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Mr Science sent this article to me earlier today: 10 Reasons Why Blogging is Ruining My Life. And somehow that led me to finding another article in a similar vein, Blogging is Ruining My Life. If you’re a blogger (or know a blogger!), you’re bound to crack a smile for at least a few of …
Ahhh, Inbox Zero. That elusive concept wherein you deal with emails as they come in and you never have more than three emails in your inbox (or, ideally, you have zero emails in your inbox!). But how are you supposed to actually do it? Most of the strategies that I’ve seen—only look at your emails …
I recently came across this line in a handy little book I have, A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases: qui docet discit he who teaches learns. It stuck with me. One of my current jobs involves note-taking for education classes, and it is heartening that some of the professors teaching these courses are so …
So you’ve got a project to manage… now what? These BEST project management tips will help you get organized and get an awesome project going! My 6 best project management tips: 1) Identify all tasks that need to be done. One of the biggest issues that can come up when managing a project is that it’s …
This is a pretty typical look at my day these days… if I don’t have a networking event to attend, I usually have a class to transcribe or a meeting with a client. Most of my days lately are somewhere in the range of seven to nine hours of work (after taking all of the …
When managing social media and doing social media marketing, it’s important to strike a balance between creating vs. curating content. These are two very different things, but they can both make a big impact to your social media platform! Content Creation vs. Curating Content: Creating content… Is when you write the materials yourself. Can take …
Happy Saturday! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Today I leave you with this lovely Carlos Ruiz Zafon quote: No matter how busy you are this weekend… I hope you get the chance to relax with a great book. What book are you reading today?
Social media management can run anywhere from $500 / month to $5,000 / month and up. It can include anything from social media consulting, to putting together social media profiles, to curating and writing content, to maintaining social media platforms, and more. And one of the main questions that comes up when we talk about …
The start of a new year can be a fresh start for so many other areas of your life! And when you’re trying to organize your life and be your best self, one of the things you can focus on is to simplify your to-do list. Top five tips to simplify your to-do list: 1) …
It’s the new year! While you might have resolutions or goals planned for you for the upcoming months, have you thought about ways that you can improve your blog? Whether you want your blog to look a little cleaner and more professional, you’re hoping to turn your blog into a book, or you’re just tired …
It’s the start of a new year—have you made any New Year’s resolutions? How about setting business goals? While I’m all about choosing a word for the year, I also like the idea of setting business goals for yourself throughout the year—especially for freelancers and home-based business owners! It’s a fun way to see the …
When people find out I am a freelancer, or when they ask me how my freelance work is going, 95% of the time they will shake their heads and say, I couldn’t do what you do. I just don’t have the discipline to work from home and be my own boss. Grab your business goal …
As our last Saturday blog post of the year for this blog, I wanted to do a little round-up of a few useful articles written here over the years on using language. These tips are helpful for putting a sentence together and proofreading your own work, so if you’re looking to brush up on your …
I’ve been blogging for more than six years, which means that every day I am inundated with requests from PR agencies and companies wanting me to promote their products and services. For some of it, I am delighted to partner on! But there are other things that irk me, and I wanted to share this …
I recently received an email from someone who is new to editing and wants to start freelancing. They were hoping I could provide some advice – and you know me; I love sharing what I’ve learned (and learning new things from others, too!). The question: I am just wondering if you would be willing to …