Why promoting this blog is not as easy as it looks

Promoting this blog is more problematic than I had anticipated. Don’t get me wrong – I may be menopausal but that doesn’t mean I’m not up to speed with the whole social media thing. If you know me in real life, maybe you already know I’m on facebook and twitter. Heck, I even have my own website - and here you are, on it! The problem, of course, is that if you know me in real life, unless you’re part of my inner circle, I’d rather you didn’t know about my current interest in the menopause and related matters – especially if you’re one of my co-workers.

Why? Because, it’s pretty competitive in the corporate jungle these days and a midlife crisis earn you no kudos when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder. Not that I’m too interested in climbing the ladder – but I’m pretty damn interested in maintaining my position on this particular rung.

But back to the main plot. Blog Promotion. Specifically Izzy Muses Blog Promotion. How am I going to meet my fellow sufferers on the world wide web? I tried twitter at the weekend thinking if I ran some searches on ‘menopause’ it might find me some like-minded women of uncertain age that I could follow and who might follow me back.

Wrong! It seems the only people tweeting on this particular subject were:

• young men of a kind that appear to have alarming disrespect for the menopause – but isn’t it frankly ASTONISHING that they feel compelled to tweet about it?
• daughters complaining about their menopausal mothers – no surprises there but, oh yes, ha, ha, ha – their day will come;or
• sales types who divide into two groups: the ones with the natural alternatives to HRT, and the ones with the unnatural alternatives to natural HRT alternatives. I’m not much interested in the pharmaceuticals – or sales types either, truth be told; and
• jokers.The jokers were the best of a bad lot. And the best joke was the one about The Seven Dwarves of Menopause: Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful and Psycho (via @funnyoneliners)So, ladies, if you’ve managed to find this page, thanks for dropping by. And if you’ve ANY ideas on how I can get a bigger readership, please leave me a comment and let me know.