If your blogging voice being drowned out by all the noise on the internet? It’s the same thing every year, posts show up across social media at the beginning of January predicting the future of blogging, describing what worked and what didn’t over the past 12 months. The so-called experts analyze how to change it…
Working with clients has given me great insight into how well bloggers are protecting their sites. Or not. Some days it blows my mind how vulnerable people’s blogs can be. I don’t want you to fall prey to a hacker and lose all your content. I want you to protect your blog and keep it…
Have you ever heard of font licensing? It turns out that not every “free” font can be used for commercial purposes. Did you know this? If you did, you are doing great and probably don’t need this info. However, if this is news to you or you are just learning about this wrinkle in the…
I am a strong believer in finding your blog niche. If you have been around here for any length of time you know how much I encourage my readers, even brand new bloggers, to narrow their focus. A niche can speed up your success and save you time. Who wouldn’t want that? I believe limiting your writing to a…
If you’ve been blogging for more than a week you probably have a whole slew of old posts sitting in your post library. That could mean hundreds if you are like me. Some of my posts are still applicable to my audience (aka evergreen). Some of them don’t fit my niche anymore. Some are filled with…
So many factors play into a blog’s overall success. None more so than the theme on which your site is built. Your theme determines the overall look of your site. Your blog theme determines the colors and font styles you use, as well as which side of the page your sidebar is on and how readers see your…
$55,612 in one month! $40,000 from blogging last year! $3,854 in AdSense revenue this week! We’ve all seen the graphics on Pinterest of blog income reports from writers who are killing it. They are jam packed with huge numbers from Google ads, affiliate programs, Amazon, products, and consulting. When you see people post their income…
I get a lot of push back from bloggers when I talk about blog niche. Some know immediately what they want to write about while others hem and haw and assure me they don’t want to pigeon-hole themselves. I am sympathetic to a point. See, the thing about niche is, I don’t think it means…
Would you love to improve your blog? You can with these 10 valuable habits. Sometimes a few minor changes in your daily routine can make a big difference in the trajectory of your blog. What once was rolling along at a leisurely pace suddenly starts to sky rocket because of a small tweak or new…