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Simple Thought to Grow Your Small Business Quickly

“Plan for capacity (where you are) and work for what’s coming next.” @jakemgold
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You can’t get anywhere if you don’t know where you want to go and you can’t know where you want to go if you don’t have a plan in place to help you see.

WordCamp Birmingham sessions cover more than how to run a great WordPress website. The speakers share personal experience on how to make the website part of your business growth plan.

Jake Goldman shared some insights when he took the stage at WordCamp Birmingham 2014. He reminded listeners it is about the vision and not the tools. If you can dream it (and if you dare to dream it) then there is a way to create it.

Tips for Planning for What Comes Next

  • Dare to dream – brainstorming allows the creative juices to flow. Think of all the possibilities (and ignore all the limitations). Dreaming escapes the confines and walls of limitations. Remember somewhere someone once suggest that a large spring would make a great children’s toy.

  • Determine to invest – once you have the dream you have to measure the cost. There is a way to make the dream a reality, but you have to determine if you are willing to invest the resources (energy, time, space, or finances) to make it happen.

  • Bring others on board – we are stronger when we work together. When it comes to growing up dreams and opportunities for our businesses then collaboration makes the journey not only better but easier.

Refuse to be limited by tools – find a way to make the tools work for you and for your needs or maybe to make the tools work in an unexpected way.

The key to growing your small business quickly is in being willing to dare to take the next step.

“Masters of their craft focus on a vision and bend the tools to their will.” – Jake Goldman

Don’t wait another minute. Join us at WordCamp Birmingham 2018 to begin finding your next step to grow your business and website.

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Determine the Best Post Length – a #WPYall Quote

One of the top asked questions about content concerns the length of posts. The great news for those not happy with the current trend is that it’s a lot like Alabama weather. It’s going to change if not by this afternoon then by tomorrow.

In other words, the length of your post should not be determined by the going trend.

“If nobody is listening then stop talking!”

 

 

WPYall quote - length of posts

 

Words can be tough enough to come by. Avoid wasting your words just creating filler.

Just Tell the Story

    • Write to the end. Write the story until you have told the whole story. It will not be perfect and it is not supposed to be perfect. Just write it.

 

    • Read what you wrote. Read over the whole story to read it. This is a chance for you to take it all in full.

 

    • Read what you wrote with a red pen in your hand. (It’s probably a good idea to print out a copy if you are doing your first drafts on the computer or else use a red editor shortcut in your software.) Make notes about places where you need to add, remove, or maybe even break up the content.

 

    • Write a new draft around the notes you made. Again, write until you get to the end.

 

    • Now let the fun begin. Remove filler words. Replace weak words. Tighten up the fluff. Download your free download of editing tips at the Successful Freelance Writer.

 

  • Take time for one more read through. Read it aloud this time. Reading it aloud makes it easier to spot any flow issues.

Walking through these steps will help you create the best content you can – no matter what length is currently the flavor of the month.

 

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