You heard that Pinterest is where it’s at in terms of getting traffic for free, but your monthly page views would beg to differ, am I right? While Pinterest is great for driving traffic because of it being its own search engine, just like it takes work to rank on Google, it takes some effort…
If you’re not learning you’re not growing. And as bloggers and business owners, it’s important to keep up and educate yourself on what’s new. But finding the time to learn in today’s busy world of never-ending to-do lists can be tough. In this post, I’m going to break down 5 easy ways for you to…
Wordpress has long been the bread and butter of preferred website platforms, but it can present new users with a steep learning curve. Which has lead many to compare Squarespace vs Wordpress. The learning curve of Wordpress has provided a market for other providers like Squarespace, Showit, Wix, and more. With an all-in-one easy to…
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…
