Oct
16

If you’re going to blog full-time, you’re going to need insurance

By | Blogging, Business

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Living the full-time blogger’s life sounds like a luxurious dream to most aspiring bloggers, but that dream can quickly turn into a nightmare if you aren’t fully prepared and haven’t secured everything you’ll need ahead of time. I learned the hard way, that every blogger needs affordable health and/or business insurance.   It honestly was the…
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Sep
30

Stop Being The Tortoise

By | Blogging, Business

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So you have been blogging for awhile and things are going… well. Slow and steady wins the race right? Yes, that may have been true in the classic children’s tale but sooner or later you are going to have to make some major moves to get your blog where you want it to be. Where…
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Sep
29

8 Things to Do Before Starting a Business Blog

By | Blogging, Business, Social Media

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Business bloggers face a few different challenges than other bloggers. Business blogs often have specific objectives – the blog is usually a marketing or community building tool – and the blog, once public, becomes a public display of life for a company.

Sep
18

Using Social Media to help Start a Residual Business

By | Business, Guest Posts, Social Media

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Guest post by Lena Morrish Chances are, you are already on at least one media site, if not more than that, and you have an idea about how to use them. Due to these profiles, you already have a base of friends, family and others who are connected to you and are interested in what…
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Sep
08

Success – You Already Know How to Get There

By | Blogging, Business, Writing

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Some things cannot be presented in a simple, step-by-step guide.

Apr
30

Stop Giving Your Life to that Company (T.I.P. Team Post)

By | Business, Guest Posts

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It’s Friday! That means today is my day over at TheInfoPreneur.  Here’s the 2nd of my recurring posts as part of the T.I.P. Team! If you have a moment, please go and check out: Stop Giving Your Life to that Company In this post, I highlight the significance of what many of us are trading…
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Apr
16

Ways to use social networking for your business

By | Blogging, Business, Guest Posts, Networking

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Guest post by Lena Morrish One of the best advantages to starting a home-based internet business is having your independence!  One of the lesser advantages of that independence is not having your usual network of colleagues around you.  Almost everyone needs people to share ideas with or get feedback from, and if you are running…
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Jan
19

One Cool Way to Grab My Attention

By | Business, Networking, Social Media

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On January 12th, I posted a tweet asking the question, “If a business were going to hire you for a few hours per week to apply your social media savvy, how would you best use that time for them?” I asked it because it was asked of me in just that same way.

Jan
13

My Guest Post About Entrepreneurship

By | Business

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One of the most inspiring people in my life was my grandfather who, for his time, was quite a successful entrepreneur against very tough odds. I had the chance to write about him and the lessons I learned from him over at Ben Lang’s blog and wanted to pass the link on to my readers…
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