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Three ways to get more traffic by borrowing someone else’s Most people who run an online business will say their biggest struggle is that they “need to get more traffic.” You need traffic to build your email list. You need traffic to sell your products You need traffic to fill your courses. That leaves the …
Last week, I walked you through how to do keyword research and explained the value of finding the right keyword. But how do you use it correctly for maximum impact? Never fear, I’m going to go through that with you today. With your keyword/keyword phrase in mind, just write your post. If there’s a way when writing this first draft to …
This week has been a very full week at Mamapreneur Towers, I been recording podcasts, writing content, giving the Inner Circle a strategy session and planning for 2018. I’ve also hacked together a walking desk with a running machine, a shelf, a box and some sellotape! Onto this week; Weekly highlight: Brainstorming and planning with Ceri …
Create an action plan to make your blog biz dreams come true Many businesses start out with a dream and an inspiration, but it never really gets much further than that. It could be the best, most innovative idea, but often businesses can end up going bust because they didn’t have a detailed action plan and timeline when they started. …
If you get SEO right it’s one of the only FREE ways to build your blog and increase traffic. I think as the subject is a little dry (alright downright boring!) we can gloss over it as we go looking for something more exciting to do with our time. We really shouldn’t though as getting right is so important. …
So, it’s the time of the week when I share a little behind the scenes look into my business. What’s going on, my plans, projects I’m working on and everything in between. The internet was playing up at home this week, which did cause some stresses, but I powered through and managed to hit all my deadline, despite …
How to prioritise your goals You have great intentions. You set goals but you’re unsure as to which one you should be focusing on and when. So as a result you become stuck. You don’t work on any, as you can never decide on your focus. In order to prioritise your goals you’ll need to have a good understanding …
It’s the time of the week that I usually share my happy list with you all. The things that I have loved over the last week. This week should have marked my 180th ‘Happy list’ but I thought it was time for a change! Over the last 4 and a bit years I have built up my blog and …
There’s a lot more to goal setting than just picking a goal and moving forward. While taking action is important, it’s also important to ensure that you are setting the right goals at the right time, so that you can be successful. How to set the right goals? No-one likes setting goals and not achieving them, but sadly that’s what …
The first thing you need to get right when it comes to email marketing is the subject line. If you can’t get your subscribers to open your emails, it really doesn’t matter how good the content in the actual email is. Straight away you can see the value of a compelling email subject line. It’s easy to spend a lot …
The time is approaching when we need to either buy presents for our nearest and dearest or tell them what we would like! With this in mind I’ve scoured the internet to put together my top picks helping you answer the question, What to buy a blogger for Christmas? These goodies are either things that I love and use every …
I’m so excited to invite you all to a very special event, the 2017 wrap party! Goal-Setters to Goal-Getters! After the success of last year’s party I KNEW I had to do it all over again! I wanted to end the year on a high, so what better way to do that, than to have a party! Time to get together to celebrate our 2017 …
“This post contains affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I only recommend products I use and love.” For the last year bloggers and other influencers have been working on something behind the scenes. They’ve been collaborating in Tailwind Tribes curating quality content from across the …
We all know how important it is to build our email lists. There are lots of strategies you can use to get people onto your list and it can be really useful to utilise your social media accounts to help you. After all, you’ve spent time building up an audience on all these different platforms, you might as well reap …
Ooh I love a new planner! There’s nothing like the lure of a new, fresh planner just waiting for you to make your mark on it. From bullet journaling to posh high end planners, I’ve tried so many over the years. I have so many notebooks and planners, it’s actually a bit crazy. I’m always looking for the ‘perfect’ planner; …
You should ALL know by now how important it is to have an email list and be actively working on building that list. To do this, you will need an email service provider. There are many options on the market. Some offer free plans, while other sport a heftier price tag. Having used MailChimp when I first started blogging, I …
Building a community around your blog is so important for its future success. Personally, I credit these things for the success I’ve experienced with my blog. Developing community really made a difference to the speed at which my blog grew. As I’m a psychology girl let’s start with the theory! It’s so important to remember that community is …
[How to grow your email list with amazeballs blog posts] I do like to get on my soap box and shout about the fact that all bloggers need an email list. I talk a lot about email lists; why you need them, how to set them up, what to send to people when you have no ideas. My email list is …
There are so many brands that want to work with bloggers and they don’t ALL want to work with big, established bloggers. As a new blogger or one with a smaller following you might be under the assumption that brands won’t want to connect with you as you aren’t influential enough and you don’t have a big enough audience. That’s …
The only course you’ll need if you want to smash working with brands. Imagine if your blog attracted the attention of brands and you could increase your income so much that you could give up the 9-5. Finally living the dream of working for yourself. You know you can, right?! Does this sound familiar to you?… You’re busy hustling to …
When I started blogging I had NO IDEA how to work with brands, none, squat, nadda! 😳 I saw everyone else doing it and I felt like I would never be able to turn my hobby blog into a business. I didn’t even know where to start. (I was lost in the wilderness… cue spooky music! 🌲) Are you wondering …
Your blog might have started as a hobby, somewhere to preserve your family memories. However, somewhere along the line your blog has become so much more than that. You spend so much of your time trying to build your numbers, engage with bloggers and trying to attract the attention of brands. It can be exhausting! Then sometimes you wonder if …
Make a click to tweet image to help your organic marketing?!… Organic marketing might be the stuff of dreams for us bloggers. We should be doing all we can to make it really easy for our readers to share our posts far and wide. Yes, we all have social sharing buttons, but how can we grab the attention of our …
Do you want to work with brands? Are you tired of waiting for them to come to you? Have you heard about pitching to brands, but don’t know where to start? Never fear, I’m here to help! I’m going to share my step by step process to help you kick start pitching to brands. Have you got a …
Want to get more twitter followers? Who doesn’t?! Twitter has always been my strongest social network in terms of number of followers. Ironically, it’s the platform that I’ve spent less time trying to grow it over the years. After 4 years I’ve increased my followers to almost 24k. Not too shabby considering the lack of focused attention on growth. So here …
Are you interested in learning how to generate passive income products? Make money while you sleep? Sounds appealing doesn’t it? When I started blogging over 4 years ago, I had absolutely no idea that bloggers could create products that would be sold 24/7 on autopilot. Now 4 years onto my journey I have 3 courses, a membership site (although that’s …
WordPress plugins for blogs Ooh I love a good plugin! I get a geeky buzz when someone gives me the heads up about a plugin I haven’t used before. Especially, when I know that it will either, save me time or make my life easier. THAT, I love! I love WordPress, however the basic platform lacks some functionality and so …
How much to charge for a blog post Discussing money can be very difficult and figuring out how much to charge for a blog post can be a real stumbling block for bloggers. Often we under value ourselves and that leads us to a lack of confidence when we’re discussing our rates. If you’re feeling like this, …
Which are the best blogging apps? There always seems to be a new app in the market, something that will save us time or make our pictures look better or one of the other benefits from these technical genies. However, like it or not we rely on apps so much in our daily lives and as bloggers we *probably* couldn’t …
Why Content Is Still King “Content is king” you’ve heard that before, right?! When the internet was just a dream and print content was all there was; Content is King was the undeniable truth. However, how is it that in today’s landscape where online content dominates print content, many of the world’s top SEO and web marketing experts still say …
