I just haven’t felt like writing this week. I’m tired, plain and simple. I’m trying to get into a better sleeping habit as well, because I think that’s contributing to my tiredness. I sit down and think about writing for this blog, and this is what goes through my head: “I don’t wanna!” This […]
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Can You Really Work There?
Australia has always been a country where the main spheres of industry have been in Sydney or Melbourne. Sure, big companies often have offices in other cities, but the events, the networking – it’s mostly in Sydney or Melbourne. With the amount of people working remotely from their office or only online, there […]
Launch Day To-Do List
I recently posted my pre-launch to-do list…and thought, hey, a launch day to-do list is probably useful too. On the launch day I: Drank caffeine Purchased a bunch of ads via Passionfruit Ads Commented on lots of blogs Ate chocolate Asked friends (via private message) if they would RT posts to help share my good […]
A Pre-Launch To-Do List
Have you ever launched a product or business? There are so many things to consider. I started to get a bit overwhelmed in planning when I was trying to work out my Blog Coaching launch last month. Here are a few things I did with my launch: Prepared Ads – went to sites I had advertised […]
Too Many Ideas
I get ideas all the time. And they always seem better than the ideas I’ve had before. I’m (slowly) learning to not just jump from one thing to another – especially as everything in life takes time. I came up with a great idea last night. The only problem is that it would […]
Numbers Don’t Count
As bloggers, it’s easy to get caught up the numbers game. And there are so many you can obsess over. Unique views All time views Monthly views Facebook fans Twitter followers Pinterest followers Newsletter subscribers And that barely cracks the surface! Everyone knows that quality wins over quantity, yet even so, it’s easy to feel […]
Do I want to be a ProBlogger?
Do I want to be a ProBlogger? Is this my job? My passion? My career? I go backwards and forwards on this. I hate things like SEO and have no interest in thinking about them. I don’t clean and wouldn’t know how to pretend I did if a brand offered to pay me to write […]
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How to manage a worst case scenario
What would you do if you lost your income? Here are some of my thoughts on setting yourself up to survive hard times. Continue reading
Three Letters for Bloggers
Something that came up a few times over the weekend at #pbevent was that many bloggers (especially new or small bloggers) aren’t really sure how talk to brands or companies. How to ask for more money. How to say thanks, … Continue reading
Inspiration
Being around similar people is critical to motivation and inspiration in your life. This is even more important when you’re talking about your business. I don’t run this blog as a business for many reasons (discussed elsewhere). I absolutely loved the mood of the ProBlogger event this year. Inspiration I read […]