Sydney Writers' Centre 2012 Best Australian Blogs Competition

Blogging tips

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Rose, the Communications Coordinator at the Sydney Writers' Centre, interviewed some of Australia's leading bloggers.

Check out these video interviews we conducted with successful bloggers on a range of topics and goals.

We'll be uploading new video interviews every week so be sure check out the page again soon!

Get tips from successful Australian bloggers

Want to give your blog a bit of a makeover before we take a look? Check out these video interviews we conducted with successful bloggers with a range of topics and goals.

Life in a Pink Fibro by Allison Tait

VIDEO: Interview with Allison
About Allison Tait
Allison Tait blogs at lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.com about life and writing. She works as a freelance writer, with her work appearing in Marie Claire, Madison, Australia Today, Sunday Life and ninemsn. She has worked in editorial positions at CLEO and Vogue. Currently working on her book "I Want a Career, and a Life" due out in 2012 with Penguin and with one year of blogging behind her, Allison has rapidly developed a very engaged and loyal readership.
Life in a Pink Fibro


Start Up Blog by Steve Sammartino

VIDEO: Interview with Steve
About Steve Sammartino
Steve Sammartino is the founder and director of Rentoid, and writes the Start Up blog, which has over 80,000 daily readers. The Start Up blog is a leading source for entrepreneurial idea swapping, discussion and thinking. He originally started his blog to document his transformation from corporate worker to the more dynamic demands of running his own business. As a business man, entrepreneur and thinker, Steve shares his insights and experiences with blogging.
Start Up Blog


Literary Minded by Angela Meyer

VIDEO: Interview with Angela
About Angela Meyer
Angela Meyer is the author of one of Australia's most popular book blogs, LiteraryMinded, which has been running for four years. She has published short stories, reviews and articles widely, including in Sydney Morning Herald, Bookslut, Cordite Poetry Review, Mascara Literary Review, Australian Book Review, The Lifted Brow, Torpedo Greatest Hits and Wet Ink.

Angela is judging the Words category.
Literary Minded


Boost Marketing by Joel Norton

VIDEO: Interview with Joel
About Joel Norton
Joel is Chief Strategy Officer of Boost Marketing and a small business marketing consultant. He is an accomplished marketing professional with 22 years experience, and is passionate about delivering strategic, practical marketing solutions that help small business to be more profitable. Joel is an advocate of blogging for business, writing his own small business marketing blog, as well as blogging for Dynamic Business.

Joel is judging the Business category.
Boost Marketing


Not Quite Nigella by Lorraine Elliott

VIDEO: Interview with Lorraine
About Lorraine Elliott
Lorraine Elliott is the blogger behind Not Quite Nigella, one of Australia's favourite food blogs. She has been blogging for four years and has been doing it full-time for the past two years. After leaving a job in advertising, Lorraine put her life-long obsession with food at the front of her career and started blogging about her cooking, eating out and travel experiences. She has her first book due out with Penguin soon.
Not Quite Nigella


Life And Other Crises by Kerri Sackville

VIDEO: Interview with Kerri
About Kerri Sackville
Kerri Sackville is a wife, mum and full time writer. She blogs at Life and Other Crises, contributes to the MammaMia blog her first book, When My Husband Does the Dishes, was published in May 2011 by Random House Australia. She was asked to write this book after an agent came across her hysterically funny and very popular blog.
Life and Other Crises


Mummy Time by Brenda Gaddi

VIDEO: Interview with Brenda
About Brenda Gaddi
Brenda Gaddi is a mother of four, and blogs over at mummy-time.com. She is one of Australia's most connected personal bloggers, as the founder and coordinator of the Aussie Mummy Bloggers network, and the Aussie Bloggers Conference. She also runs a consulting business called The Mother Media that connects PR agencies to influential parent bloggers.

Brenda is judging the Lifestyle category.
Mummy Time


RedBalloon blog by Naomi Simson

VIDEO: Interview with Naomi
About Naomi Simson
Naomi Simson is the founder and CEO of RedBalloon, a highly successful gift company that gives experiences. An avid commentator on women in leadership and business, Naomi has a widely read personal blog, as well as overseeing the RedBalloon company blog.
Naomi Simson


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