Whether your blogging break was planned or not, when you come back to blogging after being away for a while, it can seem very overwhelming. Over the many years I’ve been blogging, I’ve taken a few breaks. Some were because I lost internet access at home for a while. Some were vacations, some were from …

I have been writing every since I can remember, reading since I was 2.  I have loved to read Shakespeare from the time I was old enough to remember. I began reading Nancy Drew books at the age of 5. I remember my Grandma King being concerned that I was reading things that were far too old …

By now many people have heard about the Status People web app that determines if your twitter followers are fake. I briefly contemplated buying followers way back when I had 500 followers and I wanted to get the bigger review opportunities. I quickly realized though that it was stupid, dishonest and unethical and I didn’t …

If you are a professional blogger at some point you will need to find a way to keep track of your finances. Your income (sponsored posts, ad revenue, affiliate ads, product or service fees) and expenses (conference fees, design work, office supplies, internet fees.) Many bloggers have created printables or spreadsheets to track these things. …

Whether you are looking for help starting your first blog or you already have one or more and are planning another, it pays to put some thought into you blog before you actually make it. Especially if gaining a large readership and/or monetizing your blog is important to you. Knowledge and planning will lessen the …

Have you heard of Domain Authority? If you don’t know what it is or if it applies to you, this post should help. Domain Authority (DA) is a website metric which was developed by Moz. It takes many different measurements into consideration and changes regularly. DA has to do with how a website might perform …

1. Create Your Page. 2. Go to layout or just your blog if have quick edit enabled. With quick edit you can click the little edit button on your menu bar. If you don’t have that enabled, use layout to edit the pages/menu   3. When the box comes up, unselect the page(s) you don’t …

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, …

  Does SEO leave you baffled? © Ivelinr | Dreamstime.com  Do you need help figuring out keywords, backlinks, categories, tags, plugins, where to get indexed, best permalink structure, site speed and more? Are you tried of trying to figure out all this yourself and just want someone who knows what they are talking about to …