Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Blogging Tips”
This week I want to share with you how and why you should consider writing case studies about aspects of your blog. Also why these can be really helpful in brand work. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
What is Evergreen Content? Some content is topical, some news based and some content is evergreen. Evergreen Content is content which won’t be old news in a few months time, but like an evergreen plant will be green and seem fresh all year round. An Evergreen post on your blog will be still attracting readers consistently months, even years after …
As a co-editor of Live. Love Blog, I am over there today talking about ways to make your blog stand out to the community and brands. Hundreds of blogs start every day, how do you make sure your blog stands out? How do you rise above the masses to ensure your blog gets noticed by brands and PR …
This week the lovely Laura who blogs over at The Butterfly Mother asked me to explain how to become a brand ambassador. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting about the steps you can take to become a brand ambassador. I have written a post on this, if you prefer to read and you can find it here. If you have any topics …
Making a living online is the dream of so many. It can seem as if people who do make money online, bang out a blog post a week while simultaneously sipping Moet and Instagramming it. However, most people who are making a living online are probably used to more late nights working, than late nights drinking champers. Making money online …
This week I’m going to chat about organisation. The main ways to organise yourself and the tools which I use to keep on track. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other vlogs in …
There’s one word that I think us bloggers should use more and that’s ‘no’. It seems that lots of us seem a little too grateful for every opportunity that comes our way, whether it’s a good opportunity or not and whether it’s a good fit for our blog or not. Someone has asked us to collaborate and often we feel …
This week the lovely Jayne who blogs over at Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs asked me to chat about how to start vlogging. So here’s my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things vlog! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
Facebook’s a tough nut to crack. It seems that Mr Zuckerberg want us to pay to play and consequently it can be hard to build up any momentum. It’s certainly a platform that I feel has been harder and slower for me to build up than others. I recently past 6k page likes, compared to Twitter’s 19k followers in the same …
This week I have been asked to give some tips on how to build your Facebook following. So here is my #BlogFixFriday all about Facebook! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other vlogs in …
When you start blogging you have no idea what lies ahead. If you are anything like me, you start it on a whim, probably with little or no knowledge; then suddenly this big wide blog world opens up and it can be a little overwhelming. Maybe you’re a blogger who has been round the block a bit, but things have …
This week the lovely Jayne who blogs over at Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs asked me to explain what Trust Flow and Citation Flow are. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things flow! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my …
This week I did a course on creating Pinterest pin templates and I thought I would share with you (briefly) what I learned. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things Pinterest pins! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my …
This week the lovely Butterfly Mother asked me to share some of the blogging networks I use or at least have heard of. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things networks! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
You invest lots of time in your blog and yet your numbers seem stagnant. Blog views aren’t growing much, followers are creeping up too slowly. You desperately want to see a quicker return on all your invested time. You want to see some progress, to make all your hard-work feel worthwhile. Here’s some reasons why your blog’s growth might not be sailing along …
This week the lovely Lizzie who blogs over at Firstooth asked me how to explain what your Domain Authority is. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things D.A! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. You can find the other …
There is no doubt that blogging is amazing. I have said it before, blogging has changed my life, totally and for the better. For all the fabulous things blogging will bring into your life, it is a huge learning curve. Many of us started our blogs on a bit of a whim, having no clue where it would go or …
The blogging community is pretty awesome and can be such a supportive place. So this week I thought I would chat to you about all the ways you can support your fellow bloggers. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
Do you spend time you haven’t got scheduling tweets to promote your latest posts? Or maybe you can’t schedule any as you haven’t got the free time to input them all. I have used a few different tools over the last (almost) three years and I want to talk to you today about Social Oomph, which is by far the …
This week I decided to talk about knowing your worth as a blogger and how/when to negotiate. Increasingly, I see people who are worried about rejecting a fee, thinking it will put the brand off. So here is my #BlogFixFriday and I hope it helps! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then …
Last Saturday I spoke at Blog Camp about how to save time as a blogger and I had lots of requests for my talk to be put online, so here it is. It’s worth bearing in mind that I have a content schedule which means I publish between 2 and 4 times a day. This is due to the amount of brand …
This week the lovely Lizzie who blogs over at Firstooth asked me how I interact on social media. Which platforms I use for chatting, promotion and which for fun. I explain all in this week’s #BlogFixFriday. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I …
I have been blogging for a few years now and a day doesn’t go by without me reading something I MUST do right now or my blog will implode. There’s so much advice around, and I share my own here on this blog. I thought I would look at the biggest myths about blogging and the ones you really should …
This week the lovely Lizzie who blogs over at Firstooth asked me how to explain what your Klout score is. So here is my #BlogFixFriday chatting all things Klout! If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try my best. …
This week for #BlogFixFriday the lovely Claire who blogs over at Life, Love & Dirty Dishes asked me what she should put on her business cards and what essential items I would take to a blogging conference. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the comments and I will try …
My lovely friend Emma who blogs over a Life According to Mrs Shilts asked me to write about vlogging and pass on some tips for those of you out there who are thinking of giving it a go. Vlogging is something I never thought I would enjoy, but I LOVE it and I also adore making family films. My channel …
This week the lovely Rebecca who blogs over at AAU Blog asked me how to to secure blog conference sponsorship. So I have vlogged some tips and tricks to help you do just that, here is my #BlogFixFriday. If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then please let me know in the …
Last week I may have convinced you that you need a blog newsletter. You might be sitting in front of your computer right now sure of the benefits that a newsletter could bring to you, but unsure of where you are going to find the time to do yet another blogmin task. I totally hear you and I am here …
This week I decided to chat to you about pitching to brands, as I know it can be a little daunting, especially to newer bloggers. I hope it helps! CHECK OUT MY FREE WEBINAR – 5 STEPS TO WORKING WITH BRANDS AS A BLOGGER If you have any topics or questions you would like me to cover in #BlogFixFriday then …
This week I want to talk about blog images. One of my blogging dislikes (just me personally, no offence meant to anyone) is no images in posts or small images. As you can imagine this is quite a large topic, but I wanted to pull all the relevant information together in one place so you don’t have to go searching; it …
