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Do you want to run a Mumsnet Local site?

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EmmaMumsnet · 04/09/2013 11:19

Do you need a new packet of biscuits project to perk up Autumn and beyond?

Mumsnet Local is expanding all the time and we are looking for new Local Editors. Our current team of brilliant and dedicated Local Editors make sure their site is full of relevant listings, encouraging local Mumsnetters and businesses to post listings and reviews on the site and filling the gaps, so it's a useful community hub for local parents.

They also oversee Local Ambassadors, who are busy organising meet-ups all over the country, as well as encouraging community links locally. What Local Editors can't do is see anyone's private Mumsnet membership details or posting history (sorry, only the Community team are allowed in there).

We don't expect Local Editors to do all this for free; Local Editors get revenue from Local advertising and offers.

We know we're not quite there with Local yet, but we're moving along, and we're on the brink of launching some whizzy new stuff that Tech's been putting together in a bunker all summer.

We've pasted a list of the sites needing Local Editors below so if you're interested in finding out more please email [email protected] with 'interested in becoming a Local Editor' in the subject field.

Some of the sites are still a bit empty, so take a look around Kent to see what a site looks like when it's populated with meet-ups, listings, Local Talk, Offers, etc:

Ideally you would have had some experience in a media, advertising sales or organisational role and be able to spell, but bags of enthusiasm and strong community links can go a long way to making a local site a success.

List of sites still needing Local Editors

Anglesey
Argyll & Bute
Barking & Dagenham
Bath
Blackburn
Bolton & Bury
Bradford
Brighton & Hove
Bromley
Caerphilly & Merthyr Tydfil
Calderdale
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Channel Islands
Chelmsford
Cheshire
Colchester & Harwich
Connaught
Conwy & Denbighshire
County Londonderry/Derry
County Antrim
County Armargh
County Down
County Fermanagh
County Tyrone
Coventry
Cumbria
Dudley
Dumfries & Galloway
Durham
Ealing
East & West Dunbartonshire
East Ayrshire
East Lothian & Midlothian
Edinburgh
Enfield
Falkirk & West Lothian
Gloucestershire
Gwynedd
Harrow
Havering
Herefordshire
Highlands & Islands
Hillingdon
Ipswich
Isle Of Man
Isle of Wight
Kensington & Chelsea
Kingston Upon Hull
Kirklees
Lambeth
Leicester
Leicestershire
Luton
Merton
Moray
Munster
Neath Port Talbot & Bridgend
Newham
North Ayrshire & Inverclyde
North Yorkshire
Northampton
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Oldham & Rochdale
Pembrokeshire
Perth & Kinross
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Powys
Redbridge
Renfrewshires
Rhondda Cynon Taff & Vale of Glamorgan
Rotherham
Rutland
Sandwell
Scottish Borders
Sheffield
Shropshire
Slough
Solihull
South and North Lanarkshire
South Ayrshire
South Yorkshire
Southend-on-Sea
Southwark
Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent
Suffolk
Sutton
Swansea
Tyneside
Wakefield
Walsall
Waltham Forest
Warrington
West Sussex
Wiltshire
Wolverhampton

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LEDundeeAngusFife · 06/09/2013 21:25

Swallowed
Maybe get back in touch with MNHQ then, cause perhaps they lost your mail volunteering. There has been a lot of contact since we officially signed up as LEs. Weekly updates, and lots of mails inbetween. Or do you mean as Local Ambassador?

The LAs are assigned to the LEs, so you need to chat to your LE if there is nothing doing.

Tee2072 · 06/09/2013 19:50

Swallowed what on earth are you talking about?!?! Is this recently? Because the LEs, I assure you, are not ignored by HQ in any way shape or form.

swallowedAfly · 06/09/2013 19:25

trouble is that you volunteer, you put up a few posts, you get no interest from posters and mumsnet ignores you once you've signed up and that's that. then they advertise that they need someone for your area rather than get in touch with you.

it's all a bit bizarre. like yes i'll do it, great go for your life, no demand, err let's pretend that person doesn't exist and advertise for someone else.

Tee2072 · 06/09/2013 17:50

That's how it used to be Lulu but we lost it with the site upgrade.

I know it's on what we call Listzilla, but how far down it is? That I don't know!

AnyoneButLulu · 06/09/2013 17:46

Oh Tee, that Active Convos thing will make such a difference. I honestly think it will revolutionise Local - my area is packed with MNers I know, but the Local chat is really slow.

