Have you ever had a dream or goal that you desperately wanted to achieve, but found yourself struggling to maintain the drive and determination to see it through? We all have moments in life where our inner drive seems to dwindle. And this can make it harder to accomplish our goals. I remember feeling this way when I first started my career as a writer. I was excited about my new path. But as time went on, I found myself struggling to stay motivated. I knew I needed to take action to keep my ... Read the Post
5 Solid Strategies to Develop and Maintain Your Inner Creative Drive
How to Guest Blog to Build Your Community
If you are wanting to continue to grow your blog, then guest blogging is still a great idea. The importance still lies within building online community, and this is one of the best ways to do that. Guest blogging should be done as one part of a multi-part list building effort - and in moderation. You want to be particular about where you guest blog, and how often. But the way you'll be learning it here will prevent you from churning out low-quality guest posts anyway, so you'll be safe. Let's ... Read the Post
How to Build a Passive Income with Writing
We are in a difficult time in our world, a time where many people are beginning to search for ways to create work for themselves online. Are you one of these people? If you have writing skills you may want to write about something you are passionate about and get paid for your talent and passion. Article writing and blogging are great because you can do these from home on your own time, and work around your other obligations. There is a sizable demand for unique, original content for ... Read the Post
How to Begin Making an Income with Your Blog
Are you an entrepreneurial-minded person who wants to pursue a career working for yourself online? Do you have a blog, or have you considered starting a blog? Well, there is no better time than right now to get started. I also want to say, you should be proud of yourself for taking the steps to pursue your dream! Some of you might be doing this on top of a full time job – perhaps working on weekends or after your regular work hours. That takes a lot of passion and dedication … not to ... Read the Post
How to Bring Your Visions Alive With Mind Mapping
Have you heard of Mind Mapping? It's not an entirely new concept of course, but it has been refined into a tool unto itself for bringing that which we wish to create into form. Mind mapping is a popular technique for visually outlining information - almost like a literal and sometimes handwritten version of a vision board. I am a huge fan of mapping, and charting. It is the only way I can get all of my creative ideas out of my swirling mind and into something tangible that I can ... Read the Post
How to Boost Your Blog Traffic with Keywords
Bloggers usually begin a blog because they love writing. And although some like to remain incognito and keep their blogs somewhat private, most want their writing to be read. With such a vast online world, if you want to be found, you will need traffic to your blog. Getting traffic requires search engines to find your blog by having strong SEO (search engine optimization). This means you will need to create posts with specific keywords and keyword phrases. How ... Read the Post