Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Mum Boss / Blogging”
Do you share your work? Sometimes feel a little hesitant? Don’t want to feel like you’re spamming people with your links? Don’t worry you’re not alone. Many bloggers feel the same and have to learn how to overcome their fear of self-promotion. They have you overcome it, as not promoting yourself would have negative consequences to the success of your …
When you succeed, what do you feel? Maybe you were just promoted or secured a big contract. Received praise or won an award. Do you feel proud, happy, joyful? Or nervous, unworthy and paranoid you’ll be ‘found out’. Worried you’ll be exposed as a fake…. These feelings of self-doubt can be crippling, but they are something many of us experience, …
For so long bloggers have relied on brand partnerships and affiliate income streams. While both of these income streams are great and can definitely bring in decent levels of income to your business, they are not the only ways to monetise a blog. I truly believe there is such great power in creating your own products. Creating and selling your …
With the wind in my hair we sped in a classic sports car down the seafront in Cannes. The winter sun making it a perfect moment to catch myself and realise that this was actually happening to me. The plane over to France had been full of journalists working for major National papers. Journalists whose bosses and titles had put …
You might have heard about Affiliate links and you might have even started making money with affiliate links. Today, I’m going to share with you an overview of affiliate links and how they can be a great way for you to earn money from your blog. Once they are set up, they can be an excellent form of passive income. …
Blogging can be quite a solitary pursuit. Although you have the ability to interact with sometimes thousands of people at the touch of a button. Most of us write away on our laptops and send our posts out into the world. What happens after that is largely beyond our control. I believe that to be a successful blogger you need …
How to have the mindset of a winner So much of success is mindset. Successful people KNOW they will be successful, they don’t doubt it and they work to make it happen. So how do you develop the mindset of a winner? MINDSET SHIFT #1 – STOP HIDING AND START BEING SEEN. No one can ever work with you if …
In July 2017 I took a massive step in my business and launched my own membership community. I’d had lots of people commenting that they wanted to work more closely with me and they were looking for support to progress their blogs and turn them into businesses. So I created the Revolution Inner Circle. The Inner Circle is amazing and …
Do you love Instagram Stories? You may be wondering how you can use this feature to benefit your blog more. If you’re not sure what an Instagram Story is, they’re a picture, a collection of pictures or video which live on Instagram for 24 hours before they disappear (although you can save them). Stories sit at the top of your …
Are you tired of hearing nothing but crickets in your facebook group? In this post I’m going to share my tried and tested tips to help you create an engaged facebook group. If you’re struggling to get people engaged and talking in your facebook group I’m going to give you my step by step Facebook group strategy that will help …
What is Leadpages? As a blogger or online business owner it seems we are constantly bombarded with things we NEED to get for our business. Some of these things we might buy on a whim and then never use at all. So I wanted to use this post to share with you a tool I use. I’m going to explain …
Are you interested in starting a blog? Maybe your friend blogs or you’re an avid reader of blogs. Maybe you want to make money or to reach people with your message. Whatever the driving force, there’s no doubt that creating a blog can change your life. That’s why I thought I would create an easy to follow, step-by-step guide showing …
Pixabay (CC0 Licence) When most people start a business – and particularly a business that they can run from home – their focus tends to be narrow. They want to increase their income and find a way to work alongside parenthood, and their own business seems the most straightforward way to achieve these goals. This narrow focus is completely natural, …
Last week we started on the journey to transform your YouTube channel from meh to wow. In this post I’m going to get stuck into the next steps. How we make sure the content you create is found. It isn’t as simple as giving your video a cute name, sitting back and watching the views roll in. If only! You …
The majority of us will have tried blogging out at some point or another. Blogs are great spaces to share your thoughts and opinions, show off what you’re up to, and generally engage with the wider world. But blogging recreationally and blogging professionally with a wider audience in mind are two entirely different things. When you begin to blog for …
