You came, you saw, you tweeted. In the BlogPaws or Bust 2017 Contest, three prizes were up for grabs, with the Grand Prize including an all-expenses-paid trip to BlogPaws 2017, May 18-20, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! Summon the trumpets and toss the confetti! The BlogPaws or… read more
Have you heard the news? Yvonne DiVita retires today! Yvonne will get to spend more time with Tom now, and they look forward to coming up with new ideas and projects together! Tom retired just over a year ago and has been patiently waiting for Yvonne to… read more
A one-week plan to higher productivity through time blocking may have you thinking I am trying to sell you snake oil. I’m not. Stick with me. As with any productivity tool, time blocking requires you put in upfront work to get everything in place, but once… read more
How Influencers Can Work Full Time & Find Time To Blog Without Losing Their Minds: I’ll tell you! When I first started blogging, I was working full-time, outside of the house and had a 45-minute commute, each way. I was working in a job that sucked… read more
How To Build Your Influencer Signature Story… and why you should “Once upon a time…” is a quintessential opening to a story or a fairy tale. When we were children and our parents read us bedtime stories, I’ll bet many of them started like that. “Once… read more
Best practices are best practices for a reason, right? Yes, but you can find misinformation in any area of business, and that includes blogging and the marketing your blog posts. In this post, I will discuss 13 blogging tips that influencers should ignore. Why thirteen? Because it’s… read more
In this post we will cover the basics of mathematics and the business owner. Now, don’t run away! Believe me: If a math-phobe such as myself can talk about numbers and the basics of bookkeeping for the pet influencer, then you can calm your math fears… read more
There has been conversation in the BlogPaws Community recently centered on finding a mentor. Jan Horning of PawBellish asked, “Where can I find a mentor?” This got me wondering how influencers can find mentors or accountability partners… and what they are. There is a difference in… read more
If you want to be an influencer, and who doesn’t, there are steps you can take in both your business and your personal life to help make your influencer status a reality. From writing killer headlines and filling blog posts with information that your readers and… read more
Last week I wrote about the top five reasons to write a press release. This week we will dig into the nitty gritty of how to write a press release. As a former journalist and editor of a local newspaper, and as a former public relations… read more
