Hello, hello
As some of you have commented we're doing quite a lot of stuff with Boots to promote their new Feel Good Forum radio show. They wanted a radio show where Mumsnetters could get their questions on specific subjects, from parenting to style and beauty, answered on air by various experts. We liked the idea - and it's had a good response in terms of questions, so obviously quite a few have found it useful.
We do often open threads where we incentivise recruitment like this - the reason there have been a few of these is that there have been six different radio shows. This week's thread has a £200 voucher up for grabs if you post, by the way...
Obviously, the show is not for everyone and many of us, thank the Lord, have passed through the "how to get your kids to sleep" phase (and moved on to the "how to get your kids out of bed" phase). But we do have the ignore/hide option if it's not for you and you'll understand that it does make sense to promote things to those that might be interested.
I know some aren't keen on the ads down the sides (otherwise know as page takeovers) but advertisers are, because they are pretty effective. At the end of the day MN is funded by advertising, not subscription and because of the ads it is free to use, so we do hope those who aren't keen on the ads can put up with them for the sake of the bigger picture [pleading eyes].
Thanks, as ever, for the feedback.