It’s never intentional. A blogger or small businessperson starts up a website and quickly realizes that the way to bring traffic to their writing or business is through social media. Within a few weeks, this person is on all platforms, sharing links everywhere, and hoping that the “spray and pray” method will work. I’m going […]
Discovering Your Niche, Even if You’ve Been Blogging Forever
Whether you’ve been blogging for a month or a decade, sometimes taking inventory of your blog and its niche, is necessary. Take a moment and answer the following questions: What do you want to be known for? What kind of person loves your blog? If you had to write a one sentence mission statement for […]
Survival Of The….?
In science, they call it survival-of-the-fittest. The animals that can outlast their competition, end up passing on strong DNA to their offspring. In the digital world, it’s called survival-of-the-one-who-can-keep-up-with-the-changes-fastest. I’ll work on the name later. This post is for bloggers who’ve been around the block a while. There is a very famous tweet quote… Do not […]
Using Categories and Tags on WordPress to Create a Great Reading Experience on Your Blog
Today’s post is going to be a complete explanation of how categories and tags work on WordPress, how they help your readers discover older posts, and how to use them in unique and interesting ways to add functionality to your site. What is a category on WordPress? A category is a way to organize your […]
Why Other Bloggers in Your Niche are NOT Your Competition
I used to be afraid to go to other blogging websites. Terrified that I would find content way better, smarter, and faster. Sure I‘d want to go crawl under a rock when I saw the amount of comments and following. In other words, I was insecure. Does it sound familiar? Human beings by nature are […]
Why are Some Terrible Blogs So Popular?
When someone comes to me for advice about how to grow their blog and following, this question usually slips out– quietly, and with some embarrassment. “But why are there bad blogs that are so popular?!” No one will admit who or what blog they are referring to, but I’m sure with a little thought, you […]
What Kind of Blog do You Have?
If you are just starting out with a blog, this post is for you! Even if you are a veteran blogger, taking time to hone in one your goal and vision will help tremendously. You should start with, what kind of blog are you?