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Over the past few years, we’ve shared a lot of information about improving your blog and building your platform. Social media has radically changed both how we share and how we receive information. It’s easy to become overwhelmed and feel like it’s impossible to keep up. While I firmly believe there is no “one size…
You’ve spent hours crafting the perfect post. You’ve found the ideal image and formatted it with text. You’ve researched keywords and written a great meta description to improve the SEO. You finally hit publish, promote on social media, and wait for the engagement to begin. But nothing happens. And you begin to wonder if maybe…
Let’s face it, some days it feels like we are blogging to the walls. I’ve been blogging for over six years and more than once I’ve contemplated walking away. After all, we spend hours putting each post together and then more time promoting and sharing it … and the reality is, we still can’t control…
We talk about brainstorming ideas frequently in these posts. Why? Because I believe it is one of the most challenging aspects of building your blog. Recently I worked with a client to identify her first twenty-five posts. She had not yet launched her blog and wanted to have at least that many ready to go…
One of the first questions I ask my blogging clients is this: What is your message? For many of them, the answer is vague and uncertain. And that is where we always start. Clearly identifying your message lays a solid foundation for your blog. Without this, your blogging will often end up wandering and your audience…
Do you participate in blog link ups? Should you? Over the years my linking up has ebbed and flowed. As my blogging priorities and focus have changed, I find some link ups work for me and some don’t. But here’s the truth — link ups are a great way to connect with other bloggers and…
This month we’ve been focusing on ways to get our blogs off to the best start in 2015. Last week, I shared one of the items on my blogging checklist is to review and update my about page and social media profiles quarterly. If I’m honest though, that is one of the hardest tasks for…
I’m a list girl. I like to make a list and check it off. In fact, I’ve even been known to add items to my list just so I can check them off. Maybe you can relate? One of my goals in 2015 is to be more consistent “behind the scenes” with my blog. I’ve…
Can you believe it’s 2015? If you are like me, this is the time of year you have the most energy and enthusiasm for new ideas. And, it’s also a great time to evaluate where you are with your blog and where you want to be twelve months from now. In order to help you with…
We’re almost to the end of 2014 and, if your life is anything like mine, the bustle of the holidays has reached fever pitch. As this year rushes to an end, I find myself looking back and evaluating the ups and downs of the past twelve months. Maybe you do the same? While there are…