Bloguettes • 21st October 2016

Career Advice You Should Never Listen To

Being amazing at your job and demanding the appropriate compensation for your efforts does not make you any less of a giving or charitable human being. It is 2016 and every single ladyboss can have it all! You can be a beast in the workplace, a devoted charitable helper, and a lavish globetrotter, and anything else you so desire–all at the same time if that is what makes you happy.

Bloguettes • 19th October 2016

How To Send A Follow-Up Email Without Being Annoying

Email is king when it comes to communicating in the 21st century. Being able to successfully rule over your kingdom (inbox) is imperative if you intend to have a long and successful rule. While drafting a flawless, concise email along with the perfect subject line can be tricky, the trickiest skill of all, is how to follow up on that email, for a response, without being annoying. Here are some of our favorite tricks of the trade.

Bloguettes • 13th October 2016

What People Don't Tell You About Your First Job

When you graduate from college, you feel on top of the world. Having just completed a significant milestone in your life, you are ready to leap into the real world to see all of the many splendorous wonders that it holds for you. While we do promise that this new chapter of your life will contain tons of amazingness, we also wanted to take a minute to get real with you about the stuff no one tells you about your first job.

Bloguettes • 5th October 2016

Things You Need To Break Up With To Be A Better Girlboss

Being the best person you can be means being honest with yourself and others. While saying you have 500,000 Insta-followers and so much daily site traffic that your host site can barely function, might sound nice. But it’s only holding you back if it isn’t true. Lying about where you are currently at on your business journey does not benefit you in anyway. Be proud of the progress you have made, keep working hard and set attainable goals for yourself going forward to continue your growth.

Bloguettes • 5th October 2016

Frequent Traveler? Here's How To Get Through The Airport Faster

Being a big shot blogger or independent business owner usually leads to travel. While there is unfortunately nothing that you can do about flight delays or last minute cancellations, there are plenty of things that you can do to navigate the airport like a pro. Here are our favorite time-saving tips to help you on all of your upcoming business trips!

Bloguettes • 3rd October 2016

How To Turn A Job Rejection Into An Opportunity

You CRUSHED it. The interview went better than you could have ever imagined, your interviewer is probably going to make you the godmother of her firstborn, and you have already mentally decorated your new office. Then BAM–out of nowhere you’re hit with a heavy hand of rejection. Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us. Rejection is sadly a regular part of life that we have to deal with and learn from. Here is how to turn job rejection into a new opportunity.

Bloguettes • 20th September 2016

Tips For Nailing The Online Interview

Nailing your interview is a crucial part to landing that new job you have your heart set on. In today’s digital landscape, your first interview can often happen from afar via Skype or over the phone. Doing an online interview means that you have home court advantage–an advantage that you will not squander away by being unprepared, if you follow a few simple guidelines. Here are some tips to wow-ing your way into a second interview!

Bloguettes • 16th September 2016

How To Get Your Blog Content Published

Getting published on influential sites is a great way to spread brand awareness and gain new readers. Getting your repurposed, already self-published work, published on influential sites makes you a blogging maven. Here are some guidelines to get your work to work for you, long after you have left the keyboard.

Bloguettes • 14th September 2016

How To Deal With Personality Clashes In The Workplace

Like oil and water, some personalities simply do not mix. While you may wish that you could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat it and be happy, you might have an office adversary that is refusing to take a bite. Don’t worry about it. Personality clashes in the workplace are inevitable. Here are a few guidelines to help you navigate your way through office conflicts.

Bloguettes • 6th September 2016

How To Write Enticing Etsy Product Descriptions

Creating an incredible product to sell on Etsy and leading potential buyers to your products page is only half the battle. Knowing how to entice viewers into purchasing your product is a whole other ballgame that begins with your item description. Here are some tried and true guidelines to writing effective product information on Etsy.

