Three Ways Blogging Has Grown My Business

3 ways blogging has grown my business

There are many reasons to build blogging into your business. I’m currently developing my ‘Build Your Blog’ online course. It’s a series of workshops making up a step by step guide on how to blog to grow our businesses, with Continue reading Three Ways Blogging Has Grown My Business

Steps To Being A Better Writer

Steps to be a better writer

Some days, the hardest part about being a writer is just writing; getting started is half the battle! Blogging is a fantastic way to develop healthy writing habits and improve those all important written communication skills. Writing is the backbone Continue reading Steps To Being A Better Writer

Why Pen and Paper Will Always Have a Place

Pen and Paper always has a place

Living in the digital age opens up amazing possibilities. Technology is moving at a breathless pace and it can be both scary and exhilarating on any given day. (but there will always be a use for paper and pens!) Anyone Continue reading Why Pen and Paper Will Always Have a Place

11 Essential Editing and Proofreading Tools to Polish Your Content

The content you produce can make or break your business. Poorly written content, littered with mistakes, makes you look sloppy and unprofessional. The real writing happens in the editing. If you are writing your own content and copy, make sure Continue reading 11 Essential Editing and Proofreading Tools to Polish Your Content

3 Quick Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

Overcome writers block

When I was writing the Sheridan And Blake books, I often found myself stumbling over writer’s block. Even the most imaginative, creative people can suffer with writer’s block from time to time. If you’re staring at blank pages or you Continue reading 3 Quick Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

Blog Exposure on a Budget – A Contributed Post

Blog exposure on a budget

My two favourite marketing activities for exposure are networking and blogging – talking or writing – I just love sharing and communicating stories. In the digital space, your website can be your greatest asset or your greatest liability. Having a Continue reading Blog Exposure on a Budget – A Contributed Post

The Power of Story – A TED Talk Review

Stories have enormous power to change our perceptions. A single story, repeated again and again, can quickly become an ‘Alternative Fact’. When all you hear about a person, a business, a brand, a place, a people, a race, is negative Continue reading The Power of Story – A TED Talk Review

Business for Authors – A Book Review

Most entrepreneurs I know have shelves and shelves of business, self-help and motivational books. Speak to any of us for long enough and we’ll share with you the books we recommend; books to inspire, books to motivate and we’ll even Continue reading Business for Authors – A Book Review

How I Make Blogging Pay (without promoting other brands)

As a writer, the single most enjoyable element of my marketing is blogging. Blogging is at the heart of the story of my business. I first started blogging back in 2013 when I did a 365-day project ‘Operation Author: 365 Continue reading How I Make Blogging Pay (without promoting other brands)

The Storyteller’s Secret: Book Review and Tips

Tips and a Book Review I was chatting to a business colleague at an event recently over a coffee and she said something that made me review my focus. She told me she was much more likely to take notice Continue reading The Storyteller’s Secret: Book Review and Tips