To change things up a bit today, I’m going to share with you some of my favourite blogs that will help keep your online presence growing. Excited?
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What’s so great about Squarespace and why should you become a fan? This is the question I’m answering today.
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Let’s start off this post with a few facts.
- When people hear information, they’re only likely to remember 10% of it three days later. But if a relevant image is paired with that information, people will remember 65% of the information three days later.
- 37% of marketers said visual marketing was the most important form of content for their business.
- Tweets with images receive 150% more retweets than tweets without images.
Why am I sharing these stats with you?
Because it’s hugely important to make sure you include shareable images in blog posts, and for your content on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.
Sounds great, Holly - but isn’t that super difficult to do?
Not with Canva.
You might think you need to have design skills to create an amazing graphic. You might think you need to invest in all the top tools: Photoshop for editing, InDesign for adding fonts, another app for filters, and let’s not even get started on all the stock photo sites out there.
Not with Canva.
Canva includes all of these features. It’s got an editing tool, a publishing tool, plus loads of images, icons and other templates, all within one platform. And the best bit of all?
It’s free.
But I get it - it’s tough to know where to begin, right? Whether you’re creating Facebook post images, infographics or email headers, it can be overwhelming to know where to start.
That’s what today’s post is all about. I’m going to walk you through how you (as a blogger, creative entrepreneur or business owner), can use Canva, with any level of skill or knowledge.
I’ll even give you plenty of examples along the way as we walk through the main steps you can take to use Canva to uplevel your creation of visual content.
P.S. Want even more tips to learn how to create an amazing blog? Grab this free guide full of tips from successful bloggers!
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To get your creative minds thinking, here are 30 different ways you can use Instagram to improve your blog, business, and personal brand.
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I hate to break it to you, friend, but if you truly want to get a breakthrough with your blog - whatever that breakthrough means to you - marketing has to be your number one pal.
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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.
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You need to utilise the written word to really stand out and make an impact. How? By making your copy reflect your audience’s emotions, beliefs and values.
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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.
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Great communication, on the other hand, keeps your processes running without any problems, makes sure that you stay on track and means that everyone is happy.
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Creating your content in this way isn’t cheating. You’re not sacrificing quality or value. If anything, you’re putting more of that into it. You’re taking the time to craft your content instead of rushing or running out of ideas. That means it’s a good thing.
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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.
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With the help of this system, I feel more on top of my inbox than ever. Sure, it’s not at inbox zero yet, but I feel confident that it can be in the future. So, just like we usually do on A Branch of Holly, today’s post is going to walk you through these tips.
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Not sure what to do or where to start? I’ve got you covered. This post is packed FULL of tips to help you improve your website and start attracting more readers. Plus, they’re things you can implement RIGHT. NOW.
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If you take a bit of time now to craft your content strategy, it will benefit you for the rest of your blogging career. So today, I’m going to show you exactly how to do that.
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Blogging Breakthrough 2.0 is in the process of being created. I can’t wait. For now though, I want to break my creative process down into easy chunks so you can see exactly how I went about creating my last eBook and what I’m going to take forward for this next one.
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Today, I’m sharing the ultimate guide to all of my favourite must-have tools, from social media, to my website and many many more. In fact, there’s 17 in total 😉 Let’s go!
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How I manage to stay so motivated, be productive and accomplish so much is probably the one question I’m asked the most. The simple answer? You need focus, determination and most importantly? You need to be organised.
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How I moved to Squarespace and designed my website is one of the MOST POPULAR questions I get from my community. So today, I wanted to share a few pointers with you to help you make your website look like a pro, even if you’re DIYing it.
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Here are some of my favourite blog post ideas that you can add to your editorial calendar to start attract more readers to your website every single day.
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