Last week we held the first WABAK Twitter chat - to help a bunch of mostly former blogging students get the hang of using Twitter, and as a substitute for a face-to-face meet up this month.Let me tell you, hosting a Twitter chat or Tweet-up is SO much fun but much more exhausting than I'd imagined! …
Monetising my travel blog with a long list of tasks (and a stats update)
Well, it seems that there are plenty of you out there keen to see how my journey to monetise my travel blog goes, judging by the feedback I got to my first post inviting you along for the monetisation ride. I wasn't planning to update monthly (more likely quarterly) but since I have other relevant …
How to use our Facebook group for Perth bloggers – WABAK
One of my blogging students had the fabulous idea of starting a Facebook group for Perth bloggers who met in my courses, so that they could all keep in touch and follow each other's blogging journeys. WABAK: Western Australian Bloggers Amanda Knows was born in a hurried fashion as a result, and the …
Why my Perth blogging courses make my own blog better
It has been a very bloggy fortnight. (And yes, bloggy is too a word.) In the last two weeks I've run the Becoming a Blogger beginner course AND the Better Blogging advanced course at UWA Extension and what with seeing so many of my old blogging students at the Perth Problogger Event as well, it …
#businesspics and why using Instagram for business is my big 2014 tip
Heard me mention Instagram before? I am a bit of a fan and have been using Instagram since it was just two months old. If you need the beginners' guide, head back to my first post on what Instagram is, but otherwise, let me tell you what I've been loving about Instagram lately:It's the perfect way …
Learning MORE about blogging from the Perth Problogger Event 2014
I have lamented (often) that my lovely home city is the most isolated and oft-neglected city on the planet, but today, a megastar in my universe was here. Yes, "the" Problogger, Darren Rowse, came over to run a small Problogger Event (big shout out to Kelly Exeter for convincing him) and it was …