by Sam Dounis | Mar 5, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
Blogging is as hard or as easy as you want to make it. It’s easy because all a blog post really consists of is a story, and we tell stories all the time. But we can choose to make it hard for ourselves by judging the story – is it good enough, or right...
by Sam Dounis | Feb 6, 2017 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Writing
Last week the husband appeared in my study, brandishing an article that one of his colleagues had given him. It was from a trusted source, and it declared that one of the things he should be doing, is blogging. Never mind that his wife has been telling him that for...
by Sam Dounis | Jan 22, 2016 | Blogging, Stories, Writing
If what you have to say doesn’t seem very interesting to you, does that mean you shouldn’t say it? What does ‘interesting’ even mean?! It’s so subjective, that if it’s the benchmark you use to determine whether to post or not, you...
by Sam Dounis | Sep 3, 2015 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Uncategorized
If you want your blog to work for your business, blogging needs to become a habit. Here’s how to break down the barriers that are fuelling your resistance to forming a business blogging habit. Barrier One: Your Blog Has No Clear Business Benefit When...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 5, 2015 | Stories, Writing
I don’t mean to brag, but yesterday I sat down and worked my way through the Business Bogging Toolkit, and ended up with 60+ blog post ideas and a focussed strategy. ‘The thing’ is, I’d spent weeks making life difficult for myself, all because...