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How to Find Your Best Nine Instagram Photos 2017

December 10, 2017

Last year I shared my top nine Instagram photos and it was such a hit that I wanted to share my top nine Instagram photos of 2017. Because my blog is a hobby, yet also a business I am often looking at numbers and seeing what posts did the best. I am so interested in […]

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How To Grow Your Pinterest Without Using a Scheduler | Without Spending Any Money | Gain Followers on Pinterest | Build Your Brand and Increase Page Views Manually

Over the past few months I’ve heard over and over again that Pinterest is where bloggers and shops should be investing their time online. If you are reading this and wondering why, well let’s get started with that before I introduce my 8 Tips to Grow Your Pinterest Following. When I meet bloggers lately, I […]

August 31, 2017

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Tips and Encouragement from Vancity Business Babes Blogger Party

I couldn’t agree more. Such great words spoken at last nights Vancity Business Babes Blogger Party event. The ladies on the panel were all very informative and I found myself nodding my head to so much of what they said. The things I wasn’t nodding to I was going, ohhh that’s a good idea! Each […]

July 26, 2017

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10 Tips For New Mom Bloggers

So here we go mama’s, you are either reading this because you are interested in starting a blog or perhaps you have already started. Either way, you want to know more! Well you are on the right track by reading and researching and I am so happy to take this time to write out these […]

May 19, 2017

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5 Social Media and Branding Tips | Monochrome Spring Syle | Women's Fashion

It was such an honour to speak on the panel at Vancity Business Babes most recent

April 5, 2017

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Mother and Daughter in matching toques #fall #knitted #fashion

The end of the year brings so many great feels, holiday vibes and lots of reminiscing of the last twelve months. This past year my Instagram account has grown twice as fast as the previous year, going from

December 13, 2016

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Six Tips for Successfully using Hashtags on Instagram

I didn’t always think that hashtags were a good idea. To be perfectly honest when I first started my Instagram account I didn’t like them at all. My first impression of hashtags were that they were tacky and very unnessecary. Sure the odd super long use of a hashtag as a joke always got a kick […]

August 10, 2016

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5 Ways to Grow Your Blog for New Bloggers by Creative Wife and Joyful Worker

I know, I know, every blogger and their dog has shared about ways to increase your exposure, whether it be specifically for your online website, blog or social media accounts, I have read multiple different posts… so what makes mine any different you wonder? The purpose of this post is to share five ways that […]

May 28, 2016

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