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Guest Post :: How to Balance Content Creation for Your Blog & Email List
As a blogger or business owner with a blog, you’ve probably heard a bajillion times that you also need an email list. Maybe you already have one, but the prospect of showing up both on your blog and in people’s inboxes feels overwhelming. There’s a lot of pressure to be…
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How to Pick a Name for Your Blog
So you’ve made the decision to start a blog. Fantastic! But now you need to figure out how to pick a name for your blog. Which is, to be honest, probably the harder part. Choosing a blog name can be a little scary, but I promise you that once you’ve…
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Optimising Your Pinterest Pins For the Best Results
It’s all very well and good to create pretty Pins but if you’re not including good titles or descriptions with your Pins, then they’re not going to be discovered. We’re going to take a look at some of the most important things you can do so that you’re optimsing your Pinterest…
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How to use Canva for Pinterest Pins
If you’ve ever sat staring at a blank Canva screen wondering how on earth people create those stunning Pinterest graphics… you’re in the right place. Canva is hands-down one of my favourite tools (I use it for literally everything 🙈), but learning how to use Canva for Pinterest pins can…
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Book Review :: Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
What is Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry about? Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry is a romantasy about Odessa, who was never meant to be the Queen of another land. That duty was for her sister. Her sister, who had been training for years, to shipped off to another…
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Checking out the Swiss Village Grindelwald Tasmania
I didn’t know that Grindelwald Tasmania existed. Not until I was researching things to do in Tasmania, especially things to do near Launceston. My friend and I had headed over from Auckland New Zealand to Hobart Tasmania (via Melbourne because during the winter months you can’t fly direct Auckland – Hobart),…
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5 Things Every Blogger Should Focus on in 2026
If you’ve been blogging for a while, then you’ll know that there is always something else you could be doing. Perhaps it’s SEO. Pinterest. Instagram. Email. Updating old posts. Creating new freebies if that’s something you do. It’s a lot. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you start…
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The Honest Cons of Blogging (and Why I Still Think It’s Worth It)
It ain’t all coffee shops and pretty planners, that’s for sure. Even though we all wish it were. Oh, to have a blog that only required setting ourselves up in a cute cafe, plants hanging from the ceiling, the smell of freshly baked sweet treats wafting through the tables, hot…
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Book Review :: The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
What is The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller about? The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller follows Chrysantha Stathos, who thinks she has it all figured out. Play the pretty fool, marry rich, live free. Easy. She’s spent years perfecting the act, fluttering lashes, playing stupid and dimwitted, and…
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Check out the Sarajevo Bobsled Track in Bosnia & Herzegovina
We visited the Sarajevo Bobsled Track I never thought I’d end up in Bosnia & Herzegovina, but when I joined in on the European Adventurer Contiki trip in 2024, I found myself learning a lot about the country and the capital city of Sarajevo than I expected. One of the…
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5 Tips for Keeping Your Travel Budget on Track
Ever booked a trip, packed your bag, and then stared at your bank account, wondering … did I actually do my budgeting well enough for this trip? Yep, we’ve all been there. Travel is amazing, and I absolutely love it, but it’s so easy to go from ‘yay travel’ to ‘oh…
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Book Review :: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
What is Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider about? Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider is about Brynn, who has been counting down to the annual Kenta market her whole life. It’s supposed to be a rite of passage for every young guard. What it’s not supposed to involve? Accidentally throwing a century-old…
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How to Succeed at Blogging Without Social Media
Ever felt like you can’t have a successful blog unless you’re posting on Instagram five times a week, keeping up with TikTok trends, and basically living inside your phone? Same. For the longest time, I thought if I wasn’t “showing up” on social media, my blog would wither away. Spoiler…
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I Visited the Monasteries in Meteora, Greece
I don’t think I knew that the cliff-top monasteries in Meteora, Greece, existed before it was listed on the Contiki itinerary. Okay, I probably did – they’re pretty famous, and they’re in movies – but I had forgotten, or they weren’t at the front of my mind. But when I…
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22 Blogmas Ideas To Shake Up Your December
With Christmas and, in turn, Blogmas, right around the corner, you might be mulling over whether to participate in this blogging challenge this year. Perhaps you’re already thinking about Blogtober, and Blogmas is just too far away in your mind. But it creeps up on us, that’s for sure! So…
