Better Blogging and Better Business 11/30/13
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In this article I am going to give you some great articles on better blogging and better business that I have found interesting during the past week. Be sure to check both sets of articles, there is often relevant overlap!
For Bloggers
1. Bloggers like people in most professions, talk about wishing they knew in the beginning, the things they learned later. This article from MicroBlogger gives 78 pieces of advice various bloggers learned along the way. Learning important lessons from others can lead to better blogging. http://microblogger.com/day-one-advice/
2. The tool for bloggers is their words so this article from The Blog of Author Colin Falconer gives advice on common grammatical mistakes to avoid. By improving grammar and making the words easier and more intelligible a blogger engages in better blogging practices. http://colinfalconer.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/are-you-making-these-simple-grammatical-errors-a-quiz-to-find-out/
3. Some bloggers have a love of printables and planning materials. This article from Wondermom Wannabe has some interesting links to printables bloggers may find interesting. Better organization makes it possible to do better blogging. http://wondermomwannabe.com/find-free-blog-planner-printables/
4. Bloggers often support themselves by writing sponsored posts. This article from The Sits Girls gives 8 reasons why bloggers may not get the sponsored opportunities they seek. http://www.thesitsgirls.com/blogging/how-to-get-sponsored-post-opportunities/
My favorite article in the group for bloggers this week is the one from MicroBlogger listing the various pieces of advice from successful bloggers. This one is my favorite because I believe we do not always have to reinvent the wheel. Instead, we can learn from the mistakes and experiences of others who have walked the path before us.
For Entrepreneurs
1. Entrepreneurs often have to deal with work/life balance issues because in order to be successful they must work and they work in order to support their families. This article from The Huffington Post talks about work/life balancing issues for entrepreneurs. Learning to balance work and home life may help an entrepreneur have a better business.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azeem-khan/worklife-balance-as-an-en_b_4299563.html
2. Entrepreneurs must learn ways to increase personal productivity in order to work smarter instead of working harder. This article from Black Life Coaches gives practical life skill behaviors that will help increase personal productivity. When one has increased productivity on can do better business practices and perhaps be more profitable.http://www.blacklifecoaches.net/2013/11/21/top-activators-boost-personal-productivity/
3. Entrepreneurs who are starting out are concerned about finding adequate financing sources. This article from Entrepreneur has an interesting iconographic on where start-up financing is obtained. Sufficient capitalization helps one do better business. http://m.entrepreneur.com/article/230011
My favorite article for entrepreneurs this week is the one from the Huffington Post on work/life balance. As an entrepreneur who works at home, I deal with work/life balance issues on a regular basis all day every day.
If you come across an interesting article for better blogging or better business you would like me to highlight here, please email it to me at: janeanedavis@janeanesworld.com. It is sensational to get better at what you do. So, the question for you this sensational day is what steps are you taking to make your blog and business better?
Thank you for the great tips! The quote is spot on!
Hi Janeane,
This is my first time here and I can already relate to you! 🙂
As a blogger, I’m definitely learning from my mistakes and as an entrepreneur I know all about the challenges of a work-life balance. I love working from home but it takes some serious discipline and dedication to our business to not let the daily distractions affect our business.
Great post Janeane…thanks for the resources tool
The Sits Girls always have great ideas o make your blog better.
I am glad you have been liking them. I am learning a lot by putting them together each week.
I think it’s true for almost anything that you can learn from other’s mistakes. It’s always nice when others are willing to share their bumps to spare us from the same.
Yes, learning from others’ mistakes…and also my own is how I’m growing:)
I learn so much from my own mistakes, so it’s nice when I can learn from someone else’s mistake.
Very informative blog for bloggers like me, this will remind me on how to work things great in order to achieve the ratings i want for my blogs. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for these great tips! I love the Sits Girls but I’m definitely going to check out MicroBlogger!
I am loving the blogging content roundups you’ve been doing lately! I am working on becoming even more organized for 2014 — in order for my blog/business to be better!!
When I started blogging, I found it very complicated and thought that I could not learned things on my own. Fortunately, as I am doing blogging everyday, I learned important things and learned from other’s mistakes.
It is always hard to start something new, there is always a learning curve. I love all the tips in one spot to make it a little easier. I know so many that thing blogging is easy and not a job, I am going to forward this to one of them.
Thank you for the tips! Wish you all the best in your blogging adventure.
Yes, this is true in any business model! It is important to learn from what others have done.
I am glad you found omething here worh shariing! I know I like learning from other creaive thinkers.
I am glad you have learned from my blog. I also learn a lot from reading other’s work.
Yes, I thihk we need to learn from our own mistake and see if we can learn from hemisakes of others.
Yes, I don’t think we all need to reinvent the wheel.
Love those quotes. So true and that’s one thing that we should apply to our life too “learn from the mistake of others”.
Amen to that quote. You’ll never grown if you don’t learn from your mistakes!
I agree with you. I learned more from reading other blogs just like yours.
This is so great of you to compile all this great advice from bloggers who have been there in one place. I read and I’m also bookmarking and sharing. Thanks!
Estelle
You can definitely learn from other’s mistakes! But I think that is true in any business model 🙂