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Degrees of Maternity
by Jana Williams
The Degrees of Maternity Podcast is devoted to delivering valuable information to the Content Creator. Topics such as writing for blogs, writing books for self-publishing, creating educational printables and incentives, and creating video and audio content will be addressed on this podcast. Furthermore, you'll get a lot of helpful tips about the Content Creator's entrepreneurial side. Both the artistic and business aspects are needed to develop the successful Creative Entrepreneur. So, sit back, relax, and listen with open ears while you get a glimpse of the Content Creator's journey.
Episodes
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Treat Your Creative Genius Like a Full-Time Job
Today's episode focuses on the idea of treating our creative genius like a full-time job as one surefire way to get incredibly good at it. And if you’re utilizing this creative flair of yours in your business, it becomes even more essential to make sure you’re on point when it comes to delivering...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: 3 Tips to Help You Focus on Your Creative Goals
In this episode, I thought I’d share 3 tips for helping you to focus in on the creative goals that will help you propel your creative efforts forward. The 3 tips are as follows: Determine your goals. Set a schedule. Make a plan of action. So, there you have it. These tips seem pretty simple at...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Entrepreneurship Takes Work
In this episode, the business reality that being a creative entrepreneur takes work is highlighted. Simply stated, owning your business requires you to be a worker bee and to have the mental wherewithal to withstand the pressures that entrepreneurship may bring your way. But don't let the work...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: You Won’t Always Feel Inspired
We ALL go through periods in life when we feel like some water has just put a damper on our “lit”- ness. We’re human beings who have ups and downs and all-arounds. And we simply must work within those parameters. So, please don’t be hard on yourself when what you sit down to type out appears to…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Where My Peeps At?
In a perfect world with what you might think is a no-brainer type of scenario (such as your family and friends being your biggest blogging supporters), you receive all the recognition your little heart desires. But in the real world, you hear crickets. I talk about it in this "real talk" episode....
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Your Blog is Your HUB for Everything Else
In this episode, I give a personal account of how a blog can feed all the other content platforms you may participate on. Just like my Mom is the HUB for me and my siblings, my blog is the HUB for all things Degrees of Maternity. And this is one of several reasons I plan on being a blogger for...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: You WILL Be Tested as a Blogger
Most bloggers out here will tell you that blogging is a major commitment that shouldn’t be entered into lightly — at least not where the career blogger is involved. The profession of blogging is not something you just carry out on a whim. There’s a plan, a deliberate strategy of action that...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Strategize by Repurposing Your Content
In this episode, I discuss the strategy of repurposing your content to grow a wider audience and acknowledging there's absolutely no shame in using this method of increasing your content reach. After all, you're simply taking the content that YOU create, YOUR own intellectual property, and you’re...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: The Blogging Community is the BEST Accountability Partner EVER!
The Blogging Community has been one of the most effective Accountability Partners I've ever had (even without them necessarily knowing it). There's something about keeping my word to my readers when I publicly announce that I'll be taking on some new initiative. The Blogging Community has helped...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Plan and Move
Today's episode can be called somewhat of a continuation of the one before it. The importance of the planning phase can never be stressed enough, but neither can the implementation of the plan. Planning but never moving on that plan will NEVER pay off for the Creative Entrepreneur. So, the...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Creative Housekeeping Necessities
Plan. Plan. Plan. Planning and organization are needed all throughout your creative process to make sure you’re headed in the right direction with your creative efforts. So, today's episode is geared toward giving you some practical tips on how to go about the planning phase for your creative...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: You Need Input from Others (Part 3)
So, let's talk about the "input" you get from those who are the closest to you -- those in your very own household. Now, you may be in a position where you're not getting much input directly (in the form of your family helping you with the actual business); but the indirect help can almost be…
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: You Need Input from Others (Part 2)
In this 6th episode of the "Creative Entrepreneurship Basics" series, I continue the discussion about the importance of understanding that the destination our creative endeavors take has a lot to do with who comes along with us on our creative journeys. As creators, we should never travel alone…
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: You Need Input from Others
In this 5th episode of the "Creative Entrepreneurship Basics" series, I stress the importance of understanding that the destination our creative endeavors take has a lot to do with who comes along with us on our creative journeys. As creators, we should never travel alone in our quest for…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Your Life is More Than Your Blog (Part 2)
In this continuation episode, I discuss the importance of having balance in your overall well-being, defined as the healthy functioning of the body, mind, and spirit. I pose some questions to help you self-inventory and identify those areas of your life that you’re neglecting and those areas that...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Your Life is More Than Your Blog
There are the same 24 hours allotted to us each and every day. But, how we choose to spend that time determines whether or not we live each day to its most positive potential. Many times, our days are spent on destructive habits that could lead to the shortening of the number of 24-hour periods...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: People Have Real Needs
As a creative entrepreneur, here's a glimpse of what your main objective should consist of: finding solutions to real-life problems. In other words, I can call it a successful creative journey, when the road I'm travelling on allows me to recognize a real need of real people in real life and then...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Stop and Take a Look Around
In this episode, I simply discuss the call to action I'm inwardly being drawn to as a creative entrepreneur at Degrees of Maternity. And the call is real, folks. It became increasingly apparent to me that I needed to stop and take a look around at the world in which I'm living in. And while I was...
