RankIQ is a newer SEO tool that was created specifically for bloggers. I’ve been using it for the past few months and have seen great results – here is my full (unsponsored) review. Over the years, I have tried many different SEO tools. I love trying new things to see if they’ll work for my […]
How I Use Fiverr to Run My Blogging Business
Running a successful blogging business has a lot of moving parts. For the vast majority of my blogging career, I thought I had to do it all myself – the content creation, updating, social media promotion, the tech support, the SEO…everything. However, over the past few years, I’ve discovered that there is value in hiring […]
Tips for Using an Interns for Your Blogging Business
My interest in blogging professionally started when I took on an internship during my senior year at BYU. At the time, it just seemed like a sweet opportunity to work from home – because I had a baby, and the last thing I wanted to do was leave him! I am forever grateful for my […]
The Basics of Creating a Killer Blog Newsletter
Are you wanting to learn how to create a blog newsletter…but you aren’t sure where to start? In this post, we’ll discuss everything you need to have a solid framework for your newsletter! If there is one thing I would tell myself when I first started blogging, it would be this: Start a newsletter. Newsletters […]
What To Discuss Before Starting a Sponsored Post
What To Discuss Before Starting a Sponsored Post Over the years, I have done a lot of sponsored posts. Some of the experiences have been amazing, and I look forward to working with those companies again. Others? Well, let’s just say there are a handful of companies I would rather eat dirt than work with […]
How to Update Old Blog Posts and Increase Traffic
How to Update a Blog Post for Better Traffic, Money, and Email Subscribers Do you have hundreds of posts on your site that don't get any traffic? Don't delete old blog posts – update them for even better traffic! On Clarks Condensed, we have nearly 2000 published posts. However, the majority of our traffic definitely is […]
Flipboard for Bloggers: A Mindless Way to Increase Traffic
I started blogging right around the tail end of when it was a huge driver of traffic for people without much effort having to be put in. There were no algorithms. Having tons and tons of followers was the ultimate goal. And if you pinned something, it would almost certainly do well. Well, that’s not […]
Sponsored Blog Posts: Everything You Need to Know
Sponsored Posts for Bloggers 101 Some of the questions I get the most have to do with sponsored posts. As much as I would like to respond to each of those questions individually, I decided it would be most time effective and, hopefully, helpful, if I wrote a post about everything you wanted to know about […]