Every writer has at some point thought of starting a blog, and the monetary possibilities that’d bring them. Having been blogging and writing for more than 5 years, I know the pain of monetizing a…
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This is Why You Can’t Join the Medium Partner Program
Even if your country is Stripe supported If you are from ACP countries, this article is for you. Read these stories for context: ‘Your Friends at Medium’ are unfriendly. I have been wanting to read…
Tell Me You Work In Marketing Without Telling Me You Work In Marketing
The most important role I’ve ever had was being a digital content specialist, turned digital marketing associate. It was there that I honed in on my writing skills, learned marketing, marketing tools, Google Analytics reporting,…
5 Signs You Just Might Be A Burnt Out Writer
At the end of 2019, I was worn out, dreary and ended up in the ER. Culminating to that morning and episode were months of physical and emotional fatigue by a craft I love. Not…
Instagram Shop Owners Are Using a Sleazy and Lazy Way of Marketing
I refuse to work for free An Instagram e-commerce shop owner reached out to me for a collaboration. After doing a happy dance and envisioning a paid weekend in Lamu, I got down to business….
My First Month as a Technical Writer
Adapt and Pivot. These phrases have been thrown around for the past one and a half years as companies and people struggled to find their footing in the midst of a pandemic. Back in March…
I created a Social Media Freebie on Gumroad
Do you struggle when it comes to creating freebies? 8 months ago, I wrote a social media article which was widely shared from Medium on my blog. This was the first time one of my articles had…
How To Build a Daily or Weekly Writing Habit
I don’t write every day. However, I think about writing every day and write 3 days out of 7 days which is a good number for me. I also do a lot of writing adjacent…
How To Use Social Media in a Productive Way
I was 20 when I started working. Back then, I was an intern for an online health magazine owned by a Journalist from a top media station in Kenya. Although the position was unpaid, it…
4 Unpopular Opinions On Social Media Marketing
I follow Twitter Lists of Black folks on social and digital marketing. Once in a while, they’ll share opinions and thoughts that most brands wouldn’t agree with. These opinions cement the one’s I’ve had and…
How to Plan A Month’s Worth of Email Newsletters
Two years ago, I landed the role of digital content specialist and immersed myself into the world of email marketing, creating email copy, designing them, A/B testing emails, and all the great stuff that comes…
How to Create a Week’s Worth of Social Media Content
As a writer and a creative, I’ve had my fair share of social media-induced anxiety, to the point where it almost crippled me. Now I’m okay with Twitter (to some extent) and spend quite some…
5 Benefits Of Data Visualization For Bloggers
Approximately 31 years ago, CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee, also known as the “Father of the Internet” invented http protocol and first browser in March 1989. The rest is history as the internet popularity kept surging…
Book Review: Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
After listening to so many financial podcasts, I finally read and finished Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I give this book a 10 out of 10 as it awakened in me the need…
Book Review: The Freelance Content Marketing Writer
Book: The Freelance Content Marketing Writer: Find Your Perfect Clients, Make Tons Of Money And Build A Business You Love by Jennifer Goforth Gregory Pages: 274 Pages Reading Time: 4 hours 15 Minutes Goodreads Synopsis Join the…
Why You Need To Find Your Writing Voice
Have you ever felt like you had lost your voice? You have nothing to say and nothing to write about which is unusual. You no longer journal, update your blog or engage people in conversations. …
How To Have A Productive Morning Routine While Social Distancing
When it comes to having a productive morning routine, you have to have a goal, a system and a strategy, otherwise, it won’t make sense to wake up in the morning. Before you decide to…
Where The Muse Meets The Writer
At 19 years old, a year after joining college, I started writing again. In my younger years, I had written fiction stories which teachers had used to teach composition writing. This small deed had put…
Of Old Rock Songs and Writing At Midnight
Thoughts Of a Self Isolating Writer Maybe this is an act of defiance. Pushing back against an evil world, where time flies and work is all that matters. Where growth, ROI, KPIs and other Is…
How I Hit 10K Page Views on My Blog
Including All Social Media Channels I Used If you’re reading this, chances are that you’re yet to hit the big 10,000 page views. After self-hosting my blog in 2018, I wrote sporadically in 2019 but…
How To Become A Better Writer While Social Distancing
I’m a full-time writer at my job. I should know how to make use of this time. However, it feels like I don’t know how to make use of it. Recently writers in a Facebook…
How To Hit Your Monthly Traffic Goal Using Facebook Groups
Go Where Your Readers Are I used to think that if you wrote really good content, traffic would come. After all, I wrote this amazing blog post why won’t people look for it and read…
5 Freelancing Tips From A Beginner – #2. Don’t Underestimate Small Gigs
I have found myself freelancing and moonwalking on the weekends. This move has been a culmination of many factors such as moving out, and my articles needing a home. Writing comes easily to me. I…
6 Important Pinterest Strategies To Focus on In 2020
Blogging has been such an uphill task, made so by the fact that mine is a lifestyle blog. I tend to write more personal articles than how-to and listicles. In addition, I dabble in writing…
5 Quick Steps To Start a Profitable Blog in 2020
If you’re reading this post, it’s because you’re interested in how to start a profitable blog. Maybe you have tinkered with Medium, blogger, WordPress, and Tumblr. You’ve read a lot of blog posts on ‘how…
What Does A Marketing Copywriter Do?
A marketing copywriter is a fairly general term that covers a multitude of different jobs. Together, those jobs work together to create effective marketing material such as brochures and flyers, emails, mailshots, taglines and more….
A Keen Look into My Social Media Sabbatical
On Taking Control of My Life Last week, I reset my phone. Apart from the normal Google apps like YouTube and Gmail, I know have Medium, WhatsApp and Pinterest apps. No Facebook. Or Instagram. Or…
Find a Social Media Platform You’re Okay With
As I have mentioned before, I find social media is anxiety-inducing. It’s urgent, it’s quick, it’s here then it’s not. It’s hard to keep up with posts as timelines get updated constantly and post disappear. As a…
Your Beliefs About Money and How They Affect You
Welcome to the fifth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Money. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Growth. …
How To Have a Growth Mindset in This Decade
Welcome to the fourth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Growth. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. In 2011, I joined high school and in 2019,…