What I learned from a two-day creative writing course
Enrolling in a two-day creative writing course helped me get my mojo back and connected me with like-minded people travelling similar journeys to mine. Here’s what happened.
A quick and easy guide to content calendars
If you’re trying to organise your social media posts but are struggling to gain momentum, or perhaps struggling to remember to create social media posts from your blogs, or blog posts from some of the awesome social media content that you create then a content calendar could really help you solve a lot of those problems.
How to choose the right keywords for your blog
You want to start a blog on your business website but aren’t sure what keywords to use, or even if you need to worry about keywords (spoiler alert: you do). Here is a short post that will help you choose the right keywords for your blog.
9 Tips for New Real Estate Bloggers
You have decided to add a blog to your real estate website – congratulations! You’re on your way to generating more leads for your business! Here are 9 tips that will help you get your blog off to a successful start.
How to use a freelancer or content writer
Could your business benefit from a freelance writer? Recently at a friend’s birthday party I was talking to the husband of another friend (a small-business owner) and, as we talked about work stuff, he confessed that he didn’t understand how a business like his could use a freelance writer, (also known as a content marketer, or a content writer – … Read More
Furious Fiction: The Great Faery War
This week, my blog post is another Furious Fiction, this time mine (last week I published my husband’s efforts). I’m not happy with this, by a long way. Why am I publishing something I’m not happy with? Well, to a degree I’m always a little unhappy with my work. But also, this is something waaaay outside my comfort zone, so … Read More
Furious Fiction: May writing challenge
The first Friday of every month is Furious Fiction Friday! This is a 500-word writing-prompt challenge with a prize of $500. Today’s blog post is a little different. Rather than post MY entry to the competition, I’m posting my husband’s entry!
I’m a book club failure! Are you a book club failure too?
In a thousand or so years as archaeologists and anthropologists are digging through the detritus of the 21st century, the phenomenon of the book club will feature heavily in their discoveries. Much like in 17th and 18th century, where women sat in the parlour and did fine needlework while discussing events of the day, the book club has become the … Read More
8 tips to improve your real estate blog (that work for any business blog)
A blog can help drive traffic to your website, establish you as an authority, attract customers to your business and to your brand, and create loyal followers from existing customers (customer retention tool) – if you blog well. If you blog badly, it’s a lot of wasted time and effort. Here are 8 tips to improve your blog and make … Read More
Why your business website needs a blog
You’ve got a great business website. It looks good, has great information on it and really complements your real-life business. But you don’t have a blog on it. Here are nine reasons why your business website needs a blog and without one you could be losing customers.