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Social Networks (Photo credit: Nickogibson ) The most often shared blogging advice is: use social media to drive traffic. Social websites are one of the most powerful ways to bring the first visitors to your blog, and if you know what you’re doing, to create the core of your own community that will help you further promote your blog. Using social media isn’t a bad advice, not at all, and here is the crash course that should help you find your way in it all. Don’t be scared Everyone’s been there, even the big guys that you’re admiring today. You have a good reason why you’ve started the blog, so you do have something to say. The marketing part is on you, and it’s important that you believe in yourself. You have to start once – you just have to, there’s no way around it. Sign up for an account if you don’t have one, and just observe what others do for a while, if that will make you feel more comfortable, and read about how to use social media until you believe that you can do it ...

Where, and how we work is as unique as our handwriting. Some people can work in a busy, bustling room. Whilst others need silence and solitude to help with concentration. Some need an ordered and tidy workspace. Whilst others can work amidst the chaos of piles of paper and books. And then there's the question of music.  A source of frustration to some, others find it helps generate a buzz, an energy. In fact, when it comes to music, some experts now claim it can in help optimize our concentration. Author Dr Joseph Cardillo has penned several books on the subject. In his latest, Your Playlist Can Change Your Life, Dr Cardillo, along with his team, suggests using music to get the best possible performance from a person. That's because the choice of music can boost motivation, or refocus your mind. For Dr Cardillo, it's all about achieving a balance between having the energy to do the work but remaining calm enough to get it done. After all, if you are listening to music...