LittleMissGerardButlerfan · 06/09/2013 17:44

I have sent a message :o

ClementineKelandra · 06/09/2013 16:29

Hi, just wondering if you got my email? Initials are JT.

Tee2072 · 06/09/2013 16:03

Contact the Local Editor or [email protected]

MrsBucketxx · 06/09/2013 15:47

How do I nominate myself to be an ambassador then?

MrsBucketxx · 06/09/2013 15:30

Or can more than one do this im confused?

MrsBucketxx · 06/09/2013 15:29

I cant someone already is :(

Tee2072 · 06/09/2013 15:26

That's why we need Local Ambassadors MrsB. It's too big of a job for one person.

Perhaps you could be an Ambassador for your area?

Also, soon, any time anyone posts in your local, it is going to show up in your regular Active Convos. Or so we have been told.

Tee2072 · 06/09/2013 15:25

::bats eyelashes innocently at Sacre::

I don't bite. Much.

Grin
MrsBucketxx · 06/09/2013 15:05

Just a quick suggestion, that on your links like active etc you should have a local active, you post on local and it gets lost as many dont look on there.

Or link it to the main site somehow.

Also I would love to run mine but its already taken, and it can be a bit stagnant as the mum who runs it isnt pushing it as much as it should.

Maybe asking more than one person or a group would ensure that new businesses are added, this way if one is busy another could help and this is not blocked for any others who would like to join in but cant as its one per area etc

KatoPotato · 06/09/2013 14:19

Applied for East Dunbartonshire, then spotted a typo just as it flew off into the distance... hope I've not blown it! Fingers crossed!

ballstoit · 06/09/2013 13:58

No probs Emma, I'm really interested...Dc3 just gone full time, so am working 3 days a week with 2 to be filled with something. If I,m not careful I'll just fill them with ironing and eating chocolate Grin

parabelle · 06/09/2013 13:00

I've applied for Bromley, it's my dream job to work for mumsnet.

SacreBlue · 06/09/2013 12:45

Tee is slowly persuading me to join her in Belfast Local Grin after her post upthread I'm hoping she doesn't bite me next time to speed up the process

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EmmaMumsnet · 06/09/2013 12:24

For anyone who has emailed, don't worry if you haven't heard back yet. We've had lots of responses, which is brilliant, so we'll get to each and every one within the next week. As Becky said, keep them coming!

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EmmaMumsnet · 06/09/2013 12:18

@VixStarr

Out of interest where does Hastings fit? Surely not under Kent/West Sussex?

Hastings is within East Sussex, which already has a Local Editor

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EmmaMumsnet · 06/09/2013 12:17

@ballstoit

I emailed about 6 months ago when there was a thread and never had a reply...am hoping I might get one this time Wink

Darn it, thought we'd combed the inbox for every potential Local Ed! Sorry Balls, we'll take a look!

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EmmaMumsnet · 06/09/2013 12:15

@cheapskatemum

Oi mignonette, I wanted Suffolk! How near Ipswich are you?

Ipswich is a separate site, so do email about that if you haven't already!

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EmmaMumsnet · 06/09/2013 12:10

@RememberingMyPFEs

I found Somerset in the end - it doesn't show up in search... I'd like to be an Ambassador for Nailsea if possible?

That's great, thanks so much. I can see Isabella's already set you up so let us know how you get on.

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LEDundeeAngusFife · 06/09/2013 11:33

tinlegs
I think that Highlands and Islands would be ok as one area - you don't have to physically tootle around the whole country. If you have a Local Ambassador in the more remote areas willing to organise meet ups and help add listings, you could do the rest via email/FB and Twitter.

We had Dundee and Angus separate, and it didn't work because people tend to search for the whole area, not just the town.

Anyone who'd like to do this, but doesn't want to take on the responsibility, think about signing up as a Local Ambassador instead.

The LEs are working to organise discounts and freebies for our ambassadors with our advertisers and other local businesses and you would also get a shiny MN card which you could use to negotiate your own special treats (ie free coffees for you at the venue you use for your meet up or free entry to a local attraction in return for a kind review on the site).

We need LAs for following areas in Dundee Angus and Fife

Brechin
Forfar
Kirriemuir
Monifieth
Montrose

Cupar
Dunfermline
East Neuk
Fife wide
Glenrothes
Kinross
St Andrews
Leven
Taymouth