“I’m an alpha.” “I’m a guru.” Can we just, I dunno, stop it with self-indulgent titles? The ugly truth about self-indulgent titles is this: if you have to tell someone that you are an ‘alpha,’ an ‘expert,’ or a ‘guru,’ you are not one. Your behavior, your attitude, your knowledge, your work, and how you treat […]
Category: Professional Tips
From Zero to Hero: Stepping Up the Work from Home Game
Working from home isn’t easy. It’s not always easy to get started…and once you’ve gotten your feet wet, it’s not always easy to keep up your momentum. I’d wager a guess that at some point, all of us who work from home have questioned why we do it and why we are at least momentarily […]
Newsjacking and You
Okay, soooo I was on Facebook today and got sucked into reading an article posted on Entrepreneur.com related to newsjacking. What is newsjacking? In short, it’s where you take a relevant story and talk about it on your blog, website, podcast, or whatever. You know, get more people to see you on social media. Like […]
How Did I Do It? Motherfuckin’ Time Management, That’s How!
Usually, when people find out I work from home (like, legitimately work from home) I either hear: No one can really work from home and make money (says someone who couldn’t do it). or Oh my gawwddd that is so greeaattt….how did you do it? Motherfuckin’ Time Management, That’s How That is seriously the answer. […]
Dealing with Isolation & Minimizing Burnout
When you work from home, even if you’re around your family all the time, you’re going to feel isolated. You may feel lonely. You may feel trapped. You start working from home out of necessity and you dream about all the freedom that you just know you’ll have. And then? Then? Work at home life […]
The 10 Content Commandments
Content writing is important for businesses. This discusses two types of content: blog posts / articles and the content placed on each page of a website (page content). It doesn’t matter if you’re a business owner who handles your own content creation, a business owner who wants to hire a writer to create content, or […]