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How to Blog with a Full-Time Job A Guest Post by Shyam B Hardwaj

September 18, 2017 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

Shyam B. Hardwaj is an SEO consultant who’s done some guest posting for me before. In this post, he provides advice on how to blog when you have a day job.

Blogging with a full-day job sounds interesting but can be quite a challenge. If you have a job, then probably you are working 9 to 5 involved in various daily tasks, client meetings, deployment of strategies and reporting back to your Boss. A full-time job and 8 hours of sleep (I believe that should be the minimum) leaves you just 8 hours to operate your blog.

There’s drive time, family obligations, doctor/dental appointments, and a plethora of other things I’m sure I’m forgetting. You also need time to eat. Besides, how many of us actually work a 9-5 grind? If you do, fantastic! I’m happy for you. I hope that that covers mortgage, insurance, utilities, groceries, etc… as well as leave you some extra for your entertainment.

Myself? I was raised white-collar. I work marketing (SEO). That 10-hour client’s work is the beginning of my day. If I’m lucky, I’m done in 8 hours. However, 16 hour days happen more frequently than one would expect.

I say none of this to say, “Hey, look at me! Look at how hard I work!” I simply state my work schedule to let you know, if you struggle to find time for your blog, you’re not the only one.

In fact, due to my work schedule picking up at this time of the year, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to find time to write a post this week. Two things, thank goodness for a smartphone and for past weekend!

Blogging with a Day Job

Ok, whether you’re a stay-at-home Mom, an oil-rig roughneck, or a server, each job has its own challenges and all will occupy a portion- if not all- of your day.

That being said, you need to carve out time for your blog. Sure, you might not be able to sit down and write a 1,000-word post in one sitting, but chances are you have 5 or 10 minutes throughout your day to jot down some guidelines or thoughts on your next post.

1. Text Messages

Do what I do. When an idea strikes, I send text messages to myself. It’ll be a simple outline or a quick bullet point on what my next post or even a future post will be about. There are many other note-taking applications you can use on your phone as well. You can even start writing a post in the WordPress app (assuming you use WordPress).

Or, if you’re by a computer, there’s email, Word, Open Office, notepad, and many other programs to put together posts if you can’t get on your blog.

2. Mobile Apps

In my last post, I described some of the apps I used while blogging on the go. I won’t describe them all here but a few you can use for promotion are Twitter, Facebook, Buffer, and GetResponse.

For research, I love the app Kifi, and a client, Ben Murphy of lwmpersonalinjurylawyers.com, recently turned me onto Pocket. Pocket is a handy little app for bookmarking pages that you don’t have the time to read at the moment.

3. Alarms

Do you set alarms on your phone? Probably just to wake up, right? Well, that’s what I used to do until I realized how much I’d fallen behind on either writing a post, promoting it, or one of the other hundred things you need to do to run a blog.

So, I opened up my calendar and set alarms for every day. There are alarms to remind me to hop on Kingged, to comment on other blogs, to check Facebook groups, basically everything. I spread the alarms throughout the day so that I can’t just dismiss them when I wake up.

4. Automation

I don’t automate too much. I like a personal touch.

All of my tweets are genuinely from me, however, I do use Buffer to schedule them throughout the day. I also will use Viral Content Buzz to spread some posts to other social media platforms.

There are plenty of others out there and even paid ones. HootSuite and Zapier are two that come to mind.

5. Sleep

I hate to break it to you, but that cozy 8 hours of sleep may need to be cut short. If you’re blogging for something more than a hobby. If you’re seriously trying to replace your current career with a blog, then sacrifices are needed to be made.

Even if you only shave one hour off of your current sleep schedule, that’s an extra hour you can spend researching or crafting your next post. An hour too much? Try a half hour. Anything to get you a little more time to chase your dreams.

6. Goals

We should all have a dream when it comes to blogging. Whether it’s to get 1,000 people to read a post or to be able to replace our day job income with our blogging income. Whatever your dream is, goals are the steps you take to get you there.

So, figure out what it is that you want, and then lay out a plan on how to get there. If your dream is to make a million dollars online and you’ve never made one dollar, well that seems like a pretty good goal to have for step one.

7. Evaluate your Time

Where do you spend your time that you don’t need to. Do you really need to see the newest episode of The Walking Dead or that re-run on HBO? Do you really need to go out with the guys/gals for that Friday night out at the bar or club? Do you really need to head to the mall when you already know that you’re only going for window shopping?

Look, I’m not saying to not do these things. It’s your life. You can do whatever you please. And, entertainment is important to keep your sanity in this world. I’m simply saying, ask yourself first.

If you find yourself constantly falling behind on your blog, you may need to evaluate how you’re spending your time.

