Happy Friday! The launch of a new site we’re working on, The Write Life, is just about a month away. Can’t wait! Here are my favorite posts from around the web this week: Your writing is your business. At The Creative Penn, Liz Broomfield lists 10 tips to transitioning to full-time in the job you […]
A lot of you read this blog in Google Reader. That’s the tool I’ve longed used, too, to read my crazy list of blogs and find fodder for clients’ social channels. But Google is about to kill its Reader. (This is one of the first times I’ve been seriously disappointed with Google. If you kill […]
We’ve been busy this week prepping for next week’s webinar on how to grow an engaged email list. You coming? Here are this week’s reads: Great Mixergy interview with Ross Gordon about how a copywriter created a scalable company. Rachelle Gardner addresses how to read more blogs in less time. The short answer: RSS! Don’t […]
Anything worth doing is not easy. Actually, it’s often more than not easy. Sometimes it hurts. Or at least causes discomfort, which a lot of us mistaken for pain. Getting in shape hurts. Running a marathon — even if you’re fit — hurts. But those are both examples of physical pain. And it’s emotional pain […]
Happy Friday! Lots of goodies for you this week: “There is power in saying ‘no’ to the things you don’t need in your life.” Kelly at Cordelia Calls It Quits points out the positivity of quitting. Great list of resources on what to charge for writing, editing, and social media work, from Seawoman’s Caribbean Writing […]
Last year I decided to run an experiment. I wanted to offer free webinars. I did this with a specific goal in mind: to grow my email list. Growing my list has been one of my primary goals over the last year because it’s my most direct line to my community. It’s how I foster […]
What have you accomplished this week that you’re proud of? Here are my favorite posts from around the web: From Carol at Tice Writes: a list of quality sites that pay writers. Don’t fail this “simple rule of dream chasing.” Jon Acuff discusses how to be the best kind of selfish. A few universal writing […]
Happy Friday! Here are my favorite finds from this week: Why Chris Guillebeau says you should change your default to CREATE, not CONSUME. You're better than your job. Why Adam Britten says you shouldn't let your career define you. Do you think creating and traveling clash? Torre Deroche of The Fearful Adventurer describes the problem […]
Have trouble choosing one interest to revolve your job or business around? Want to create a career that involves several of your passions? Emilie Wapnick of Puttylike and Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up have come up with a super idea for those of us cobbling together a career from a variety of interests: […]
Hope you’re having a great week! I haven’t spent much time in my Google Reader over the last few days, so today’s list of reads is short and sweet: How solopreneurs are using co-working spaces, from The New York Times. “It’s far easier to put your future into someone else’s hands than it is to […]