This blog post is in partnership with Everlane. Would you believe that I’ve gotten more work in 2020 and made more money in the first 6 months of this year than I had all of last year? One of the things this pandemic has taught me, and it’s taught me a lot of life lessons, is that online businesses are…
If you are in the business of blogging and/or influencing I’d definitely recommend starting a YouTube channel as soon as possible. The sooner you start the sooner you can grow your audience, increase all of your social media numbers and diversify your income streams. I’ve been on YouTube for years but finally got serious about it last year when I…
Every day I get an email from someone who’s New Year’s Resolution is to finally start a blog or a YouTube channel. I’m frequently asked about how I got my start and what tools to use for both, so thought this would make an excellent blog post topic. Times have changed. When I first started this blog in 2010 there…
[one_half padding=”0 15px 0 0″]I’m sitting at 21.7K followers on Instagram right now (3:29pm EST on November 27th). By the time this post goes live on Saturday, I’m almost positive I’ll be at 21.9K. I’ve gained a steady 100-150+ followers every day for the last 3 weeks even though I barely get 1K likes a photo. I can’t lie not…
The most commonly asked question I get is how do I balance my 9-5 job and blogging. I was having a chat with Ijeoma Kola during the Purewow in the Hamptons event and she actually inspired me to write this post. I never quite know what to say when people ask me this question. For the most part I just…
Back in 2013 I was laid off my job. Mind you this company headhunted me from another company, paid me 15K more and then laid me off 4 months later. But I digress, the layoffs started and everyone started whispering. I was one of the last people hired so even though I knew it was coming I was devastated when…