Every Thursday for the next couple of months, I’m featuring a 1st year blogger to write about his/her experience in the first year of blogging. Today it’s time to hear from Emily Cappo, author of Oh Boy Mom. I invite you to check her out and follow her. The first time I met Emily, it was […]
Archives for January 2013
30 Reasons Your Blog Hits Don’t Turn Into Loyal Readers
Are you having trouble growing your loyal reader base? Do people come to your blog once and never return? In tech code, that’s called Bounce Rate and bloggers obsess over it. If your daily stats aren’t too bad, but you don’t increase your subscribers or following, this post is for you. Here’s my disclaimer for the […]
1st Year Bloggers – Forever 51
It’s Thursday! This means we get to hear from another first year blogger. Mary Anne is the author of Forever 51, a hilarious blog that you should not be missing. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Mary Anne in NYC back in the fall…and she is a hoot! I consider her a friend, a […]
Plugins Widgets Huh?
People who are just starting out with a self-hosted WordPress site might find the terms and options completely overwhelming. This is meant to be an introduction to plugins and widgets. Oftentimes the two terms are used interchangeably, but there are slight differences. A plugin is basically – an add on. It’s like a mini piece […]
Creating an Archive List in Blogger
After a few days, an epic well-written post gets lost in the sea of archives. Of course you can use the archive widgets, but most of them pull by date, not by title. How will your readers know that January was a good month and May wasn’t? You can solve this problem by creating an […]
1st Year Bloggers | Melanie Chisnall
Every Thursday for the next couple of months, I’m featuring a 1st year blogger to write about his/her experience in the first year of blogging. The following post was written by Melanie Chisnall from http://www.scribblesandsmiles.com. Melanie is a fellow writer from Hubpages who is known for her animal advocacy, her vibrant and positive outlook on life, […]
1st Year Bloggers | Cyndi Calhoun
Every Thursday for the next couple of months, I’m featuring a 1st year blogger to tell it like it is. The following post was written by Cyndi Calhoun fromhttp://pictimilitude.com. I first met her on Hubpages in June and found her to be funny, inspiring, and quite creative. She blends photography and writing on her personal […]