12 Striking Tendencies of Creative People

By Victoria Hudgins. Photography by Raw Color.

Creative people can be a little ... different. This article does a great job of explaining that creative people act different because they operate a little differently. Especially in the fact that they:

1) Are easily bored

A short attention span isn’t always a good thing, but it can indicate that the creative person has grasped one concept and is ready to go on to the next one.

2) Are willing to take risks

Because of the possibility of rejection, fearlessness is absolutely necessary for creating original work. Anything new requires a bit of change, and most of us don’t care for change that much.

3) Don’t like rules

Rules, to the creative person, are indeed made to be broken.They are created for us by other people, generally to control a process. The creative person needs freedom in order to work.

For the rest of the 12 Tendencies of Creative People read the full article on The 12 Most site here. 

Blog to Watch, The Senses Five

By Victoria Hudgins.

The biggest advice given to new bloggers is to be unique, put your own special voice on what you are doing, and do something different. The Senses Five is a great example of a lifestyle blog with a creative and fresh voice. By marking categories with each of the 5 senses, navigation and inspiration are made easy. What makes your site stand out as unique?

8 Tips for Great Blogging

Post by guest contributor Ciera. Photography by Fredric Schwhartz.

1) Blog about what You Know

The most important aspect to growing your blog is to focus on what you love and what you are passionate about. This insures that you will have valuable content.

Tips & Actions:

• Determine the purpose of your blog and stick with it
• Don’t feel the need to do it all, or try to imitate somebody else 
• Post quality content frequently 
• Don’t post what you think people want to hear 
• Teach a webinar or create a blog series focused on your talents

2) Get Personal / Be Real

People want to know the person behind the blog. People will read your blog if they like what you have to say.

Tips & Actions:

• Enjoy what you’re doing, and don’t get wrapped up in the details
• Share something personal (this can be as simple as sharing your favorite book) 
• Write the way you speak  
• Don’t take yourself too seriously 
• Add a photo of yourself to your about page 
• Be accessible (either list your email address or add a contact form)

3) Create a Space Worth Following

Not only is your content important, but your actual blog design is as well. Maybe it is just the designer in me, but I am drawn to simple layouts with big pictures.

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A Creative Life, From Alt NYC

An inforgraphic Sarah Tolzmann created based on the creative inspiration talk given by Swiss Miss at Alt NYC. 

Chat with Chelsea Fuss

By Monica Lee.

Today Chelsea Fuss, author of the beautiful blog Frolic, discusses how she uses collaborations and contributors to share her unique blogging voice.