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…
There are a lot of things you have to learn to do as a blogger, and some once learned can allow you to move forward without looking back. Unfortunately, brainstorming new blog post ideas is not one of those things. It’s something you’ll have to do over and over again for as long as you…
Pinterest can be a great tool to help you grow your online business, but only if you understand how it works. I’ve been using Pinterest for my own sites for over four years and have worked as a Pinterest Manager for clients for nearly two years. I’ve seen first hand across multiple niches, how different…