Cybher: How to get what you want

Dreams can come true

This is my last post about female blogging conference, Cybher. The last session I am going to share with you was called: How to get what you want. It was not technically about blogging but about how to achieve your dreams. Presented by business coach, Cathy Presland.

Cathy started this presentation by describing how trying new experiences keeps us young and will work the old reptile part of the brain. Change keeps us young physically and emotionally, we just need to know how to do it.

It was good to hear Cathy say that entrepreneurs think differently to corporate types. Entrepreneurs, apparently, are more adaptable, flexible and respond to circumstances. Using the SMART method of setting objectives will jar with entrepreneurs. At this point in my notebook I have written: “hell yeah”, this was music to my ears.

Cathy then went on to describe her seven principles for achieving your dream here they are:

1. Be specific, clear and bold about what you want.

   It is OK not to fully believe it at this stage. It is OK to have an idea that an idea is bigger than us.

2. Feel it.

   Translate ambition to how it would feel. For example if you want to feel satisfaction of helping people. What will that do for you, what is the internal feeling.

3. Say it loud.

   Or write it down. You are less likely to achieve something if you don’t say it.

4. Small steps

   Make your achievement a gradual progress, write down all the small milestones and write down what you are going to achieve this week.

5. Prove it to believe it

6. No one does it alone

7. Celebrate every step

   Write down the things that you did today towards your goal and celebrate them.
   

Cybher: WordPress hints and tips

Here is my second blog post about female blogging conference, Cybher. I know that a lot of Fe-line Women blog using WordPress as I do. I learnt some very practical hints and tips about WordPress from Julie Hall, aka Women Unlimited, and Peggy Poyser, aka Perfectly Happy Mum, that I am now going to share with you.

Geek is Chic

Ask a WordPress geek with Julie Hall

Julie’s presentation was mainly around what WordPress Plugins you need to download to make your blog/website look better and optimising it for search engines.  These are her recommendations:

• WP Google Font – so that you can have pretty fonts on your blog/website
• WP Touch – to make your site mobile ready
• Contact for 7 – to add a contact form to your site
• Lightbox gallery – to show off your photos in gallery form
• Poll Daddy – to get some opinions on your site
• Track your stats – an alternative stat counter to Google Analytics
• XML Sitemap – to create a site map, good for SEO
• All in one SEO – to optimise your site for search engines
• WP super cache – for SEO

What you need:

• WordPress – Free
• Hosting Account – approx £40 per year
• Atahualph WordPress theme
• Gimp – free editing software
• Graphics