How It All Works

Mel gets a heads-up from a company or publisher that a product or book is up for review. She then emails you the information from the Mama Buzz Yahoo Group, soon switching over to a different forum from the main MamaBuzz site.

That email will contain the following: the date of the tour, the product to be reviewed, the age category, and the contact’s email.

You are responsible to get in touch with the contact person, giving them:
1. The product name in the subject line
2. Your name, blog URL, and mailing address in the body, along with your stated interest in doing the tour.

The contact will then email you the product within 1 – 4 weeks.

You and your child (if children’s product) test it out.

As soon as you feel you have tested it sufficiently, write your review! Even if the tour is not due for another month, write the review while it’s still fresh in your mind. Save your review as a draft until the tour date.

Continue to check your email as the tour date approaches. We will be sending you a second message from the Mama Buzz Group with any pertinent information that you need to add to your review, such as an image, product links, and a press release. If we send you this information, it must be included in your review!

We recommend that you print out the calendar we provide for you on the Mama Buzz Group, which will have all of the upcoming tours listed. Keep it where you can see it often. Highlight the days you owe a review on, to make sure your attention is drawn to it! We’re busy Mamas, and it can be too easy to miss a tour or two, if we don’t have the info in front of us reminding us periodically.

Happy Reviewing!