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4 Major Blogging Trends in 2016, Guaranteed to Bring Your Blog Success

June 8, 2016

Zahara Jade

Do you ever wonder if the hours, days, weeks, and months of work you put into your blog is paying off? You can see the numbers are not where they need to be, but you still have hope that it will take off one of these days. With so much content floating around the internet […]

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Blogging Basics

In the SEO Dumps? Expert Tips to Get Your SEO Mojo Back (in 2016)

June 2, 2016

Zahara Jade

Does your head spin from the mere sound of the term “SEO”? You might be a prolific writer, digital marketer, online genius, social media guru, influencer extraordinaire, and still have no idea how to “boost your SEO” like the experts recommend. Some say there’s a lot to it; some say there’s not too much to […]

Blogging Basics

Bloggers: Overcoming Writer’s Block When Your Imagination Has Run Dry

June 1, 2016

Zahara Jade

Were you an imaginative child growing up? The one always sitting off on your own in fields of flowers dreaming your life away while the other kids were playing together nicely, perhaps. You could get lost for days in your minds’ imaginary worlds. Most kids have wild imaginations, but the super creative ones are different, […]

Blogging Basics

How Create the Perfect Blog (to Win Followers and Brand Sponsorships)

May 25, 2016

Zahara Jade

Most writers and bloggers start blogs for the love of [fill in the blank with your passion]. Often it is the very love of writing that gets us going, combined with the desire to work for one’s self, to share your passion and inspire others, while working for yourself. In other words, you want to live […]

Grow Your Influence

Collaborating With Brands: What Does it Take?

May 20, 2016

Zahara Jade

You might be growing a blog, a social media fanbase, or personal brand for a host of reasons which have nothing to do with working as an influencer to market on behalf of brands. Reality sunk in at some point that your blog or Instagram profile alone were not enough to bring in bank, and […]

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Grow Your Influence

5 Reasons Content Marketing is a Good Idea for All Influencers (Even if You Hate It)

May 18, 2016

Zahara Jade

If you are working on building your personal brand – an Instagram profile, a blog, an e-commerce shop, what have you – there is more to building your brand than meets the eye. Many people love to fall back on the old Field of Dreams adage, “If you build it, they will come” but guess […]

Blogging Basics

Content Creation Process: Find and Build Your Own

April 28, 2016

Zahara Jade

It’s one thing to sit down at your computer in the morning and do your best to regurgitate some previously published content from the weeks or months prior. Creating and sharing relevant, quality, impactful content, is another story – pun intended. The content-creation process is one that requires time, research, planning, strategy, and thoughtfulness. You […]

Blogging Basics

5 Awesome Content Generating Tools All Content Creators Need to Know

April 20, 2016

Zahara Jade

You pump out stellar content every day, but some days your brain continues to sleep while you are wide awake, no matter how much coffee you drink. This is normal. Regardless of your writing proficiency, there are times when your brain gets tired, needs a break, or is ready for some stellar inspiration. Lucky for […]

Grow Your Influence

Spring Clean Your Social Media: Choosing the Best Platforms to Grow Your Influence

April 15, 2016

Zahara Jade

This week’s Project Influence is brought to you by all of my lovely friends and acquaintances who are crawling out of winter hibernation in time for spring cleaning and a fresh take on life projects. By now most of them, including The Slacktivist (whose journey we will continue to follow next week), recognize that marketing […]

Blogging Basics

Blogging 101: Moving Past Resistance

April 11, 2016

Zahara Jade

The beginner blogger is entering the vast unknown: The Blogsphere. It can be scary entering the land of All Things Virtual when your entire life has been spent in the “real” world. I sympathize, I empathize, I get it. And there are too many other people dying to have a chance to be the Next […]