyberMummy: Linda Jones

Another great speaker has confirmed: Linda Jones will be lending her expertise on our panel "Working with brands and the tricky business of making money".

Linda Jones blogs at http://www.gotyourhandsfull.com/ and http://www.havealovelytime.com/ - she's the director of Midlands agency Passionate Media (http://www.passionatemedia.co.uk/) and leads regular popular workshops for writers and bloggers, as well as for businesses and organisations who want to learn how to make the most of social media.

Linda began blogging in 2006 and believes it's a key part of a writer's professional output. She incorporated first steps to blogging in her 2007 book, the modestly-titled Greatest Freelance Writing Tips in the World. Linda has worked with major UK and international brands as a social media consultant and also works with smaller businesses and organisations to help them maximise their income from social media through compelling and authentic blogs.

Join Linda at 2pm for what promises to be an illuminating and interesting discussion on how to combine writing and money-making via your blog.

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Last-chance saloon: act now to get the early-bird rate

Tickets are flying off the shelves here at CyberMummy, with bloggers from all over securing their slot at the conference on July 3!

I've read a lot of Tweets and comments from folks saying they'd like to come but they're on the fence. Now's the time to do it! After 11:50pm tonight prices go up from £80 to £100.

Even if you're on the hunt for a sponsor, you can get your ticket now and continue the hunt for one (or several) sponsors to help you get to the Ibis Earls Court on the day.

Don't tarry! We (and your blogging friends) want to see you there!

Jen, Sian and Susanna

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Eve Andersson

You may have already heard that Google is attending CyberMummy. We're delighted to announce that Eve Andersson, one of their technology whizzes, will be with us explaining how to use Google Analytics on our panel about Influence and Stats. There will be handouts!

Eve is based in London, managing some of Google's strategic partnerships as well as a team that does the same. Formerly she worked on Commerce & Analytics for Google in California. Prior roles include Senior Vice President at Neumont University (a start-up university), Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Universidad Galileo (Guatemala), and Founder and VP Operations of ArsDigita Corporation (acquired by Red Hat). She's an avid photographer and travel enthusiast, and she loves playing with Google Analytics, AdSense, and other technologies on her personal site, http://www.eveandersson.com/, which receives about 5000 page views a day.

Welcome, Eve! See you in July.

PS. It's the last day for the early-bird reduced rate of £80. Register quick and remind your blogging friends!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: India Knight

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that India Knight will be appearing on a panel at CyberMummy, talking about creating good content. It's something she knows a little bit about, you know. From her columns. And books. And blogs. And compulsively readable Twitter stream.

Knight was born in 1965 and lives in London with her three children. She writes a weekly column for The Sunday Times; her novels and non-fiction are published by Penguin. She has blogged about bringing up a child with special needs and her latest blog is called India Knight's Posterous: Things I like. Now with Search button.

Our content panel is turning out to be a whopper, what with India, Wife in the North, Gigi from Mumsrock, Josie from Sleep is for the Weak, and Laura Lee Davies from SuperSavvyMe.

Know of a blogger who hasn't yet bought their early bird ticket or haven't registered yourself? Get with it to join these great speakers - and loads more - in conversation on 3 July. Register now!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Liz Jarvis

We're delighted to announce the moderator for the very important Influence and Stats session: Liz Jarvis. Regular visitors to British Mummy Bloggers likely recognise Jarvis, who's regularly out and about in the community starting discussions and adding her two cents. She's a natural to lead the discussion on how to better understand who reads your blog, get more exposure and understand visitor numbers.

Jarvis has been a journalist for over 20 years, working for some of the UK's leading newspapers, magazines and websites. She started blogging at the beginning of 2009 and her mummy blog, LivingwithKids, was launched four months later. She has become one of the most visible members of the British parent blogging communities.

Catch up with Liz at the conference!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Gayle Trigg

Do you know the difference between a competition and an illegal lottery? Are you up-to-date with the rules for reviewing products and using brand names on your blog? Did you know that there are things you need to know if you keep an email list of your readers?

Being a blogger makes you a kind of publisher and legal issues can arise even in a personal blog. In our noon half-hour CyberLab entitled "You b****! What you can and can't say on your blog" we've got a legal expert/mummy blogger dishing out easy-to-follow advice, whether you're running giveaways, doing reviews or just writing about your personal experience.

Gayle Trigg had her little girl in 2008 and quickly discovered the wonderful community online whilst on maternity leave. She had been dabbling in blogs since 2007 (albeit geeky legal blogs) and set up her personal blog in 2009. Find out which one it is at CyberMummy!

In her time offline, as well as being a mum, she is a solicitor with commercial law firm Wragge & Co LLP and specialises in Internet and data protection law. Her 10 years' experience of helping organisations set up and run websites and manage information about individuals means that she understands the issues in having a presence on the Internet.

She is a self-confessed Twitter-holic, despite being convinced that she would never understand it. Back in 1999 she swore she'd never need a mobile phone; now, just try and take away her iPhone...

Welcome, Gayle! We look forward to your advice at CyberMummy that will keep us out of trouble with the law!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Judith O'Reilly

Even if you don't immediately recognise the name Judith O'Reilly (right, with lamb) you'll recognise her blogger handle: Wife in the North. We're thrilled to announce that Judith/WITN is appearing at CyberMummy, talking about good content in our first session of the day.

O'Reilly is a former journalist with The Sunday Times, and a former political producer with Channel 4 News and BBC 2's Newsnight. She lives in Northumberland with her husband and three children. Her book, Wife in the North, (based on her blog wifeinthenorth.com) about her move from London to Northumberland, was a UK bestseller and published in 10 countries. "Wifey" secured the fastest-ever UK blog-to-book deal after going viral, and the success of her down-to-earth, fish-out-of-water tale is considered to have contributed to the massive upsurge in the popularity of mummy-blogging.

Get your content questions ready for Judith in July!

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