Affiliate marketing can be a great way to build scalable passive income. I’m going to share with you the ins and outs of the course as part of this Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing review. Because just throwing up affiliate links on your blog or social media, likely isn’t going to be very successful. There…
I won’t keep you waiting in suspense. My secret weapon is Grammarly.
As I work to grow my freelance writing business, writing well is essential. Everyone (hopefully) proofreads their work, but the best proofreading comes after taking a break from work.
However, if you’re lucky you have lots of work and sometimes you don’t always have that time to walk away from the work and then come back to proofread. Enter Grammarly.
Blogging alone is a lot of work and requires what seem like endless to-do lists. Throw in having any kind of life, let alone a 9-5 and it’s easy to forget something or to drop the ball. Keeping track of everything and switching between the notes or various checklists makes it hard to keep everything up to date and ensure you get it done, something is bound to be forgotten.
Squarespace is a great platform but it’s not for everybody. It’s an all in one platform, meaning you are limited in what tools you can use. Wordpress may have a bit of a steeper learning curve but you can do a lot more with it. Which is why many people do end up moving from…
Running a blog requires juggling a lot of different balls. There are also tons of different tools out there you can use to help get things done, but then you’re juggling all those balls while bouncing back and forth between tools to get a single project done. Not anymore, CoSchedule acts as your command center….
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.
Starting a blog is an exciting roller coaster ride of an adventure. There are a lot of ups and downs. Just when you think you’ve gotten the hang of something, you realize there is something else to learn.
When I was looking to start a blog I kept seeing every one suggest that if you wanted to be serious about blogging you should self host your blog. Self-hosting refers to your ability to own your blog. If you use a free site, you don’t have control over what happens to it.