A lot has been made over the past year about how transparency - and radical transparency - is the way to go if you want to build up a loyal, active following (sorry, community) on your blog, Twitter or anywhere else you interact. You need to let people see the real you, you ought to share ...
Be present, put yourself out there, be online for long enough and you'll very likely have to deal with haters. Haters are different from trolls, they're people who likely know you in some sort of capacity rather than the unknown, faceless, anonymous trolls. Sometimes you've worked with them, sometimes you haven't. Sometimes they've just decided ...
It's late here but I'm making the most of my pregnancy insomnia (having felt so exhausted that I've had to nap for most of the day...typical) and blogging. If you've been over to this site recently (versus reading it via a feedreader or via email), you may have noticed a slight tweak to the masthead. The ...
A few months ago, I made the conscious decision to turn the Location Independent blog into what I call a "proper" business. Ever since then, I've slowly been working on the nuts & bolts of the site to put in the foundations that have been missing so far. These include: A more strategic plan ...
I've been lying awake at night recently unable to sleep, thanks to the hiccuping of the little madam in my belly. According to the progress tracker on Babycentre she's apparently practising her breathing technique (and no Daddy, she's not a fish!), hence the hiccups. Strange sensation and quite disturbing until I realised what it ...
What's the first thing you do when you need more business? If you're like us, you go on a major marketing drive and/or look at why your existing marketing activities aren't working. But for some businesses (who don't have humongous marketing budgets to waste), that's easier said than done. And here's why... Of every single person I ...
You may know that I'm still looking for 1 or 2 more staff writers for the Location Independent blog (please don't apply - I've had plenty of applicants already). What has struck me is the casual nature with which some people have applied. I would understand if I were advertising for people to write for free ...
I've had a couple of questions via both Twitter and email about the process I used to find the new writers I've just introduced on the Location Independent blog so I thought I'd share the information here rather than have to write it out multiple times. Firstly, this is not the first time I've experimented ...
...with blogging, I mean, in case you're wondering ;-) I certainly am - as you've probably noticed if you read this and/or the LI blog. It's actually not just because I'm short on inspiration nor pushed for time... It's more to do with the fact that I get into my blogging flow by blogging about things going ...
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