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The rates for sponsored blog posts can vary widely depending on various factors such as the blogger's popularity, niche, blog traffic, engagement metrics, and the scope of the collaboration. 

Micro-Influencers: They typically charge anywhere from $50 to $500 per sponsored post, depending on their niche and engagement rates. Their blogs may have a few thousand to tens of thousands of monthly visitors.

Mid-Level Bloggers: They may charge anywhere from $500 to $2,000 per sponsored post. Their blogs may attract tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors.

Top-Tier Bloggers: They often charge $2,000 or more per sponsored post. Their blogs can have hundreds of thousands to millions of monthly visitors.

When considering bloggers' rates, it's essential to evaluate their blog statistics. Bloggers should be able to provide you with metrics such as monthly visitors, page views, social media followers, and engagement rates (such as likes, comments, and shares). Analyzing these statistics will help you assess the potential reach and impact of your sponsored blog posts.

Technically, yes - but I wouldn't encourage it! 

Trademarks are vulnerable to removal if they are not used for a period of time, or, if at the time of filing the application the applicant had no intention to use the trademark in good faith. 

A trademark may be removed on the above basis by application of a third party - so, if another person/business didn't think you were using your trademark any longer and wanted it off the database they could make an application seeking to remove it. (This would usually occur if someone was trying to register a similar trademark and yours was coming up as a problem for them). (So, technically you could continue to own a trademark without using it because it may be that no-one ever seeks to remove it).

In the above circumstances though, if you ARE still using your trademark or believe you deserve to keep your registration there are options to oppose 'removal applications' so this should be considered and assistance sought.

Those that:

- Can successfully market themselves.

- Have proven track recorded in successfully marketing similar businesses to yours.

First and foremost they need to practice what they preach.

We use slack for communication between the teams.

Good morning Tracey from rural Australia.

I'm not a digital native. More a Baby Boomer who's been dragged into the digital age by need. Rather than by era of birth.

I live and work from my remote rural property. Where there's no mobile phone reception. With an unreliable rural mobile wireless internet connection. That drops in an out with the cadence of a wrecking ball.

My main workhorse is my desktop computer. Which I turn on in the morning. And turn off in the evening. Because. I don't want to be connected to the world via my computer 24/7.

For planning purposes I tend to be old fashioned and use paper. And a pencil!

I write and post to my blog 5 days a week. Minimum. And find the Colplan One Month At A View Planner Diary perfect for me. It not only allows me to sketch in my blog posts. But also to sketch in the topics each day for my social media posts.

Plus. By seeing the whole month at a time, I can - at a glance - determine if I've bitten off more than I can chew.

I also like being able to think and plan in the peace and quiet of the non-digital world.

This, I'm sure, Tracey, is not the answer you're looking for. But it does show that you can live a productive life away from your mobile apps.

Best wishes,

~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva❦

Purveyor of The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies

350,000 customers. In 29 countries.

You are the key!

Being innovative isn't keeping up with competitors, it is creating new ways, ideas, technology and always thinking ahead. If you stop development and thinking of new and better ways you are just the same as most companies out in the market.

A lot of companies just rely on clients not wanting change. That is a very small market as they quickly change their mind once their competitor starts taking their business because they are using the latest tech to help them.

You should dictate where the industry heads and what the industry is doing. The only reason our products can take market share is because we don't think about how people do things, we thing about the most efficient way they should be done and what else can help them.

If you step up to the plate and take charge of the direct your industry is heading, then you can call yourself an innovative company.

So you are the key!

Oh if it's not obvious I'm a one person operation with next to no expenses from an accounting perspective. In fact some of my GST credits can't even be claimed because they are under a dollar.

It does pay off but it takes time, there are no silver bullets.  Whether you do SEO, Content Marketing, PPC, social media, keywords or e-mail marketing you have to test and learn as you go for best results in my experience.  For some clients using videos moves the needle to increase conversions but others need multiple rools to make a difference.  Try different subject lines, platforms and repurpose content to see where you have the most impact.  Measure everything and see what the data shows.

I think kids would live in the cloud if they could. I know my brother spends a lot of time on Minecraft, YouTube and forums and communities centered around his interests.

His not allowed to have a Facebook account, which I think is a good idea.

His in Year 6 :)