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How to Be Chosen to Speak Anywhere

Yvonne — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:30:08 +0000

The BlogPaws RFP (request for proposal) is out. It’s circulating the web via social and email. I can see from the entries in our Wufoo form that we’re attracting some interesting submissions. Each year we send the RFP out for new, creative, talented speakers to present at our annual national conference. Our goal is to attract...

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Bringing Leadership Skills to Blogging Your Business

Yvonne — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:30:53 +0000

Leadership skills are not something you learn one day, or one week, and then put in your pocket for future use. They’re not something you set aside on your desk to refer to once in a while. They’re not to be dismissed lightly, though so many of us do without meaning to. I read a...

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Good Content that Gets Readers to Sit and Stay!

Yvonne — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:30:15 +0000

It’s no surprise that I am comparing ‘good blog content’ to training a dog. Or a cat, for that matter. The reality is, intelligent beings of all manner can learn to sit and stay, if taught properly. Our content at BlogPaws often gets folks to sit and stay. We attract new eyeballs and folks who like...

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Why I Guest Blog and You Should, Too!

Yvonne — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:30:55 +0000

Guest blogging–where you write content on someone else’s blog in return for a link back to yours and recognition of your expertise in the subject matter or when you accept content from guest bloggers on your blog–has changed over the years. In the early days of blogging, guest blogging was not only accepted but welcomed. Today,...

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Thinking – Writing – Speaking: How Words Matter

Yvonne — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:30:17 +0000

“You’ll be our keynote speaker this year,” she said. “Yes, I know,” I said. She couldn’t hear my heart thumping like a bass drum, but I could. Understand that it wasn’t fear of speaking that was making my heart pound and my throat close up! It was fear of being the lead speaker at a...

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Conferences and Training Events – A Quick How-to Guide

Yvonne — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:30:26 +0000

When I was a budding entrepreneur, oh-so-many years ago, one of the things that troubled me on a daily basis was how to choose the right places to be, at the right time. Specifically, the team and I would review conferences and training events and wish we had a quick how-to guide to help us...

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How to Write Any Kind of Blog Post Authentically

Yvonne — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 10:30:49 +0000

As a regular reader of BlogPaws, I expect you are familiar with the concept of authenticity in blogging. This involves creating and using a voice or tone that is yours alone. Your blog has a tone that people recognize as yours. Your blog is dedicated to truth in writing, and the words on the computer...

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How To Write a Blog Post In Four Hours

Yvonne — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 10:30:17 +0000

Who already knows how to write a blog post in four hours? Share your tips below, please. For many bloggers, however, the idea of how to write a blog post in four hours can seem daunting. I promise you it’s not! Blogs are much like online magazines, except, you are the publisher of the magazine. You,...

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Your Blog, Your Business, Your Book?

Yvonne — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:30:18 +0000

What is a book? A book is content. A book is educational. A book is funny or silly. A book is challenging. A book, in essence, is a compilation of someone’s thoughts. Those of us who are readers, who rarely let a day go by without at least holding a book in our hands...

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The Etiquette of Email Communication

Yvonne — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:30:32 +0000

This post is not about email marketing, although the advice can easily apply to email marketing messages. I’m sharing this today because we are a digital society. We communicate via social media and email more than we do face-to-face, it seems. As an introvert, I do admit spending more time at my desk on my...

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