Blog Maintainance, Content, Planning
Every few months or so something happens and just seems to take over every media outlet and social feed. Betty White’s unfortunate passing springs to mind. Inevitably, smaller publishers like bloggers start to jump in on it, too. If you’ve ever thought about trying to...
Business Growth, Content, Crafting, Making Money, Side Hustles
When trying to monetize a blog, affiliate marketing is one of the fastest ways to start making money from your site. Affiliate marketing is selling other people’s products or services in exchange for a commission on the sale. For more on the basics of affiliate...
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,...
Content, Planning, Starting Out
One of the first decisions you’re going to make as a blogger is what to name your blog. But before you think about this, you need to know what your niche is going to be. Go back and review this post for assistance with this. Your blog name is the public face of your...
Content, Mindset, Planning, Teacher Life
Teaching and education are popular topics for teacher blogs. It makes sense. You’re a teacher. You write about what you know. Sounds perfect, right? Well, here’s an unpopular opinion. Your teacher blog shouldn’t be about teaching… or education… or anything school...
Content, Crafting, Mindset, Planning, Side Hustles, Starting Out, Teacher Life
I started blogging in 2013, I had no idea what I was doing. I made a lot of mistakes. A lot. My mistakes cost me a lot of time and money, and slowed the growth of my business in ways I can’t even measure. Last week a client asked what I would do differently if I...
Content, Crafting, Distributing, Mindset, Planning
The internet is crowded and it can be hard for a new blogger to get noticed online. And if you’re just starting out it seems like there’s so much to… how do you know where to put your time and energy so that your posts get found, read, shared, and engaged with? While...
Content, Mindset, Side Hustles, Teacher Life
I recently had a conversation with a student I wanted to share. She had just finished the 5 Day Content Challenge and had a long list of blog post topics she wanted to write about. She was so excited about this list and was just about to enroll in Content Made Simple,...
Content, Productivity, Side Hustles, Teacher Life
When you make the decision to start a blog, podcast, or video show, you do so with the understanding that you’re committing to regularly create new content to share with your readers, listeners, or viewers. But sometimes the best laid plans… you know. We all have busy...
Content, Crafting, Distributing, Mindset, Planning
Let’s start this blogcast with an important statement: You are enough. Right now. Today. You are enough. I say this because there are a large number of side hustlin’ teachers who want to start a blog, podcast, or video show, but don’t because they feel they’re...
