Domestic Sluttery was set up about 5 years ago when home style blogs here in the UK were rare and blazed a trail. The site brings together lots of different writers who have a passion for all things domestic; cooking, homewares, travel, and just plain fun stuff - 'Cute or Creepy' anyone?
The event was held at the Made.com HQ and so we got to have a little nosey around there before the Q&A got started.
It was great to be able to ask all those things that other people usually gloss over, especially in larger conferences. There was about 60 of us there on the night and so we all had a chance to ask questions - after the initial 'no hands going up' of course!
They spoke honestly about advertising and inspiration in the first half of the night, with questions about optimising posts and links in your posts. Also about how social media is a must for all us bloggers with questions about how to find which platforms work for you and how to use them to your advantage.
In the second half, it was talk about freelancing and how to do it - or in some cases how not to do it. All the writers who work on Domestic Sluttery have freelance careers or full-time jobs and so for us, this was really interesting.
It was a great chance to find out more about what the ladies do and how they go about their normal lives around the blog - something which as full time workers and bloggers ourselves found really refreshing.
Seeing the individual personalities of all the girls was great too and they obviously get on just as much as you would imagine a bunch of girls to do, they just happen to write about beautiful and fun things too.
We also bumped into our friend Zoe from Craft Candy who let us into a few exciting developments with the site, can't wait to tell you all about that soon.
If you are a blogger or interested in freelance writing we would totally recommend keeping a look out for future events from these ladies. Head over to Domestic Sluttery and sign up for their newsletter, go on you know you want to.
H & Sammy
