Hello, My name is Sophie, it has recently come to my attention that I am absolutely terrified of Twitter. Yep, scared of a social media platform. It all started from seeing a Tweet doing the rounds, which simply said “Amplify the voices of 10 women and keep it going” – I saw some sharing of some amazing people, praise abound, …
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I bet you started your blog as a labour of love. You just wanted to share your message far and wide and connect with other people. For months or even years, you put your heart and soul into writing your blog. And then you heard about it… There’s this strange thing called SEO, or Search Engine Optimisation, which people keep…
Starting a Blog on WordPress Self Hosted (Without Breaking The Bank)
I see a lot of questions on Twitter about people thinking about making a move from a free blogging platform to something with their own domain name, but not really knowing how much it might cost, where to go for the service or how to find a theme, etc – I’ve seen some ridiculous prices that people have found, so…
Things on Social Media That Need to Get in the Bin
I’m usually pretty chilled out about social media. If someone posts something I don’t agree with, I just move on with my life. However, there are a few things that I see quite consistently that really makes my blood boil when I see them. Here is a quick rundown of things that people say or do on social media that I…
What You Can Learn From My Worst Interview Ever
Recently I had the worst interview performance I’ve even given and I’ve been kicking myself ever since, so I thought I would use this to give you a great example of what NOT to do – I will go through my mistakes, tell you exactly what went wrong AND show you how nail an interview by learning from my mistakes….
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I felt like I scoured through the whole of the internet when looking for CV writing advice, but struggled as most examples were geared towards people with lots of experience, and not the fresh faced and inexperienced graduate! I want to pass on all the fantastic resources and tips that I discovered along the way.
How To Manage Your Workload & Get Stuff Done
If you struggle with time management, whether it be organising a blog or social media channels or just in general, here are some tools and techniques which I have found to work for me! So here are the problems I have found and how I have tackled them! Problem #1 – Where Do I Start? The sheer amount of different…