This is day 4 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read yesterday’s “Why we don’t even own a microwave” I thought yesterday about the topics I might choose to blog about today. I considered blogging about my pet peeves when it comes to blogging (some of which include numbers in headlines and poor…
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Why we don’t even own a microwave
This is day 3 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day two, “Tips on starting a free blog” My family doesn’t own a microwave And that’s okay. When we first married, my husband and I consolidated the contents of his 3-bedroom house and my stuff (that didn’t exactly fit neatly into a…
Tips on starting a free blog for your business
Day 2 of my 30-day blog challenge, read day one: 30-day blog challenge Tips on starting a free blog for your business A friend of mine asked me Friday about what it costs to start a blog. The short answer is that it’s free, but not really. I’ve previously tackled the…
What 30 days of blogging can do for your career
30 days of blogging, beginning now. I’m a big believer of blogging, and I recommend custom content for every one of my friends when they ask what tools best benefit their small businesses. What 30 days can do If we’ve learned anything from Morgan Spurlock, it’s how much things can change…
The best toy for toddlers: not-so-pro parenting tip
I’ll be honest (it’s quite stress-relieving); when the pregnancy results came in for my second child I immediately yearned for the day my two kids could play together. Only two years apart—by literally two days—I felt sure my kids would be destined to grow up playing with and perhaps tormenting each other. …
The most difficult task for a freelancer
Though I’ve been in business for myself for nearly seven years with Target Audience Magazine, I haven’t invested enough time or money to make a sincere “go of it,” though I plan to change that this year. I started really building my freelance career managing social media and editing fairly recently. I just joined…
If content is king, I’m queen
Content IS king, and I feel like its queen Just a quick update here. I’ve been so busy lately taking clients and working with companies that I’ve sincerely been too busy to blog for myself. As I recommend all indie writers do, I am working my way up to higher-traffic websites. I’ve been…
An open letter to Stomp and Stammer’s Jeff Clark – The Ria Wars
By Ellen Eldridge More and more people are wondering what members of the media think about expressing their personal opinions in print—and, well, anything they want from the mildly offensive to the outrageously inflammatory. Facebook posts arguing the right to post whatever the author wants and as often as the author wants exist…
My social media resolutions for 2014
Let’s go ahead and admit that social media has the tendency to lock us in a holding pattern, where creativity burns out with each minute spent scrolling that we should be writing or creating our own art. In thinking back on the things I’ve shared and why, I’ve come to these resolutions about…
The problem with perfectionism
I’m proud of people who claim to be perfectionists, and I know well I’m one of them. But the problem with perfectionism is procrastination–leave a comment if you think I’m wrong. These great ideas flood my brain and my hands quickly type or write them onto lists. I have more blog calendars than…