The Do A New Thing Blog
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Black Friday 2023
Ready, Set …. Black Friday! Bookmark this page to get all the details on Black Friday deals for online Christian ministries and businesses. I’ll have specials on my products, and showcase other deals on tools and resources to support you. ... Read more
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The Assembly Line Method to Task Batching
My favorite thing about the Honor Circle is watching my friends apply what they learn in ways that work for them, and then share it with the rest of us. Our girl Susan from Growing A Content Heart came up ... Read more
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January Reset: Social Media Guidelines
There is nothing that seems to bring more angst, stress, and even fear to those in online ministry and business than social media. Which platforms are the best? How many days a week should I post? What should I post? ... Read more
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January Reset: 3 Tips for Managing Email
Before we close our 2022 planners and open the crisp new ones, blank with possibilities for 2023, there are some things we can do to make way for all those possibilities. We need to unload some things and straighten up ... Read more
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January Reset: Financial Stewardship
This is it! The last week of our January Reset… a month spent cleaning up our ministry and biz clutter to make room for the new opportunities God has for us in 2023. Are you ready to talk about financial ... Read more
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January Reset: Organizing Digital Files
Here we are in our second week of January Reset … time we have set aside to clear out some of our ministry and business clutter and make way for the amazing opportunities God has in store for us this ... Read more
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Is your to-do list out of control?
Grab my best to-do list tips and learn to overcome the de-railers in your week
