We’ll Solve Your Greatest Struggle … Together!
Over the last several months, as I have talked to my clients and listened to my readers, they have all expressed the same struggle with their online ministry or business. I’ve experienced this struggle myself. All.the.things. All the stuff to do. … Read more
The Writer’s Stress-free Guide to Meeting with an Acquisitions Editor or Literary Agent
Editor’s Note: I’m very pleased to bring you this guest post from Chad R. Allen (@chadrallen), a writer, speaker, editor, and consultant. Author of Do Your Art: A Manifesto on Rejecting Apathy to Bring Your Best to the World, Chad … Read more
How to Keep Stats from Draining Your Soul
My dad recently gave me this t-shirt as a small thank you for a project I did for him. It perfectly summed up the difference between me and my dad, who is a retired sports journalist. I am a numbers … Read more
Lesson Learned: God’s Girls Do Amazing Things
If you’ve been around Do A New Thing for a while, you know that I reserve Thursday’s for sharing lessons I am learning as I build this ministry-minded business (or is it a business-minded ministry??). Sometimes it is tech tips, … Read more
When Quitzilla Meets Wonder Woman
I don’t quit. Ever. I stick with things long after others have given up. My StrengthsFinder assessment says one of my top strengths is Responsibility, which means I take psychological ownership for anything I commit to, and feel emotionally bound to … Read more
Lesson Learned: Launching Your New Subscriber Freebie
One of the most basic ways to encourage blog subscribers and build your list is to offer a free gift to your subscribers … a subscriber freebie. Instead of just sticking your new freebie in your sidebar and hoping that people … Read more
Let’s Go To She Speaks! – April Things to Do
This post was originally published in 2016. It has been updated with links and information related to She Speaks 2017. Hey Girlies! We are one month closer to She Speaks 2017 and I am super excited about that! How about … Read more
Lesson Learned: 5 Rules of Facebook Blogging Group Etiquette
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Are you ready? Everything I know about blogging and online ministry/business, I learned in a Facebook group. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration. But for real, Facebook groups have … Read more
Are You Doing the Leadership Two-Step?
I’ll never forget my first visit to the Proverbs 31 Ministries office as a member of the P31 Online Bible Studies Executive Team. It was so surreal. I was in a meeting that was being run by P31 President Lysa … Read more
Lesson Learned: How to Delight Your Customers
I am a creature of habit. When I find something I like, I stick with it. At my favorite Mexican restaurant, I order the same bowl of Chicken Tortilla soup without the tortillas every time. (I can’t stand when the … Read more
