A Challenge Too Far?

It’s a bit of a personal blog today, to let you know what I am up to (or not!) and to ask you (yes, you!) a question or two. A few weeks ago, I mentioned seeing my new business coach, Sharon and how productive and inspiring I found the session.  In the next session we [...]

It’s that time again – The Ultimate Blog Challenge

With a few days to go till the end of 2012, an email about the first blog challenge of the year dropped into my mail box.  Blink and all of a sudden, it’s 1st January 2013 already.  How did it get here so fast?  I dutifully signed up… Now I’m sat here thinking once again [...]

Ultimate Blog Challenge, Give Your Blog A Boost!

It’s that time again!  I was in two minds about joining in on the October Ultimate Blog Challenge.  It’s been a difficult few weeks and I know that once again I will struggle to get a post a day out. Between giving up smoking (the computer is a trigger, so I’ve been avoiding the keyboard!), [...]

Blogging For Business: Lessons from the Ultimate Blog Challenge

One of the great things about blogging for business is you can chat away sharing your knowledge and it brings people to your website, mainly through long tail searches.   What do I mean by long tail? People often type in longer phrases into the search box, sometimes even whole questions.   Many people dismiss this “accidental” [...]

To Comment or Not To Comment… Thoughts on Blog Commenting Systems

Taking part in the Ultimate Blog Challenge has forced me to think about blog commenting systems again. As part of the Challenge you are encouraged to visit and comment on other peoples blogs. Blog Commenting and Online Visibility The Challenge a great system. You support other bloggers out there by reading, commenting and sharing. In [...]

Ultimate Blog Challenge Accepted (Again!)

It’s that time again – the Ultimate Blog Challenge. 31 posts in 31 days of July, it’s going to be tough and I challenge YOU to join me too. Why Join a Blog Challenge? For me, it’s about focus and “me” time. I do prefer to help other people rather than concentrate on my own [...]

Getting Into The Blogging Groove And The Pitfalls Of Habit

Did you know it takes around 21 days to create a habit?  Your brain sends messages down the same path until you do a task or action without thinking.  A repeated message creates a groove to run along to make delivery easier.  If you have any bad habits, you’ll know how difficult it is to [...]