How I created a (soon-to-be-bestselling) card deck… You’ve probably heard me talking about my card deck—The Blog Post Inspiration Deck—for a while now.I created it thanks to my mentor, Marcy Nelson-Garrison, who runs a free 5-day “Stand Out Card Deck” challenge and follow-on Card Deck Master Class program, which she opens once a year. I thought […]
In this post, discover 1) what Google wants from your blog posts, 2) what readers and prospects want from your blog posts, and 3) how to give Google and readers what they want—high quality blog posts!—so you get what you want too—more sales, clients, and money. If you’re reading these words, you may be:Getting ready […]
You know that feeling you get when you see, hear, or experience something profound? You want to pause there. Expand the moment. Linger. See what else comes up for you. Maybe you want to linger over a song you connect with, deeply and instantly, the way Snow Patrol’s 16-minute story song connected with me. Here is but one piece […]
In this post… Believe it or not, there’s more to creating winning content than having great writing skills. Here, I outline the three elements you need even more than great writing to create winning content—content that leads more people to say YES to your offers. Winning in a digital world is one part writing, three parts […]
In this post… Discover the benefits of becoming an influencer, and learn how blogging helps you realize those benefits for your business. Also access my 9-Point Blog Post Planner that will help you plan a blog post, turning it from an idea in your head to a more-solid thing ready to take the form of words […]
Trying to increase two habits I long for: reading and blogging time. Hey there. I’m Renae, an online business owner since 2002. Running and growing that business, along with raising a family from toddlers to college students, has taken up much of my time — including my reading and blogging time. And even though my reading and blogging time […]
Tune in for a talk about blogs and bloggingGood news! On Friday, August 13th at 10 am EDT, Julian Leahy will interview me for his FollowJulian.com interview series. We’ll talk about blogging … how to use a blog to grow your business … and how to keep the ideas flowing when the initial jubilation of “blogging” has […]
To blog … or not to blog?I’ve been talking a lot about blogging lately. I created a blogging card deck, a 30-day blogging challenge, and I’m working on a program to help solopreneurs and small business owners jumpstart their writing confidence along with their blogs. It’s been “Blog this, blog that, blog, blog, blog, blog, blog” around […]
Do you want to publish a blog? If you want to write blog posts, either for your blog or for other people’s blogs, but you know you’re no Hemingway, then this blog post is for you. (I’m no Hemingway either, and here I am, blogging.) Shoot, this post is for you even if you feel like Elaine […]
Sometimes even good writers need a reminderWhile watching a recording of a live event for the design industry yesterday, one of the speakers surprised me when she mentioned how she became a stronger writer by eliminating one word from her communications. As soon as she mentioned the word (I’ll tell you what it is in a […]
Where’d consistency in communication go?While poking around on my Blog Post Ideas spreadsheet looking for goodies to write about, I came across a Harvard Business Review blog post by JD Schramm, which touches on the importance of Consistency in Communication. In recounting the story of a professor who for years and years consistently sent a typewritten […]
Live from the farm….Since I started the 30 Day Blog Post Challenge a week ago, I’ve realized a few things about blogging and want to share them with you. 1. Regarding that blogging calendar…. A blogging calendar has turn out to be not very helpful to me during the Challenge. I find that the topics on […]
I am the walrus….As a professional who happens to be blessed to work out of a home office, I spend many hours each day in the solitude of my home. And I like it. I like it a lot. That said, there are some days — many days, actually — when I long for beats and rhythms to […]
Let me be luuuuuuminousEvery day during the 30 Day Blogging Challenge, I’m drawing a set of cards from my soon-to-be-available Blog Post Inspiration Deck. One of the cards today is luminosity. Luminosity. Luminous. I love that word, both the sound of it … luuuminous … and the diverse images it brings to my mind. Like … a sunbeam, […]
Dear blogger, in your posts I see your beauty, your brilliance, my callingAlthough this post is part of my 30 Day Blogging Challenge, I’m not just bringing these words, sentences, and paragraphs into being to satisfy some requirement or complete a challenge I set for myself. Yes, those two things are important, but the real reason […]
A simple blog post template for beginning bloggersWhen I first started researching blog post types, I was dumbstruck at how many different types of blog post exist. In my upcoming card deck — The Blog Post Inspiration Deck — I cover 20 blog post types, from how-tos and listicles to success story posts. And I have […]
Headlines, headlines! It’s all in the headlines. I just read a great article on headlines from Hubspot: “How to write catchy headlines and blog titles your readers can’t resist.” Now, I don’t know about you, but I happen to love finding online articles loaded with useful information like this one. I love it even more when […]
