Blogging

Disclaimer: I JUST learned about this, I JUST signed up and I’m since today is Day Two, I’ve only done TWO lessons and I get NOTHING for telling you guys about it but I just HAD to because it’s so awesome! Ask a PR Girl is a brand new blog by Cassie Boorn, a writer, …

Okay so you registered your blog with Picket Fence and added a button to your blog to gain votes. Now what? How to Find Out Where You Are in the Ranking If you are lucky enough to be in the top 20 or so, you can probably see your blog on the first page. Otherwise, …

There are lots of ways to promote your blog but do not promote your blog these 5 ways. Send an Email Asking for a Link When blogs were new, emailing a blogger to ask if they would like to swap links in their blogroll was the thing to do. But that is so 2005. Most …

Have you ever wanted to easily make videos to add to your blog posts or share on social media or add to YouTube? I discovered a cool tool called Lumen5 which allows you to easily do this for FREE. You can take a blog post you already have and convert it into a video. I’m …

You should never stop learning but it can be tricky to learn new things without getting overwhelmed. We are surrounded by how-to videos, self-help books, people with well meaning advice and blogs and websites (like this one) with how-tos and tips. So what’s a person to do?   Learn New Things Without Getting Overwhelmed 1. …

Can TV shows teach us about real life? Sure! Here I cover What Can Grey’s Anatomy Teach You About Blogging. Grey’s Anatomy is a popular medical drama about surgical interns and residents and the drama associated with their lives both in and out of the hospital. So how can a medical drama teach us anything …

Have you ever scrolled ALL the way down to the bottom of a website and noticed a bunch of small text links? There is usually an about us and a contact me but there is also usually a privacy policy, terms or service or other long documents. If you frequent other blogs, perhaps you’ve noticed …

After your first few weeks or months of blogging, you probably started hearing people talk about their PageRank or Alexa Ranking or Klout Score. It can seem a bit overwhelming trying to figure out what they all mean, if low or high numbers are good, if you REALLY need to worry about the numbers and …

Today is Recess at Work Day and for bloggers, most of whom work at home, it can be easy to take a recess instead of doing the work we are supposed to be doing. So I asked a bunch of bloggers, what fun things do they do when they are supposed to be blogging? Today …

  © Bogdanzagan | Dreamstime.com People have very short attention spans in this digital age. If they don't find what they want in a few seconds they will click away. There are just so many things fighting for our attention that it doesn’t take much for us to say “never mind”and go looking for something …

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about blogging self-esteem which is how you perceive your worth as a blogger. You can be blogging along, just fine. All of a sudden you suffer a setback such as lower stats or a campaign that falls through or a mean comment or email and all of a sudden, …

  Discover You can access the discover section by clicking on the the number sign (also known as a hashtag symbol.) There are a few sections including tweets which shows the best tweets tailored to you by twitters special algorithms (mathematical formulas.) Activity shows you what people you follow on twitter have done recently such …

You have made the decision and created a SMART goal. That is a great step in the right direction. Now it’s time to go from goal to something you can stick with for the rest of your life. In other words, it’s time to make your goal a habit. May contain affiliate links Make Your …

May 4th is World Password Day and it’s the perfect time to remind my readers about WordPress blog security including how hacking works, how to choose a secure password and other ways you can have a secure blog. Tips on WordPress Blog Security Without the proper precautions and secure passwords, hackers can gain access to …

A good way to make sure your blog stays profitable for years to come is to spend at least some of your time working on passive income streams. Passive income is an income received on a regular basis, with little effort required to maintain it.  In other words you make money while you sleep. An …

You need to declutter your inbox again? Why is it that we have trouble keeping our email accounts clean and we need to constantly set aside time to declutter our inboxes? Your First Email Account Do you remember when you first started using email? I’ve been using email since the 90s and I remember when …

Blogging and Taxes is a topic I do not like to discuss. Taxes are a part of life but they are also a common cause of stress that comes by at the beginning part of the year – year after year after year. I am not qualified to give any sort of advice but I …

