enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: small business
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I've been throwing up weekly podcast episodes for five months now and I am really enjoying this new-to-me medium. Today I wanted to share some observations and a bit of background about running the show. If you're curious how to actually launch a podcast, check out this post. Why podcasting? I started a podcast for…
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I have been getting a few questions recently about my online shop – how it's hosted, what I recommend, etc. – and so today I wanted to share some thoughts. I designed and coded my own website and shop from scratch. No templates. No systems. Just me, a very old version of Dreamweaver and the…
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I have gotten a few questions about how I keep my to-do list organized on a daily basis. I've talked about this a bit (check out this post for the difference between goals & to-do list items), but not since having Ellerie so I figured an update was due. EDIT : you can see how…
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I heard a lot of great stuff at WDS, but one of my favorite bits came from author Scott Berkun. He spoke about the "inspiring story cycle" (though I am not sure that's exactly what he called it) and about how we look for the feel-good story or the inspirational message before we get motivated…
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photo credit : Armosa Studios for WDS. here's part one & part two. I did something interesting when I started working on this speech. I wrote it all out. Blog post style. It's 3778 words and lives in a google doc. I would walk to the grocery store and speak into my iPhone headphone microphone,…
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photo credit : Armosa Studios for WDS. here's part one. (In case you've been on the edge of your seat, Ellerie did, indeed, go back to a decent sleep schedule.) When we first talked about what I would say at WDS, my topic was "making stuff is a way of life." And then I realized…
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Spoiler Alert : This post will NOT tell you how to actually code archive pages for your blog. That is something that I teach in Blog Design Love 2.0, an ecourse that is available now. The course is $45 and worth every penny if you want to learn design principles (from graphic designer Promise Tangeman)…
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photo credit : Armosa Studios for WDS. Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon. I spoke on Sunday in front of a crowd of about 2500. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done professionally. There is a high that comes from public speaking…
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coming off an incredible high. feeling an overwhelming sense of relief. looking forward to sharing so much more about WDS. starting Drop Dead Healthy by AJ Jacobs. laughing outloud on the plane ride home. squeezing Ellerie to pieces. believing wholeheartedly that "the juggle" is possible. thinking if you want to set records on your fitbit,…
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See part one, the sort of posts I write and why here. This is part two: what goes into writing each post and what I consider the most important aspects of my blog. THE TITLE : These days I am pretty predicable with my titles (though in the archives the opposite is true… I once…
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