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Tips for sending mass emails

Sending mass emails is a great way of getting your message out to larger groups of people. This can be of help when running a business, but also personally if you often send updates to a group of friends or relatives, or if you are sending information about a charity Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 2 years2 years ago
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Book Review: The Trap

I was sent a copy of The Trap by Melanie Raabe for review, as part of Mumsnet Book Club. This is Raabe’s debut novel. The Trap is written from the perspective of Linda, a successful and reclusive novelist whose sister Anna was murdered twelve years ago. Although Linda saw the Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 6 years2 years ago
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My 5 Favourite Blogging Books

I love to read books about blogging. There are so many available on Kindle, I download them and consume them like there’s no tomorrow. Even if I don’t learn anything new from them, they keep me inspired to be better with my blog… and hopefully they have helped me to Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years2 years ago
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Things You Need to Know About Instagram

Anyone who follows me on Instagram will probably be aware of how much I love it. There are often days when I post 15 or more pictures! I’ve been on there since 2012 and have slowly increased my presence and my followers over that time. These days, I tend to Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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My Favourite WordPress Plugins

When I moved over to WordPress late last year, the first thing I did was begin researching plugins. At first, I downloaded and installed everyone one I came across that looked like it might be helpful. Then I found a lot of them weren’t as helpful as they seemed. And Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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Time Management Tips for Better Productivity

My life has been fairly hectic lately. Aside from S being poorly, I’ve had trips and meetings and work and all sorts to contend with, and I was ill myself last week. So I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and time management, and how to be good at both Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years6 years ago
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Why I’m Not Making a Summer Bucket List

  Around this time of year, people seem to delight in posting their “Summer Bucket List” – a list of things they want to do over the summer months, perhaps during the school holidays. The lists typically include places people want to visit, activities they want to take part in Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years6 years ago
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A New Communication Style

Last week, I set up a WhatsApp group for bloggers, with the idea that it would be a trusted and supportive community for bloggers where we could ask questions and gain advice. I knew there were already Facebook groups and Twitter chats out there that provided this, but I had Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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Making Good Habits

I don’t know about you, but when I think of a habit, I tend to think of bad things. If you Google “habits” you’re likely to find lots of blog posts and articles about how to break your bad habits, or examples of bad habits people have in relation to Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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My Favourite Productivity App

I’ve been working a lot on my productivity lately. I am a single mother with a business to run, a blog to update and a kitchen that needs a good clean – anything I can find to improve my productivity is an absolute bonus! While I was researching things I Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years6 years ago
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6 Easy Ways to Grow Your Blog

When you write a blog, it’s easy to just plod along, writing a few posts here and there. Thousands of people have blogs and are happy to keep them going as they are, and that’s just fine. If you want to step up your blogging though, to gain more traffic Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years ago
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6 Awesome Productivity Hacks

I’ve been learning a lot about productivity lately. I have a very busy life. As well as running this blog, I run a business and also a networking group. I spend one day a week travelling to and from a radio station on the coast, and on three days each Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago

Email Newsletters: Avoid The Fakers!

An email newsletter can be a great way to connect with your readers, and to share posts with your audience they may have missed. It’s easy these days to get a simple “sign up to my newsletter” feature on your blog. You can see mine in the sidebar over there, Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years ago
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Discover Your Online Persona

  At an event a while ago, I attended a workshop about social media. As a part of it, we were asked to take a simple personality test which would reveal how we act online. The test is simple, and the results give you three out of six outcomes: Open Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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Facebook: Why You Need a Page, Not a Personal Account

Whether we like it or not, Facebook is still the largest social network out there. I saw a quote somewhere recently that its membership is larger than the memberships of all other social networks combined. Whether that’s true or not, it is still massive, and as a blog or business, Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago
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16 Ways to Promote Your Blog

The other day I published a postĀ about how I climbed the Tots100 rankings. One of the major parts of that was getting more traffic – unique visitors and over all page impressions. With that in mind, here is a list of ways to promote your blog. This list is by Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago

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