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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 […]
23 Gifts Bloggers Really Want
Like any professional business, especially of the entrepreneur variety, bloggers have a lot of things that they need to help grow their business. They need better equipment, better skills, better networking, and better tools to help them do what they do even better. But, most bloggers start small, build slowly and invest their money frugally […]
How to Brand Your Personal Blog to Stick Out From the Crowd
Two years ago, there was an estimated 152 million blogs on the internet. I can only assume there are nearly double that many blogs online now in 2015. With such a flooded market, it may seem like it’s not worth your time or effort to create a personal blog or website, but I really wish everyone […]
How to Know If You’re Cut Out to be a Blogger
“Oh, you’re a blogger? That’s nice.” Whenever I tell someone that I blog, most people seem to have no idea what it is I do. Sometimes they know someone who has a blog, and often it is a family update blog with pictures of that’s person’s home and family. Others know blogs because they pin […]
The Best Blogging Advice I Ever Heard
About a month or two after I started blogging I received the best blogging advice I’ve ever received. This was during a time when I was consuming blogging advice the same way I consume Wheat Thins: rapidly and without constraint. I pinned every pin that had anything to do with increasing traffic or followers or making money. […]
How to Create a Killer and Compelling Blog Headline
I am not a blog headline expert. I really wish I was. I wish that every title I created exuded a sense of urgency to be read, but that’s just not the case. But, as I continue to blog professionally, I realize more and more that having a killer blog headline is often the key to growth, […]
How to Grow a Successful Blog
I love blogging. Absolutely love it. It’s so much fun to write about things that resonate with people, help them better manage their homes, educate them about great new products, and speak to their souls. I love all the comments and shares I receive and am grateful, and humbled, for every single one. And I […]