Declutter Tips for a Clean Inbox While you are tackling your email accounts, keep these tips in mind: Sort by Sender and look for large groups of emails from the same sender. Determine if you still want to receive those emails. If you have 10 unread emails from as far back as 3 months or …

5 Spring Cleaning Tasks for Bloggers These 5 Spring Cleaning Tasks for Bloggers will help you tidy up your blogging so you can be more productive as the year continues. With the warm weather comes Spring Cleaning in most households. While you are tackling your house this season, remember to take some time to do …

One way of monetizing a blog is through affiliates and Amazon Associates is the most common affiliate program. Their reports can tell you all kinds of good information that you should know so you can take stock of your affiliate efforts and see what needs to change or stay the same. But the reports can …

Choosing a good domain name is very important for many reasons including SEO (search traffic), how easy it will be on your fans and making sure not to step on anyone’s toes (more on that later.) Choosing a Good Domain Name Here are 5 considerations to keep in mind when choosing the right name. Keywords …

I want you to forget the resolutions you made and make goals. A resolution is not the same thing as a goal. There are a few reasons resolutions don’t work and ways you can make your goals SMART. Forget Your Resolutions - Make Goals We’re so used to breaking our resolutions, that we start to …

Making Friends In All The Right Places The internet is a huge place and there’s plenty of room for all of us making a living online. If you’re worried about collaborating with “your competition” think again. One of the best things you can do is make friends with other bloggers in your niche. Start By …

When it comes to Email Marketing, having a great list is important but if no one opens or reads your emails, it doesn’t matter how many people you have on your list. The key to getting them to open your emails is compelling subject lines. 5 Tips For Crafting Compelling Subject Lines It’s easy to …

I am now offering paid blog critiques as a service to my fellow bloggers. I will critique your blog on 12 points and give you some feedback on your blog. This is currently valued at $20 although the price will probably go up in the future. You can find out more about the blog critiques …

Bloggers are journalists too. We may not have gone to journalism school but that just means we are a different type of journalist. Is a homeschool mom not a teacher? She didn’t go to teacher’s college but she is still a teacher, just a different type of teacher. Same thing. What is a journalist? A …

You have to promote your blog if you want people to read it but there are so many different ways of doing so and it can be hard to decide which ways to go. Also sometimes you are faced with ways to advertise that cost money that you may not have. Whether you have a …

*This is a Guest Post by Tina of H&R Block. Congratulations, you started a blog. Or perhaps you have a blog and the traffic has started to pick up. Or perhaps your blog is starting to earn more money and you are already planning retirement. At what point does your blog stop being your hobby …

“It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know” – Anonymous “The way of the world is meeting people through other people.” - Robert Kerrigan “It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges.” - Mike Davidson Importance of Networking Networking has always been important, even before …

As a blogger you need to constantly be generating content ideas so you don’t run out of things to write about.  When you first start your blog you often have lots of ideas but as the months or years go by, the ideas seem to go as well. No matter what your niche or blog …

When you decide to make the move from hobby blogging to pro blogging you may find you need to make some changes in how you do things to succeed, especially if you are having trouble succeeding as a home business. A hobby is an activity you do on the side, for fun. A hobby blog …

WordPress Plugins are a great feature because there are so many and they can do so many things. You know the saying, “There’s an app for that” well you could probably also say, “There’s a plugin for that!”

Do you remember MacGyver? He was a character on a popular show in the late 80s, early 90s. He was very smart and was very resourceful. He used his encyclopedia knowledge to solve complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects. So how can you be the MacGyver of blogging? How to Be the …

A permalink or direct link is the link that if you click on it or put it in your address bar, it will take you directly to that post, page or image. For example, on this blog, my url is but if I wanted to tell you to visit my 5 Ways to Promote Your …

You should understand basic HTML. Even if you create your posts in a visual editor (where everything looks like it would to your reader) sometimes you have to add a code in manually and you need to know some basic HTML. I don’t know why but some people get scared when it comes to HTML. …