a website & community for women who write & blog
As a non-fiction writer with lots of fiction writer friends, November can be a lonely month for me. Most of my friends are locked away in their home offices or metaphorically chained to a table at their favorite coffee shop working on novels for National Novel Writing Month. So a few years ago I decided to start #bloglikecrazy – a challenge for myself and other bloggers to publish 30 original posts in 30 days in the month of November.
You’ve been blogging awhile and you love it, but sometimes you feel as if blogging doesn’t love you back.
Your traffic isn’t growing. Your favorite brands are overlooking you for campaigns. Potential sponsors are ignoring your pitches. Your application to join a high-profile blogging society was rejected. You dream of turning your blog into a business, but right now that feels impossible. You’re wondering if you should stop blogging altogether.
DON’T GIVE UP! You can transition from a lady blogger to a boss lady and I’ll show you how.
In this 8-module course you will learn how to turn your blog into a business without relying on ad sales or sponsored posts.
Stop waiting to be picked!
Stop waiting for brands to ask you to promote their products and services. Start creating and selling products and services of your own.
Stop waiting for blogging groups to welcome you into their inner circle. Build your own tribe.
In this course I will first help you build your best blog yet and then show you several creative ways you can use your blog to generate extra income. You’ll even learn how you can use your blog to jumpstart your career as an author or freelance writer and how to use your blog to land paid speaking engagements.
ENROLLMENT FOR LADY BLOGGER TO BOSS LADY IS NOW OPEN!
To receive a discount code for the course and other important announcements, click here to join the Lady Blogger VIP list.
MODULE 1: GET SERIOUS. We’ll discuss the importance of taking yourself seriously as both a blogger and a businesswoman. You’ll learn the 3 things you can and should do right now to start your transition from lady blogger to boss lady and the 5 changes you need to make to your website so your blog will start making money.
MODULE 2: GET FOCUSED. I’ll help you nail down your niche, write your manifesto, identify your ideal reader, and write a killer About Me page. (I’ll also share the secret to blogging about multiple topics.)
MODULE 3: GET ORGANIZED. You will develop an editorial calendar and content plan that will inspire you, not overwhelm you, and I’ll teach you my top time management tips to help you stay consistent.
MODULE 4: GET CONNECTED. This module is all about the email newsletter. I’ll help you develop an irresistible opt-in offer and help you create an email newsletter people will actually read.
MODULE 5: GET OUT THERE. People can’t read your blog if they don’t know about it! In this module you’ll learn how to network effectively online and in person. I’ll teach you how to make social media work for you, how to get your blog and personal brand covered by local and national media, how to use live events to build buzz for your blog, how to use Periscope and Facebook to build your tribe, how to guest blog for your favorite websites, and how to establish yourself as an expert.
MODULE 6: GET CREATIVE. To be a professional blogger and earn enough money to eat and pay the bills, you must have multiple sources of income. I’ll teach you 7 ways to make money with your blog and we’ll cover how to use your blog to launch your writing or public speaking career. I’ll show you my unique approach to working with brands and businesses and teach you how to pitch a campaign to potential sponsors and what to do so that eventually sponsors will come to you.
MODULE 7: GET PAID. This module alone is worth $1,000. Seriously. I’m going to show you how to make your first 1K with you blog content by creating, promoting and selling an e-course just like this one.
MODULE 8: GET SUPPORT. We’ll discuss the importance of having a tribe of blogging buddies to help you on this journey and I’ll give you tips on how to find them. I’ll give you writing prompts to help you when you have blogger’s block and invite you to be a part of the next big thing I have in the works.
HOW THE COURSE WILL WORK
When Lady Blogger to Boss Lady reopens for enrollment all content will be available. I recommend working through one module per week, making this an 8-week course. If you’re an eager beaver, feel free to work more quickly. But do your best not to get overwhelmed and remember to allow time to actually implement what you’re learning.
This is a text-based course (think super in-depth blog posts). While the course doesn’t include any official live coaching sessions, it does include a private Facebook group for extra support. During the recommended 8-week time frame of the course, I will post in the Facebook group daily and answer any questions you may have. If you’re not on Facebook, don’t fret. You can post your questions in the comments sections of the lessons.
I’ve been blogging in some capacity since 2008 and I’ve been writing since I could sit up straight and hold a pencil. My work has appeared in national magazines and several major newspapers including USA Today. I’ve been a contributor for NPR and I write a monthly column for one of the top magazines in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. My personal blog has been mentioned on major women’s websites such as xoJane.com and has helped me land paid freelance writing gigs and speaking engagements.
In 2011 I started a networking group and website for women who write and blog called See Jane Write. It started on a free Blogger site and with a gathering of a dozen women at a local Mexican restaurant. Today that little group and its blog is thriving network of hundreds of women and an award-winning business. In fact, because of See Jane Write, Southern Living magazine recently included me in its list of Innovators Changing the South.
But you don’t have to take my word for it! Here’s one Christina Renteria of PinkLux had to say about the Lady Blogger to Boss Lady Course:
Since completing the Lady Blogger to Boss Lady course I have gained over 200 new followers, email signups, and much more to help grow my community. I also started an engaging Facebook group, launched an e-course, a webinar, landed multiple sponsorships for workshops and events, and have taken myself seriously which has made others take me seriously. I feel like this course was the complete package for someone really wanting to know how to be a Boss Lady!
