Blogging horses!
I have been helping people with blogging for about 18 months now in a low key ‘I like what you did with that blog, can you do something similar for me’ sort of way. I find I have fallen into a niche which uses many of my talents and skills from coaching to creativity and from inspiration to IT. So perhaps it is time to publicise my offering to people.
The first blog I developed was for my partner Judy Heminsley who is the Jelly Queen and doyenne of Work from Home Wisdom. i changed the theme to something more contemporary and interactive and put the blog on the home page so the content was always fresh.
A client who came along later was Beth Duff, who has a fantastic business called The Red Horse Speaks using horses to teach us about leadership.
Having asked Beth to complete a questionnaire to see what her blogging goals were we had a few discussions about what she wanted to communicate in the blog. We eventually came up with the idea that it was a vehicle for the horses to share their wisdom, so we called it The Red Horse Blogs. Beth and each horse has a category which allows them to express their particular personality and role in the herd.
It’s very fulfilling to be involved in these unique businesses and use my creativity to help people produce an innovative blog.
What I love about blogging is that, when written in someone’s authentic voice, it provides an insight into the way that they think. The writing and navigation options represent their internal structuring of the subject and take us down interesting paths which we can follow using tags and categories.
So please go and have a look at Beth’s blog – if you love horses you will appreciate the content and how Beth has developed it from the original set-up. Here is what she says about the experience of working with me:
Initially Andy set up my blog from scratch so that all I had to do was to write the posts. Gradually he taught me how to manage the blog site and stayed with me until I was ready to take it over completely. Along the way, he gave me all sorts of invaluable tips, hints and shortcuts and made the whole process fun and enjoyable. Even now, he still helps with the occasional query and continues to offer encouragement and ideas.
Thanks, Beth.
There is abosolutely nothing that could compare to doing what one loves for a living. Somehow, it wouldn’t seem like work [at least most of the time].
Absolutely.
I used to earn a very good wage working for a big corporate. We didn’t need to watch our budget but I felt like the job sucked the marrow out of my bones working long hours and having to do things that I didn’t particularly want to do.
Now there is a buzz in the air as I look forward to working with wonderful clients using my strengths to deliver great results for them.
Strangely enough I can’t think of a word that describes the act of doing what you love for a living!
Can you?
That’s a perfect description of what you do – and, as I said, it works so well. I’d forgotten about the questionnaire. That was a good exercise in itself for me and my business, quite apart from helping with the blog.
It’s great when you can earn money doing what you love. It may not be as much as working for ‘the man’ but money isn’t everything and I don’t want to get to the end of my life with regrets that I put money first.
And what would it be like if you did earn more money doing what you love than working for ‘the man’?
It is definitely possible to be free and earn enough money to have a great life doing other stuff you love to do.
i’ll let you know when I get that one sorted.