Top 10 Speedy Spotlights of 2013

As the year draws to the close we present our first in the Top 10 Top 10s – the most popular Speedy Spotlights from 2013.

Speedy Spotlights launched this year as short interviews with some of the UK’s top bloggers. Each week we spotlight a number of blogs in our Media Updates and some of these are also profiled. The top 10 includes fitness, parenting and food. Enjoy!

1. Julia’s Fitness Blog
   Julia Buckley is a top fitness blogger, trainer and all round guru. She has a huge following on Twitter and also appeared in our #JingleBlogs advent calendar. In the Speedy Spotlight, Julia discussed her book and how PRs should work with her.  

2. More Than Toast
   Alice Harold is a parenting blogger who describes herself as a compulsive over-sharer. In her Speedy Spotlight she talked about the Follow/No-Follow debate and collaboration.

3. The Grooming Guru
   Lee Kynaston writes about male grooming for the Telegraph and Men’s Health, as well as his own blog. Lee described The Grooming Guru as a BS-free zone and shared his experience of PR stalkers.

4. Hungry Healthy Happy
   Dannii Martin writes about recipes, exercise and advice to help people lose weight and keep it off. She spoke to Cision about food and loving guest posts.

5. Joanne Dewberry
   Joanne writes a no-nonsense jargon-free blog that can help small business owners, mums in business and craft-based businesses. She spoke to us about social media and her book.

6. Honest Mum
   Vicki Psarias is a parenting blogger and one of the 7% of female directors. She explained what made her blog different and gave advice for newbies.

7. The London Foodie
   Top food blogger Luiz Hara likes positive writing and contributions, but thinks some bloggers and journalists have egos the size of elephants.

8. thelittleloaf
   Kate Webster explained her blog’s ethos and how important honest food is. She also listed a number of delicious blogs as her favourites.

9. The P-Ho Diaries
   Paula Holmes mixes the worlds of fashion, food and lifestyle all in one place. She loves Bryan Boy and building relationships with PRs.

10. Strawberry Blonde Beauty Blog
    Nic blogs passionately about luxury beauty products. Nic also loves to paint and write poetry, and thinks Twitter is essential for bloggers.

If you would like to take part in a Speedy Spotlight and maybe be on the 2014 list, get in touch.

Editorial information on the Speedy Spotlights and thousands of other media contacts and outlets, can be found in the CisionPoint Media Database. The top 10 was compiled with data from Google Analytics.