What is the name of your Blog?
The Inner Wizard Blog
What is your name?
Valery Satterwhite
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
What is your current age or age range?
I don't remember! I was very young when I was born.
Please describe your blog
Humorous and whimsical approach to personal awareness, empowerment and joyous living. As inspired, Valery blogs about personal events, large and small, and how they shape our lives. With fun anecdotes and stories learn how to tap into the power of your Inner Wizard - your intuition, truth and inspiration and tame your Inner Critic - the voice of self-doubt and fear, to turn your dreams into reality.
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
To inspire, empower and enlighten others to express their fullest potential and be the change they seek in the world. Everyone was born to live a rich delicious life. Like many, I once led a life of quiet desperation and restless agitation always seeking, not finding, my joy. I learned how to break through my personal roadblocks, the 'me' that held me back and I'm here to pay it forward and teach others to do the same. "Whether you think you can or think you can't - you're right!" - Henry Ford
What blogging platform do you do and why?
Wordpress. Easy.
What do you blog the most about?
Life experiences, perspectives, joyful living, authenticity, self-sabotage, self-help, self-awareness, self-esteem, abundance, manifesting dreams, goals, success, wealth, movies with a message, funny situations, life's little ironies and what's possible!
What kind of blogs make you angry?
Anything based in fear, hate or desperation.
Give five of your best blogging tips.
Be authentic. Let go of being perfect. Speak from your heart. Trust your intuition. Know you are appreciated by your readers.
What are some things you would NEVER blog about?
Anything promoting fear, hate or desperation.
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
I blog because I love to express who I am. I love engaging with others who express who they are. Blogging is part of what I do as Founder of the International Association for Inner Wizards so, yes, I make money from it. It's not about money, though, its about the experiences - the feelings - you can create using your money; both receiving and giving.
How long have you been blogging?
Since the day I could write. The Internet is just the latest medium. Letter writing is blogging, even if it's an audience of one. Journaling is blogging for an audience of you. I've been journaling for a long time.
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
about an hour the days I blog - 3 or 4x per week
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
Track several daily. Read 2 or 3.
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
yes - available on my site and I like to mark blogs that have made an impression upon me.
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
Just discovered it. Learning the ropes.
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
SMM. Building a relationship with rapport and trust is the key.
If you could post a blog on any blog in the world, which one would it be and why?
The Inner Wizard Blog - it is my unique voice and what I have to offer
What mistakes have you made that you could warn others about?
I didn't realize that Facebook blog pages are very limited in the size of blogs. My early blogs were truncated.
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
Blogspot, Facebook, InnerWizard.com, Wordpress, Choprah Community - I've met a lot of interesting people who have enriched my life!
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
Not yet.
Enter your own question here
If there were no expectations, no judgment and money was no object, who would you be, what would you have and what would you do?
What is the url of your blog?
The Inner Wizard Blog