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Whose Needs Are You Trying to Fulfill?
As a creative entrepreneur, your main objective should be to meet the real-life need(s) of real-life people out in the world. And once you’ve identified that need (those needs) needing fulfillment, it’s important to find out the characteristics of the person with the need(s). Some of the…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Blogging’s for the Worker Ant (Part 2)
This episode is a continuation of the original episode with the same name. I discuss what blogging work might look like for the content creator who is new to the blogosphere or the content creator who's lost his or her way on the road to blogging success (forgetting what real blog work entails).…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Blogging’s for the Worker Ant
If you've done any type of studying on the "worker ant", you find out pretty quickly that these amazing creatures are relentless workers with fierce determination. Have you ever thought of applying the ant work ethic over to the realm of blogging? I have. And, it takes the ant mentality to thrive...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Don’t Play the Blogger Imposter (Part 2)
I think it's extremely important to consider the words you put out into the world because they carry some weight. In other words, your words can be very powerful. So, for the blogosphere (where written content is the focal point), wouldn't it be in our best interests, as bloggers, to make sure…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Don’t Play the Blogger Imposter
I think it's extremely important to consider the words you put out into the world because they carry some weight. In other words, your words can be very powerful. So, for the blogosphere (where written content is the focal point), wouldn't it be in our best interests, as bloggers, to make sure…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Blogging Requires You to Drop the Ego
In this "Blogging Truths Be Told" episode, I discuss the importance of remembering that blogging isn't all about YOU. Some of it's about you, but a lot of it has to do with the people who you serve with your content. In fact, here's a quote from the blog post that sums up my sentiments regarding...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Why Can’t I Just Blog?
Sometimes, all the extra stuff and fluff can get in the way of doing what it is you truly enjoy doing. That's precisely the way I feel about blogging. "Why Can't I Just Blog?" is the question that comes to mind when I find myself doing all the "extra" stuff outside of blogging that is somehow...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: The Meaning Behind Words
In episode 9, I discuss just how important words are (not for the writer/speaker only, but in life in general). Some of the topics covered in this episode are the power of words, words to build up, words to tear down, when words and actions don't align, and having an attitude of gratitude. This...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Consistency is Everything in Blogging
If you've heard it once, then you've heard it a bajillion times: consistency is key when it comes to your success in content creation. And, it's a true saying. So, get ready to hear it a bajillion and one times. Because in this episode, I'm going to break down the importance of consistency yet...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: You Can’t Always Judge a Book By Its . . . (Part 2)
This episode is the 2nd part in the "You Can't Always Judge a Book By Its . . ." series. In this episode, I continue discussing our tendency as human beings to focus on the outward appearance when initially forming our opinions of people, things, and ideas. (A blog fits under the "thing"…
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Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: A Great Idea Starts with a Need
It's true that great ideas arise out of needs. And, there are so many needs out there that haven't been met yet. For the creative entrepreneur, being on the solution side of the problem-solving equation, is a prime place to be. The placement gives the solution giver a chance to fulfill a void…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: You Can’t Always Judge a Book By Its . . .
Cover . . . Outward Appearance . . . First Impression. How would you finish the title? In this episode, I discuss our tendency as human beings to focus on the outward appearance when initially forming our opinions of people, things, and ideas. (A blog fits under the "thing" category). Basically,...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Marketing is So Cringey (Part 2)
You can describe my journey as a creative entrepreneur as more of a scenic route expedition than a straight beeline to my final destination. But, growing slowly is allowing me to learn a lot along the way and really take in what's working as a creative and what's not. One thing I do know is that...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Marketing is So Cringey
In this "Blogging Truths Be Told" episode, I talk about the uncomfortability that can sometimes come along with marketing your content . . . brand . . . yourself. However, the uncomfortability factor doesn't negate the fact that marketing strategies play a very vital role in giving a voice to the...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Stalking Your Numbers and Comparing Them to Others (Part 2)
This episode is a continuation from part 1 of the same title. Here's some of the advice I give to creatives who are preoccupied with their numbers: ". . .hang in there. Hard work with some perseverance and belief in what you’re doing to make the world a more positive place to live in will work…
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Stalking Your Numbers and Comparing Them to Others
In this "real talk" discussion, I unload a bit of my frustration with content creators who tell you to stop following your numbers so closely when you're a creator with little-to-no audience. Furthermore, I often hear rhetoric stating you shouldn't compare your creative progress to others. And to...
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Blogging Truths Be Told: Writing About Everything?
It took me a minute, but I finally came to the realization (after 2 full years of blogging) that I had to be more focused with my blogging topics. Meaning -- I needed to niche down and be consistent with a topic of interest that I enjoy and that will help me to serve others. Writing and blogging…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Degrees of Maternity Podcast is devoted to delivering valuable information to the Content Creator. Topics such as writing for blogs, writing books for self-publishing, creating educational printables and incentives, and creating video and audio content will be addressed on this podcast. Furthermore, you'll get a lot of helpful tips about the Content Creator's entrepreneurial side. Both the artistic and business aspects are needed to develop the successful Creative Entrepreneur. So, sit back, relax, and listen with open ears while you get a glimpse of the Content Creator's journey.
HOSTED BY
Jana Williams
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