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Nikon Z30 Camera Review

by on April 30, 2023
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If you’re following me on Instagram or YouTube, you already know this, but I bought my first camera earlier this year, almost seven years into my journey as a blogger. I’ve been thinking about it for years and finally took the plunge a few weeks ago. I’d wanted a Canon…

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7 SEO Tips to Increase Organic Traffic

by on March 6, 2022
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In the last year, I’ve put into practice some straightforward SEO tips to increase organic search blog traffic, and I’ve seen excellent results. Naturally, as you know I like to do, I want to date a few of those top to help fellow bloggers. If you have been blogging for…

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2021 Top Blog Post RoundUp

by on December 31, 2021
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Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe it, it’s 2022 already. In some ways, 2021 felt long and in other ways, it felt like t just flew by. I hope your Holidays break was restful and resetting. Can you believe it, it’s 2022 already! Well, a few hours til then…

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Christmas Tag

by on December 24, 2021
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What better way to bring Blogmas to a close than with a Christmas tag? I have been looking for a tag I could do and say Tall Blonde Tales do this one and figure, why not? It’s Christmas Eve and not many people, myself included are out due to the…

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Blogging Equipment I Use as a Blogger

by on December 14, 2021
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The blogging equipment I currently have are things I have picked up over the five years I have been a blogger. They have served me well and even gone on to support my launch into a freelance writing and communications career. Granted, some equipment blogging can be expensive if are…

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Job hunting in Canada on laptop searching Shandean Reid, Public Relations Consultant in Canada
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What is Blogger Burnout? Tips to Avoid It

by on December 12, 2021
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Blogger burnout is real, and I thought this post was fitting, given how many of us are busy trying to crank our 25 posts in 25 days. In my case, I write in several aspects of my life. I have to be particularly careful what projects I am taking on.…

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6 Ways to Update Your Blog for the New Year

by on December 10, 2021
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Should you update your blog? Of course, you should! I’ve been hard at work the last several months making updates on my blog and backend upgrades in addition to the many apparent changes. I highly recommend the process. I can’t believe it’s already been a year since Blogmas 2020 shocked…

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Welcome to Blogmas!

by on December 1, 2021
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Welcome to Blogmas 2021, ladies and gentlemen! Eek! I’m too excited. The truth is I’ve been looking forward to this all year, pretty much since I participated last year. If my relatively early Blogmas Ideas post was no indication, I am ready, baby!

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60+ Blogmas Post Ideas – A Bloggers Guide

by on September 1, 2021
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Let’s talk about Blogmas Post Ideas! I know, I know. It’s only September. I’m not crazy, I promise. December 2020 was my first year participating in Blogmas. It was truly a joy that helped me fall in love with blogging all over again, but it was also a very last-minute…

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Jamaican Bloggers With Active Blogs

by on August 11, 2021
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Jamaican bloggers are a bit hard to uncover these days. When I say bloggers, I don’t mean content creators. If you’re wondering what the difference is, it’s in the content type. You see, all bloggers are content creators but not all content creators are bloggers. This means that content creators…

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Millennial Mom Blog Update

by on June 27, 2021
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If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog for a good bit of time, even as little as a year, you’ve noticed some major recent changes on the blog, but especially since December 2020. It’s a full-fledged millennial mom blog and lifestyle blog now. Why? Because I’ve finally given…

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Five Year Blog Anniversary

by on June 21, 2021
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On June 9, 2021, I celebrated my five year blog anniversary. It makes me sad that I hadn’t even realised it until today when I am writing this, June 19, 2021 since I’ve been so mentally caught up these past few weeks. But this blog? I love this thing! I’ve…

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So, You Want to Start a Blog

by on June 14, 2021
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After reading all the posts about blogging and preparing yourself, you’ve decided you want to start a blog. That’s awesome. Let me be the first to roll out the welcome mat. By now, you understand this race is not for the swift but for those who can endure. And endurance…

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5 Great Benefits of Blogging for Business

by on April 11, 2021
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If you’re new to my blog, you may not know that I have a business writing agency and that I started blogging for business shortly after starting this, my personal and lifestyle blog. You may also not know that I had tried to start an online business plan writing business…

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5 FREE Blogging Tools For Beginners

by on March 31, 2021
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Managing a blog is not an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of creativity, research, constant learning and man-hours to successfully maintain and grow a blog. These last few years of blogging recreationally, I’ve learned a lot; some things intentionally through research and reading, others through experiences. This…

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What is Blogging? Why You Should Blog

by on February 9, 2021
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As a Jamaican Blogger, I began wondering ‘what is blogging?’ only after I wrote my first post in notes on my phone, started up a site and then published. I didn’t read any blogs, except my husband’s soccer blog on the regular. That was nearly five years ago. The local…

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Blogging : What You Should Know Before You Start

by on January 22, 2021
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In 2021, I will have been blogging for five years. When I just started out, my inbox would full up with friends and acquaintances looking for advice on how to start blogging themselves. Of course, I shared what I knew, but looking back, it wasn’t nearly as much as I…

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Blogmas AND Vlogmas?!

by on December 1, 2020
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Clearly, I’m crazy. Head gone, clean! And why is that, you ask? Well, because, I, me… Shandean has decided that in the year of our Lord, 2020 and chaos, I’m going to take on the beast that is Vlogmas. You’re thinking that’s not so bad, but hold the thought, Goodie…

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Blogging for Therapy: Coping with COVID19

by on April 7, 2020
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Blogging is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. I read that somewhere this week, and it might have been the kick I needed to jump start my engine. See, since this quarantine thing started, I’ve opened a blank page to write a blog post a couple of dozen times, but…

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The Liebster Award

by on May 4, 2017
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Let me first thank both Renegade Expressions and Rochelle over on Adventures From Elle for nominating me for the Liebster Award. It’s certainly always a nice feeling when the blogs you enjoy, enjoy yours just as much. Let me also say, that they are two of my 11 bloggers. I wonder if that means…

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The Blogger Recognition Award

by on February 22, 2017
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Being nominated for this award by two bloggers is really nice. I’m excited about fellow bloggers liking my blog well enough to nominate me for an award. So here’s a special thank you to Adventures From Elle and Renegade Expressions, incidentally both awesome fellow Jamaican native bloggers. Thank you for thinking of me.

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Is my Blog a Lifestyle Blog??

by on February 18, 2017
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Seven months ago when I started my blog, I had no idea where, if anywhere, I wanted it to go, let alone whether it was a lifestyle blog.  I was pregnant, bored and needed a creative outlet where I could share. So one day, I wrote a story about the…

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