Lately it seems like everything is catching up with me - my life on the farm, writing, keeping up with my websites, blogging and overall managing my business and balancing it with my life. As I did mention before I live on a Cocoa Estate in the Caribbean and as I write this we are preparing for the beginning of the new cocoa season which will lasts for a period of about six months. I can already see how this is affecting my online business as I now have to divide my day between chores around th

We Can All Use A Little Bit of Free If you are like me and do a lot of writing for your blogs, websites, social media posts and Press Releases then I'm sure you are always on the lookout for good quality free graphics. As I work more and more online and am leaning some of the protocols of using the internet with integrity, using other people's photos makes me somewhat uneasy. Maybe you get the same feeling as well and you wonder how to get around this. As is my habit I always research everyth

It was Hemingway who said "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed". Writing is an important part of being a member at Wealthy Affiliate. It is obvious that writing for our blogs and websites helps give us visibility, thus increases the possibility of getting visitors to whatever we are promoting. Then we have those days when we scratch our heads about what to write that might interest others. They even have a name for it 'writer's block". I love writing an

Why is it that we sometimes have gloomy days? What are gloomy days you may ask? In my opinion they are those days when we can't seem to find the energy or mind set to do the tasks we set for ourselves. Everything seems to cause us irritation and we cannot get much of anything done. We know we should shake this mood and get moving, but that is not happening as fast as we would like it to. What to do on days like this? What I have found works best is to step back for a while and regroup. Taking a

A Long Journey It has been about three weeks since I ventured onto Wealthy Affiliate and became a member. When I did, I of course had no idea what to expect. I found my way here out of a burning desire to take my online business and presence to the next level. You might ask: What is the next level? For me that would be having the knowledge to build my own websites, have them optimized for search engines and anything that has to do with creating a professional presence on the internet, that would