I did it again

A year or two ago, I uploaded a song I wrote to YouTube.

Some of you might remember it, "Soos die Branders", it still shows up in this Blogger feed.

It's an Afrikaans song which I was very proud of, because I wrote it myself, did the video myself and had the mastering done by someone else (which was quite expensive).

This was actually the first song I wrote.

I have other songs too, but they still need music.

I was really proud of this song, I poured my entire being into it.

So if I was so proud, why did it disappear?

Why did I delete it?

After 3000 views, I started getting the ugliest negative comments, things like people telling me

• I can't sing and should rather try crafting or painting and saying 
• I'm so fat, I look like a cocoon ready to pop. 
• One guy even wrote me a poem and published it to Google+. It was a nasty poem, also begging me to just stop singing.

The saddest thing about all of this is that these people are from South Africa.

Maybe that is why we can't stand together as a nation. We don't want to see the sun shine over anyone else.

I was devastated. I took each and every comment personally. I actually started to believe them.

So, I couldn't take it anymore and I deleted it.

What made me decide to put it up again?

These awesome people: 

1. Jeff Bullas with his post How to make your Video Rank number one on YouTube.
Because the subject of YouTube was still a rather tender subject, I couldn't help leaving a comment where I received support from these two awesome people:

Meloney Hall and Yogesh Shinde

2. Michael Stelzner of Social media Examiner  in his post how to deal with haters and trolls who personally told me not to let these trolls influence my online presence or website.

3) Derek Halpern, I thoroughly enjoy this video - GO DEREK!!

4) And ofcourse, my amazing friends at Wealthy Affiliate who also said that normally these people don't even have the guts to put their pictures up on YouTube and that I don't know them, I shouldn't let their opinions matter.

You must see this video that was on Twitter it's so awesome:

"May my enemies live long, so they can witness my ever growing success" https://t.co/ehqQyt1wvd pic.twitter.com/0fb9I65eZM

— Fearless Motivation (@fearlessmotivat) April 20, 2018

These realizations

1) God and His Word

Just think about the story of the 3 men who received talents. The first two used their talents to get more talents. The last one buried his talent, thinking that he might loose it. In the end, he did, because it was taken away from him. 

God gave me a talent and a dream - I'm not going to bury it because of some low life trolls.

2) Good people rarely leave comments

I've seen all over the web, the good supportive people rarely leave comments, they just like and share.

 The one's who leaves the bad comments are the ones who are either jealous or hurt inside and want to hurt other people, thinking it will take their hurt away - their wrong. (What you sow - you will reap)

But, you do get exceptions where some good people will leave honest opinions - I don't mind those, I can see when it is an uplifting (meant to be positive) comment that's just meant to help - almost like the judges at the talent shows.

4) Even the most amazing people have haters

When someone's video gets too much attention - there are people who just have to try their best to break them down.

Even the most amazing marketers around the web have them.

I realized, I'm not the only one and I shouldn't take it personally.

3) I've got proof

I've got proof that I can sing:

I was in the top 10 in our Singing Studio

I received A+'s at the language and arts festival:

I've got 4 of these, all in different genre's

I was a power of song finalist

And these are just the one's I've got written proof off. The other's are video's of performances.

Long enough have I let these trolls influence me.

This is my song and I wrote it. I'm proud of it and no matter what they say - from now on -

 I will only see bad comments as jealousy speaking.

Now I ask you, if you like my YouTube video, please leave me a nice comment, give me a thumbs up and share my video on all your social media channels - let's show these trolls what we're made of.

You can get it on SoudCloud too: 

Small projects lab short story

I'll be launching my first short story on 8 Oct (just around the corner)

A short story about a baby who was found in a dustbin by scientists and became an experiment. Exciting stuff follow.....huge twist in the tale.

Suitable for big and small

I'm a bit nervous, as I suspect all of you were before launching your first "REAL" project, but I've enjoyed this so much.



It will be launched on Oct 8 - my book is ready for launch day. You can get it for free, or give me just $1 by adding the amount you want to pay when you go to my Gumroad order page and then click on "I want this" below the amount you put in.



You will receive the book on 8 Oct - read it, enjoy it.



If you don't know what the small project lab is and would like to find out more about launching your own project (or product) you should read this post:



Small projects lab short story

How to create your own professional eCovers

I'm super excited to share this today.



Almost all homeschoolers are bloggers.



What does bloggers do the most?



Write and promote, right?



When you start growing, you start writing your own eBooks, Amazon books or create your own DVD sets to sell online.



What sells your products?



The first thing people see: your eCover



An awesome cover sells, but sadly the opposite is true too - a bad cover does not sell.



Writing regularly, you must have tried hiring freelancers to do the job for you - and it turned out to cost you more than you anticipated.



How would you like it if you could create your own eCovers and have them ready and launch your book before you have breakfast?



You must read this:



How to create your own professional eCovers



Don't forget to share!!

Creative writing: The Prince and Princess - all-about-life-tips.com

Free creative writing ebook



When homeschooling, we tend to neglect creative writing.



Does your kids hate it when you give them a creative writing assignment?



Download your free ebook which will guide them through the process of creative writing and encourage them to feel more like writing.



My kids loved this book and you can get it for free by going to the link below:







Creative writing: The Prince and Princess - all-about-life-tips.com

Teaching music at your homeschool

Whether you can play a musical instrument or not, you CAN teach your kids music.



No matter where you live on this earth, teaching kids music can be easy and they (and you) don't even have to drive anywhere.



Teaching music at your homeschool doesn't have to cost you allot.



To find out more, click on the link below:



Teaching music at your homeschool



Please share this valuable information for those who does not know how easy and affordable it can be for their children to learn music.

Struggling with blogging?Important questions to ask yourself!

This article has very useful information to ask yourself if you are struggling with blogging.



Included is great advice and awesome people to follow to help you build the best blog on the world wide web.



If you are struggling with what to write or getting great headlines, take a look at question 3.



Want to learn more about WordPress? Take a look at the awesome advice in question 4.



Link inside the blog post to a post on your blog and get some more exposure in question 10.



Read this article now and please share.





Struggling with blogging?Important questions to ask yourself!

11 essential ingredients every blog post needs

This is a bit off the homeschooling subject, but I thought it is worth sharing.



Writing blog posts can sometimes seem overwhelming and being busy all the time it helps to know some shortcuts.



Following this link 11 essential ingredients every blog post needs you go to an infographic that you can print and keep in front of your computer at all times to ensure you apply them with every blog post you write.