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The Little Engagement Lie

Posted on February 15, 2021February 12, 2021by Vanessa Smith
The Little Engagement Lie

Community building 101. Share with your community. Be active. Reply to them. All that good, juicy, presumably brain-stimulating-happy-juices stuff. That’s what gets people to click through to your site. That’s what makes or breaks you.   The Little Engagement Lie     Until… it doesn’t. And that theory doesn’t work.   My Stats I rarely […]

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Six Million Fatal Blogging Mistakes

Posted on February 11, 2021February 12, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Six Million Fatal Blogging Mistakes

Now, as much as I am a fan of listicles* (ok not really but it felt like the correct thing to write) … I’m not actually going to make a list of six million fatal blogging mistakes. That’s because blogging is rarely fatal. In fact, the only fatal way to blog that I can think […]

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Blogging And Being Weirdly Heartbroken

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Blogging And Being Weirdly Heartbroken

I really wish people didn’t stop blogging. I was updating some old blog posts and clicked on the links in my comments… only to find most of the sites were gone. Domains bought up (I assume by opportunists) and being sat on by random websites. And it makes me weirdly heartbroken.   Blogging And Being […]

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Why I Like Losing Followers

Posted on August 5, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Why I Like Losing Followers

I rarely look at the weekly reports my social media scheduling tool emails me. Mostly because I don’t care if I have grown or shrunk or stayed the same. It means little to a blog where I’m not reliant on numbers for purposes such as paid posts.    Why I Like Losing Followers   I […]

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Be Independent And Learn

Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Be Independent And Learn

Something that never ceases to amaze me in online groups (cough Facebook cough) is that some people need a lot of hand holding to do anything. They don’t seem to be able to be independent and learn.   Be Independent And Learn     This might come off as a bit harsh, and I’d like […]

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It Has All Been Done

Posted on May 4, 2020February 23, 2020by Vanessa Smith
It Has All Been Done

Nothing is original any more. It has all been done before. I’ve seen that idea somewhere else. Who DOESN’T know this?   It Has All Been Done     Yep, it probably has all been done before.   So What?   Not everyone has heard what you heard in formative years. Sometimes it didn’t stick […]

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I Never Set Up My Opt-In

Posted on April 13, 2020January 28, 2020by Vanessa Smith
I Never Set Up My Opt-In

Back in 2018, I posted about my welcome email funnel. I mentioned in the post that a task on my to-do list was to create an opt-in for the mailing lists associate with this blog. Um.. yeah. I never set up my opt-in. I still haven’t done it.   I Never Set Up My Opt-In […]

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Random Pet Peeves About Blogging

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Random Pet Peeves About Blogging

Random Pet Peeves About Blogging     You’re only successful if you’re “full time” Bahaha. Stick it. I can be full or part or no time at anything I damn well choose.   Compulsory sign in to comment Sorry, I’m never going to be assed to do that. Even if I am socially obligated by […]

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Places To Blog From

Posted on March 6, 2020December 17, 2019by Vanessa Smith
Places To Blog From

I actually don’t spend much time at my laptop. I have a pretty bad habit of writing blog posts on my phone, and then just doing the scheduling and images on my  laptop.   Places To Blog From     The disadvantage to this is that writing on your phone just doesn’t seem like a healthy […]

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A Lesson In Owned Media

Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020by Vanessa Smith

I enjoy making fun of things online. I don’t “do” the pretty Instagram desks with flowers on them. Snore. After mocking a lot of toilet paper hoarding in recent days, I thought “Sure, lets play a game with this” and posted some polls on Instagram stories:                 None […]

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