Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in Italy? To be able to eat the best meats and cheeses, pop to wineries and taste the country’s finest wines, indulge in truffle-infused everything? Well, I definitely have! I first went to Italy when I was around 8…
Female Founder Spotlight: Christina of Watercolors Swim
In the monthly Female Founder Spotlight series, I interview inspiring female entrepreneurs, business owners, and bloggers, asking them about how they got their businesses to where they are today. In this interview, we meet Christina Vidal. Christina Vidal is a leading luxury lifestyle and travel blogger, and founder of the…
How to Make Money In Your First Year Of Blogging
If you search the internet and type in “how to make money blogging” or “how to make money your first year of blogging”, you will find plenty of articles claiming to tell you how to make squillions of dollars blogging, and even better how to do this in the first…
Why You Need Blog Readers Not Instagram Followers!
What goals do you have for Instagram? 1,000 followers, 2,000 followers, 20,000 followers or maybe you aspire to reach the dizzy heights of 1 million followers?! But have you stopped for a moment to think about why you want this many followers, why this number means so much to you,…
Female Founder Spotlight: Shireen Gupta of GiftSuite
In the monthly Female Founder Spotlight series, I interview inspiring female entrepreneurs, business owners, and bloggers, asking them about how they got their businesses to where they are today. In this month’s interview, we meet Shireen Gupta, founder of e-commerce gifting startup, GiftSuite – a premium customisable gifting service. With…
8 Simple Ways To Grow Your Email List
Why is having an email list important? Before I even begin to tell you the 8 ways you can turn readers into subscribers, I want to explain why growing your email list is so important for your blog and your business! The most valuable part of an email list is…
10 Reasons Having A Blog Is Essential For Your Business
Why do you need to have a blog for your business? If you are not a blogger and you have a physical product or service that you sell, perhaps you think that having a blog is unnecessary and would add to your already busy workload. But that’s where you are…
Instagram Removing Likes – Why This Potential Change Could Be A Good Thing!
On the 18th April TechCrunch reported that Instagram may be planning to remove the likes count on pictures posted to the app. The user would be able to see how many likes they received and from whom, but their followers would not be able to see this anymore. “We want…
10 Instagram Features You Aren’t Using – But Should!
Instagram is an important social media platform to be on for your blog and your business. You have probably read all about the ways to boost your engagement organically, how to create killer content and why brands love to work with influencers. But in this article I share a few…
Bringing Aussie Beauty Home With Me!
I first visited Australia in 2003 travelling along the East Coast for several weeks. I fell in love with the country and knew I wanted to come back, but since it’s a 25 hour travel day from the UK I didn’t return until a couple of years ago. On this…
A Beginner Guide to WordPress
WordPress is very easy to use but is definitely confusing when first getting started. I struggled with a lot of the WordPress terminology when launching my first websites and wish I had a helpful guide to walk me through some of the basics. Luckily for you, I’ve condensed most of…
The Ultimate Website Hosting Guide
If you’ve been following along in our Starting Your Website series, you will have now found the perfect domain name and are ready to buy your domain name and sign up for a hosting plan. Buying the domain name simply means you own the website name (www.yourwebsite.com) and no one…