You surf the internet every day, reading, skimming and bookmarking all the items that you love. Hundreds of emails, images and ideas cross your path each and every day. Sometimes, there’s so much to see, it can actually be stressful or overwhelming. For writers, having content infiltrating your day can present different challenges. While most wonder […]
How to Create a Pinnable Photo
Learning how to create a pinnable photo is the first step in using Pinterest as a tool for generating traffic to your blog. I find it consistently ranks as my #2 source of traffic after Google searches. Making sure your images are optimized for Pinterest lets you take advantage of all that this fabulous platform has […]
The 5 WordPress Plug-ins You Must Have
My first “proper” blog was on Blogger. I say proper because I used to have a blog on something called Maxpages and it was a hot mess! When I started my blog, I signed up with Blogger because it was really easy to use. I didn’t have to know anything about coding and the little […]
How to Banish Writer’s Block
As a blogger, your time and attention is constantly torn. You have social media accounts to engage on and grow, traffic to monitor, correspondence to maintain, editorial calendars to create, deadlines to meet and accounting to follow through. Writer’s block happens when you sit down at the computer and have absolutely no idea what to […]
How Facebook Has Changed Birthdays
If you’re over twenty years old you probably remember receiving phone calls from family and friends or cards in the mail on your birthday. If you received ten calls and ten cards you were Wowed. Flash forward to the present. Enter Facebook. You can have anywhere from 300 to thousands of “friends”. Facebook makes it […]
Bleacher Creature Toys #FanTalk Twitter Party May 1, 2014 at 7PM ET
Join Us for our #FanTalk TWITTER PARTY w/ @dollarhoodUS and @bcreaturetoys When: Thursday, May 1, 2014 7-8 pm ET You could win our grand prize Tickets To Attend A Regular Season Game Of Your Favorite Team! Come join us & show your team spirit at our #FanTalk Twitter Party with Bleacher Creatures. Well […]
Trademarks And How They Relate To Your Blog
So you have an online identity. Perhaps you own a blog or contribute regularly to an online discussion or bulletin board. Have you considered your identity or brand, as it relates to legal issues? What about mentioning other people’s or company’s brands (i.e. trademarks) in your blogs? Trademarks And How They Relate To Your Blog […]
Tips on Creating Your Own Family Game Night
The members in my family are natural born competitors. Whether it’s a board game or playing Wii against each other, no one wants to lose. But since we all can’t be winners, there is always some sort of debacle at our house on Family Game Night. This summer we have been trying to have Family […]
Finding Bliss Wherever You Can
Earlier this week Rachel wrote a post entitled, “Why You Should Unplug.” It stuck in my mind and I decided to do something about it…it was time for action, I mean inaction! 😉 For me bliss is often found in the simplest moments and the tiniest pleasures. This morning I took the time to pamper myself […]
