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Inspirations to keep going

Posted on February 12, 2014July 23, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  This is day 14 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 13 “Social media strategy”   We all have those days where our heads ache, we’re overwhelmed and just plain tired. Being stuck inside and trying to focus with the entire family around is difficult. Humans are creatures of habit, and cabin fever affects me…

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Does your creativity keep you up at night or leave you blocked?

Controlling creativity: 5 tips for managing inspiration

Posted on February 8, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

Day 10 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 9 “Social Media Limit”     We makers know that when inspiration strikes we might be dead asleep or butt-naked in the shower. Actually, I think the connecting theme for those two situations is the idea of relaxation. The mind reels when the body relaxes.  But, in…

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10 ways to improve your social media marketing overnight

Posted on February 5, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  This is day 7 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 6: “Abandoned Addiction”     Your business needs more than a Facebook Page to be active in social media marketing, and it certainly needs someone more experienced with setting up marketing strategy than your Millennial neighbor. Just as you need a plan for…

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Abandoned Addiction: thoughts on finding Hoffman dead with a needle in his arm

Posted on February 4, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  Day 6 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 5 “The benefits of a blog calendar”     George Willis Jr. grew up and became the mighty Lester Bangs before dying from a heroin overdose, with a needle still sticking out of his left arm. I didn’t want to write about Philip Seymour Hoffman….

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The benefits of blog calendar

Posted on February 3, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  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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Tips on starting a free blog for your business

Posted on February 1, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  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…

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What 30 days of blogging can do for your career

Posted on January 31, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  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…

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If content is king, I’m queen

Posted on January 19, 2014April 30, 2026 by Ellen Eldridge

  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…

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An open letter to Stomp and Stammer’s Jeff Clark – The Ria Wars

Posted on January 8, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

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…

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The problem with perfectionism

Posted on December 14, 2013October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  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…

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