Updated November 2019 Or, in other words, I’m spilling all my blog secrets! Want to start a blog, recently started a blog, want to grow your blog or you’re thinking of monetizing? Then this post is for you. In this post, I’ll be sharing all the resources that I often get asked about. I just updated my Blog Resource Page adding a bunch of new articles, products and recommended services to that list, so I’d thought I’d also share all…
How to get the most out of your DSLR I’ve been blogging for nearly five years and when I started, there were many things I was clueless about. Photography was one of them. I actually owned a DSLR way before I started blogging- I just didn’t know how to use it. We called it “the big camera” and we’d bring it with us when going on vacation. Surprise, surprise, we only used in auto mode. When starting this blog, I…
Where do I start? What do I write about? How do I get people to read my blog? These are some of the questions I get asked almost daily. First thing I always suggest to new bloggers is to concentrate on creating some content. Write about things you like, things you are passionate about, things that interest you. I’d say having about 10 or so posts is a good place to start. My next suggestion is to always network and…
In March we talked quite a lot about mindfulness and slow living. We touched on my “struggles” with being mindful while also being… obsessed with all things beauty in my The Beauty Diet post. My beauty collection was getting bit out of control and I actually made it all the way to April with only buying a mascara and a lipstick this year. I got rid of a whole bunch of old, unopened or unused products which I discussed in…
Writing doesn’t always come easy. There are times when I can sit in front of a blank Word document for what seems like hours, and know that it’s just NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. It can be frustrating, but I try no to force myself to write. I’m trying to apply this whole slow-living thing to blogging, too. I don’t usually batch-write my content, either. I love blogging, but I don’t want it to feel like a chore- it kind of sucks the…