This post is all about how to set up canned responses in Gmail so it's probably only useful to about 10% of people who read this blog if I'm honest but I thought I'd share it anyway as the benefits for those people who do find it useful are HUGE in terms of timesaving and effort.As a blogger, I get a fair few emails every day which basically require very similar answers initially and at one point, just managing my email inbox was taking over most of my time online.It was starting to become unmanageable so I looked at ways that I could streamline the process of replying to the … [Read more...]
#BloggingGoals 2018….
Over the last couple of weeks, I've shared with you my home goals and my garden goals and today, I'm sharing my blogging goals with you.I don't usually tend to share my blogging goals with you all for a couple of reasons: (a) because I get that blogging posts can be a bit boring and only interesting if you're a blogger (and even then at a stretch) and (b) I don't generally have many blogging goals as I try and avoid anything stats related. But this year is a bit different as I have actually set myself some goals - maybe not the kind of goals that other bloggers have set as they have … [Read more...]
How to start a blog of your own in 7 super simple steps….
Updated for 2018 as I've just come across a great deal for a domain name and hosting - read on....Do you want to start a blog of your own? I have a rule here on my blog that I don't blog about blogging but seeing as rules are meant to be broken, I'm breaking it today. I’m breaking it to share some advice on how to make a website/blog because two lovely ladies have emailed me this week to ask me how they would set up a blog of their own.It's actually a question I get asked quite often so I thought I'd share my top tips to help you set up a blog of your own on here so I … [Read more...]
The simple way to set up canned responses in Outlook….
How to set up canned responses in OutlookAs a blogger I get a lot of emails every day and whilst I know that's a good thing and not something to complain about I must admit that I find it hard sometimes to keep on top of my inbox as reply to everyone who needs a reply.I'm an Outlook fan and have used it for years but when I had seemingly un-fixable issues with my emails no longer syncing to Outlook on my laptop, I joined the dark side and moved over to Gmail.I'll be honest, I'm really not a fan of Gmail though and I struggled to get to grips with using it - it's not that it's … [Read more...]
How to make money blogging….
I don't know about you but lately I've been seeing lots of posts and social media updates about the various different 'side hustles' that people are doing to make themselves some extra money. I love reading these posts, especially the ones where the writer shares information about how to get started and how much money you can expect to make but if I'm honest, I'm always a bit skeptical about them unless they're from someone I know or a blogger I respect.I'm guessing that lots of people feel the same way and maybe our uncertainly might be stopping us from doing something that could be … [Read more...]
Blog smarter not harder – how I get 65,000 page views a month from Pinterest!
(65,000 figure based on January and February 2017 - it was actually 92,000 back in December although March is looking a little lower than the last few months so far in all honesty. ;-))I often get asked about how I have grown my blog over the years and I've had quite a few emails over the years from bloggers asking me how I've managed to grow my page views to the level they're at now.Despite my (self imposed) rule about not blogging about blogging, I thought that I would share a few of my tips, tricks and ideas with you all so I'm starting a series of posts today about blogging smarter … [Read more...]
