Do you know the beautiful woman in the photo with me? To be honest, I didn’t know either until after my roller skating session yesterday. I saw her skating and thought she looked familiar, but I could not place the face…neither could a few of the fellas at the rink. She’s Val Warner, the Emmy…
Author: Ms. Marcie
I am a writer, blogger, trainer and author who loves sharing little known and unknown facts.
How to Manage Your Income as a Freelance Writer
Becoming a freelance writer is a dream for many people. But when you step out of the office on your last day working for someone else, the challenge facing you can seem incredibly daunting. Sure, you know how to write well, but there’s more to being a freelancer than skills. Knowing where your next “paycheck”…
I’m Presenting at Mid-America Club on November 20, 2019
I am pleased to share that I will be presenting How to Drive Traffic, Build a Platform & Sell Books Through Blogging at the Mid-America Club on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. I’ll be discussing how to promote and sell your books through blogging and online marketing. This is an exclusive club so I don’t think…
4 Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Website
People who visit your website are important. In addition to being potential customers or leads resulting in profit for your business, they are a valuable metric for advertisers. So, how do you get these people to your site? Here are 4 ways you can drive more traffic to your website. Drive More Traffic to Your…
Watermark Your Images Online for Free
Have you seen photos and images that had transparent text or different colored images that indicated the owner of the image? It may have had a copyright symbol followed by a person’s name. Or, it could have been a company logo or other symbol. These marks are called watermarks. As I researched this topic, I…
9 Free Online Photo Editors
You’ve looked through several images on free stock photos sites and found an image that fits your needs. Now, you want to make changes to the image to make it fit your brand. Here are nine online photo editors that allow you to edit images for free. Free Online Photo Editors Canva Be Funky…
Memoir Writing Workshop – October 26, 2019
Here’s your chance to get started. Award-winning author and writing coach Tammy Letherer will teach you how to build a powerful outline for your memoir using the Hero’s Journey, a story form based on Joseph Campbell’s monomyth The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In this workshop: You’ll see why and how you are the hero…
15 Free Stock Photo Sites
Did you know that when you download images from Google images, Pinterest and other search engines you are violating copyright laws, even if you give credit to the photographer or designer? That’s right. It’s called copyright infringement and could result in litigation, fines or both. To avoid this situation, here are 15 websites where you…
Coming in October: Photo Resources
Recently, it occurred to me that I do not share the resources I use for my writing and blogging projects, even though I love sharing resources. That is going to change effective immediately. For the month October, I am going share photos resources. Following are tentative topics, in no particular order: Stock photography Online photo…
The Power of Google
Google earned $39 billion dollars in ad revenue in the last of quarter of 2018. In fact, they’ve earned over $30 billion in ad revenue all four quarters for the past two years. Have you ever wondered how they earned this much money with all of their “free” consumer products? I have. And I’ve…