Sometimes the best content calendars in the world cannot help you overcome what happens when you are depressed. You try to create content, but when you sit down at the keyboard you find that the creativity you need just isn’t there. I have several blogs that I had to set …
The best book that I have read out there for blogging (and yes, I even gave Blogging for Dummies), is Ruth Soukup’s book, How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul. The book takes a practical approach to blogging from setting up your blog to finding your ideal reader …
I love to sit down and watch YouTube videos on how to be a better blogger. They always give me a good laugh. Why? As a blogger, I know the ugly truth. The truth that they don’t want to tell you because if they did, they wouldn’t have the views …
One of the greatest game changers for me has been the use of a content calendar to plan out my content. Planning ahead has taken all of the guess work out of my writing time and now know exactly what I’m going to work on, and I can even choose …
It’s not easy finding the time to blog when you are already so busy. Instead, you have to purposely make time. In fact, this week alone I contemplated backing off from everything and throwing in the towel because I felt like I just couldn’t make time for it all. I …
When you first begin your blogging journey, you will notice that it will be some time before you gain any traction. I don’t mean the writing part. I am talking about the traffic part. Your website will be slow to gain traffic. It will be slow before Google indexes your …
So, how is that content calendar coming along? I did managed to increase my productivity using the content calendar. Of course, promoting my content is something that I have yet to do. Some of my blogs I already promote automatically (blogs go directly to my social media), but others I …
I’ve been running several blogs, including those attached to retail businesses, for some time now. My author’s blog has been consistently written to since 2012 when I started publishing my young adult novels. I loved writing about my journey, but I never had a set schedule. Recently, I started reading …
Disclaimers show readers that you are being paid for certain links within your posts or blog. They alert your reader that if you click on something, chances are you may be paid. This way, they have the choice on whether or not they want to click on the link to …
When you start up your business- whether a blog, website, or retail- you may want to consider what affiliate marketing can do for you. Affiliate marketing through a single partner can provide you with a great way to monetize your business without having to scour the internet looking for ideas. …
