Hi there, As a fairly new blogger I've been pretty busy, taking this course and that. I've learned lots of techie things and something equally, if not more, important, that I'd like to share here today. I don't know about you, but I've always thought that blogs were about bloggers and what they had to say. Not any more! Most bloggers work extremely hard on their blogs. They produce posts that are well crafted and on trend. But there's something they may not know that is just as importa

Hi,Emails. Too many to read straight away? Here's a tip to easily "mark" those you need to remember or want to revisit later. This method works on my desktop PC. Apply a coloured label. I still use Eudora (an old dinosaur of a program). I just right click the email and then "Change Label" and select a colour. (You can colour code them using red for urgent, yellow for read later, etc).Easy Peasy! I imagine other email systems have a similar feature.Hope this works as well for you as it does for

To say I was naïve when I first created my blog would be a huge understatement.The biggest mistake? Believing what I read online and taking it at face value. Just this one thing made me a target for seasoned hucksters, with headlines like "blogging is easy", "anyone can do it", "make money while you sleep". Like metal to a magnet the attraction was strong, the rewards abundant and instant. Blinded by stars in my eyes and fuelled by a healthy dose of wishing thinking, I almost fell for lure

Hey there,When I created my non WA blog I was advised to think carefully about the colours for my site, the logo I'd use and the images I'd add to posts. How these would affect (create?) my brand. Brand? That was only something for the Big Guys. Right? Did me and my little blog really need to worry about a brand? Oh, yeah! After all, what's the first thing you think of when you hear the word "brand"?For me, it's McDonalds.And those golden arches, flashing in NEON.What about you...what comes to

Howdy,The holidays are over and it's a brand spanking new year. Time to rise above last year's foibles (any fellow procrastinators?) before moving ahead. As well as procrastination I tend to suffer from information overload. Anyone else? To be honest, I'm a bit of an info junkie. Fortunately, I do get to learn lots of new things. But. Overload. Is. A. Real. Concern. I find my wheels spinning beneath me rather than moving onward and upward.So, what to do?I aim to exercise some restraint. Bye bye