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The Pressure of Being in Your Mid 20′s

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I’m 24, living in New York City and refer to both my tiny apartment on the upper west side and my parent’s home in upstate New York as my “home.” Besides the fact that I haven’t been able to disconnect my “home” in New York City with my “home” in upstate New York, there are [...]

November 20, 2011 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Let’s Dance Out Loud Chicago

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My name is Kovie Biakolo and I am the Events Coordinator for Ms Career Girl Meda. It has taken me a while to post an entry because I wanted to gain some experience writing (on my own blog) and because I have been following a couple of amazing bloggers like Nicole and thought it would [...]

October 31, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Monetize Your Blog

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This is the fifth post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start,how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. There are so many ways to monetize a blog these days.  The catch is that most of these ways require a LOT of traffic.  More [...]

October 17, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Build Community Online

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This is the fourth post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. The title of this post is a bit misleading. Read on and you’ll understand why. If there’s one person who I admire in social [...]

October 7, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

10 Ways to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic

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Today is the third post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. A lot of you are terrified that no one will ever read your blog.  Believe me, someone will read it BUT only if [...]

October 5, 2011 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Start Blogging in 5 Easy Steps

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Today is the second post of a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. Step 1: Decide What Your Blog is About Don’t over think this one.  You don’t have to have all the details figured [...]

October 4, 2011 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why Young Professionals Should Blog

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Today is the first of a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. A lot of people ask me why/how I started blogging.  Let’s rewind 3 years. Like many young professionals, I was feeling lost and [...]

October 3, 2011 19 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Public Relations at Home

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There’s no doubt that our jobs can influence the way we handle things at home.  If you’re a Mom this is especially true.  Thanks to Veronica Hunt for sharing how her career has influenced her parenting! As a Public Relations (PR) professional for more than 20-years, I work with clients to develop and disseminate key [...]

December 15, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Looking for Love? Let Blogging Open the Door to Romance

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A note from Nicole: To be quite frank with you, I almost didn’t accept the following guest post.  I read the title and the first few paragraphs and thought the concept was hokey. I rarely reject guest posts. But then I reminded myself of how many great people and friends I’ve met through this very [...]

October 14, 2010 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Warning: Evolution Ahead

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A few nights ago  Srinivas Rao, Matt Cheuvront and I recorded a podcast for BlogcastFM.  The last interview I did with Srini was 6 months ago. Srini has always been a loyal reader, commenter and guest poster of Ms. Career Girl from the very beginning.  He noticed that “Ms. Career Girl” had evolved since we [...]

June 10, 2010 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →