You love the idea of blogging but you just don’t know where
to start, or what want to make totally sure that the post you want to right is
perfect, maybe just another little tweak here, or a jig around there, no, it’s
not quite ready to post yet.
Or you have a blog, but you know, other things come up, life
gets in the way, more important or interesting things arise, so you post to
your blog when you can, or when you think of something to write about but you
want it to be something more.
Or you love your little blog. You like the fact that it is
yours and you craft it the way you want, and spend time thinking of interesting
subjects, and take care writing them up, and finding the perfect image to go
with it. You have created a beautiful and useful space for your readers, but
now you are ready for it to be something more. You want to push yourself and
your blog to the next level.
It is OK because no matter what level you are at there are
lots of resources out there to help. Take me for example, I have been all three, and depending how busy I am I still find myself fluctuating between 2 and 3!
There are online blogging communities you can join and
interact with, allowing you a space to chat to other bloggers.
There are reams of books on this subject, and whatever angle
you are approaching your blogging from, there will be a book for you.
Books for:
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improving your writing,
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tapping into your creativity or
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monetising your site
As well as these there is now an increasing number of
blogging courses on the market.
Now don’t get me wrong, as long as there has been blogging,
there have been people willing to teach about it, but it feels as if there has
been a shift. Things are changing and as blogging has evolved, people want
their blogs to reflect them, and tap into the unlimited creative resources that
are now all around. There is a demand to find courses and trainers who understand
this important element.
More women than ever have picked up the gauntlet of starting
their own blogs or launching a creative business. Coming to the forefront to rise to this
challenge are funky, creative, business savvy women who understand this and
have a passion for sharing their knowledge.
One of these women is Alex Beadon, and towards the end of
the last year launched the Feel Good Blogging course.
To introduce her new offering and to get people engaged and
excited she created the free Feel Good Blogging Challenge. In this 7 day
challenge she set you a blog post a day to write. She introduced each new blog
with a video where she would give you
the theme , the points your post should
cover and the expected learning outcome from each one, each post a step towards
improving your blogging abilities. Alex is a huge bundle of energy and
passionate about what she does and helping other people love what they do, and
start living their dreams. To accompany this challenge and the course there is
a Facebook group. The group was filled with passionate supportive women and the
occasional man who made up the community that encourage every member to the
finishing line, and gave you a place to discover new blogs, new friends and new
inspiration.
Alex launched her official Feel Good Blogging course last
year which was the real deal and was inundated with women signing up.
At the time of writing this post there was a fault on the page for her Feel Good Bloggin on her site, but this should be rectified soon.
Another group of incredible ladies who have taken the
blogging world by storm are the Headmistresses of the Blogcademy.
Kat, Shauna and Gala
have brought their knowledge and their blogging expertise together to run
workshops all over the world, and each one sells out! These workshops are a
great opportunity to immerse yourself in this creative environment with like
minded vibrant women (and the occasional man) who are determined to take their
blog to the next level.
But if you cant get to one of these workshops, or afford to
go, don’t despair! There are now more options which mean you don’t have to
leave the comfort of your house.
You can choose to dabble in the Home School, which has easy
to digest bite size learning videos available to buy and download. You can pick
and choose what you want to learn and once you have downloaded it, it is yours
to keep and watch again. This is good if there are certain aspects of blogging
that you want to learn about.
If you still fancy the whole she-bang without the time and
travel they now offer Blogcademy Online.
This is the full course, including workbooks and actual footage from the live
workshops that you do over a weekend. You get all the goodness of the classroom
just without the goody bag.
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