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social media creativity

Is Social Media Killing Your Creativity?

I love social media, and have been on Facebook and Twitter since they were fairly new. I spend quite a lot of time on them for my personal use, for my business and for the businesses whose social media accounts I look after.  Social media can be great for those Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 6 years6 years ago
too-lazy?

Am I Really Too Lazy?

Last week, I went to a blogging event and was delighted to bump into Franca, who blogs at A Moment with Franca. We sat together for most of the day to listen to the speakers. There were several giveaways throughout the day, where we were to enter by tweeting a Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years7 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 years3 years ago
new communication style

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
making good habits

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
6 easy ways to grow your blog

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
productivity hack

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
promote your blog

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
7 things that hinder your productivity

7 Things That Hinder Your Productivity

1. Not making a to-do list It’s all very well making a mental note that you need to finish this, do that, go there, email this person, comment on that post. For me, if I don’t write it down, it ain’t getting done. I had a conversation the other day Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 8 years8 years ago

The Joys of Free Stuff

Comments I have heard lately: Where do you get all this free stuff? I’m always on Facebook; I might as well set up a blog and get some free stuff too! Wow, blogging looks like a good gig, you get so much free stuff! Ooh, you’re onto a good thing Read more…

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By vicky_6ac9952s, 9 years4 years ago

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