Have you ever been chatting with someone and learned that they do online work as well? Your conversation suddenly fans wide open into a myriad of conversation topics: platforms, audience engagement, google analytics, Instagram hashtags. There is also the deeper component of our online work that we might be able to discuss. You know, how to […]
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How Social Media Influences Our Influence
We asked members of our community some questions about influence. In this post we are sharing some of the poignant answers from Jenni Marie. Jenni Marie is a photographer, traveller, blogger and we are excited to say that she is hosting our panel discussion at the May 27th event in Abbotsford. As mentioned at the […]
Online With Purpose / Be vulnerable, Blogger, Blogging, Content Creation, From the Community, Influence, Online with His Purpose, Social Media / 0
How to Stay Authentic in Social Media
I remember a few years back I joined a photo a day challenge. It was called #keepingitrealnovember and each day we photographed a different area in our house without any staging, as it was, in all it’s laundry mountain glory. I found myself wincing when I would look at a picture of the top of […]
Online With Purpose / Authenticity, Be vulnerable, Share your story, Social Media / 0
The Benefits of Finding A Niche
A big mistake we make when we start blogging (or even when we are years into the game *cough*) is that we aren’t consistent. We don’t use a consistent voice, aesthetic, posting schedule, and most of all we don’t post on consistent topics. I’m point a big ole finger right at myself here. Me, the […]
Finding Your Purpose, Practical Social Media / A Starting Place, Be Who God Made You, Blogging, Content Creation, Finding Your Purpose, Online Entrepreneur, Online with His Purpose, Practical Social Media, Share your story, Social Media, Storytelling, Your Audience, Your Niche / 4
How Ordinary Women Do Extraordinary Things
Our friend Katy over at Elsie Road magazine has been sending out some stellar, simple, thought-provoking advent devotions once a week to the magazines “insiders” who subscribe to the email list. This week’s Elsie Road devotional has really got me thinking and I thought I’d share with you some thoughts God is putting on my […]
Women in Christ / Embracing Our Identity in Christ, Social Media, The Everyday, Trusting God / 2
What is the Mission Behind Your Message?
I once wrote a totally hilarious blog post. It was a blunt and sarcastic and was well-received by the audience I wrote it for. However, a group of people were offended by it. I didn’t write it to this audience, and their interpretation of the post was not what I intended it to be. This group […]
Online With Purpose / Be vulnerable, Blogging, Online with His Purpose, Share your story, Social Media, Storytelling, Your Audience / 0
Build Trust Over Traffic
Traffic, page views, visitors, likes, followers. These are the proverbial cat calls of the internet world. Why? If these numbers are high then we must be read/watched….understood….appreciated….adored. Therefore, we must be successful in all the efforts we’ve spent building an online platform. Every hour of storytelling, creating, curating, perfecting, promoting was another hour that your […]
Online With Purpose / Blogger, Blogging, Content Creation, Social Media, Trust over traffic, Your Audience / 4
Should You Start A Blog? + free worksheets and prayers
I have been publicly blogging for four-ish years. If someone asks me, ‘should I start a blog?’ I will blurt out a bold and sparkling ‘yes!’ before they even finish the sentence. After all I have been known to harass my Facebook friends to start some kind of social media feed for their little nuggets of hilarity […]
Practical Social Media / A Starting Place, Blogging, Content Creation, Online Entrepreneur, Online with His Purpose, Practical Social Media, Social Media, Worksheet / 1
The Benefits of A Self-Named Website
I remember writing a list of (obviously) witty domain names when I started blogging in 2011. They were mostly to do with cold coffee and mom jeans. Now, just as we moved away from online handles like butterflygurl1999@yahoo.ca so are we moving away from the quippy domain names. Now we are seeing a trend to have your […]
Practical Social Media / Blogging, Branding, Content Creation, Domain Names, Practical Social Media, Social Media, Your Online Portfolio / 0
Do I Have A Platform?
You hear the word platform and you probably think of a big name in social media with thousands of followers. You probably think: Message + Large Social Media Following = Platform If you don’t have a soapbox message or large social media following, you probably don’t think you have a platform. You probably don’t think […]
Online With Purpose / Platforms, Social Media, Your Audience / 0