For some time I have been blogging and writing articles – for a number of years I wrote about being an expatriate living in Asia.  Some of my articles were published and syndicated on the internet.  When I lived in Hong Kong I wrote for the American Women’s Association.  However now I just maintain my own blog and have had a lot of delight doing so.  As a result I have had to know how to blog.

Kathryn Collins MD new this and she has been wanting to break into writing and has some very cool book and eBook ideas.  To facilitate this I recommended blogging.  We have talked many times on the subject but today Kathryn gave me a great gift.

She told me about a workshop she had just done on finding your Authentic Voice.  She saw an advertisement in the paper for a workshop at the library where she lives and called about it to find out it was already booked full.  She told the present that just two nights before she had had a dream about packing suitcases and a train coming into the station.  When the train arrived she boarded the train only with a notebook and pen.  When the presenter of this workshop heard Kathryn’s dream she said she would make room for her to be there.

Kathryn learnt from the workshop about getting in touch with your bodies, her heart and meditate to have your writing be mindful.  The presenter explained that all deep writing is a connection from body and soul it is rooted in your experience.

The workshop was a sharing and supportive environment and one of the instructions for the day was to only have positive comments.

As part of the TUG (The Ultimate Game) environment we have discussed many times looking at our network and seeing who supports us in our goals.  Kathryn found this community through a newspaper advertisement and connected with a group that has her now inspired and in writing mode for her blog.  The process for her has begun and on top of that she is now connecting with like minded people. 

I for one can hardly wait to read her blogs at www.lifestyledr.com , bravo Dr Kathryn for taking the step towards blogging and writing.

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In talking to Michelle twitter.com/mmangen about blogging.  She is away on vacation at the moment and one of her goals is to work on creating a blog while she is away.  Which is great, great to work on goals while you are out of your own environment by the way.

We discussed the advantages of blogging and the the how search engines and spiders work.  Plus tips about how many words and content etc. When the question popped up about what should I blog about?  Michelle really wanted to blog about her life and where self development can be used to create the life you want.

This brings up the point - does your blog need to be solely about work? Absolutely not, however, like everything a blog needs a purpose and a direction.  You are looking for followers and like minded folks to read your blog. Similar to what you may do at other on-line communities.  You can still have a business account but talk about your children if that  is something you feel falls in line with your business - if you can bring back what you are talking about in a way to relate to your readers who are looking for the originally content.  However, if you feel you need a blog that is solely about children and the issues of being a mom then create a different account for that purpose.  The trick is to master your following and your readers and what they are looking for on line. 

Plus ask the question; How can I stand out from the pack?

Oh and by the way if you are looking for a book keeper - I highly recommend Michelle - she and I will be working together and her passion and enthusiasm and her kknowledge is great.  Plus she’s into personal development - check out her website and look for her blog coming soon.

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Time and time again I see blogs at different websites, and naturally I’m interested.  I’m probably just as interested as everyone else is because let’s face it along with the words SEO, social traffic, social media, blogging is a buzz word on the Internet.

So if you are going to have a blog remember to BLOG, blogging doesn’t take long, you can belt out a quick blog in less than 1o mins if you have something you feel your readers would be interested in.  If your blog is about health, write about a recipe, a great new drink you discovered, an exercise program you did that day.  If it’s about spirituality, write about a book you read, a guru you look up to, a vision you had.  What ever your blog of choice or rather passion write write write or delete the idea of having a blog because having an inactive blog may not be the best marketing idea for your site.

There are many readers out there who go first to the blog to  find out more about you, they use the blog to get the real you, to find the authentic person.  Blogs are about transperancy just like twitter is about  time and reaching out to the masses.  Blogs are about people getting to know you and getting to decide if they want to be in your inner circle.

And remember if you haven’t got the time to blog or the knowledge about how to go about it hire someone to write your blog, someone who loves being in your inner circle.  Find a Ghost writer if that’s what it takes to keep your blog active, that doesn’t mean you can’t write at your blog it just means the blog is now being constantly updated which is what the search engines are looking for.

ps this blog entry took me 3 mins to write - what you looking at if you own a blog that is currently inactive? go write something

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Time and time again I’ve had friends and clients ask me what should I write about at my blog. Or they might say I don’t have  anything to say.  They marvel at the fact that I can always find something to write about.

At www.expatworld.wordpress.com- I have  written a number of blogs about  living in Hong Kong and life as an expat.  When I first started writing these stories ‘letters from Hong Kong’, I treatet  it much the same as a travelogue.  That became  boring, because let’s face it Hong Kong is tiny and there wasn’t much to do as far as traveling was concerned.  I then discovered if Iwrote  about the funny, bizarre side of living on an island that was known for ‘island fever’ I could find a different direction in my articles.  Many of the articles at this  site see the humor in living in Hong Kong.  I’ve talked about the ‘chop being the weapon of choice’ and how an expat forgot how to  iron her clothes because she had now had a maid for too long.

So find what you are passionate about and write  about that.  And if you feel you need a ghost writer for say a company business know that there are people out there that will  do that for a living.  There are also websites  such as elance.com or talk to the guys in India at brickwork.com.

Never think that writing a blog has  to be solely  your own work, like what we learn in The Ultimate Game of Life, life is a team sport!  Blogging can be a team sport.

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Sassyword came about last year 2008, when I, Saskia would get questions from friends and family how to blog.  You can read more about me at About us.

So the idea of this blog / website is to link you and educate you in the value of blogging.  Use this site as a resources site for blogging and bloggers.  It is our aim to be of service to you.  We plan to give you insights into books, reviews, recommendations etc.  We also want to introduce you to people who we feel will be a of service to you.  There are people out there that know more than me about blogging, but we plan to interview them, link to them and give your resources to others out there that can help you with creating the blog that you, or your company need.

Resources and outsources are the key to make your life “The Ultimate Life”.  To understand the Ultimate Life more please read the about us to understand why we are an advocate for the Ultimate Life.

This site is your site as much as it is my site, feel free to email me and give me ideas, links, information about blogs, blogging, writing, ebooks, you name it, anything to do with the written word we are interested in it.  And we want to spread the ‘word’ to others, the Sassyword !

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