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Rock Your Influence: Surefire Tips to Grow Your Reach

July 7, 2016

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There is nothing like living the life of an influencer. Sure it is hard work at times, but you are your own boss, you get to choose your vertical and niche of focus, you have the opportunity to collaborate with interesting people and brands, and the extent of your income is in your own hands at the end […]

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5 Tips to Boost Engagement and Win Brand Sponsorships of Your Dreams

May 26, 2016

Zahara Jade

If you have been working to grow your social media presence for a while now, but you seem to be hovering in at the same number of followers and engagement levels, fear not. This is a typical plateau that nearly all social media influencers encounter at some point in their career, but it is not […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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Top 9 Marketing Blogs for Influencers

April 8, 2016

Zahara Jade

Bloggers and influencers are expert content creators. Most influencers are able to create a fair amount of uniquely inspired content, but over time, everyone is imprinted by external stimuli. The things we see, read, hear, smell, and do inspire us all. Just like a writer who perfects his or her skill by becoming a prolific […]

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Project Influence Week 2: Motivation for Influencers

April 5, 2016

Zahara Jade

When is the last time you began a massive project? Did you get started without a hitch, or did it take time, loads of planning, and a few stops and starts? I am guessing that the last time you set your sights on a big project you faced a few bumps in the road. Sure, […]

Social Media Skills

Happening Hashtags: How to Improve Your Hashtag Game for an Instagram Page That Sells

March 11, 2016

Zahara Jade

You may have started your Instagram profile for fun back in the day. Scratch that – perhaps someone gave you the wise business advice that an Instagram page could boost sales, but you had no idea how to use Instagram for your brand, so you used it for fun at first. Most of us did. […]

Blogging Basics

Growing Your Blog Traffic by 20,000 Visitors Per Month: Myth or Reality?

February 24, 2016

Zahara Jade

Cyberspace promises from one expert or another seem to be thrown around like candy these days; pie in the sky achievements that sounds improbably at best. Bloggers who claim they average $10k per month in revenue, website owners who have grown traffic by 20k+ per month, Instagrammers who attain 100k followers in the first week. Any casual search on Pinterest […]