When it comes to building and growing your blog, one of the most important assets is your email list. Not only does it allow you to foster new relationships with your subscribers, but your email list can also turn potential leads into returning customers.

Taking risks can be scary for any of us because we are unsure of the outcome. But that could be said about many things in life, couldn’t it? We are not only limited to the “taking risks” aspect when being unsure of an outcome.

That said, we prefer to take calculated steps; the type of steps we feel we can monitor and control. Even so, taki

Relatively speaking, social media marketing is still a new business strategy, especially when you put it into a historical timeline and realize what a short period of time it takes up on that timeline. While it is true that there is not a magic formula to attain success, having a strong social media presence can tap into potential customers’ interests and lead you down that path toward that success.

Are you a full-time social media marketer (or part-time, but feel like it is full-time)? Do you need a break? Do you ever wonder if that exotic place exists, that will port you away from the chaos in your present life, as if taking you to a far off fairyland that is only in your dreams?

All the Places You Hadn’t Considered for your Break

It’s vacation season. Where will you be spending your break this year? The usual candidates probably leap to mind: Paris, Rio, Honolulu,

Corporate prepaid gift cards are becoming more and more popular as a way to incentivize employees in large organizations. This is not surprising when one realizes that there are many benefits to these little pieces of plastic. Ok, they may not be as much fun as a “Grand Am,” but they are likely to have fewer expenses attached to them, and be able to be classified as “pure fun.”

There is a great quote that I came across today that seems to really “say it all” when it comes to those down days when we may find ourselves wondering where we are at with ourselves, our companies, and our brand. After all, when it comes to something like social media marketing, it helps if we know all three of those things: ourselves, our company, and the brand that we are presenting to the rest of the world.

Freelance blogging is a great way to make money from home. The pay can be low in the beginning, but many of us do make a living with our writing. While there’s a financial tradeoff when you’re a struggling writer, frugal living is definitely worth the flexibility and creativity that being a freelance blogger provides.

Vacations enable us to get away from our routines and have a relaxing time, and most of us want to relish our vacations when we actually have opportunities to take them.

However, no matter how wonderful your plans might be, there might be one hiccup to your dream holiday: you are a blogger. What is more, you are one of those bloggers who blogs every day. How do you truly take a vacation when you are glued to your computer for hours on end?