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    5 Ways To Increase Engagement On Instagram

    One of my modules at university last semester focused on communication, part of this module specifically focused on communicating via social networks. As part of this, I had to create and run a social media account. Something I’m already kinda familiar with. This account was specifically focused on finding ways to engage viewers of the account and I learned quite a bit about how to use Instagram in the process. So today I want to share 5 ways to increase engagement on Instagram. I should point out that I am not a social media expert. I’m not a marketing guru. Everything in this blog post is based on a social…

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    My Tips For Staying Organised When Blogging

    Today I want to share some advice on a topic which is important to me. How to stay organised when blogging. I’ve been blogging for nearly seven years now and over that time I’ve figured out some ways to help me manage that process and stay organised. I’ve seen people say that blogging is hard, which I wouldn’t agree with. Certainly at the start blogging can be hard. But what I’ve found is that blogging can become increasingly time-consuming. When I started blogging I could finish a post in a few hours. I’d write a few hundred words, add a photo and that was me done. Now a single blog…

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    How I Got 100k Pinterest Views

    I have been using Pinterest for literally years. I signed up when it was so new that you needed to be invited to join. At the time I didn’t quite get what Pinterest was for. I then went to college and was encouraged to use Pinterest to do visual research. I’ve done that ever since and in 2019 hit 100k Pinterest views. I realise that number probably sounds a lot more impressive than it actually is. Getting 100k Pinterest views in a month is very impressive if you use them in the right way. This is why so many bloggers say you should use Pinterest to drive traffic to your…

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    7 Things I Wish I Did Differently As A New Blogger

    January has come which means its that time again where many people set a new years resolution to start a blog. Most of these blogs will fail, but some don’t. I started my blog at new year and here I am 7 years later still blogging. I’ve learned a lot over that time, so I thought I would share 7 things I wish I did differently as a new blogger.  There is a reason for me doing this. I don’t want any bloggers to make the same mistakes I did when getting started in the whole blogging world. I’ve been blogging for a long time and I’ve learned a lot…

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    My Top 10 Essential Blogging Tools

    I’ve been blogging for quite a while now. It has been almost 8 years since I made my first post on this blog. Over that time my process and blogging tools have changed quite a bit. I started by writing something straight into WordPress then hitting publish. I’ve moved on since then and as such have found some tools to help me with the whole blogging process. So today I thought I would share 10 of my essential blogging tools. Long-time followers of my blog might remember me doing a similar post 4 or 5 years ago. Like I said since then my process has changed quite a bit. If…