The Office Maven is now Maven Mauve
I’m rebranding and will be slowly winding up The Office Maven name. Check out https://mavenmauve.au or click the button below.
New business; focusing specifically on website builds plus maintenance.
Featuring inspiration to help you get started;
tips and tricks to elevate your content and site;
security topics to keep you informed;
allowing you to get the best out of your
content, social media and website.
Featuring inspiration to help you get started; tips and tricks to elevate your content and site; security topics to keep you informed; allowing you to get the best out of your
content, social media and website.
Sign up for articles, tips & freebies
Motivation Detox: How to Get Unstuck
I’ve been feeling a bit underwhelmed with things recently, at least when it came to my own business. I felt stuck. It was easier for me to focus on my clients instead of focusing on my business and where I could grow it. So, I did some reading and these four tips I...
Components of Website
After speaking to a few clients recently, I decided that it’s important to cover a few terms that come up regularly around web sites. I’ve tried to break these components down into layman’s terms as much as possible. If you know them, great! If you don’t, don’t...
My Top Three Business Lessons
Taking a step in a different direction with this blog post. I never imagined that I would be running my own business. It’s not something that entered my mind when I went through school. Then again, I didn’t really know what I wanted to be once I knew I couldn’t do the...
Reasons Why I’m Loving Pinterest for Business
I know, I'm kind of late to joining Pinterest and using it as a business tool, but I know I am not the last person to join and learn the benefits of it. Yes, for those of you who don't use Pinterest for business purposes, there is more to the site than recipes,...
Scam Warning: Boiler Room
I’ve not written a security blog post for a while but after receiving multiple of these calls, I figured I would do a blog about the Boiler Room scam. Please, remember, that any advice in this blog is just information. I link to a few sites that have more information,...
Book Review: Everybody Writes! by Ann Handley
For the month of March, I was finishing reading the book Everybody Writes! by Ann Handley. What’s it about? This book looks at the fact that regardless of what you do, you write. It looks at the types of writing and how to write better for those types. Reason I chose...
May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein
For the month of May I read the book May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein. What’s it about? This book is described as a 40 day guidebook of subtle shifts fo radical change and unlimited happiness. Reason I chose this book When I purchased The Universe Has Your...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Email Marketing Advantages
People often debate whether they should worry about email marketing, or even running a simple newsletter (which is it's own form of marketing because it's working on a long term strategy instead of a short term marketing strategy). I made some comments in last...
Getting Smart With Optins
There are so many different email marketing options available to the every day business now days that it can get a little bit tricky to work out what's the best option for you to use as your optin service. There are the web based ones: Mailchimp, Constant Contact,...
A Burst of Colour
A few weeks ago, I talked about why negative space is so important while designing your website. Today’s topic is looking at how to utilise the white space, how to help it match branding without filling it with content. This week, I’m talking about Colour Blocking and...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Repurposing Blog Content
Congratulations for taking the step to blog. It’s something that can really build audiences for you, both visible and invisible. Yet, did you know that this is just the first step to what you can do with the content within the post itself? Here’s a handy guide to how...
Building Readerships
Building up a readership following is useful, in fact it’s beyond useful. Yet, so many people still don’t do it, or if they’re like me, focus on other things they value more than doing regular posts. For me personally, I love writing and am constantly writing for...
#everythingiscontent
NB: I can't stop laughing at my facial expression in the featured image. Yes, I've totally stolen Chenae Carey's hashtag but I told her I was going to! But, more to the point, Chenae was spot on with the use of it and it was nice to get a reminder. Let me know what...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Instagram for Coaches
I recently took the plunge into using Instagram for my business after only using it personally and I love it. I've been getting heaps of likes and several comments on various tips that I am sharing on there but the main reason I love it is because it allows me to...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Scams
With my work background, I have had a lot of exposure to the types of scams out there but since running my own company, I've noticed a lot more other types of scams that target businesses in ways I hadn't seen before. The following are a couple of ones that could...
Mixing It Up!
TRANSCRIPT Hi everyone, Anne here. So today I'm talking to you about mixing it up a little bit. So most of my videos take place in the one room and there's nothing wrong with that. But occassionally you wanna actually show that, you know, you're going out,...
Preplanning and ordering videos
TRANSCRIPT Hi all, Anne here. So today's topic is in terms of how much preplanning to do in terms of your own topics. Now the reason I'm looking at this topic at the moment is I've had a few people say to me is one of the reasons they haven't started in terms...
You’re So Nervous!
TRANSCRIPT Hi all, Anne here. So, I've had some feedback from people in terms of my videos and while a lot of you have found the tips and tricks useful; and it's covered things that you might not of thought of previously... a couple of you have said how nervous...
Video Tips and Tricks Part 5: A Call To Action
TRANSCRIPT Hi everyone, Anne here So today is part five of our five part series and today I'm talking about A Call To Action. So you might be asking the question, what is a call to action? Basically it's you giving direction to your clients as to what they should be...
How Do I Get Video Off My Phone?
For those of you who might not have had to transfer video in any manner, this video covers a couple of options to move videos off your phone and onto YouTube or your computer. Warning: This video does go longer than 2 minutes but it is under 5 minutes.
Shakiness
Have you looked at the practice videos you did? What did you notice? Was there shaking involved? Don't worry, this is easy to overcome! For more information on the videos I refer to, see https://www.theofficemaven.com.au/category/tips-tricks/ - but especially the...
Understanding the Cloud
One thing that I’ve heard a lot of people talk about but not really understand is having things “in the cloud”. What is “in the cloud” exactly? Having something in the cloud is just another way to say cloud computing; in other words storing things online instead of on...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Reflecting
This blog addition is a little more personal than I tend to go into. I'm just back from taking a couple of days off to see some of my family who a few months ago moved to Tasmania. I wanted to go spend time with my niece and nephew and knew that my niece would be in...
Forming a Routine
Creating a routine is an important exercise regardless of whether it's related to business, health or well being. They say it takes 21 days for a habit to form, and the structure of a good routine should become a habit to ensure that you are provided with the best...
Book Review: Everybody Writes! by Ann Handley
For the month of March, I was finishing reading the book Everybody Writes! by Ann Handley. What’s it about? This book looks at the fact that regardless of what you do, you write. It looks at the types of writing and how to write better for those types. Reason I chose...