Hey y’all! Happy Wednesday. You didn’t think I was going to forget to post in July now did you? I told you guys my goal was to post at least once a month and that’s exactly what I intend to do. I originally had another post planned for this month but then I was randomly checking Pinterest and thought this would be a fun type of post to do. I feel like bloggers, or content creators in general, don’t talk about the benefits of Pinterest enough.

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tiktok are great ways to boast your online presence but let’s NOT sleep on Pinterest! Pinterest is a great, and EASY, way to get more traffic to your blog!

(This has absolutely nothing to do with this post but I just caught up on this season of Westworld and BOY is this season excellent! It is easily one of the best shows on TV right now. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming).

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Happy Wednesday! Long time no see…sorry, it’s been crazy at work this past week and a half! Instead of a “regular” post today, I thought it would be fun to share a little bit on the “Behind the Scenes” of blogging. (But then again, isn’t every blog post, a regular blog post….moving on). Or at least how I run my blog. So here’s the rundown: Each week I try to lay out a schedule of which posts I want to publish. Then, I set time aside to first edit the photos for the post.

I don’t know why, but I HAVE to have the photos edited and ready to go before I can even start drafting the post itself. Next, I jot down the main points I want discuss within the post. Then I write the post, edit it and revise any errors. The last thing I do before publishing is come up with the title for the post. Boom… simple as that, right?

Wrong!

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Today, May 10th, is Simply Sinova’s SIXTH anniversary! Crazy right? To think I started this blog randomly during the spring semester of my junior year in college. I was studying (and later received my degree in) print journalism and really didn’t know what I wanted to do in life. Sure, I knew I wanted to be a writer/ have my job focus on writing to some capacity but I didn’t know much beyond that. 

Since I was six years old I’ve known that I wanted to be a writer. When I was younger I wanted to be a film critic but the older I got, the more I realized I wanted to be a screenwriter. Throughout the years I’ve wanted to write for a newspaper, have my own weekly column in a magazine, publish children’s book, ect. If it had to do with writing, it was on my radar.

It was in college where I discovered my love for social media marketing and freelance writing/blogging. I had several social media marketing internships throughout college and I loved them so much! In fact, my first job post college was as a Social Media Manager for a jewelry company based in Chicago. This little blog has taken me so far and opened the door for so many opportunities and incredible experiences.

Now just six years later, I am working full-time in my desired field (Social Media Marketing and Communications), working part-time as a freelance writer and still blogging! My six year old self couldn’t be any happier!

(Follow your dreams peps, they might just come true!).

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