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December 05, 2016

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The Positive Impact of Social Media Influencers

This week I tweeted that there aren't many jobs which are hated as much as Social Media Influencers or Bloggers (I prefer the latter term). I feel like the mainstream media do not know how to cope with this new wave of online content so their instant reaction is to try and break us (not all of the media is like this, but in my opinion, the majority are).

Coming out of hibernation

After the longest January known to man, I entered February with lots of hope. We play a game during our walk to school where we try to spot signs of the changing seasons and I was sure we'd start to see buds on the trees and a little bit of green during our walk. But no, nothing. Mother Nature clearly isn't ready for Spring yet and instead of daffodils and bluebells we were rewarded with the most horrendous snow storms seen in recent years. Urgh!

13 Pieces of Advice from my First Year as a Full Time Blogger

So this popped up on my Timehop today:- I just can't believe that it's been a whole year since I gave up my employed job in the NHS. Steve says it feels like longer but to me, it feels like I've only been a work at home parent for a few months. It has been a giant learning curve though - and a lot of what I've been through is probably the same for any kind of full-time self employed role. I've learned a lot about business, blogging and myself this year. Here are a few points for starters: 1 - You don't need to work 24/7 In the year before I left my employed role I would work 24/7 on my blog and easily worked 100 hour+ weeks. I think this is needed at the beginning of most businesses but it really isn't sustainable in the long term - you are supposed to work to live not live to work. I was sensible enough to not leave work until I had earned an amount I was happy I could live on for 6 consecutive months so in theory, I should have spent less t...

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