Let me just start off by saying: moving away from where I grew up, the place I called home, my comfort zone, was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was one of those people living in…
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Benefits and tips for using Twitter for your business or yourself
You are one of two people: you either don’t get Twitter, or it’s the social media platform where you spend most of your time. I’m in the second category. I found my tribe on Twitter. There are several people on…
Vanessa Raath: Lessons I learned as a mentor
We should all have that line “student of life” on our Facebook profiles. This is because we are forever learning – whether formally or informally. For this week, I spoke to some entrepreneurs on what they learned from mentorship. First…
The Ultimate Lesson I Learned from a Mentor
You learn by doing, I’ve heard so often. There are some things that you just don’t learn in a classroom. You learn it on the job. I’ve been thinking a lot on mentorship the past few weeks. A few weeks…
5 ultimate reasons why a niche or beat can work for you
I told my husband the other day about how journalists who had “beats” get all the stories. For instance, when I was a junior journalist for general news, I had to give off my story if it related to someone…
The #1 thing being a tabloid journalist taught me
It’s something many of us take for granted, but the number one thing journalism has taught me is that people just want someone to listen to their story. Genuinely listen to them. I worked at a tabloid newspaper in Port…
How to start blogging for business or yourself
Want to start a blog but don’t know where to start? Well, you’re not the only one. *let out that sigh of relief* I’ve had several people telling me that they want to start a blog but don’t know where…
It takes a village to help you grow
I have a hobby – it’s blogging. Blogging is when you write and share ideas publicly in a form of a blog post (this article is a blog post) on a blog. A blog is an online public diary. Mels…