Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and new guest poster Ben! photo credit: Steve Keys I have a bugbear. Something that pricks me and annoys me. Irritates me. Like someone scratching a blackboard. Enough sometimes to make the red mist descend and send me into an apoplexy of tempestuous rage. Camera adverts. Will you bite? Great!…
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7 lessons learnt on the road to Awesome
Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and Gareth! The universe is a great teacher. It has an endless amount of lessons that it is willing to teach you. The only problem is that it’s not all that selective. It’ll teach you lessons you’re ready for, lessons you’re not ready for, and lessons that you’ve forgotten and…
Why your Right People need the REAL you
Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and Susan! Those of us who write, interact and generally hang out on the web know that it’s entirely possible to show just the parts of us that we want seen and hide the rest. And, of course, no one will ever know because you’re not face to face, right?…
Five and a half signs you don’t take your business website seriously
Hooray for Guest Post Wednesday and Alexia! You are a small business owner. You don’t have squillions of dollars to spend on broadcast advertising on TV and newspapers and radio. But you do have a website. Are you taking it seriously? Here are 5½ signs that you aren’t. photo credit: kevindooley 1. You host your…
Simple productivity
It’s Guest Post Wednesday, and here’s Ali! Quick mental fixes have always seemed a little cheap. I mean come on, how much can a blog post really help? How does putting more stuff in our head help us sort it out? Well here’s another very simple idea to keep you on the ball, moving and…
Being awesome means being yourself
It’s Guest Post Wednesday, and today’s slice of awesome pie comes from the super-spectacular Tara! When you’re first starting out online, you try to be all professional. You pay for a premium theme. You read the sites on making money online, building your web presence, creating quality content. You write helpful, informative posts on topics…
Listening to your gut
Hello everyone! It’s Wednesday on this side of the world, and I have decided I want to play around with Guest Post Wednesday, featuring a new and wonderful reader every week. Today, it’s time for words of wisdom from Mike! photo credit: oksidor Hi, I’m Troy McClure Mike Reeves-McMillan. You may remember me from such…
How I plan my awesome digital empire
Hello dearests! It’s time for another guest post, this one from the delightful Mars Dorian! photo credit: laura padgett When I started my blog, I had ambitious goals. No, delete that. I had delusional goals: I wanted to build an uber-famous blog with a raving fan base in less than 3 months. Well, I don’t…
“What do you do?” is not a rhetorical question
Hello dearests, it’s time for a (totally awesome and must-read) guest post from Gareth! In the recent Awesome Chat Session we had to make introductions. Part of that was explaining what you do. Saying “I run a blog,” or “I’m trying to escape the corporate world, like our charming host managed” just didn’t cut it….
Success and failure – what are you really scared of?
It’s time for another exciting guest post! This one is from regular commenter and nifty writer, Gareth. photo credit: GypsyFae For most of us, success and failure are mutually exclusive. For some, failure merely means you haven’t tried often. But whoever you are, you will agree that both success and failure are scary. Failure brings…