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    Are you a morning person or a night person?

    This is day 22 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 21: “Why I love HootSuite”     I’ve been thinking more and more that I’m a morning person, but I’m by no means a cheerful person in the morning. In fact, I’ve asked my husband not to speak to me in the mornings before I’ve had coffee. I just feel like when I get up early enough to wake up slowly, exercise and breathe fresh air, I feel better. I am more productive.   My recent thoughts started a few weeks ago, when I read an article about “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast”. Now, I am not…

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    5 Pet peeves of poor web design

      This is day 19 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 18: “One quick tip for Facebook for business”   I think it’s safe to say that every business is online. Every musician, artist, cookie vendor and craftsperson has a website. If they don’t, they really should. Some people blog or sell items from third party websites like Facebook or Etsy. I don’t recommend making your home on someone else’s property for a few reasons that you can read about in my post “Tips on starting a free blog.”   1. Websites that automatically play music or video This should be self-explanatory, but when I think of making a list…

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    Keyword research for blog writing

    Day 17 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 16: “The shape of a heart”   One thing that I think makes me particularly tuned-in to keyword research as it applies to blog writing is the fact that I earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. More than just having taken (and passed) the classes, the reason I even enjoyed psychology as a discipline involved wanting to know what makes people do the things they do. Though I decided not to pursue an advanced degree in psychology, my love for understanding human nature has switched to applying it to consumer behavior. Sort of.   What is keyword research? I don’t presume to…