September was huge in the Hawker household. HUGE! The Bupa Blog Awards. The ProBlogger conference. A skiing trip. School holidays. My six-year-old's third foray into styling. Movie trips. Days at the park. Job interviews. Lots of stuff. Lots of ...
Seven things I learnt from the ProBlogger conference
I spent last weekend at the Gold Coast. Before you all roll your eyes at this #humblebrag, I'd like to point out that the rest of my family spent the weekend at the snow. I missed my children's first trip to the snow. I was a little sad ...
Reflecting on 2015
Warning: self-indulgence ahead. Still here? Fabulous! But don't say I didn't warn you. This time last year, I reflected on the year that was. My 'greatest hits' of the year, by month, in reverse order. And it was a lovely way to round out the ...
Seven things I learnt from the 2015 ProBlogger conference
I spent last weekend with 700+ bloggers, sponsors, presenters and online creatives at the 2015 ProBlogger conference. And it was wonderful! I learnt a lot from the sessions when I attended my first one last year. This year, I ...
How to fly with young children – a 15-step plan
Have you ever flown with young children? I have. I flew with my daughter when she was 14 months old, and then again with both children when they were 3 years old and 4 months old respectively. And both flights went very smoothly.* *I'm ...
Seven things I learnt from the Melbourne #PBevent
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of attending a blogging event hosted by ProBlogger. To be honest, I wasn't really sure what it was going to be about. I knew it would be about blogging, and I knew I'd see some bloggy buddies. And I knew that ...
Hey I haven’t met you, and this is crazy
Last week, I mentioned that I'd been to the ProBlogger conference. That post focused on the lessons I'd learnt, but the other standout experience was, of course, meeting my fellow bloggers. Including ones I have, for want of a better word, ...
ProBlogger conference 2014 – my top five lessons
Last week, I spent four days hanging out with some fellow bloggers at the ProBlogger conference for 2014.It. Was. Amazing.There were many highlights. Pat Flynn's keynote. Learning about SEO. Learning about social media, time management and using ...
Blogiversaries, ProBlogger and bloggity bloggingness
Three years. Three years I've been doing this blogging thing. Happy blogiversary to me!It started with a 'just do it'-style note to myself, and was followed the next day with an imperfect dictionary experience. And that was it. I was off and ...