I am guessing that if you are reading this, you are a blogger. That also tells me, you are reading this because you either have heard of Gleam and are curious what it is or how it works; or you are curious if this new ‘thing’ (e.g. Gleam) is something that could benefit you or …

Did you know that Pinterest boards and pins show up on Google? That means that you need to SEO your Pinterest boards too. Or maybe you just have a messy Pinterest account and you want to sort it all out but it just seems TOO overwhelming. Mandi from Blog Assistant Media offers a Pinterest SEO …

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 …

1. Favourites List Your favourites list is what shows up on the left in Facebook under News Feed, Messages, Events and Browse. Use the favourites list to keep the pages, groups and interest lists that matter to you most on the sidebar in the order you want them in. When they are in the sidebar, …

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 …

This is a Guest Post Mini Challenge for the Biannual Blogathon Bash event. Anyone is welcome to read this post and try the challenge but only blogathon participants are eligible to win prizes for completing it. It’s not too late to join! You can read more about the guest author at the end. Add a …