Meet our sponsors: Bounty

We can't say it enough: we are very appreciative of our sponsors who have made the conference possible. And just as sponsors have chosen us, we have sought out those whose products, services and message gibe with the concerns of mum bloggers.

The sponsors that you'll be meeting on Saturday next week will be introducing themselves to you on this blog over the coming days, telling you a bit more about who they are and what they do.

Over to our first sponsor posting:

Bounty – The UK’s favourite parenting club

For over 50 years, from when Bounty produced its first Bounty bag, mums have relied on Bounty to provide the latest information, support and products to help make family life easier
throughout the four key-life stages: pre-birth, birth, toddlers and pre-school.

With 2.5 million members and over 50,000 new members joining every month, www.bounty.com is the UK’s favourite parenting website and the largest online meeting point for mums in the UK. With such a large network of active online mums we are proud to be part of Cybermummy and lend our support to this growing tribe of mummy bloggers.

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The CyberMummy Conference Prize Draw Terms and Conditions

I'll be posting more today about the fabulous prizes you could win at CyberMummy. In the meantime, do take a look at the terms and conditions:

• Unless other stated, the CyberMummy Conference 2010 draw is open to attendees aged 18 or over, excluding principals and their immediate families of CyberMummy Conferences, its agents or anyone professionally connected with companies that have donated prizes, in the case of associated individual prize offer.
• Participants enter by submitting a feedback form card at the end-of-conference party with their contact details.
• You must be present during the draw to win.
• No purchase is necessary.
• The decision of CyberMummy Conferences is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• By entering the free prize draw you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions as well as terms and conditions for individual prizes provided by the supplier of the prize.
• Only one entry per person.
• Winners are expected to organise their own transportation to any days out, holidays, hotel stays or other events won as prizes, unless otherwise stated.
• Winners will liaise directly with those entities supplying the prizes to arrange delivery or fulfillment.
• A list of winners will be available upon request from CyberMummy Conferences within a reasonable time frame.
• The prizes are as stated and are non-transferable and subject to availability.
• The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute the prizes with prizes of comparable value if circumstances make this necessary.
• There is no cash alternative for prizes.
• Neither the Promoter CyberMummy Conferences, nor our agents and partners, can be held responsible for any loss or damage arising from an attendee in connection with a prize draw, no matter how caused.
• Winners agree to participate in any reasonable publicity arranged by The Promoter or its agencies.
• The Promoter is CyberMummy Conferences, Gainsborough House, Welham Road, Slawston, Leicestershire, LE167SJ.

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Kelly Walsh

We're delighted to confirm that Kelly Walsh, CEO of MS&L, will be speaking on our panel about working with brands. It's something Walsh knows more than a little about - just look at the brands she's worked with.

Walsh was appointed CEO of MS&L London at the end of 2009. Prior to this she spent six years as MS&L London’s Consumer MD, and for the past two and a half years served as the agency’s Deputy CEO. Over the past seven years Kelly has had extensive experience working as part of Integrated marketing communications teams for clients including the Coca-Cola Company, Philips, Beverage Partners Worldwide and P&G.

Before joining MS&L, Kelly was with MacLaurin Hatch Group (now Trimedia Harrison Cowley) working with BSkyB, O2, The Jim Henson Company and EMAP Publishing. She also spent four years as PR director EMEA for US fashion company Gap, building the brand in UK and launching into Germany and France, and two years as PR Manger for L’Oreal Paris and Garnier.

We'll be getting some great insight into how brands think - invaluable if you're looking to grow your blog and attact sponsorship. You can catch Walsh at 14:00 in Room 1.

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More fabulous prizes to win at the CyberMummy party

I blogged yesterday about the prize draw at the party - already a couple of folks have described their intention to win all the booty! (Don't worry, we'll be spreading it around.)

Here are some more of the great things you could win:

• Wilkinson has donated a summer's supply of suncare products (if, like you, you slather this stuff on, you know how great this is): 2 squirty suncare lotions, 2 standard lotions, 2 squirty kids' lotions, 2 standard kids' suncare, and 4 aftersun products. Bring on the sun.
• Polaroid, perhaps also anticipating good British summer, have donated 3 pairs of sunglasses.
• Tesco has stepped up and offerred a goody bag of Tesco baby products, perfect for mums with babies.
• Babes with Babies has provided a set of its gorgeous luxury hand lotion and organic handwash.

Stay tuned to hear of more great prizes to be won on the day!

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We're having a prize draw at CyberMummy!

The question is not what you can do for CyberMummy of course - it's what CyberMummy can do for you. And in addition to all the cool things we've got planned during the day, there's one aspect of the end-of-conference party that we're very excited about.

One thing all of the CyberMummy sponsors have told us - from our Gold sponsors Glam Media, Leapfrog, MS&L and SuperSavvyMe to our coffee break sponsors to the folks manning the stands in CyberMummy Central (the main room at the conference) - is that they want the day to be stimulating and different.

To that end, we've added a prize draw at the end-of-day party, thanks to the stacks of goodies generously donated by sponsors. Fill in your feedback form that you'll get at registration and drop it in the bowl on your way to pick up your drink at the party, and you could win some fabulous prizes.

I'll be tantalising you with postings of the giveaway items over the next several days, so keep checking back. Here are just some of the great prizes you could win.

• A Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Puppy






• A Fisher-Price Bounce N Spin Zebra (pictured, bottom)






• A pair of Kickers Lego Football World Cup Boots (pictured, top)






• A pair of Kickers for mum (pictured, middle)

Good luck!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Gina Garrubbo

We told you that BlogHer, the influential women's blogging network in America, was coming to CyberMummy. Now we're proud to announce that Gina Garrubbo, the woman in charge of the business side of the organisation, will be speaking on the "Working With Brands" panel.

As Executive Vice President and member of BlogHer’s executive team, Garrubbo helps guide the company’s growth, and oversees BlogHer’s advertising sales and business development businesses. Garrubbo is leading the creation of dynamic and measurable ways for marketers to engage women in social media.

BlogHer is the leading hub for women bloggers with a network of 2,500 blogs and a reach of 21 million unique visitors per month. BlogHer works with Fortune 500 brands and their agencies to create authentic and relevant marketing programs in this medium.

Garrubbo was one of the builders of women.com, which launched all of Hearst magazines online. As an early board member of the Internet Advertising Bureau, she pioneered new ways for marketers to communicate with consumers via the Internet. Garrubbo has built advertising sales divisions for media companies, including Discovery Communications and Oxygen Media.
Garrubbo also co-founded Terralina (http://terralina.com/) natural skincare and ecommerce business, where she is an advisor, and sits on the Board of Directors. Garrubbo is also a member of TED and on the Board of Directors of Sweet Border Collie Rescue.

Garrubbo will have some great stories about brands working with bloggers, including some entertaining horror stories.

See you there!

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Win a ticket for CyberMummy

Arthritis Research UK are currently trying to raise awareness of Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. This is actually a group or illnesses which share similar symptoms.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (or JIA) is arthritis with no known cause and, as with adult arthritis, it causes inflammation, pain and swelling in the joints.

It sadly affects 1 in 1000 children but most children will have no lasting affect from it and doesn’t necessarily mean that it will develop into adult arthritis.

To help raise awareness of this illness, Arthritis Research UK are offering the chance for one lucky blogger to attend the CyberMummy conference. All you have to do to enter, is become of a follower of @ArthritisRUK on Twitter and retweet the competition message-easy as that! Good luck.

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