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…
Wordpress is an amazing tool for creating a website or blog or really whatever you want your online home to be. However, because it has SO much functionality it can be a lot to learn. And it seems the learning is ongoing. Because you probably got it understood to a certain level, and then you…
While it’s important to grow your email list, in order to get people to sign up for your email list and over to your website without spending tons on ads you often need to work really hard on social media marketing which usually means using social media tools. Because trying to manually do the amount…
Video pins have been up and coming on Pinterest, especially video ads. But until recently pinning video pins meant doing it manually. And manual pinning is just something I’ve never managed to do consistently. I literally let out a squeal of joy (true story) when I saw video pin scheduling was available on Tailwind. Now…