Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior – Book Review
Emma Jean hated babies. In fact, she had built her very successful career as an author on baby hating... I met author Charlotte Rains Dixon on Twitter (@wordstrumpet) in 2011 and got to know her a little better when my teenaged son asked me about taking one of her writing classes. A couple of weeks ago, I happened to see a tweet fly by saying Charlotte had just published her first novel. Of course I zoomed over to Amazon.com to buy it, so I could support a fellow writer who actually did … Read more ...
Are Sparkly Content and Eye-Catching Photos the New SEO?
If you don’t read much on SEO you may not have heard about the Penguin changes over at Google recently. Google is updating their algorithm to give readers better quality content as they search for information or simply Google it. They want to get rid of web spam and that’s a great thing. Who wants to land on a website just full of links with no information? Not me. Google has been making changes like this for years, usually updating quarterly, and more recently, monthly and possibly now, … Read more ...
No Fail (Almost) Guide to Hashtag Basics
Nowadays, most content marketers and brand ambassadors use Twitter – and the majority of them use hashtags. In social media circles, the term hashtag refers to keywords or word phrases (no spaces) that follow the number or pound symbol in a Tweet. People use hashtags on a variety of other social media platforms, but, for now, we’ll keep things simple by only talking about Twitter. How and Why Use a Hashtag? Use hashtags to categorize content, allowing for easy retrieval by yourself and … Read more ...
How to Banish Time Wasters and Get More Writing Done
Everyone would love to tack on extra hours to each day. Who couldn’t use a little more time to get assignments done, run errands, or check items off that mile-long To-Do list? No magical formula exists to make your days longer, but strategies that can help you use your time better are abundant. One of the major strategies calls for a close examination of the “time wasters” in your life. We all have them -- activities that eat away at our hours without really giving us anything in … Read more ...
Freelance Scoop
5 Moms Who Inspire and Spread Hope
In honor of Mother's Day, I'm sharing 5 moms in the digital world who continually inspire me with their messages of truth and hope. Every mother I know, both in the real world and on the Web, inspires me in some way each time we connect. But it's these 5 mothers that have dedicated their digital authority to mindfully encourage hope in mothers, so they can pass that along to their husbands, children, and other women. Darlene Schacht - Time Warp Wife Darlene writes about marriage, parenting, … [Read More...]
Inspiration
Get Out of the Doldrums and Get Writing
Last month I shared my way to bust writer's block - to get the words flowing again. And to even feel good about your calling – to find success as an accomplished writer. Not just a writer, but an accomplished writer. But maybe you haven’t experienced that stage of writer's block, yet. Perhaps you're pretty crafty, you write great stuff (or can), you may even have gotten published a time or two. Now, however, you feel like you're spinning your wheels. Your writing has lost its edge. … [Read More...]
Productivity
How Your Office Space Defines You and Your Productivity
How does your office space define you and your productivity? Ask me. I just remodeled my home office three weeks ago and I feel like a whole new person as well as a much more organized professional. If you're lucky enough to have your own office space -- whether it’s located at home or … [Read More...]
Marketing
No Fail (Almost) Guide to Hashtag Basics
Nowadays, most content marketers and brand ambassadors use Twitter – and the majority of them use hashtags. In social media circles, the term hashtag refers to keywords or word phrases (no spaces) that follow the number or pound symbol in a Tweet. People use hashtags on a variety of other social … [Read More...]