There are some things I hear so often from the people I work with about making money online…… ‘Someone else is selling the product I wanted to sell’ ‘I had an idea but X is doing it now and theirs is great’ ‘I totally missed the boat, X has just launched what I’ve been working on’ Regardless of whether you …
Twenty years ago, if you’d have claimed that anyone could make a living with nothing but a computer, a website, and a few well-written blog posts, people would have thought you were out of your mind. The idea that the internet would become anything more than a collection of great scholarly databases and the occasional online bookstore (looking at you …
Use stock images the cool way You’re furiously typing away, everyone else in your house is asleep and you’ve still got to finish the blog post you’re working on. As you type the last line you realise it’s pitch black and you haven’t got a suitable picture to add to the post…. What do you do? Enter stock images. I …
When you’re deciding how much to charge for your time, product or service are you making the decision based on research and a solid pricing strategy or are you basing these prices on self-doubt, a lack of confidence and fear that no-one will buy? Answer honestly…. You’re not alone. These limiting beliefs often stem from a negative money mindset, which …
There’s no doubt that achievement of your goals doesn’t just happen. While a significant part of success is mindset, focus and determination, there are things that can help stay on track. While some of us love to use pen and paper, often it can be useful to have a tool or app to help too. Interactive tools will be more …
Now in its second year the Youpreneur Summit, run by Chris Ducker and held at the fabulous QE2 Centre in London, is an event like no other in the UK. With wonderful speakers, brilliant entrepreneurs and inspiring talks we (Ceri from thiswelshmother.co.uk and I) fell hard for it last year. This year I want to share the key …
Have you ever attended a webinar? Many bloggers have attended webinars on online marketing among other things. Even if you haven’t I’m sure you’ve heard about webinars. You might even know that many marketeers use them as an effective way to sell their products and services. Do you think webinars are just for people who are at an advanced …
Do you want to reduce email unsubscribes? You started your email list. Created a freebie to encourage people to join. Worked hard to promote it and then someone unsubscribes leaving you feel a little bit wounded. Have you started to second guess yourself? Did you send something that upset them? You think about the fact that someone unsubscribed when …
Why should you care about quizzes? Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will probably know that as an online business owner/blogger building your email list is very important. You don’t want to rely on connecting with your audience via a platform you don’t own. Being at the mercy of changing algorithms is no fun and so building …
You know it’s critical to your success, but are you doing it with forethought and a solid strategy in place, or do you just “wing it?”. Admittedly, most of us are squarely in the winging it category, but there are some quick and easy changes you can make that will put even your most important networking tasks on …
fOne of my favourite things about being a blogger is attending blogger conferences. I love the chance to chat to other bloggers, learn new things and speak to brands. Just being in the company of others who ‘get it,’ is pretty cool; as sometimes blogging can feel like a solitary pursuit. Before every conference I hear people who haven’t …
A welcome sequence is a series of emails that you send automatically when someone has ‘opted in’ to join your list. The average email open rate across all industries is around 20-25%. However, the average open rate of a welcome email is 58%. With 74.4% of consumers expecting a welcome email when they join your list. These stats combine to show you …
I always seem to be talking about email lists and how important they are. Why they’re important, how to build them, grow them and everything in between. However, I know that the one stumbling block many of you have is what to actually send to your email subscribers. What are the types of email you can send to your email …
Bloggers listen up! You NEED an email. Seriously, you need one. You might not have anything to sell. You might never have plans to sell anything ever. This doesn’t matter. Your email list is the only list of subscribers/followers that you actually OWN. You might have eleventy-billion Instagram followers or a gazillion Facebook fans, but on those platforms you could …
Your blog is going well, but you have a secret. Something you’re almost embarrassed to admit……The kind of secret that would make some bloggers recoil in horror…. You do not have an email list….. I know, I know, you meant to set something up, but you just didn’t get round to it. Now you’re realising that you really need one….. …
