Is it just mean or does there never seems to be enough time to get everything done? It seems I’m always on the go, having to find one hour here or 20 minutes there to get blogging stuff done. It was always a struggle, until I figured out ways to blog on the go… In…
Blogging can be a great hobby and/or a great business. But once you start digging into it, you’ll quickly find that many in your family are confused by what you’re doing. And with the holidays in full swing and the various family gatherings, inevitably your blog will come up. It’s not that they don’t necessarily…
You’ve heard me talk about my personal finance blog Less Debt, More Wine on occasion. However, what you might not know is that the site was originally called Friday Night Shenanigans. Having gone through a rebrand, I here to help you rebrand your blog. Now while Friday Night Shenanigans was a fun name, it didn’t…
A blog audit is a great way to evaluate the direction of your blog as well as clean up some of your past mistakes. While it may take a bit of time, the rewards are definitely worth it. Cleaning up your blog, of content that is unrelated to what you want to write moving forward…
Raise your hand if you’re not a perfect blogger. Keep it raised if you’ve developed some bad blogging habits? Just me? Really? Yeah, I didn’t think so. In my 5+ years of blogging, I’ve had a tendency here and there to pick up a bad blogging habit or two, especially in the beginning. If you are…
If you’ve never heard of the 80/20 rule it goes something like this: 80% of your results come from 20% of your effort. And it applies to blogging as well as several other aspects of your life. 80% of your blogging results will come from 20% of your effort. So naturally, the next question becomes…
Email marketing is talked a lot about in the blogging sphere, all about how you need a list and to grow your list and how valuable your list can be. It may all be true, but only if you really understand what email marketing is about. I’ve been blogging for over five years and I…
Blogging consistently is definitely important to blogging success, while simple, it can be hard to implement. I’ve been blogging for over 5 years, though I’ve gone through lots of bouts of blogging consistently and then blogging inconsistently. And if you were to look at my Google Analytics, you could probably tell when I was consistent…
Traffic from search engines, like Google, are considered the holy grail of referrals. However, there are a few simple things I’ve learned in the past 5 years of blogging that can help or hurt your search engine optimization (SEO). Working on SEO can get complicated involving keyword research, looking at competitors, and building backlinks. However,…
Virtual Summits are basically conferences that take place online. So you get the benefit of reaching a wide audience without the hassle of traveling and booking a hotel. I’ve had the good fortune to speak at both in-person conferences and virtual summits and while I love both, a virtual summit is definitely easier in terms…