You can actually improve your blog while sitting on the beach, or by the pool, or next to a lake. Whether it’s summer, a weekend get-away, or just time to up your game, you can make your blog a whole lot better by doing just a little reading. But, you say, there are so many…
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…
Have you seen the crazy headlines about how people are building an email list of grand proportions in five minutes or less? There are graphics all over Pinterest stating how you can get 7000 subscribers in 10 minutes or “My Path To 10K New Email Subscribers While I Ate Breakfast.” Okay, maybe they aren’t quite…
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…
Branding your new blog is an important step in your success. Your readers need to be able to find you across the web. Your name, the name of your blog, your hashtag, or your tagline will become the key way readers follow your writing, engage with your ideas, and share what you have to say with others….
Remember when you started your blog? Do you recall all the dreams you had for growing your readership, making money in your sleep, and writing a bestseller? Can you think back to how you wanted blog success and were sure it would happen right away? I know, right? What happened to those dreams? Now, your…
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…
Are you spending valuable time creating blog graphics? Taking time to write a blog post is one thing. Creating sharable images for others to pin, tweet, and like is something different. Nothing can jack up your schedule more than trying to make just the right blog graphics. It can be a real time suck. I…