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How to format blog posts Have you ever landed on a blog and bounced straight back off it again? I have… Do you know what makes that happen more often than not? It’s not because the reader has read some content that they disagree with or don’t like. It’s not because they can’t resonate with what you’re message. Nope …
SEO is way more complicated and intricate than just using Yoast and finding the right keywords for your posts. Although it might not be everyone’s favourite topic, there is so much we can receive in terms of results from investing a little effort. So I’m going to show you how to increase traffic with blog SEO. Here are 5 …
Do you know what an SEO page title or description is? Yes? No? Don’t worry read on and all will become clear. I’ll even show you how to write them both properly. Ok, so SEO isn’t particularly sexy, or that interesting to most people BUT it is so important to us bloggers! Google gives your search traffic with intent. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I love the process of writing a weekly gratitude list, as it ensures I consciously take in the small, but lovely things that happen every day. Then, they are immortalised here on the page, so I will always remember. This week I have loved; Launching my Blogging Roadmap quiz! A lovely day with friends having a …
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 …
There’s so much information out there on the web, but how do you know where you should be focusing your time to move your blog forward. With this is mind I have created three separate blogging schedules. So whether you have 10, 15 or 20 hours to spend on your blog I have mapped out a 5 day week that will move …
During my life as a blogger one common issue crops up time and time again for the bloggers I speak to. We’re all beavering away, trying to turn our blogs into whatever we hope they’ll be (in many cases our business), but we often lack direction and focus. It’s so common not to really know where you are in the landscape …
I love the process of writing a weekly gratitude list, as it ensures I consciously take in the small, but lovely things that happen every day. Then, they are immortalised here on the page, so I will always remember. This week I have loved; Lovely messages in response to my IG stories and being wobbly about France. …
How Instagram Stories work There is no doubt that having a live ‘real’ connection with your audience is vital to the success of your blog. People want to have relationships with authentic people and so this live connection is becoming increasingly important. I’ve spoken more about the value of Instagram Stories in a previous post – How to use Instagram stories …
I’ve already shared our experience of this year’s Camp Bestival, but I also wanted to show you how amazing it is for children of all ages. Ava has been going from the age of 2-4 and has adored it each year. So, I decided that the best way to show you how perfect it is for kids is to ask …
It might have been ‘Madness’ to travel back from France having just moved there, to go to a festival. It could have been… if that festival was any other festival. It wasn’t though, it was Camp Bestival’s tenth anniversary and having experienced the magic twice before it was a no brainer to return. Camp Bestival has a reputation for being …
I love the process of writing a weekly gratitude list, as it ensures I consciously take in the small, but lovely things that happen every day. Then, they are immortalised here on the page, so I will always remember. This week I have loved; Spending time at Camp Bestival with my crew. The amazing energy in …
