I  would like to apologize for seemingly neglecting The Beauty Spot blog over the summer months.

This has been due, in part,  to technical problems in early summer, when I was without my laptop for a while.  I then went on holiday to sunny Florida and had the school holidays to keep me busy!  Recently I have been occupied with working on a new project – my brand new Mamma Kerr blog.

Mamma Kerr – www.mammakerr.com – is a mommy blog, where I will write about many different topics, including parenting, health, home & garden and beauty.  I will be reviewing products and services, providing useful hints and tips, as well as having a general rant about topical news items and pet peeves.

I will continue to update this Beauty Spot blog, which now feeds into my main Mamma Kerr blog.  Therefore, you can continue to follow me here or you can subscribe to Mamma Kerr and get regular updates on all topics.

The official launch is of my new blog is Monday 28th September, and I will be holding competitions every week for the first month.

Please visit Mamma Kerr blog for more information this weekend.

Next week, 180 cities across the world will unite in raising funds for the non-profit charity : water at a series of Twestival events, attended by the Twittering community.

I am delighted to be taking part in The Edinburgh Twestival, which will be held on Thursday 12 February 2009 at 7pm at Hawke and Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, Edinburgh EH1 3JT.

There will be live music, WiFi action, live video streaming across the world and lots of networking.  I am looking forward to meeting the ‘McTwitterati*’.  It will be great to meet people that I consider friends, although we’ll be meeting for the first time at this event.

There will be a raffle and an auction, with lots of fantastic prizes, donated by sponsors and participants alike.  All proceeds will go to charity : water.  I have donated three small prizes to the raffle:

1.      £10 Virgin Vie At Home Voucher   - skincare, cosmetics, jewellery and homeware.

2.      £10 Barefoot Books Voucher – beautiful children’s books.

3.      $25 (£15 approx) Send Out Cards Gift Account – personalised greetings cards for business or pleasure.

Auction prizes include:

·         Twitter profile ‘makeover‘ from Digital Biographer

·         A whole year of Ad space on Third Sector Forums

·         Space on a Second Life island from Virtual-E

·        Personality profiling from People Maps

Please leave a comment here if you are attending one of the Twestivals next week, and leave your Twitter username so that we can tweet about it later!..

Thanks for visiting!

*McTwitterati (coined by @jimwolffman?) – collective term for top Scottish Twitterers

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: @edtwestival, Charity Water, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Twestival, Hawke and Hunter, Twestival, Twitter

Welcome to my brand new blog – Mamma Kerr – where I intend to write about the following:

• Mamma Kerr’s World – My life as a Mum of beautiful four-year old twin girls.
• Mamma Kerr’s Recipes - It’s no easy task trying to feed healthy nutritious meals to fussy four-year olds.
• Mamma Kerr Plays - Things to do, places to go…
• Mamma Kerr Reviews – I will review products, as and when I use them.
• Mamma Kerr Reads - Children’s books, as well as recommended advice books for parents.
• Mamma Kerr’s Resources – I will share useful resources with you (websites, downloads, templates, etc…)

I intend to update this blog on a regular basis (several times per week).  Therefore, please bookmark me and come back often.

I hope you will enjoy reading this blog.  Please feel free to leave comments on my posts.  I value your feedback, and love to interact with my readers.

Thanks for visiting!

The Virgin Vie At Home Winter Sale is currently on, with many fantastic bargains to be had.  However I would like to offer you an EXCLUSIVE Special Offer:

I’m offering you a saving of 20% off EVERYTHING in the New Spring Catalogue! (plus FREE P&P as always!)

You have until 31st January to place an order with me, and get your gorgeous Virgin Vie goodies at cost price.

There’s soooo much to choose from:

• Cosmetics - Including any Ready To Wear Eyeshadow Collection RRP £10.00, You Pay £8.00.
• Skincare - Including Skin Sparkle Radiance Revealing Polish System RRP £15.00, You Pay £12.00.
• Bath & Body – Including Honey & Orange Blossom Bath Brulee RRP £14.50, You Pay £11.60.
• Jewellery – Including Mezzo Set (Necklace & Earrings) RRP £25.00, You Pay £20.00.

Check out the products online here or contact me to request a copy of our new catalogue.  You must place your order direct with me by phone, email or post to receive the discount.  (Offer does not apply to purchases made online!)

I hope you’ll take advantage of this special offer, which is EXCLUSIVE to my customers & readers.

Thanks for visiting!

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Barefoot Books, children’s books, discount, winter [...]

If you find yourself in a position that you need to understand your target customer as well as keep up with various ways of marketing to those potential customers, Twitter is one of the most powerful and popular tools out there right now!  This new type of network communication has been taken up by companies and individuals alike in recent months and for good reason.

To get a better understanding of Twitter, let’s first take a look at the format.  Essentially, Twitter is a program that allows you to make very small, public posts.  Because these posts are so limited (they max out at 140 characters) they can easily be sent to a number of different locations all at once.  When you have written a Twitter, it can appear on the twitter website, on short message services, instant messaging sites or even on third-party applications like Facebook or Twitterific.  Folks can even add a script to their blog or website to show their most recent posts and the posts of others!  Your Twitter messages, also known tweets, will appear to anyone who has chosen to follow your updates.

