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Why Have a Guest Blog?
Guest blog posts are becoming more popular as the demand for website content grows. Introducing a blog to your website can help increase your traffic and bring more customers to your business, but maintaining a blog can be hard work. It can be difficult to constantly think of fresh ideas and easy to put off…
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Five Things to Consider before Networking for the First Time
If you want to be a successful freelancer, then finding more like-minded people to join your network is essential. One way to achieve this is to go to one of many networking events set up round the country every month. I went to a Big Circle event in Worcester which was fairly local to me.…
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Circle Events Network Big Expo September 2012
One of my goals this year was to try a network event. I have decided to go to the Circle Events Big Expo at Worcester on 12th September. Maybe I’ll see you there. It’s not too far away, it’s a morning event and I can fit it into my schedule. I’m hoping to meet with…
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Experiencing the London 2012 Olympics
If you have just come out from under a rock, or been hibernating in a cave then you might not be aware that the UK is hosting the Olympics this year. I think most people might know. I don’t live anywhere near London, but even my family has taken a trip, paying extortionate money to…
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Back to the Basics of Your Business
I’ve been doing some decorating recently. Our living room or lounge needed a complete rethink and redecoration. The ceiling had some water damage from a previous leak but because asbestos had been discovered in a another room it was not considered the right thing to do to strip it out. We hired a plasterer to…
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Are You Using More Freelancers?
One of the websites that I consider well worth bookmarking is Freelance Switch. I’m a big fan of the cartoon ‘Freelance Freedom’ by NG Winters which comes out every Tuesday. I try to catch it every week. This week there was an article on there that suggested that the global recession has been good for…
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How to Save Your Website
Have you ever done this? Found a bright shiny website with whistles and bells, looking pretty and inviting. So you decide to stay and look round. Then you discover that although it looks like it will be informative, the website content lacks something…you cast around for the word…what is it again? Oh yes, I know.…
I love short stories: each one has its own character.
Sarah Charmley.
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August blog – where have you been since January?
Good question! Life got a little busy in the middle of February and did not calm down again until June. That is one reason for my neglect of this blog. By the time the dust settled, we had a holiday and then just all the stuff that goes on after a holiday. Suddenly it’s August.…
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2024 wrap up and 2025 goals
I have begun this new year by documenting the writing goals I have achieved. Looking back and comparing where you are at the end of this year can help you work out what you want to achieve the following year. Last year, I aimed to rewrite and publish a novella that I had worked on…
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Where to find story ideas
Have you ever read a story and thought that it was amazing and that you could never do that? Generating story ideas acts a little like a muscle – the more you use it, the easier it gets. Actively looking for story ideas can help you to generate more. You want to begin writing stories…
