Despite blogging being such an electronic medium, I actually don’t work that well on computers. I can type fast, get my images set up, and schedule links, but I can’t plan digitally. Planning On Paper Maybe it’s because I’m just young enough that I largely grew up without computers, and when […]
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Shiny Organisation
The thing about having and embracing shiny object syndrome is that it’s also hard. Don’t let anyone lie to you about this. I run 90% of blogs, ideas, projects, future books, podcasts, youtubeseseses, services and whatever else I do via NormalNess. Because we are all normal to ourselves. For me that means a lot of ideas. […]
Ideas For Business Blog Posts
Do you run a blog for your business? Or are you an employee who has the responsibility of writing the blog of a small business? Well, this is the post for you. Ideas For Business Blog Posts The Four Main Types of Business Blog Posts 1) Utility FAQs Industry News […]
Therefore or But
I was listening to an episode of The Writers Panel podcast and they had a really good, simple tip for progressing your writing. Therefore Or But Between each scene you need to be able to say therefore or but. If you’re saying and, then you’re not really progressing the story. […]
Do The Things You Want To In Your Business
You don’t have to do the things that you don’t want to in your business. I’ve written about the one thing that bloggers need to learn. The gist of the post is that it is not like being an employee, a student, or any other type of regulated space that you may have been a part […]
The Sum Of People
You are the sum of the people who you spend most time with. It’s a popular quote. But I have a question about it: how does this work for bloggers? We are often very far away from each other. Is this why mastermind groups are so critical? It is hard to […]
Realities of Time Management
Originally published on Bloggers and Bacon in mid 2016 There is a certain sense of irony that I’ve been a really inconsistent blogger ever since releasing my eBook on Time Management. Whoops. Realities of Time Management But to be fair (to, uh, me), and important part of time management (and one […]
Definable Knowledge
If you want to run your blog as any kind of business, you’ll have to have a product or service to sell at some point. When you’ve been blogging a while, you’ll inevitable have learned a lot, sometimes without knowing it. Then, when you start to think about monetising, you don’t know what you know. […]
What Do I Work On First?
Something I’ve heard from bloggers a few times is that there is so much you can do in blogging that it’s hard to know what to work on first. Do you think about the back end security of the blog? The SEO? The content? Being active on social media? What Do I Work On […]
Permission To Take A Break From Your Blog
Post originally published on Bloggers and Bacon in… um, about 2015? Last week I chose not to blog here & shared it on social media. I was tired, basically. Anything I would have written or edited would have been of low value. I was behind in my blog writing due to launching Contentum Creatio as […]