Tag: Blogging
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5 last-minute ProBlogger Conference Prep Tips
You’ve left it all a little late, have you? So you haven’t packed let alone tackled the conference schedule. Welcome to the club, my friend. With the ProBlogger Conference coming up on the Gold Coast, this post occurred to me as a good idea. I am so poorly prepared that winging it sounds like an…
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5 blog business tips I learned the hard way
My blog is five years old this October. I think we need to have a party. Don’t you? Remind me to organise something, if you would. This time of reflection had me thinking about what I’ve learnt. About blogs and business and blogs as a business. Blog business. And since I was pondering, and you…
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The death of a blog: What to do if that blog is yours
Something happened behind the scenes of this very blog. Even though I was reasonably happy with the content, the results made me a little sad, scared and embarrassed. People assume that a blog like mine just grows and grows. Here’s the thing, it doesn’t. It hadn’t in a little while. What it had done was…
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When you can’t see the forest for the trees.
I was chatting on Skype {thank you reasonable internet, I love you} to Lisa and Sam in Italy. Sam was heading off to collect the kids from school for lunch, Lisa was brimming with good health and excitement over her recent enrollment in B-School. We waved Sam off and started to talk about it. She…
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How to set goals for the year ahead; the simple way.
A new year is almost upon us, my friends. And as most of you know I’m a planner. So, it’s time for my to set goals for the year ahead. Setting goals can be as simple or as complicated as you make it. One year I simply had one phrase “Make Yourself Proud” as my…
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Do you read blogs? You know, other than this one right this very minute.
I joined a Blog Chicks group on Facebook a week ago. It’s a place for bloggers to have their questions answered, chat blogs, and hang out. It was early days in the group, so many introductions were happening. So many great blogs and woman roll calls. As it does. But I wanted more; the hot…
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A competitive girl’s guide to losing.
I’m not even really sure I’m equipped to write this post as I often struggle to run my own race. Blame an underlying competitive nature. I love to check out what other people are doing and compare myself with them. That’s all fine and dandy if it turns out you come out on top, but…
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Pinterest: How to pin your blog posts
Look, pinning your own content is a bit like liking your own status on Facebook, it’s okay if it happens now and again by accident but all the time… Come on. Or that’s what I thought anyway. But I changed my mind. I created some content specific albums on Pinterest for my blog posts and…
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How to pitch your blog to brands
How to pitch your blog to brands is an essential skill for bloggers wanting to do business on their blog. Read our pitching for bloggers guide & get started here. Simple and effective advice from the daughter of a sales woman. You can’t beat that.
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