There are several advantages to this type of communication.  The first thing that you will discover is that it allows for a much more immediate relay of information.  The shortness of the message forces you to be very brief, and this alone can create interest in those reading.  Because tweets are so short, they often lead to frequent posting, which is excellent when you are looking to communicate with people and to get to know them.  While Twitter is, by default, public, you can restrict the people who see your material with the ease of checking a box in your profile.

You will find that not only can you post tweets, you can also receive them.  Once again, the immediate nature of this service lends greatly to its appeal.  Want to follow someone’s updates and see what they are up to with their business or life in general? Simply sign into your Twitter account, type in their Twitter address or username and click the “Follow” button.  That’s all there is to it.

The amount of time that spent reading the messages is very short, and you can be in contact with people a great deal more than you otherwise might be. In essence, you can get to know each other much more quickly than if you were just reading each others blogs or profiles.  The look and feel of an instant messaging service helps add to this ability.  Think about it for a minute, do you feel more connected to those on your messenger list than the blogs you read? Twitter is the same way. 

For many, whether they are looking for friends, clients, or someone to help them out with a problem or workload, getting in touch with others is important.  With Twitter it has never been easier!

Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/annttkerr

Thanks for visiting!

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: micro-blogging, network marketing, social media networking, Twitter

To give your body a kick start into the New Year, why not try Virgin Vie At Home’s Day Spa products? Scrub, cleanse and moisturise your way to beautiful, soft, re-energised skin… and if you host a Party for me in February, you can do this for only £10! Minimum party sales apply. If you Host a Party between Monday 2 February and Saturday 28 February 2009, can buy the following Spa Set for only £10/€14! That is a saving of £24.50/€34.30! Minimum party sales apply.

• Day Spa Buff & Polish Salt Scrub £15.00 / €21.00
• Day Spa Skin Drink Body Moisturiser £10.00 / €14.00
• Day Spa Wakey Wakey Bath & Body Shower Gel £9.50 / €13.30

If you live outwith Central Scotland you can host a catalogue party!

So if you fancy giving yourself a bit of a treat, and would like to find out more, email me  – akparties[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk – and we can talk further.

I look forward to hearing from you!

It’s the last day of the Virgin Vie At Home Winter Sale tomorrow (Monday 12th Janaury). There are some fab bargains that you just cant afford to miss out on.  Therefore please go to my Online Store now!! 

If you spend £25 you can get our gorgeous Cosmetics, Jewellery and Homeware products for as little as £1.50……

Tempted? These are crazy prices and the perfect treat for yourself for the New Year.

These offers are only available until Monday 12 January, so grab yourself a winter bargain whilst you can!

I look forward to hearing from you!

Happy New Year!  I hope, like me, you had a great holiday season.

What are your goals for 2009?

One of my main business goals this year is to blog more frequently.  Last year I started quite a few blogs with the best of intentions, but I’m afraid to say that I did not manage to keep them as up-to-date as I would have liked.  What with corporate job stresses, illness and family commitments, I was unable to find my ‘blogging groove’.  This year will be different.  I know that I need to plan and to focus, but I fully intend to get into my ‘blogging groove’ and update my blog portfolio on a very regular basis.

The advantages of achieving my blog goals include:

• I will create more content on my sites to help SEO.
• It will improve my communication with readers (old & new).
• It will create more opportunities for comments and feedback from readers.
• It will help to build relationships with readers & customers.
• It will develop my writing skills.
• I will create potential content for articles and eBooks.

Please, please feel free to contact me if you feel that I am not updating this blog as often as you think I should!!

Thanks for reading and come back real soon!!…

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: 2009, Blogging, blogs, goals, Happy New Year, New Year

As an Ambassadolly for ZPM‘s Trolley Dolly, it is my mission to encourage as many people as possible to be plastic bag free!!  By purchasing a fantastic Trolley Dolly, and spreading the word to friends, family, neighbours, colleagues (EVERYONE!), you can do your bit in helping to save the planet too!!

There are currently seven  funky designs to choose from, and each Trolley Dolly contains 24 assorted reuseable carrier bags, to help you with your weekly grocery shopping:

• 10 x carrier bags
• 2 x bottle bags
• 2 x shoulder bags
• 10 x fruit & veg net bags

Each Trolley Dolly has a mobile phone pouch, secure zipped compartment with credit card / store card pockets, a shoulder strap, comprising an address label, and a funky keyring with a Trolley Dolly trolly token.

These fantastic bags currently retail at £24.95 plus £4.50 P&P on the ZPM website.  You can purchase them from me for only £22.95  plus £3.50 P&P.  (That’s a saving of £3.00!!)

So, what are you waiting for?  Simply choose which funky design you would like and order your Trolley Dolly from me today!

You can order by either contacting me by email at

akparties [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk

or from eBay by clicking here.

Together we can help to make the World plastic bag free!

Thanks for visiting!