Bloguettes • 2nd September 2016

How To Avoid The Post-Vacation Blues

After two beautiful weeks enjoying a tropical vacation, you and your new golden tan have to get back to work! Post-vacation blues are a real thing, and getting back into your regular routine after cliff jumping into the Caribbean and swimming with dolphins can be a major bummer. Here are some tried and true methods to help you bust that post-vacation slump.

Bloguettes • 1st September 2016

How To Be Productive During A Long Flight

If you are like us and travel often for business, you know that even short flights take up a lot of travel time. The time it takes to get to the airport, check your bag, get through security, and board your flight, really add up before you even account for the duration of time in the air. So when you have to take a long flight, from coast to coast or overseas, it can feel like an eternity of unproductive time. To help you make the most out of those long flights, here is how we manage to stay pro

Dongguan HubHao.com - 东莞好不好 - 中国 - China • 16th August 2016

Places Of Guangdong – OPIZ Water Skiing Club

As we come to the end of the summer, HubHao visited OPIZ Water Skiing Club to enjoy some water sports before we all have to go back to work and school. There’s plenty of fun to be had out at Songshan Lake. Summertime in Dongguan coincides with the constant quest to uncover new, entertaining ways to beat the heat and enjoy yourself. While there are plenty of pools and beaches to relax at, I was surprised to discover an enormous lake wrapped in lush greenery...

Bloguettes • 10th August 2016

Smart Things To Spend Your Money On This Month

Spending money is easy. There is always a fabulous new pair of strappy heels, a $250 tasting menu, or a killer cocktail dress calling your name. On the other hand, saving and budgeting your money, seems to be a bit more difficult. To start winning in the ongoing battle with your bank account balance, you have to first take a good hard look at what things you are spending your money on. In the hopes of helping a sister (or brother) out, here is a list of things that you should be spending your mo

Bloguettes • 9th August 2016

Coming Soon: New 'Girl Power' Themed Emojis

Who run the world?! GIRLS! So, it only makes sense that the emoji gods aka the Emoji Subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium (yes, that’s an actual job) is stepping up their girl emoji game with some much needed additions.

Bloguettes • 4th August 2016

4 Resources To Help You Become A Life Long Learner

As human beings we are constantly learning, whether we realize it or not. We learn from new experiences, past failures and everything in between. However, since graduating college, we rarely take the time to learn anything specific. If you are looking to step up your knowledge game in any way, whether it be through learning code for your site, a new language for upcoming travels or a new talent all together, here are some sites making it easier than ever to metaphorically go back to school. Int

Bloguettes • 25th July 2016

How To Write A Mission Statement

Describing yourself to a stranger is weird. The words don’t come easily, they either feel too grand and braggadocious or pale and unexpressive. The same can be said when trying to describe your business. However, being able to articulately put into words what your business is all about, is essential to building a strong brand. This impactful string of words is known as your mission statement.

Dongguan HubHao.com - 东莞好不好 - 中国 - China • 21st July 2016

Skate The City

In Dongguan, you are more likely to find an electric cable factory than a half pipe park or see an e-bike than a long board. But the city is changing. Jeremy Adriana Mitchell went in search for Dongguan’s Tony Hawk and along the way she caught up with a couple of the skaters in the local scene.

Bloguettes • 19th July 2016

4 Steps To Silencing Your Inner Critic

Your inner dialog is a powerful thing. If you had a friend who constantly told you that you weren’t good enough, that you were going to make a fool out of yourself, and you were never going to be considered for that promotion you’ve been working so hard for, you would “unfriend” them real fast. So why is it that we allow ourselves to repeat these things in our head all of the time and simply accept it?

Bloguettes • 1st July 2016

Pet Photography: 4 Tips For When Things Get Ruff

Whether it’s pudgy baby pandas rolling down slides or that insanely cute hamster eating a pint-sized birthday cake, there is always an adorable animal photo or video floating around the internet. The power of pet photography is undeniable–everyone loves them! Here are some tips to help you capture your own share-worthy photos of your favorite furry friends.