Happy Friday! Who’s ready for the holiday season? A few reads for your weekend: A lot of posts on thankfulness landed in my Reader last week, and my favorite was this one about giving thanks for less from Therese at the Unlost. All ProBlogger Ebooks are only $10 for a few more days! Great sale […]
Last week I went on an email and social media detox. That’s right: I didn’t read or respond to emails for a week, and I didn’t touch my social media channels. (With a few minor exceptions — I had to go into my email to retrieve my flight itinerary, for example — but they were […]
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When reader Michelle left a comment on last week’s post about the benefits of guest blogging, it gave me an idea. Some of you are looking for guest posting opportunities, while others are looking to run quality posts on your blog. So why not bring both sides together to help us all out? In the […]
Working for yourself doesn’t come with paid vacation, and it can feel difficult to get away. Self-employment gives you control over your schedule, which means you can organize your work around your life (rather than the other way around) and take time off when you need it. But if you want to take off more […]
Who’s ready for Thanksgiving week?! I’m turning it into a one-week email and social media detox… Details on the blog Monday about how I’m hoping to pull it off. For now, a bunch of reads to last you until the holiday: Find out how to land a new opportunity even if you don’t have relevant […]
With a big blog redesign coming up, it’s finally time to start a Facebook page for my blog and biz! This hasn’t been the right move for me for a while (here’s why), but I think it’s time, partly because I have so much to share that doesn’t belong on this blog or in my […]
Next month I’m offering a free webinar on the magic of guest blogging. Sign up to join us! My plan is to spend most of the hour on HOW to get your posts placed on popular blogs, how to get editors to say YES to your guest posts. But I realized while putting together the […]
Hope everyone had a healthy and productive week! Here are this week’s finds from around the web: At Zen Habits, Leo asks: is health insurance a bad investment if you work for yourself? Worth reading if you’re already on your own or thinking about moving in that direction. What a cool spin on publishing: Fast […]
Freelance blogging is becoming an increasingly popular revenue stream for writers. But can you actually make good money from blogging? And how do you get started? Tom Ewer, a freelance writer and internet marketer, is here to answer those questions. Tom quit his job in 2011 and has been helping people to do the same […]