RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication and basically means that instead of you having to visit your favourite blogs every day to see if anything new has been written you’re notified when the blog is updated. It’s a great time saver, but it also saves you from missing posts and keeps you up-to-date.

While it may not be the first thing you do when creating an account on these sites, it’s certainly something you should look in to early on. The importance of a good profile picture shouldn’t be underestimated, so here are some tips to help you stand out from the crowd.

Well, it’s a sad fact that my weekend goal-setting time was spent fixing the blog.

Today, as I sit here supposedly editing my Effective Goal Setting for Writers workbook (so that it will read well as an Ebook), I’m reminded that if I want to achieve success it would be helpful if I could define what my idea of success is.

It took me a while to get into Facebook, I was concerned about Facebook safety amongst other things. However, as a writer and future online success, you really can’t afford to overlook the benefits of being involved, just make sure you set your own terms.

Like many other writers, I’ve been paying close but nervous attention to the advancement of technology, ebooks and social media over the years. Nervous, not because I don’t think it will become the norm, or because I think it brings with it numerous advantages, but because I know it will require me to live in a world where I am actively involved in technology.