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…
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…
Do you know why an effective watermark is so important for your blog graphics? It’s part branding and it’s part protection. The bottom line is, you need to be using one. It’s branding because it tells people where a graphic or picture originated from. It’s protection because it keeps others from using your creative materials…
In a big noisy blogging world, visual graphics speak loudly. The blogosphere is a busy place. Those whose voices are being heard know something you need to know: graphics matter. Stunning images abound on the web. With all the free access bloggers have to sites catering to them, it is unforgivable not to use quality graphics and learn…