Conclusion

I know I’m not the world’s best blogger, nor am I the guy who has all the answers to every blogging question that exists. I’m simply a guy who works long hours. I have trouble finding time to blog. I also know, I’m not the only one.

This is how I blog with a day job. These are simply a few tips I use to help me reach my goals on the way to achieving my dreams.

What about you? Did you find the list helpful? Are there some tips you would like to add? Please, let me know in the comments below.

You Already Know You’re the Best Candidate, Now How Do You Show It?

January 2, 2017 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

One resolution many of you may have made for 2017 is to find a new job. Whether you’re looking for a job outside the home, or a work from home job, it’s important to show that you’re the best candidate for the job. In this guest post, Jennifer Broflowski shows us how to do just that:

Resumes concentrate on your past occupation encounters. In any case, there may be times while including a bent or accomplishment that was expanded outside of your work history could extraordinarily impact and enlisting administrator. For instance, did you win City Volunteer of the Year for your work with a destitute safe house? Then again maybe you have a helpful dialect expertise, for example, being familiar with Spanish. There is a site for these sorts, furthermore a spot to incorporate references in the event that you pick, on your resume.

You Already Know You’re the Best Candidate, Now How Do You Show it?

> Showcase Your Passion for the Company’s Mission

Feelings and inspiration are much more vital in a competitor (particularly a senior-level applicant) than experience. ‘Needing to work at a startup’ is a repulsive inspiration for applying. A decent inspiration is finding an organization whose mission impacts you, whose qualities adjust to yours, and whose objectives work impeccably with your expertise set.

> Make it Clear You’re in for the Long Haul

I need to know in case you’re utilizing my organization as a pit stop until the following glossy open door comes to your direction. New businesses have a considerable measure of pageantry and panache nowadays, and the truth of being in one is not about advantages aplenty and unstructured everything. Demonstrate to me how you’ve stuck it out, especially when circumstances become difficult.

> Show How You Can Solve the Company’s Problems

New businesses have an excessive amount of work to do and insufficient individuals. So if a vacation seeker can express how he or she can take care of the particular issues an organization confronts and get comes about, numerous different concerns pass by the wayside. The fundamental one remaining is cost. It’s then on the contender to clarify that his or her enthusiasm for this occupation isn’t about cash, yet rather satisfying particular individual objectives.

> Clarify Your Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

A great many people originating from expansive organizations to join new companies are at last surrendering extraneous inspirations (compensation and advantages) for inborn inspirations (reason, mission), which is a sensible exchange off. Be that as it may, it’s vital for the possibility to expressive this and has clarity on what it truly implies. Definitely, your startup will experience outrageous difficulties, and this understanding will be called upon.

> Show Your Ability to Perform More Than One Role

In the event that any accomplished individual comes to me, I generally observe whether he or she can perform more than one part. As a startup, we require fewer assets to make more keeping in mind the end goal to eliminate cost. On the off chance that applicants can go up against numerous parts, we don’t need to curtail pay. This is the most persuading point for me.

> Specify Your Side Projects

I adore seeing side undertakings from potential hopefuls. Regardless of the possibility that they’re not qualified, seeing their inventiveness and advertising abilities is something that is significantly more imperative to me.

> Push the Boundaries

The best question you can stance to a procuring chief: ‘What is your most serious issue? I need to explain it.’ At ZappRx, I need to contract qualified individuals who thus need to push the limits to a zone they may not think about but rather have the drive and enthusiasm to think beyond practical boundaries and complete things in my group.

> Demonstrate Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

On the off chance that working at a startup is your inspiration, recount stories along that subject. Discuss how you sorted out the group carport deal or how you do online networking counseling for your companions. Making something from nothing is the thing that I find generally amazing.

> Demonstrate That You Love a Challenge

The startup way of life is not as fabulous the same number of making it out to be. I need to see and feel the way that you cherish a decent test, and that that is a major propelling element toward ‘making the jump.’ Show me how in your past you’ve gone up against comparable difficulties and why it suits you well. Characteristic inspiration can be the greatest inspiration of all.

> Demonstrate Your Passion

it’s about how enthusiastic and drew in an applicant will be at the occupation we’re contracting her to do. More supervisors are hoping to get back in the trenches. They miss getting their hands grimy doing the everyday employment they cut their teeth on before they began overseeing individuals. How to demonstrate passion in resume, before interviewing read on resume help blog.

The questioner needs to know how you emerge among alternate candidates.

In this way, concentrate on maybe a couple qualities you have that may be exceptional, or more hard to discover, in different interviewees. For instance, on the off chance that you are exceptionally experienced with a specific ability that the occupation requires, say as much. This is your opportunity to explain to the questioner why you would be a significant representative.

This article was prepared by Craftresumes Community.

