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How to start your own business
When your thinking about starting a business of any kind, it seems easy until you take your first steps to actually make your business.
By Taysia Levy6 years ago in Journal
Blogging Mistake #1 That You Want To Avoid
You have joined the ranks of blogging. and you are very excited about it. But you're having so many problems that you're becoming discouraged. You want so badly to have a successful blogging career. What's wrong?
By Wendy6 years ago in Journal
Are You a Writer in a Box?
“How do you avoid writer’s block?” is the most common question I hear from writers. I write thousands of words a day on various topics. I’ve long ago gone from struggling with writer’s block to coming up with an interesting sentence.
By Joel Eisenberg6 years ago in Journal
Creating An E-Book!
There are several reasons why you would want to write an e-book. They have their advantages and they are easy to create. They can be about anything and any size. You can price it at any amount from 99¢ and up. Although, you don't want it to be so much that no one will want to buy it.
By Wendy6 years ago in Journal
Marketing 30 Minutes A Day!
Most writers I have seen are no good at marketing or scared of it. They are the type of person who wants to write. Writing is what they are passionate about. It’s all they want to do.
By Wendy6 years ago in Journal
How to Manage Your Side Hustle with a Full Time Job
Out here in Los Angeles, it’s strange if you don’t have a side hustle. Most people are musicians, actors, etc. and gig after work or spend their PTO on auditions and shooting movies and tv shows.
By Kristi Jacobsen6 years ago in Journal
How to Describe Yourself in a Job Interview
One of the most common questions asked during a job interview is, “How do you describe yourself?” There are many ways to answer this question. The best approach is to reply with the best qualities that align with the job.
By Janine Palatucci6 years ago in Journal
Cost-Effective Solutions to Participate In Professional Events
Managing the budget for the business future is very much effective and useful. All type of business prefers to save its cost on different things efficiently that can better utilize on other business purposes respectively. you can better achieve the targeted goals of the business with your efficiency. Business events are the secure platforms that can better provide you the best solutions through which everything will get set in a better way. you will definitely get the better opportunities for the future of the business in which everything will get set in a better way.
By michal clarke6 years ago in Journal
3 Steps to Booking Your First Voice Over Gig.
Voice acting is by far the best job I've ever had... period. Not only has it helped pay the bills for the last 15 years, but a career as a voice actor can also be extremely rewarding, creatively and financially, if you do it right.
By Tod Fennell6 years ago in Journal
The One Notebook Idea
The one notebook idea by Shaunta Grimes is a great idea. I have heard of so many writers say: “you need to keep a writing notebook.”
By Wendy6 years ago in Journal
Ways Bloggers Can Make Money
Blogging is a fulfilling hobby because it allows you to express your passion for various subjects. What you probably didn’t know is that you can use your blog to make money. But, there is a category of bloggers who ventured into blogging to make money because they heard that blogging is an easy way to make money. But they probably don’t know how to do it. The bottom line is that you can make money from blogging. But, before you get there, you have to prepare your blog by creating useful content and finding readers. You need to get off your blog and promote it by getting readers. Once you get readers, make sure you engage with them to start earning. Here are a few ways of earning money from a blog.
By Kevin6 years ago in Journal
Different Ways to View Microservices
This is often called developing a monolithic application. Such an application is personalized to the needs of your client and can hardly be used by any other client. By redesigning your application so that you can reuse sections of your code for your other clients, you will be able to provide a toolkit of shareable code. However, your software library is still constrained by the programming language you use. Microservice extends this view further by turning your shareable library into an independent standalone service. Here are different ways to view microservices.
By Kevin6 years ago in Journal