Angela Brooks | The Unpolished Mirror https://angelabrook.com/ Unpolished strategy for women building income around a full-time job Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:33:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://angelabrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-Angela-AB-Logo--32x32.png Angela Brooks | The Unpolished Mirror https://angelabrook.com/ 32 32 How to Organize Blog Posts Into a Book and Pick the Ones That Belong https://angelabrook.com/organize-blog-posts-into-a-book/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36944 How I chose which of my night-shift posts went into The Nurse's Voice, what I cut for the second edition, the story I still wish were in it, and how to sort your own posts into a book.

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]]> Can I Turn My Blog Into a Book? How to Tell If Your Posts Are Ready https://angelabrook.com/can-i-turn-my-blog-into-a-book/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36938 Your blog may already hold a book. Here is how my night-shift posts became The Nurse's Voice, and four questions that tell you whether your own posts are ready to become one.

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]]> Being Found Was Never the Goal: How to Build a Blog That Gets Chosen https://angelabrook.com/blog-that-gets-chosen/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:01:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36908 Being found puts you in the conversation. Being recommended puts you in the decision. The whole path from one to the other, and the step almost nobody takes.

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]]> No Testimonials Yet? What to Put on Your Page Instead https://angelabrook.com/no-testimonials-yet/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:01:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36904 She gets to the part of the page where the proof is supposed to go, and she has nothing to put there. Every piece of advice says ask your clients. She does not have clients, which is the entire reason she is looking.

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]]> Blogging Without Being an Expert: What Actually Makes a Reader Believe You https://angelabrook.com/blogging-without-being-an-expert/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36899 The thing that stops most women is one sentence they say before they ever open a blank page. You do not have to be the expert. You have to be one step in front of her, with the notes from when you were where she is.

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]]> How We Spent Less on the Hotel and More on the Memories in Texas https://angelabrook.com/family-trip-to-texas/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:09:45 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36931 Our family trip to Texas for my son's wedding had a courthouse ceremony, a Michelin-recommended dinner, vows at sunset on a ranch, and real hotel numbers, including the stay that saved us money and the one that came out even.

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]]> Is Your Niche Too Broad? Here Is How to Tell, and What It Is Costing You https://angelabrook.com/niche-too-broad/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36837 Say what your blog is about out loud and count the ands. Two or more and you have a niche too broad to sell from. The fix is not cutting your topics, and it does not cost you a single thing you have already published.

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]]> Don’t Just Update Old Blog Posts for SEO https://angelabrook.com/update-old-blog-posts/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36833 You have posts bringing people in that have never made you a dollar, and every piece of advice about it is written for rankings. An SEO refresh fixes the entrance. The problem is the exit. Here is what to change first, on which post, and in what order.

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]]> What Does AI Think Your Business Does? https://angelabrook.com/what-ai-says-about-your-business/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36827 Ask AI what your business does and you get a readout of what the internet actually says about you. The answer comes back wrong in four different ways, and each one points at something different. Here is how to read yours and what to change first.

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]]> Getting Cited by AI Isn’t the Same as Being Recommended https://angelabrook.com/get-recommended-by-chatgpt/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://angelabrook.com/?p=36816 Sixty two percent of AI citations never say your name. Being quoted and being recommended are two different events, and only one of them sends you a reader. Here is what separates the women who get named from the ones who only get used.

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