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Want my vote? Then tweet me

I was never really interested in politics at school. My younger brother studied it at A-level, but I couldn’t think of anything more boring. I watch the news every night but, as I approach my 30^th birthday, I have not yet voted. Of course, I feel bad that women died in order to get me a vote. But, at the same time, I just get so bogged down and overwhelmed by what appears to be three grown men bickering like schoolboys.

So what do I think that these three men vying for my votes should do? Tweet, Facebook, blog - that’s what I want to see! If they want to be talking to the youth of today, they need to be interacting via social networking.

I speak from experience. As I write, I’m trying to drum up voting support for the title of Dorset Business Mum of the Year 2010. I’ve been shortlisted along with nine others and I’m now depending on votes to get into the top three.

What was my game plan? Social networking; tweet and retweet as much as possible. On the first day of voting I secured a thumbs-up, vote and retweet from Claire Young, a finalist in The Apprentice 2008. “Supporting enterprise in the UK is something important to me and my work, so its great to see a young mum such as Joanne strive forward and inspire others,” said Claire, very kindly.

On Saturday night I was very excited to see a tweet stating “Joanne Dewbury calling for votes for top Dorset businesswoman” from none other than Sarah Brown herself. I feel honoured, as I know that Mrs Brown is an advocate for women, especially mums, with campaigns such as Million Mums. This could be a crude tactic from Mrs. Brown to get me to vote her husband, but let me revel in my glory! 

I’ve also been getting votes via my Facebook fanpage. The lesson? Mr Brown, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg - if you want my vote, tweet me!

• Follow Joanne on Twitter
• Joanne is also the founder of Networking Mummies (Dorset)