It has been a very bloggy fortnight. (And yes, bloggy is too a word.) In the last two weeks I've run the Becoming a Blogger beginner course AND the Better Blogging advanced course at UWA Extension and what with seeing so many of my old blogging students at the Perth Problogger Event as well, it …
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Learning MORE about blogging from the Perth Problogger Event 2014
I have lamented (often) that my lovely home city is the most isolated and oft-neglected city on the planet, but today, a megastar in my universe was here. Yes, "the" Problogger, Darren Rowse, came over to run a small Problogger Event (big shout out to Kelly Exeter for convincing him) and it was …
How to: Add an Instagram feed to your blog
This post about how to add an Instagram feed to your main blog page is for my dear blogging friend Rae, because she asked nicely. And it's for anyone else who wants to have a go at this. It's funny, actually, how often people see my Instagram feed on my blog (somewhere over there ---> or maybe …
Monetising my travel blog – come along for the ride
I've got a big and important goal this year: to turn my nearly nine-year-old travel blog Not A Ballerina into something that doesn't just sit there on the internet looking pretty, but actually puts a decent amount of food on the table.I am really keen to monetise my blog properly - for lots of …
Switching off to switch on – batching your work for better productivity (and quality)
There is no better way that I know to batch the writing of blog posts than to get on an aeroplane, alone, resist the temptation to talk to the woman next to you who looks like she is probably interesting to talk to, get out your laptop as soon as they switch off the "No electronic devices" light …
Yippee!!! Problogger on the Gold Coast, here I come
I'm going to ProBlogger!! Call me a geek (I've heard geeks are the new cool, anyway) but I am VERY excited to be going to a conference where every single person I see will not only know what a blog is, they will LOVE blogging. I was so thrilled when I got a ticket a few months back, especially as …