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Tips for a Speedy Morning

Posted on August 18, 2014June 9, 2017by Vanessa Smith
tips for a speedy morning

This morning decided it. I am the queen of getting out of bed, ready for work and into my car in 20 minutes. For those of you in awe of my awesome life skillz, here are some tips to help you become as awesome as me:   Find your underwear the night before. Women’s clothing […]

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How to Change the File Name in Canva

Posted on May 13, 2014June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith
How to change the file name in canva

How to Change the File Name on Canva     You can easily change the default name that Canva gives your project.     Here it’s called BLOG NAME   Just single click in the name and type in what you want. Press enter and it saves:     A really quick, simple tip! It’s […]

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Top Tips For Pinterest

Posted on May 9, 2014July 7, 2019by Vanessa Smith
Top Tips For Pinterest (With heaps of links to other resources!)

A few conversations on twitter have led me to believe I may know something about Pinterest. Not much, mind you, but something. Also, I’m going to totally use this as an opportunity to brag (again) that I was featured on Pinterest because that’s kind of like winning a competition and I never win things.  So […]

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An Office

Posted on April 17, 2014June 9, 2017by Vanessa Smith
I need an office space!

I need an office at home. Not an office space – I have that now. I need an office. With a door. I need to be able to close the door. I have a lot of things I want to achieve this year, because I feel like my life hasn’t progressed in recent years and […]

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How to Choose Conference Sessions: Recap

Posted on March 19, 2014June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith
How To Choose Conference Sessions Recap

As I blogged last year, I decided on a formula for choosing sessions at the ProBlogger Event.   These were: Know Your Goal Prioritise Your Sessions by Interactivity & Networking   I think it worked pretty well for me, but there was on big variable I didn’t take into consideration: session format.   Most of […]

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Portable Medication Kit

Posted on March 17, 2014June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Portable Medication Kit

I nearly always keep a small stash of medications on me. Most of the time I won’t need them, but I’d rather sacrifice a small bit of weight in a bag than get an allergy attack or migraine and not have any of the medications on me. I hate pain! Obviously, what I carry is […]

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How To Reorganise Your Pinterest Boards

Posted on January 16, 2014July 7, 2019by Vanessa Smith
How to Reorganise Your Pinterest Boards

Reorganising (or reorganizing if you’re visiting my site from America!) your Pinterest boards is a huge task. But it’s well worth it and you can get a lot of value out of it.   Reorganising your boards is a task that can take a long time – you can set aside an entire day for […]

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Three Letters for Bloggers

Posted on September 18, 2013June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

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 →

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Wednesday Food Post – Devil Eggs & a Tip!

Posted on January 16, 2013June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith

The other weekend I had an excess of eggs in the fridge and a family picnic.   So I decided to make devilled eggs for the first time. Now, I can’t follow a recipe so I cooked as I always do – look at a few recipes online and then make it up.   But […]

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Long Haul Flights

Posted on July 24, 2012January 4, 2018by Vanessa Smith

I’ve posted some tips on long-haul travel before on my travel blog, but seeing as many people sound like they’re off to New York for Blog Her soon, I thought I would post them here.   Disclaimer: as you probably know, I haven’t been able to afford travel in a few years. But none of […]

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