Tag: blogging
Why having a blog can help your social media presence
teaganIt can be pretty tough to get yourself noticed on social media these days, it’s a totally oversaturated market of hopefuls trying to get their stuff in front of a few more eyeballs and build up their presence. Having a blog can help you out with your quest to build your very own community. A…
Beginners Guide to Blog Newsletter Email Lists
When you start out blogging you might feel like email lists aren’t all that important. When you’re only getting less than a handful of views a day on your blog what’s the point in wasting time setting up an email list and newsletter? Well, I’m going to attempt to demystify why so many successful bloggers…
Why freesources can help grow your blogs subscriber list
Everybody loves a freebie, but what people love even more are freebies that are useful. Before we jump into why freesources can help your blog let’s chat about what they actually are, and why free is a bit of a loose term when it comes to freesources. What are Freesources? Freesources are basically free resources…
Advice for Newbie Bloggers
Whether you’re dipping your toe into the blogging world or diving in head first it can be a steep learning curve. Here’s my advice for all of you lovelies that have decided to take the plunge. Don’t focus on the money I know, it sucks. Who wouldn’t want to quit their day job and become…
What is a flat lay?
If you’re part of the online world then you might have seen the word flat lay being bandied about and wondered what exactly it means, and how you can jump on the flat lay bandwagon. What is a Flat Lay? A flat lay is a picture taken from a birds eye view of a collection of…
What is WHOIS privacy and do you need it
For those of you that are registering your first domain you might have noticed an option to get whois privacy and wondered what it’s all about and whether you really need to shell out extra cash for it. So let’s go over exactly what it is, why you might want it, and why if you…
Why you should be using blog excerpts
Before we get into to why using blog excerpts on your home/archive pages is a good idea, let’s talk about what exactly blog excerpts are. What are blog excerpts? When you’ve written a blog post it’s displayed on your blogs homepage (or archive page) and you can either show the full blog post meaning people…
How to find your blogs niche
Your blogs niche is the topic that you want your blog to focus on. For example if you have a blog that offers information about sports, sports would be your blogs niche. Sports is a very broad topic and your niche needn’t be so broad, you could focus in on the sport niche and blog about…
Simple AB Testing For Your Content
You can see a myriad of successful bloggers and youtubers AB testing their content and there’s a good reason why. It let’s you make informed decisions about what works best for your content and get a better idea of which direction you should go in. What is AB Testing? AB testing is basically having two versions…
10 things to do when you setup a wordpress blog
If you’re new to the blogging game then there’s a few things you’ll want to do as soon as your sparkly new wordpress blog is set up to get it on the road to success. 1. Delete the Default Content WordPress comes with default content (usually a page, a post, and a comment). Don’t leave…