The Beginning of ME

posted by Stacie on November 21, 2016 // Comments Off

This The Beginning of ME post was inspired and sponsored by Domain.ME, the provider of the personal domains that end in .ME. As a company, they aim to promote thought leadership to the tech world. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Beginning of ME

I get asked a lot: “how did you start blogging” or “how did you get started doing what you do?” The truth is that is a tough question to answer because the fact is, I have always been a writer. My mother bought me journals growing up and I wrote novels in them instead. I completed my first book by the age of 8. It was my handwritten book of over 150 pages detailing the life of my character and I even had a pen name. So the writing part, has always been a part of me.

The marketing part came next. I have always been a pretty outgoing person and have really never met a stranger. When I was trying to decide in high school what I wanted to do with my life, I was told by many teachers that I should check into marketing. Fast forward to college a few years later and my adviser told me that I had to go into marketing. So I joined a few associations and an MBA in marketing later, I knew that I had found a calling in life.

When it comes to blogging, everyone has to start somewhere. I started writing on a site called Epinions and I was a moderator at Cafe Mom for the Georgia forums so I spent a lot of time writing. Next I landed a great gig writing for a startup parenting magazine called Knack Parenting. I did a lot of their articles and online blogging as well. Sadly the magazine didn't last but my love for blogging was born so I started my own blog in 2008.

8 years later and my online presence has grown to over 360,000 social media followers and tons of loyal blog readers. I do it all one post at a time.

One post at a time

The biggest tip for me that completely changed my blogging careers was to attend the conferences. I rarely go to the sessions anymore but I always find time to network and meet new people. Many of the jobs that I do every year are because I have met other bloggers and pr people at conferences. One of those conferences was where I met the people from Domain.ME.

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.ME can help you create your very own web presence and take your business to the next level. My website has truly helped me become the influencer that I am today and I have learned so many lessons.