Last month I wrote about what the entrepreneur actually needs to have in his ‘toolkit’ to be able to succeed, which provoked some debate within my own household about whether these were skills that were necessary only now in the 21st Century, or whether they had always been a requirement of any good entrepreneur.
What is the best form of content? I’m an author and a writer and I love the power of the written word, as such I find it reasonably easy to create content, write new books and add blog posts.
There are many things that budding entrepreneurs need. Some are physical or practical. Others though are more personal and reflect a set of qualities or personality traits that will help anyone setting up in business to make it through the first few years.
I don’t know about you, but I do a lot of presentations in the course of a year and I have a tendency to create them, use them and forget them. I’ve been to the meeting, I’ve given my talk and I’ve spoken to those members of the audience that wanted to engage with me;…
Starting a business and becoming an entrepreneur can sometimes seem like a bit of a lottery. Will you get the key deal you need? Will you be able to hang on through years one, two, three and five? There are many things you can do to mitigate any problems and to do your best to…
Create content for your audience, not yourself Even though you are on a mission to become a Rock Star Blogger your blog is not, and never will be, about you. You may have your photo up there somewhere and possibly an ‘About Me’ page, you may even write posts about your life and experiences in…
It’s the CONTENT that matters I see and read many blog posts in the course of a working week and it would be fair to say that most are a little on the ‘thin’ side. They promise me ‘three top tips to make the best victoria sponge’ and deliver instead a thinly veiled advert for…
MOTIVATION Before we get down the nitty-gritty of becoming a Rock Star Blogger we need to establish one key thing and that is the motivation behind your desire to achieve blogging superstardom.
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes struggle to know what to say on the various blog posts I write across the web and this one is no exception; in fact, it’s why it’s now mostly author interviews. But all that is about to change ….! More coming soon about that.
When you work on a non-fiction book, you need to use a different set of skills than the ones needed to write a novel. Sure, you’re still working with words and putting them down on the page, but to compare the two is like comparing apples and oranges.
