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Bringing the Blog Back Baby!
As a copywriter, I know how important it is to keep your content ‘current’. It’s an aspect I always promote to my clients – blog it, blog it, blog it. Anytime I help with website copy, I suggest that...
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When not doing your job has a flow on effect.
Have you ever stopped to think how many people actually rely on you? Naturally, there is your family (whether you have kids, elderly parents, siblings etc.), but today I want to focus on your business...
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Who Else Works For Fun And Profit?
Business should be fun, but you also need to bring in the cash. Think about why you started your business. I hope it’s because you had a real passion for what you do. It’s those who are passionate...
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Is Social Media Making You Unsociable In Real Life?
Personal observations from the Monstar… What were you doing just prior to reading this blog post? I can almost 100% guarantee that you were scrolling through Facebook and saw my post about my ‘new...
View Article5 Little Words Can Mean So Many Things
As a small business owner, have you ever heard this? ‘I’ll get back to you’. In my 6 years of running a Virtual Assistant/Copywriting business, I’ve come to realise that these 5 little words (and they...
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Communication – A Virtual Assistant’s Best Tool.
Working as a Virtual Assistant (a VA) is hugely different to working in an office environment. Trust me, I know. When I left my bricks and mortar office job 5 years ago, I had no idea the skills I had...
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Virtual Assistants Are Real-Life Humans!
Virtual Assistants Are Real-Life Humans! Please treat us like that… As a virtual assistant, there are some days I just want to slap my head. Hard. Really hard. I am a red-blooded business owner. I work...
View ArticleThe Monstar Mantra for 2016 – ‘Idon’tgiveashit’
You really can’t be surprised that a Monstar swears. And often swears like a trooper. Is it unprofessional – maybe. Is it human – totally! I’ve decided that in 2016, I’m being totally real. I’m tired...
View ArticleBusiness owners receive up to 100 business related emails each day…
So how do you ensure your email is read? If you’re waiting on a response from a client and hearing nothing, don’t be surprised if your email has become ‘lost’. Lost in an inbox that will be filling up...
View ArticleStarting a virtual assistant business isn’t as cheap as you’d think.
One thing I’ve learnt about Virtual Assistants is that we’re cheap! No offense chicks, but we are. Well most of us anyway – especially those starting out. And I’m not talking about our rates but our...
View ArticleMaybe I’m strange, but I don’t do goals…
One of the words I’m beginning to hate in business is ‘goals’. Everyone is always on about goals. You’ve got to have set your goals, you have to meet your goals, you have to exceed your goals. Goals,...
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To survive in the virtual world, you need to be involved
To survive in a virtual world, you need to keep engaged. You can’t wait for things to fall in your lap, you have to get out there and make the magic happen. Be involved in the world – don’t be a...
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Cats farting and copywriting – why are they related?
Did you know that cats fart? Like seriously? They put their little tails up in the air and poof – they fart. I’m in amazement as I’ve never actually seen or smelt a cat fart before. I guess it’s a...
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Public Toilet Etiquette – It’s seriously important crap.
I’m known for talking about crap copywriting, but today is about a different kind of crap. To be clear, I haven’t changed professions to become a public loo blogger. But I feel like I have to get this...
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Social Media is so judgey
A copywriter’s experiment on how people judge your social media profile pictures Have you ever been sucked in by these Facebook tests? A friend shared this one and I just had to have a go – it’s fun...
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This copywriter made the Urban Dictionary
As a copywriter, I often make up words, but this time it’s a real word – and the Urban Dictionary agrees I’m a copywriter, you all know that part right? But did you also know that I often make up...
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So you need copywriting done?
So you need copywriting done? But what’s that? You don’t want to pay for it… There’s something that’s getting on my goat and I have to share it. After all, a problem shared and all that jazz…...
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A copywriter gets the flu and writes a blog
Coz you can’t keep a good copywriter down… Today, I’m taking a stand. I’m standing up for all the chicks with germs. I’ve had the flu for the past week. A real one. A full on wipe me out, make me...
View ArticleHoly heck! I never expected to learn this from Sir Richard Branson.
Holy heck! I never expected to learn this from Sir Richard Branson. One thing I’ve seen heaps of lately, is people asking for free advice. How do I do this, how do I do that, what system do you use,...
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7 Sizzling Copywriting Tips That Will Have You Blogging Like a Pro
My 7 Copywriting Tips That Will Turn Your Readers Into Buyers All the marketing greats have rammed 3 little words down our throats for years now – ‘Content is King’. And it really is. But what this...
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