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Blog Awards – Paying it Forward

13 January 2012 Blogging
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It’s time to spread the love around the blogosphere and celebrate 2012 with some online gratitude First and foremost, heart-felt thanks to Amy Nora Doyle at Souldipper (based in Canada) for her gift to me of the Liebster Award (meaning Favourite): This is passed on with a request to recognise the blogger who gave it [...]

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Look Before You Leap…into the Blogosphere

21 September 2011 Blogging
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NOTE: This is a special GUEST POST by our great friend, the brilliant Lance Ekum of the Jungle of Life blog, who I’ve asked to share some blogging tips with you that he’s learnt during the course of his super successful blogging journey. Thank you, Lance, and enjoy, Everyone! Naomi “In the winter of 2008 [...]

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Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Blog Star!

20 September 2011 Daily Life
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It’s come to my attention that our beloved Jina’s blog star status has been slipping, since I haven’t posted photographs of her in a while. NOT acceptable, especially in light of what a beautiful (albeit small by usual standards) Norwegian Forest Cat she is! Thank you to fabulous Jamie at Musing by Moonlight for the [...]

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Blogging for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011

17 September 2011 Blogging
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In contemplating Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 (14 – 20 Nov 2011), I’m reminded of the creative fulfilment in helping someone launch a business blog, especially a great guy like Doug Boake, owner of Redline Logistics, who is a successful entrepreneur and dirt bike rider (I’m not sure which comes first ). Central to the design [...]

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Build a blog you can be proud of

6 September 2011 Blogging
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While updating the website for our photographic studio recently (www.ovpstudio.com), it struck me again how stunning some of the interiors are that we’ve been fortunate to photograph. Regular readers will have seen some photo’s of the five-star Madikwe Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa, such as in my post More Madikwe Magic, [...]

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Are You Thinking To Grow Rich?

3 September 2011 Blogging
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Our special friends over at Written by Sumer have started a great series of posts sharing entrepreneurship and business advice, which are contributed to by their readers, i.e. Business-Transforming Books: Best Business Success Books – Part I I’ve decided to post my response here too, because my #1 book is so worth sharing. I’ve known [...]

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A Blog for all Seasons

5 August 2011 Daily Life
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Just a few metres from our bedroom stands a stately tree, which celebrates the seasons in sensational style. It’s been winter for a while here, so there’s been nothing but a few, puffed-up little birds to decorate the branches. And I must say they’ve done a fine job of that, singing their hearts out in [...]

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The 5 P’s of Blogging: Tips to Get Started

29 July 2011 Blogging
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. . . continued from Why Blog? 7 Brilliant Reasons (Part I) and Why Blog? 7 Brilliant Reasons (Part II) Like anything worthwhile, establishing a blog takes time. If you’re contemplating starting one and wondering where to begin, here are a few pointers: Plan: Firstly, do some planning. Decide what your objectives are – then [...]

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Why Blog? 7 Brilliant Reasons (Part II)

27 July 2011 Blogging
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Continued from Why Blog? 7 Brilliant Reasons (Part I), based on interviews with 4 influential bloggers: • Ida Horner, founder of Ethnic Supplies (an online social enterprise that promotes independence for African women) and Africa on the Blog, • Christine Searle from SA Venues, 2010 SA Best Travel Blog runner-up, • Cindy Taylor, personal blogger [...]

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