Welcome to the Productivity Blog

fter starting my blog late last year, I looked to find a way to make my blog look luxe for less and grow my readership. These tools are all free ways to grow your blog and make it look beautiful. “Free.” Literally my favourite word ever.

#1 | Canva

I utilise Canva for almost every graphic I make for the blog (the title photo for this post is Canva-created!) Canva makes it easy to design graphics for social media, blog headers, and more — they give you the exact dimensions, stock photos, design elements, and more. If you’re confused by InDesign or just not sure where to start, Canva is your perfect free design option.

To lighten the load a little, there are a few things I do whenever I have five minutes of free time and they can help you too, whether you’re a blogger, business owner or just want to up your online presence.

As a blogger, it's part of our job to engage with the 'engagables'; the people who are in the here and now. So, I realised that it was about time that I got a bit stricter with myself and unfollowed a few people. Here's how I determined who to unfollow from my list.

If you’re getting fed up of the ‘I wish I did more this weekend’ dread come Sunday evening, I am here to help propel you into the realm of productivity. Now let’s get cracking. 

The truth is you can make the most of self-promotion without it making your toes curl. Here are some things you can start doing right now to get some results.

Bloggers aren’t just determined by one thing. Our entire careers are based around serving others, through sharing, writing, commenting, measuring, solving, creating. This idea governs the rules for bloggers and helps us come across amazing opportunities.

There’s no quick answer for getting rid of fear. I don’t even think it’s possible to get rid of it for good. If I could wave a magic wand to help you I would, but no simple formula or spell will ever conquer it. There’s only one thing for you to do - move forward and embrace the fear.

Today, I want us to embrace the fear. I’m going to share with you the things that stopped me from moving forward, what I did about them and how they helped me, plus how they can help YOU too.

There are some simple yet effective ways to perfect your reader experience, to go the extra mile and blow their mind in a really good way. Let’s get into them!

Basically, if you aren’t using Twitter effectively, you’re missing out on a HUGE platform to help you grow your blog, personal brand and reach your online goals.