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…
There is nothing better than getting a ton of comments on a post you’ve worked hard to produce. You love to hear what others have to say about your writing and the topics that are near and dear to your heart. It makes you feel successful when readers share how much a post has helped…
I love big dreams and audacious goals. I love purpose and meaning and anyone who has a gleam in their eye, dreaming of better things. I love a daring blog mission statement. If you’re gonna blog, blog big. I think blogging is an amazing avenue for dreams and goals to come true. Blogging makes you…
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…
Do you remember the shampoo commercial where a beautiful woman looked straight at the camera and said, “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful?” Thank you for pointing out how much better you are than me right from the get-go. I so appreciate that. For some of you that is how your blog feels. Like a…
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…
Ok, here’s the truth: the secrets for growing a successful blog are not really secrets. I know, right? Whaaaat? For years I wandered the interwebs, trying to find out the secrets for growing my blog. I tried this class and that book and those tips and these proven methods. Nuthin’. Then Pinterest came along and…
If you want your blog post to see the most traffic, you must offer your readers the most value. When a new reader comes to your site and finds a post she loves what does she take away? Is it knowledge? Is it the ability to share what she’s learned? Is it a clear pathway…