Four Reasons Why Your Writing Success Is Up to You

November 14, 2016 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

This is another guest post from Shyam Bhardwaj

Any writer that is successful has to work for it. Writing can seem natural in the beginning, but you need to have useful information with the words on the page. Here are four reasons why your writing success is up to you.

You Determine How Much Money You Will Accept

Look at this statement close that you determine how much money you accept. Don’t argue with the statement that so and so company only pays me a certain amount per article. You are correct that some content mills have that price written in stone. You either accept the price offer and write more. Another option to write less and accept price offers from a higher paying company. You can decide which way to make it work to in order to be more successful money wise with your writing career.

No Motivation Equals Reduced Amount of Money

It is best easier for people to slack off earning money when working from home. They often do not apply enough motivation to be taken seriously at their job. They get distracted from the cable TV or social network sites. They feel like it is a sick day so they do absolutely nothing whatsoever to earn money.

You Decide How Much Money to Make

Don’t yell at me for saying that statement, but it is true that you decide indirectly how much money you earn. You earn more money when you write more money that get accepted with a nice price offer. You can expand writing topics that you write about in order to increase income even further. You can help out another freelance writer by writing a few articles on a ghostwriting basis for him or her.

Refuse Low Pay That Is Less Than Five Dollars per Article

I’m not talking about the five dollar articles here and there that you should refuse. I am talking about the gigs that only pay a writer two dollars for a four word article. You shouldn’t accept jobs that only pay a few dollars here and there for each article. You should only write for jobs that pay $5 dollars or above per article. You can figure out that two $5 dollar articles in our hour equals to $10 an hour which isn’t a bad wage at all. It can be an excellent wage in a small town.
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Shyam is a SEO Consultant at eShine Marketing. He loves to writes about SEO, conversion, optimization and design technologies. Follow him on Twitter at @shyam_bhardwaj

Most Noticeable Success Secrets

October 21, 2016 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

The True Meaning of Success Secrets

Send out thoughts of succeeding and you’ll attract success. If you want to attain success quickly, then you have to grow to be a productive time manager. Network Marketing and advertising Success really is easy, and can be easy. There’s no doubting an achievement-oriented mindset is totally critical for long-term success. Their achievement of succeeding is vital. it is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.” Jerry’s success wasn’t a fluke.

Success is almost a magical idea for the majority of people. Figure out from today’s post the way you can come across financial success in life and what is that you want to do in order to turn into the best that you would like to be. You’ve got a chance to immediately enhance your wellbeing, creativity, productivity, and sense of well-being. To be able to initiate the year strong, you must make the most of these moments get focus on future targets and plans. Successful people are able to come up with relationships that last. Skill’ is required too. Before you’re able to realize any amount of succeeding, you’ve got to know just what it is which you desire.

Ok, I Think I Understand Success Secrets, Now Tell Me About Success Secrets!

The sad truth is, not one of this urgency works. It is, not everyone finds one. Yet, it’s frequently hard to face reality and so much simpler to prevent the truth as it might hurt, embarrass, be painful or self-deflating. Facing reality is just one of the majority of essential rules in both life and company.

If you prefer to be prosperous, solve another individual’s needs, he counsels. You’ll be more informed. You cannot conduct everything yourself. You don’t even have to be brilliant. So you are aware that it’s possible. If it’s possible to stay this way, you can absolutely go a ways. Always start looking for strategies to work together and collaborate with those you meet on the way.

If you won’t invest time in building the wisdom and skills of your team, you won’t ever be able to expect to attain major success. If you prefer to grow but can’t discover how to do it inside, make the opportunity to receive involved outside. The truth is that working hard is the secret to all sorts of success in daily life. Hard work for the incorrect boss is not going to get you noticed. So, your work isn’t just to impress them with your abilities and experience, but also to make them like you and would like to work with you. Hire smart, value work and quit meddling when it’s possible.

The Chronicles of Success Secrets

The principles on the other side of the procedure for effective listening is possibly the most crucial skill it’s possible to learn how to develop strong long-term relationships with different men and women. The essence of both businesses may be quite different, but Patchell-Evans says his snowplowing and exercise ventures are driven by the exact same idea. Live life how you’ve always desired. Really without passion you will probably not begin never mind succeed in operation. Everybody loves a fantastic secret. Other people are able to often sense whenever you’re not being genuine. It tells me that you’re seriously interested in creating a massive, positive difference in your everyday living, and that you’re committed to doing whatever is needed to make it occur.

Your emotions are largely dependent on the manner in which you speak to yourself throughout the day. You should have a personality which never gives up. The average characteristic of all successful men and women in all fields is that they’re intensely action-oriented. You are unable to attain any worthwhile or long-term kind of succeeding without the assistance of different men and women. In addition, there are several goal setting systems and software available to assist you successfully set and accomplish your goals.

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