Alexa James' Blogger: Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately?

New emojis have given me cause to celebrate this week, as has the encouragment of early sucking – read on!

The Importance of Sucking at a New Job for a Year Or Two | Ross McCammon

I can’t stress the importance of this! Even if the “new job” is your blog. You need to suck at it, and suck at it early so you can get better at it faster! Don’t be afraid of doing something other than perfect.

8 Ways to Have More Time | Chris Gillebeau

Again, because time is the one thing we all say we lack – I LOVE all of these rules.

Why Instagram Captions are the New Blogging | Select All

Someone said to me the other day “Instagram has killed blogging”, and for the first time, I agreed. Not killed it entirely, but definitely helped shut down the camaraderie and closeness the blogging of yore used to encompass. Not bad, just different. And I’ve definitely seen people soar to great success with this method, yet don’t really have much traction on a traditional blog.

The iPhone is finally getting a facepalm emoji | The Telegraph

*Does a happy dance*

Six Questions to Assess if You May Be Addicted to Social Media | Psych Central

I know, we have to be on social media all the time in this business. But it’s not great to be on the “addicted” side of too much. Have you crossed that line?

Social Media “Influencers”: A Marketing Experiment Grows into a Mini Economy | The Washington Post

“In other words, while influencer marketing rose to prominence as a raw, credible antidote to the slick world of television and glossy magazines, it has metastasized into something every bit as calculated” – for some, this is so, so true. But as usual, plenty to think about.