How to Watermark Images Using Free Tools
You already know how important images are in marketing on the internet. Pinterest. Facebook. Twitter. Your Blog. Emails. Once you have a great image you want to share it’s a good idea to brand it with your URL or brand. The best way to do this is with a watermark that is subtle yet stands out enough to be seen. I wanted to find out how to do this myself – to see how easy it could be done
4 Tips To Help You Create a Visually Appealing Blog
Should you use a professional (or at least professional-looking) website or blog design? More than ever, visual design is more important than ever on the internet. Think of sites like Pinterest and Facebook, where images are shared more often than text. That’s why it’s important to have a good blog design that includes images and a good layout to quickly capture your audience’s attention. A professional website design makes a great first impression to your visitor. Your website represents who you are and what you’re offering. They want to know: Is your site credible and trustworthy? Does it look like a professional designed it (even if they didn’t)? Is it easy to navigate? Does your site make them feel welcome and know they are in the…
How to Write Quality Blog Content Quickly and Consistently
Every blog relies on content, whether it’s video, written or some other form. Finding the time and inspiration though, can be difficult. If you want to run a successful blog, however, you have to be able to write quality content quickly and consistently is vital. There’s a direct correlation between the amount of content you write and the number of visitors you get. Great bloggers are able to write quality content more or less on cue. Others, like me, find it difficult to fill my blog with constant content. This is something I am trying to change, though. I have started adding tools and micro tasking to my work day. We’ll talk more about micro tasking in another post, but it’s basically breaking down your…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
This time of the year I like to reflect back on the past year. This has been one of those years that has brought many emotions. We welcomed a new Grandbaby in August, but lost our beloved Alaskan Malamute to a rare kidney disease that same month. My business has, like many others, been a roller coaster of profit and loss. I’m still on a journey to find my true calling. I enjoy writing for my clients but need (want) to have a steadier income without spending all my time filling others needs. I have some big plans for both this, my writing site, and my new cooking site, www.comfortfoodmama.com. I have plans to start creating tutorials, templates, graphics and coaching programs to add to both…
Visual Marketing Should Be a Part of Your Creative Marketing Plan
Visual Marketing Should Be a Part of Your Creative Marketing Plan When it comes to marketing, using both visual and written content is often the key to getting the sale. When a customer has the choice between a blog post or sales letter with written content and one with both written and visual images, the customer leans more toward the one that shows as well as tells. As this infograpic from MDG Advertising shows, images are the up and coming stars on the Internet. Using image optimization as part of your business’ marketing plan can be the step you need to reach unlimited potential sales. Infographic by MDG Advertising
Are you Ready to Start Creating Big Income?
Are you ready to take your creative business or idea to the next level? Moving into the world of entrepreneurship is scary. It moves us out of our comfort zones, requires risk and means we are responsible for the growth of the business. For the past 10 years, I’ve been running my own virtual assistant/ghostwriting business. In the beginning I was terrified. Who would hire me? Was I good enough? Who do I think I am to compete with all the other talented people online? But the more I pushed myself, jumped in when I was terrified, the more my business grew. Today I want to share an article by one of my mentors, Ali Brown. Ali Brown is the voice for women’s entrepreneurial success. As founder…
Mindset, Your Clan and Growth
Today started like many other days for me. I start my day early, first getting hubby off to his day job and then spending an hour to myself reading, catching up on social media and exercise.Most day are fairly routine. I simply get the pieces of my life and the pieces of the others in my life to fit together into a routine of sorts. Then it’s time to help my disabled mother get ready for the day. Normally I can get her ready without too much problem. Today, however, she was in one of her moods where she complained about everything. Now you have to understand, she is a chronic complainer about little things anyway, but some days it’s worse than others. Normally, I just…
Does Your Social Media Strategy Leave You in a Time Warp?
Does Your Social Media Strategy Leave You in a Time Warp? Lately, I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to get everything on my to-do lists done. Those lists include my business needs such as blogging, clients and accounting as well as personal and family obligations. My newest endeavor, ComfortFoodMama.com, has been taking up a lot of that time. I’ve been trying to create an effective social media strategy that won’t leave me feeling like I’ve spent the day in a time warp. I’ve Found The Solution! This is Lynn Terry of ClickNewz. If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting her, you’re in for a treat. I’ve been following Lynn online for several years. In fact, she is one of the first women I…
Continuing on Journey to Authenticity
My last post about my journey to creating a more authentic started when I began following Vera Raposo and Lynn Terry’s cross blog conversation. I’ve been doing some soul searching and brain storming with my mastermind group on the direction I want to take. I love my ghost writing clients, but as many of you know, it’s easy to get burned out when you aren’t expressing your self on the topics you enjoy. writing about internet marketing or financial investments is fine sometimes, but I love writing about family, food and every thing to do with home keeping. Narrowed the Niche I can do this with my family and home plr site but I want to add more affiliate marketing to my income stream. So the…
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