Name of Your London Blog
The Great Date Guide
Your London Blog URL
http://thegreatdateguide.blogspot.com/
What Do You Write About in Your London Blog?
Single, married or somewhere in between, we all love to date. Whether it’s cocktails in a ritzy bar, a romantic dinner for two or a leisurely stroll through one of London’s fabulous parks, it’s our belief that dating should be a firm fixture in everyone’s weekly schedule. Here at The Great Date Guide we aim to take the hassle out of dating by providing our readers with an extensive selection of the very best dating venues London has to offer. From first dates to special occasions we've got it all, hand picked by our queen of dates, Miss Mary!
Why Did You Start Your London Blog?
The idea for the great date guide.com was born in the summer of 2006, where it started life out as a homemade book. It was during these summer months that my brother found himself both new to London and new to the single life. Having come to the end of a seven year relationship, which started at university where dating seems to be totally passed by, he found himself in London, single and with an unenviable yet unavoidable lack of dating know-how. As it turned out, he was not alone. As the idea for "The Great Date Guide" developed, and the more people I spoke to, I realised that I had so many friends in their late twenties who had hit the “make or break” stage in their relationships and had opted for “break”. This meant that their last first date was about seven years ago – a distant memory!
Fed up with my brother’s constant emails at lunchtime on a Friday asking where he should take his date that evening, I decided to take action! I put together a book of eighty dates for him, written in the format of a travel guide. Each date was given a number based on its stage in the dating game (1 for a first date, 2 for early days etc.), and also a symbol to tell him what type of date it was – a heart for romance, a wine glass for drinks… it was foolproof!
The book was a triumph. The word spread. The idea grew.
Every time I mentioned to anyone what I had done for my brother I was met with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response, and a suggestion - why didn’t I turn it into a website? Throughout all my research for the book I hadn’t discovered anything on the Internet that offered suggestions and advice on dating venues. There was clearly a niche in the market, so here we are, trying to fill it… hopefully we’ve succeeded!
Advice
- Keep your blog updated regularly (but that doesn't have to mean daily!).
- Make sure your content is useful for your readers - don't just post to get your rankings up.
- Make sure writing your blog remains fun - it shouldn't be a burden!
