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If you want to earn from your blog, then being organised is important. Blogging can be so time-consuming and things can get on top of you if you haven’t got systems in place. We all have multiple demands on our time. This means we all need tools and systems that work, so we can make sure we’re productive in the …
If you’re serious about blogging, then setting achievable blogging goals is very important. As bloggers, we face an endless list of tasks that need doing each day. Plus often have so many ideas we want to explore and implement. Without achievable blogging goals, you might find that you don’t feel as if you’re moving forward and growing your blog. Setting …
Do you have trouble starting? Have so many ideas. Then you overthink what you should do with them all and end up doing nothing? Do you second guess yourself or the response you may get to a post you want to write? Distracted by Facebook? Paralysis by analysis? Fear not, I’m here with some tips to make procrastination a thing …
Being a blogger and even making your living from blogging is amazing. However, it does come with it’s own set of problems; long hours, lots of stress, and to-do lists that are often off the scale. Add in your family, pets, friends and the demands of daily life and it can be very easy to become overwhelmed. As bloggers, we tend to do …
How to have the mindset of a winner So much of success is mindset. Successful people KNOW they will be successful, they don’t doubt it and they work to make it happen. So how do you develop the mindset of a winner? MINDSET SHIFT #1 – STOP HIDING AND START BEING SEEN. No one can ever work with you if …
fOne of my favourite things about being a blogger is attending blogger conferences. I love the chance to chat to other bloggers, learn new things and speak to brands. Just being in the company of others who ‘get it,’ is pretty cool; as sometimes blogging can feel like a solitary pursuit. Before every conference I hear people who haven’t …
Bloggers listen up! You NEED an email. Seriously, you need one. You might not have anything to sell. You might never have plans to sell anything ever. This doesn’t matter. Your email list is the only list of subscribers/followers that you actually OWN. You might have eleventy-billion Instagram followers or a gazillion Facebook fans, but on those platforms you could …
I used to write 17 blog posts each week. Yeah, I know…… I wrote a lot of content. That content gets shared a huge amount by others, so I am going to take that as a sign that people enjoy my content. The point of this post is to show YOU how you can write lots of quality posts each …
I love blogging and one of the things I love the most is collaborating with other bloggers. Most of the time we work on our own and so it can be wonderful to work with others. Collaborations can take many forms, so I thought I would give you my thoughts on collaborations and hopefully mention some that you haven’t considered …
I thought about the questions I get asked most by other bloggers and the one area of blogging that seems to be a little hush hush and mysterious is…..money! However, it’s not just about the money, lots of people message me asking how to respond to the emails they receive from brands or PRs. They lack confidence and I hope by …
Blogging burnout: Burnout is a psychological term that refers to long-term exhaustion and diminished interest in work. The symptoms of burnout are similar to those of clinical depression. Blogging is hard, let’s not pretend otherwise. Not all the time, no, most of the time it is THE most amazing gift of a hobby/job, but sometimes it can be a slog. Sometimes …
What do you do when you pick up a book? Most probably you turn it over and read the blurb. You want to find out what the book is about and what you can expect from it. Well, your ‘About Me‘ page is to your blog, what a blurb is to a book. Therefore, it’s vital that you get it right, otherwise your …
So you decided to start a blog. You have spent time designing it and creating posts; but now you want more. You feel you are putting in so much work and now you want your blog to be exposed to a larger audience. You want to attract greater opportunities and most of all you want it to be noticed. With …
Facebook. You either love it or you hate it. Whichever camp you fall into, one thing’s for sure, Facebook can be a great way to find clients, grow your authority, make connections, make friends and so much more. There’s no doubt it can be tricky to get traction on your Facebook page without paying for ads, which makes groups even …
A question I’ve been asked so many times over the years is how to pitch brands. If you have been blogging a while and want to start making money from your blog then pitching is something you will probably find yourself doing. Lots of professional bloggers will still have a high percentage on inbound work, but pitching can be helpful …
One of the most amazing things about the blogging community is the support network. There is always someone to help you and support you, whenever you need it and to share their knowledge. There is a lovely ethos of sharing information, whether it is the posts of others or information about opportunities. I love sharing things that work for me …
Do you need a blogging niche to be successful? Hundreds, if not thousands of people start blogs every day. All of these new bloggers want to build a successful blog, they want traffic, they want to build a loyal audience and a chunk of them would also like to monetise their blogs. They spend hours designing a logo, …
We often don’t give enough life-span to our good archived content. Just because we published it X number of years ago doesn’t mean everyone who could benefit from its message has seen it or that it has served its purpose for us. Some people may have missed it, some people maybe weren’t ready to learn the information first time round, some …
When you’ve been blogging a while, you start to get asked the same questions over and over again. Most people want to know how to make money from their blog, but one of the other main questions I get asked a lot is ‘How do you grow your blog’? Everyone wants more traffic, a bigger audience and more return …
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 …
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 …
Storytelling: Your autoresponder secret weapon What makes you read a blog post or article or email? Interesting stats? A clever turn of phrase? An attention-grabbing headline? All of those things can pique your interest, but they won’t keep your eyes on the page. For that, what you need is a story. As a blogger, service provider, …
What to blog about? How to use reader feedback When you first started your blog, chances are you had no trouble coming up with content ideas. But as you continually put out content, you’ll at some point hit a wall where you’ll start to have trouble coming up with new content ideas. When you get to this point, instead of …
DO YOU WANT TO ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE HUNGRY FOR YOUR CONTENT? FREE TRAINING! Do you feel like it’s only other blogger’s who read your blog? Want to build a loyal audience of blog readers? It can be hard to know what to focus on to make sure readers find your blog and then stick around! You long for …
Wouldn’t it be great if we could see into the future and live today with the added benefit of our experience a few years down the line? It would be so much easier to make our decisions and plans if we had that sort of foresight. It can be so hard to know which direction to head in and super …
How to find your voice as a blogger I write only because / There is a voice within me / That will not be still. –Sylvia Plath When you read content by someone who’s found their voice, there’s a really distinct ring to it. You can tell they’re really passionate, really self-expressed and really know what they’re talking about. …
The best thing about blogging is the community. With this in mind, I thought I found ask a few (100 to be precise!!) of my blogging friends to share THE BEST blogging tip that they have ever been given. We have bloggers at all different stages of their blogging journey, so I hope you enjoy reading their best blogging tip. …
