Want to increase your pageviews and make your readers stick around? What are readers suppose to do once they get to the end of your posts, do you have a call to action? If you want your readers to stick around…make your posts sticky. It’s likely that your reader has found your post via social…
Are you writing posts that are worth sharing? This is the first question that you should ask yourself as a blogger. If you want your blog to grow, you need to have content that will make readers want to share it. I’m not going to share a journal entry of what your child ate for…
You’re all set up with your new website and you’ve been blogging away, however, your traffic has stalled and you’re wondering why you’re not getting sponsored post opportunities. You have a high bounce rate and you’re wondering why your readers aren’t sticking around. Do you have a killer website design? No? You’ve put all this…
You can tell when your sidebar is too cluttered when you’ve piled on badges, buttons and ads into them that they no longer get clicked on. If you want to determine how popular the items in your sidebar, I’d suggest installing a heat map like Sumome or checking your Google Analytics In-Page views to see…
Are you tired of writers block? Can’t think of a single thing to write about on your blog? Enter the editorial calendar. You need one if you want to get serious about blogging. It sounds fancy but it’s really just a calendar of your upcoming blog post ideas. I’m not a paper and pencil girl…
I started out my personal blog as I think a lot of bloggers do by writing a journal about what our family was doing each week. If your goal is to make money, you’ll soon find that no one cares about you. other than your family and friends It’ll be very hard to start generating an…
Are you thinking of starting a blog? What could you possibly write about week after week? It can be overwhelming the thought of starting your own blog, one of the things you’ll need to figure out is your blog topic. What do you love? In order to blog, you’ll need to be able to write…
A blogger’s work is never done, if you want to keep growing then you have to keep up on your blogging education. I love reading about blogging and social media, more than I like watching TV. When you find something you love, this is what happens, you dedicate your free time to it and try…
So you’ve come up with an awesome blog post but you feel like there’s something missing. I have a snazzy blog post checklist that I’ve come up with and it’s a printable as well. Catchy Headline What makes your readers want to click on your post? You need to add a catchy headline. Which post…
In July I held a media kit giveaway and here are the 3 winners from the giveaway. They braved through my questionnaire and answered everything the best they could to rock out their own media kits. Why do you need a media kit? If you’re ready to take your blog to the next level and…
How do you get the best blog design when you are working with a designer? Do you think your blog needs a makeover? Want to pretty up that blog but can’t do it without someone else’s help? Well, you may need a blog designer to help. As with any new venture, you want to make…
If you want to get serious about blogging, there are some handy plugins that you can use to help you become a better blogger. Beyond the basic plugins that I think every blog should have, these are my favorites Editorial Calendar If you want to get serious about blogging, I suggest you come up…