About Artiatesia Deal

Artiatesia Deal is a Web Consultant, Speaker and Small Business Owner. As the owner of ArtDeal Designs™, she works with Solopreneuers, Small Businesses and Bloggers to give their business an online presence. Her specialty is WordPress Websites and Blogs. When she not designing, she sharing her experience of building a business over at ArtiatesiaDeal.com, sharing her enthusiasm for WordPress and being Content Manager of the Black Business Women Online Network. Visit her at Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Motivational Mondays: Should I cut my losses now and just quit?

Motivational Mondays: Marie Forleo - When To Close A Business: How To Know If It’s Time to Move On

I have had plenty of days when I said to myself, "I can't do this anymore. I give up. Seriously, I'm just done." I would be sitting at my computer so frustrated about something. It could be difficulty with a client, not get clients, climbing debt, unpaid invoices, and the list can go on and on and on. As you can see I am … [Read more...]

How to create an editorial calendar for your blog

Yearly Calendar

Last week I wrote about creating an editorial calender for this blog. It's really helpful as long as I stay on schedule and find some time to write. Since I have designated certain topics on certain days/weeks, I can look at my calendar and know what I should be brainstorming about. This week I wanted to cover some tips on … [Read more...]

I finally broke down and started using an Editorial Calendar for my Blog

Yearly Calendar

I've been blogging for a little over a decade now. I've heard about the wonderful benefits of using an editorial calendar for your blog but never gave it a second thought until recently. One of my blogging goals for this year is to really develop this blog, beyond posting on a consistent basis. In the past I've mange to do … [Read more...]

My Freelance Life: I am fed up! (throwing up both of my hands)

When a self-employed person get fed up

I have stop ranting online and never really have done one on my blog, but that will change today. So why now, it’s because I have something to get off my chest. I feel like if I don’t do it now, I just might explode. Plus if I ever get told or text something similar to what spark this post, I can just send them here and … [Read more...]

My Freelance Life: A Year of highs, lows and lessons learned pt.2

My Freelance Life: A Year of highs, lows and lessons learned pt.1

Just in case you miss it, here's part one of this story. My year wasn’t totally bad… I found the holes in my business and plugged them. Now it was time to focus on what is currently working for me and there were a few things that I did right this year. I was always attending webinars and taking tons of notes and … [Read more...]