It’s been forever since I’ve done a #BloggingDesk post and I thought it high-time to do one on a topic that’s a big of a struggle for me in my life at the moment: when life just gets in the way of blogging. As most of you know, I don’t… Read more
#BloggingDesk : How to Accomplish Your Goals + Get Shit Done
I’ve always been labeled by those that know me as a “go-getter” personality and I pride myself on my organization skills, so put those together and I’ve always been able to have set goals, go after accomplishing them and get a lot of shit done, excuse the language. I get… Read more
What 7 Years of Blogging has Taught Me
7 years ago on the way back from our honeymoon in Europe, I started what was called True Colours at that time, a blog that ecompassed everything from my travels to my daily life. It was a small amateur endeavor mostly to give me an outlet to write and keep… Read more
#BloggingDesk : Finding Your Expertise
In a world where there are a million and one blogs out there and each one has it’s own take on something or falls into a certain category, sometimes it’s hard to tell them all apart. Sometimes one lifestyle blog looks just like another lifestyle blog, or this travel blogger… Read more
#BloggingDesk : How to Combat Lack of Inspiration
Blogging regularly can be really draining – constantly having to come up with new content and talk about new subjects and often I find that I go through lulls of having a lack of inspiration. Sometimes I’ll go through a few weeks where I just can’t for the life of… Read more
Exciting Things Ahead on LOM!
First off, I just want to take this moment to say thank you so very much for everyone still following along and reading Land of Marvels! This community has opened so many doors for me and I’m so grateful for it, along with my loyal and active readers day in… Read more
#BloggingDesk : How Even Small Blogs Can Work with Brands
I started working with travel brands years ago here on Land of Marvels when I barely had a following and even now that I have a larger following, I’m still not a “big blog” in the industry. The truth is, I work with a lot of travel brands based on… Read more
#BloggingDesk : My Best Advice for New Bloggers
I’ve seen a lot of posts lately from bloggers I’ve followed for a long time talking about how much blogging has changed in the last 5 years. And it’s completely true. When I first started blogging it was an entirely different world. It was more personal. It was more sharing…. Read more
#BloggingDesk : Real Life vs. the Highlight Reel
As a travel blogger, I realize that we do somewhat of an injustice to real life in this forum on the internet, we share gorgeous photos of incredible destinations around the world, the most beautiful corners of our homes, or unique views of our home cities. And while it may… Read more
#BloggingDesk : Dealing with Blogging Bullsh*t
First off, excuse the language but I felt it appropriate for the topic we’re discussing today in my #BloggingDesk series. In this series, I like to talk openly and honestly about the forum of blogging, the good and the bad, both necessary for the evolution of this type of writing… Read more
#BloggingDesk : How to Find Blogging Inspiration
People often ask me how I find the inspiration for enough content to post 5 times a week here in Land of Marvels. In truth, there are plenty of times when I run out of inspiration but I’ve found a way to work around that by keeping a running list… Read more
#BloggingDesk : When Your Blog Doesn’t Go Viral
As a long time blogger, I think it’s important to touch base on the topic of blogging every now and then and to communicate in our community about where this internet forum is headed. Blogging has changed a lot in the past years, and as someone who started blogging on… Read more
A Little Welcome from Land of Marvels
In the past few months I’ve been busy working behind the scenes on a really fun project for Land of Marvels and deciding where I want to take this travel blog as we move forward. In that time period there have also been a lot of new faces around LOM these… Read more
#BloggingDesk : How to Make your Travel Blog Work for You
Welcome to another installment of #BloggingDesk, where we discuss everything blogging! One of the things that I have found over the years of blogging, is that a lot of bloggers still don’t fully utilize their blogs or see the potential for what they can actually do for you. And yes,… Read more
One Year of Land of Marvels
A year ago today, I morphed my previous blog title True Colours into Land of Marvels, a creation I came up with in the Summer of 2014, an idea that transformed into this little space on the internet. A year ago, I launched the new site and the new name,… Read more
