Pinterest is my number one traffic source. And it’s one of the easiest ways to start getting traffic to your blog quickly. While you do you want to work on things like a SEO and I diversifying on where your traffic comes from, those things can take time. So starting with Pinterest and consistently pinning…
This is definitely a do as I say not as I did kind of posts. When I launched my blog, I had no clue what I was doing. So the fact that you’re doing a little research means you’re already ahead of the curve. When my first blog went live I had nothing on it,…
I’ve been blogging for over three years and in that time I’ve learned A LOT about blogging. To say I had zero clue what I was doing when I started would be an understatement. But I love learning and I started doing my research. I started investing in courses and workbooks and tools to help…
Most successful business owners tend to be avid readers. The thing is, there’s a lot out there you can read. So today I thought I would go ahead and share with you the business books I’ve been reading and that are on my “to read” list. I’ll share what I love about each book. As…
Every freelancer has experienced it, the offer to be paid in “exposure.” Too bad exposure doesn’t pay the bills. It’s insulting at the very least and rude at worst. You are a professional providing a service and should be paid for that service.
Running your own business means it all falls on you. Finding the work, doing the work, making sure you get paid for the work, taxes, fees, equipment, everything. Sure you may outsource some things, but it still requires you ensure what is outsourced gets done. It’s a lot to keep track of and handle. These are all the tools I used to help me stay organized, get paid, and manage my business’ money.
Wordpress has been around for a really long time and because of that, it comes with a lot of benefits and functionality. For this reason, tons of websites are run on WordPress, including my personal finance site Less Debt More Wine. However, newbies like Squarespace are disrupting the blogging world by offering all in one solution that addresses many of Wordpress’ pain points.
I started blogging in August 2014, at the time I had no idea what a guest post was or how to go about “guest posting.” I actually didn’t come to understand what a guest post was until after I’d already guest posted.
When I started blogging two years ago, I never could have imagined the world it would open up. Blogging opened up a desire to learn a whole new skill set, connected me to incredible and inspiring people, and frankly made me feel like my big crazy dreams weren’t so big and crazy. I reached out…
Blogs are started by all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons and on all kinds of subjects. Even in the personal finance blogosphere, there are tons of reasons why personal finance bloggers got started. Every blogger’s reason is a little different but many had some reasons in common. Personally, I started Less Debt…