Social media is not about numbers. It’s not about how many followers you have or how many likes you get. Social media is about the relationships you’re building. And if you’re looking to go deep, not wide, in your social media relationships, it’s essential to find your tribe. Your tribe is made up of more…
Unplugging allows me to gain perspective on my computer time and the effect I allow it to have on the rest of my week. -Trina Holden (@TrinaHolden) in “My #1 Sanity Saver” on trinaholden.com When you own your own business, you can never really leave work at the office. When your family business takes place…
I don’t know about you, but too often I tend to visit social media networks when I’m too tired to do anything else. Which can easily lead to me typing Facebook comments that I’ll think better of in the morning. Or Tweeting something that sounds a bit more negative than I would if I’d written…
It might be tempting to write off-the-cuff posts on social media networks without regard to proper spelling or punctuation, but when you do, please remember that they are a part of the whole of your online presence. If you are committed to serving others online, you will serve with excellence, no matter the venue. A…
If you’re online, chances are the only communication method you use more than Facebook and Twitter is email. But when you email someone about your website, do they have to Google your name to find it? When you mention the fact that you’re following them on Twitter, is it easy for them to find your…
My cousin Lindy asked me for some blogging tips in anticipation of trying to keep all of us up-to-date on her time overseas as a nanny. So here are a few tips for Lindy—and for the rest of you who are just blogging for the fun of it, blogging to keep Grandma in the loop….
As I worked on my own personal (re)branding, I studied the profiles of fellow bloggers and the social media experts I respect… And I took note of the consistencies and inconsistencies alike.
I wasn’t thinking about branding when I first got online as a teenage girl. I wasn’t even thinking about becoming a blogger. So I used variations on my name as I signed up for accounts—a different one for almost every login, or so it seems now that I’ve tried to go back and make them consistent!
I see the back end of a lot of WordPress installations. It’s always with shock that I see the pending updates, and with a bit of conern that I hear their answer to the question, “Have you backed your site up lately?” I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of people are using the…
Does true contentment as a blogger mean we don’t try to grow? Absolutely not! As Christian bloggers, growth should definitely be one of our goals, though how we pursue that goal will look different for each of us. Some prefer to let growth happen naturally as God leads people to their blog. And there’s nothing wrong with…
By now I hope you’ve embraced your impact as a smaller blogger, are celebrating the joy of building relationship with your readers, and {just about} ignoring your stats altogether. It feels good, doesn’t it? But…What if God calls you to enlarge your reach? Or what if seeds you’ve sown in your blogging journey suddenly ripen…
I read a passage this week that, despite being recorded way before the age of computers, seems totally written to us bloggers. Will ya’ll forgive me a liberal paraphrase? “Dear blogging sisters, don’t be partial! For, if a well-known blogger with a professional head shot and a custom graphics visits your blog, and you fawn…
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