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Ways to Self-Promote without Being (Too) Annoying - A Beautiful Mess
First off, if you are a creative entrepreneur of any kind (blogger, artist, photographer, musician, etc.), you’ve probably already realized that promoting yourself and your projects/business is absolutely vital to your success. And for many of you that probably makes you feel SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE. I think many of us (myself included) grew up hearing that…
On Young Industries (Part 2): Apps - A Beautiful Mess
Earlier this year I shared part 1 of this series (about blogging as a career), and today I'm back to share about the second life-changing young industry that we're involved with, developing apps. First, a little timeline/perspective maker! -Seven years ago when I stood in line for my first iPhone, I didn't know what an app was.…
5 Tips For Staying on Top of Your Emails - A Beautiful Mess
It probably sounds really cliche, obvious and super simple, BUT staying on top of your email is seriously one of the best things you can do for yourself in business. Personally, I start feeling super stressed if my box starts to get beyond 50+ unread emails. And sometimes when I get overwhelmed, I become less…
10 Job-Hunting Tips - A Beautiful Mess
Hi there. It’s Trey again. So you can switch to a dude voice in your head reading this. My go-to man reading voice in my head is Richard Gere, and not my own, for some reason. Make of that what you will, I guess. Anyway, job hunting. With it being graduation season, it seemed like…
Money Lessons Learned in My 20s - A Beautiful Mess
I am not a money expert. Never have been. And also, let's go ahead and get this out of the way: money is sort of awkward to talk about, right? I think of it kind of like body image– we all think about it, it's a part of all our lives, but it still feels…
3 Traits of Being Boss - A Beautiful Mess
Today, I wanted to do something a little different. Last year, I had the great pleasure of getting to speak at the Thrive Creative Conference. And although I would definitely describe myself as an introvert, I love the challenge of getting up to speak at events like this every now and again. I also LOVE…
Emma's 5 Secrets to Success - A Beautiful Mess
What in the world is “success” anyway? Good question. And honestly, I think only you can answer that for yourself. For example, I’m not all that great at math. In college I only had to complete two algebra courses in order to finish my degree (in philosophy). I went to every class, turned in every…
State Of The Biz / Autumn 2015 - A Beautiful Mess
Hey, friends. Welcome to our yearly post where we share what we’re working on, how we’re tweaking our business and what we’re most excited about that’s coming up! If you tuned in to our Livestream a few weeks ago (you can still watch it here), then you heard that we’ve been working on this post for…
Best Hosting Options for Bloggers - A Beautiful Mess
I love blogging but I don’t really love being on the internet. Let me explain. Creating content, whether it’s recipes or craft tutorials or just photos from a trip I went on, and then sharing that content with others is WAY fun. This is what blogging is, sharing content online. However, in order to be…
Blog Q&A: Should I insure my equipment? - A Beautiful Mess
Hello, friends. Time for another round of Blog Q&A! Although today’s question could easily apply to bloggers as well as many small business owners. If you want to see the past questions and answers from this series, here is our archive of blogging advice. Today’s question came from the comments section of our blog: “I…