— Christina Renteria of PinkLux
See Jane Write was started to help female writers and bloggers in Birmingham. With this e-course I’m striving to help women nationwide. To receive a discount code for the course and other important announcements, click here to join the Lady Blogger VIP list. Join the movement and begin your journey from lady blogger to boss lady today.
#bloglikecrazy is underway!
For those of you who are new around here, each November I challenge the women of See Jane Write to publish a new blog post every day for 30 days. We call this challenge #bloglikecrazy.
Throughout the month, share your posts via Twitter with the hashtag #bloglikecrazy and in the See Jane Write Facebook group and I will read and promote as many of your posts as I can.
During #bloglikecrazy you’re free to write about whatever you want. But each year I offer a list of writing prompts just in case you find yourself facing blogger’s block. (Many of the prompts are linked to examples, too.) So use the prompts if needed in any order you choose.
Here are 30 post ideas to help you #bloglikecrazy:
1. Why do you blog?
2. What are your goals as a blogger, writer or small business owner?
3. Write your personal mission statement.
4. Write a letter to your younger self.
5. Write an open letter to someone you need to thank.
6. Everyone is an expert in something. Write a post about your area of expertise – why you consider yourself an expert and how you came to be one.
7. Write a How To post.
8. Write a How NOT To post.
9. Write a post about something you do, love, or believe that’s unpopular with most folks.
10. Write your manifesto.
11. Post a Q&A with a woman you admire.
12. Use some of your favorite Instagram pics as a visual writing prompt.
13. Write about your favorite CD of the year thus far.
14. Write about the best book you’ve read this year.
15. Write about a time you changed your mind.
16. Learn to love your haters by taking a negative comment and flipping it into an empowering post.
17. What I Learned About Myself From ______(This can be a book, a film, an album, or even a person.)
18. Write a post called The Things I Don’t Blog About.
19. Write a post called 30 Things I Love Right Now.
20. Write a post about fitness – how you stay fit or how you plan to get in shape.
21. Write about your guilty pleasures and why you don’t actually feel that guilty for loving them.
22. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
23. Write about your favorite place.
24. Write a post about your favorite dish or a meal you’ve had that you will never forget.
25. Write a post about your best friend or a group of friends.
26. Write a post about your family.
27. What are you thankful for?
28. Write about an outfit that makes you feel fabulous and fierce.
29. Set 4 simple goals for the remainder of 2014 and write about them.
30. What did you learn from #bloglikecrazy?
Each day in November for #bloglikecrazy I’ll be publishing a blog post that answers your questions about blogging, social media, writing, wellness or women’s empowerment. Send your questions to javacia@seejanewritebham.com.
Ladies of See Jane Write, it’s almost time to #bloglikecrazy.
Every year I challenge the women of See Jane Write to publish new blog posts every day for 30 days in the month of November.
Yeah, I know that sounds crazy. But that’s why it’s called Blog Like Crazy!
Throughout the month, share your posts on Twitter using the hashtag #bloglikecrazy and in the See Jane Write Facebook group. Do this and I’ll read, comment on, and help promote as many of your posts as I can.
If you’ve been stuck in a blogging rut, #bloglikecrazy could be the cure to your writer’s block. If you’ve been wanting to start a blog but you’ve kept putting it off, #bloglikecrazy could be the motivation you’ve been looking for to end your posting procrastination.
I’ll even give you writing prompts to keep you from running out of post ideas.
But don’t take my word for it. Here’s what See Jane Write member and fitness blogger Tanya Sylvan had to say about #bloglikecrazy:
I had thought about blogging but had many hesitations: Would I have enough to write about? Would anyone listen? Would I want to keep blogging? #bloglikecrazy was the perfect opportunity for me to test the waters. Before and during the entire month of November, Javacia and the other ladies were nothing but encouraging and loving and helpful. The prompts took away the fear of not having anything to write. And after blogging for a month, it felt natural and I found my voice. I owe all my All In Stride craziness to Javacia!
If you need help getting started, join us at the #blogikecrazy kick-off workshop 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 1 at Church Street Coffee and Books, 81 Church Street in Mountain Brook.
Now let’s get ready to #bloglikecrazy!
Founded by Javacia Harris Bowser, See Jane Write began as a Birmingham-based membership organization for women who write and blog. Today it is a website and community for women everywhere who are ready to be the authors of their own lives and who want to write and live a life worth writing about. See Jane Write seeks to do this by helping women find the creativity, confidence, and community they need to use their words and story to make an impact and an income.
We believe that every woman has a story worth sharing.
But we know that oftentimes life gets in the way of our efforts to make our voices heard.
Many of the women of the See Jane Write community have struggled with these same issues. But you don’t have to go through this alone!
Javacia and the women of the See Jane Write community believe that being empowered, encouraged, and enriched by a group of like-minded women is one of the keys to success in any field, but especially in the worlds of writing, blogging, and entrepreneurship.
If you’re looking for your tribe, look no further!
Learn more about See Jane Write founder Javacia Harris Bowser here.
Follow Javacia on Twitter and Instagram @seejavaciawrite.
For more information about See Jane Write, contact Javacia at
javacia@seejanewritebham.com.
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