Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Making Money, Starting Out, Uncategorized
A blog is a quick and easy way to start marketing an existing business OR start making money while you decide exactly what your business is going to be. In terms of building authority, establishing and strengthening relationships, and providing a platform through...
Blogging Basics, Content, Planning, Starting Out
What should my blog be about? That’s one of the first questions you have to answer when starting your journey into blogging. And it’s one that many people get stuck on. Of course, your blog niche can be literally anything. The only limit is your imagination. But this...
Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Content, Distributing, Making Money
When it comes to your blog audience, there’s no denying that size matters. While your blog traffic is not the most important thing when it comes to profitability, you’ve got to have someone to sell to. And if you’ve ever felt that your blog isn’t growing fast enough,...
Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Mindset, Productivity, Starting Out
As of this writing, there are over 600 million blogs on the internet. That’s a lot. However, not all are active and not all are profitable. Why? There are a number of reasons blogs don’t make money, but the most common are these 3: It’s a hobby blog. The blogger...
Blogging Basics, Starting Out, Teacher Life
The internet is full of blogging advice, and a lot of it is really useful. Unfortunately a lot of it used to be useful, but became outdated 20 years ago, and some of it is just plain wrong. So how does a budding blogger discern the difference? Well, it’s not easy...
Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Making Money, Side Hustles
One objection I hear over and over again when I talk to people about blogging is that what they do is different, so they don’t need to blog. This is a very common misconception. The fact is that I have a hard time coming up with any business that can’t benefit from a...
Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Distributing, Starting Out
You work hard on writing helpful, easy to read posts that your audience will love. So it’s frustrating when it feels like no one is paying any attention. I get it. If you want to get more eyes on your content, there are a few things you can do to accelerate your...
Blogging Basics, Content, Distributing, Starting Out
As a new blogger, you likely have a lot of questions, many of which revolve around getting more eyes on your blog. One of the questions I hear a lot is; What’s the best day to publish a new post? What they’re really asking is; Is there a day of the week that’s better,...
Blogging Basics, Side Hustles, Starting Out
After you’ve defined your niche, named your blog, and obtained hosting for your new website, you have to choose a theme. Contrary to what you might think, a theme is not the topic of your blog – that falls under the umbrella of your niche. In this case a theme...
Blogging Basics, Starting Out
It’s easy to dismiss the choice of hosting companies for your blog as an unimportant decision. On the surface, all hosting companies seem alike. Isn’t one just as good as another? In a word, no. Your blog host is one of those behind-the-scenes tools that you don’t...
