How Google Friendly Is Your Blog? (A-Z of Blogging)

Speeding Up Your WordPress website

G is for Google on my A to Z of Blogging The Googlebot is a hungry beast. It scuttles around the internet 3.7 million times a minute – it’s one speedy critter! It voraciously searches for content – the food Continue reading How Google Friendly Is Your Blog? (A-Z of Blogging)

Facts Vs Opinion (A-Z of Blogging)

F is for Facts in the A-Z Blogging   Opinions or Facts? It’s been years since I watched “the news”. The word ‘news’ needs to be in quotation marks because in this age of 24-hour ‘news’ it’s amazing how tenuous Continue reading Facts Vs Opinion (A-Z of Blogging)

Bringing Your Expertise To Your Blogs (A-Z of Blogging)

Share your expertise with confidence on your blog

E is for Expertise in my A to Z of Blogging… Expertise in Action This Summer, I was at a garden party for my sister’s birthday (she’s Artist Chloe Birnie). We sat on makeshift chairs around a blazing firepit in Continue reading Bringing Your Expertise To Your Blogs (A-Z of Blogging)

The importance of planning, goal setting and personal development for your business – A Guest Post

Plan your personal development to grow your business

As we rapidly approach the end of the year (and before silly season starts), November is a great time to be looking ahead to 2019. Have you planned your own personal development? Where do you want your business to be Continue reading The importance of planning, goal setting and personal development for your business – A Guest Post

Add A Little Magic To Your Blog

Improve the quality of your blogs by using a little storyteller's magic

(A 5-minute read or a 25-minute video…) We all have a little creative magic inside of us, if we dig deeply enough. I firmly believe that we are all born creative and reading ‘Out Of Our Minds: Learning To Be Continue reading Add A Little Magic To Your Blog

Get It Done! Don’t Self-Sabotage Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Chequered flag get it done you win

Talking to a business colleague recently, she asked me, “are you getting in your own way in your business?” I had to be honest and say, “yes”. When you work for yourself, you are both the biggest asset and the Continue reading Get It Done! Don’t Self-Sabotage Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Bring Creativity To Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Can you learn creativity

Tapping into your own innate creativity adds sparkle to your blogs. I firmly believe that everyone is creative, at least to some degree. Being creative is a natural human instinct. The misunderstanding, the disbelief, occurs because when we talk about Continue reading Bring Creativity To Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Features Vs Benefits – What To Blog About (A-Z of Blogging)

What to blog about features vs benefits

Blogging has many benefits – sometimes they are quite unexpected! I shared my Massive List Of Reasons To Blog recently, but in this context I mean the benefits of what you do as a business… If someone asks me what Continue reading Features Vs Benefits – What To Blog About (A-Z of Blogging)

Email Tips For Start-Ups: A Guest Post

email tips for startups

  Email Marketing is a powerful tool… When Melissa of Literary Book Gifts reached out to me over email, I wanted to help her fledgling business because I thought the products looked really cool.   I love a new and Continue reading Email Tips For Start-Ups: A Guest Post

The Power of Authenticity (A – Z of Blogging)

Iceburg authentic below the surface

Authenticity is the new buzzword in Content Marketing, everyone’s talking about it (how inauthentic of them).   A for Authenticity: The A-Z of Blogging But, what do we really mean when we talk about being authentic on your blog? I Continue reading The Power of Authenticity (A – Z of Blogging)