The doors to one of the most popular online training programs for food bloggers, Food Blogger Pro, open soon for a limited time. Have you ever thought about setting up a food blog? It’s one of the most competitive and attractive blogging niches around. It’s not easy to become successful … [Read more...]
How to Make Money from Blogging
Can you really make money from blogging? Sure you can. But it's no easy gig. And don't believe anybody who tells you otherwise. Blogging sounds like a glamorous way to live your life: working from home (or a tropical island), writing about the topics you love, taking short breaks … [Read more...]
25 Articles on Freelance Blogging Every Newbie Should Read
All you need to start a freelance blogging business is a laptop, an internet connection, and the determination to make your business work. For this post, I've spent countless hours scouring the internet for some of the best and most useful articles on freelance blogging I could find. My fingers … [Read more...]
8 Blog Post Formatting Tips to Increase User Engagement
Do you have a problem on your blog with user engagement? Do people land on your blog posts and click away before they've read the first line? If so, you might want to consider making your blog look more attractive. More appealing. More welcoming. After all, you've spent hours researching, … [Read more...]
8 Simple Ways to Focus 100% on Blogging and Ignore Distractions
What distracts you from blogging? What stops you writing that killer blog post when you sit down at your laptop or pick up your tablet? Let me guess… Social media? Kids? Office gossip? I work from home, usually alone, so for me, it’s Facebook. It’s just too easy to get drawn into … [Read more...]
3 of the Best Free Blog Sites
If you want to try blogging but don’t want to go through the process of researching a reliable host, thinking of and buying a decent domain name, and then setting everything up, you can test the water by using one of the many free blogging platforms. There are a lot to choose from. Each has its … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Using Blog Comments to Grow Your Online Network
Is commenting on blogs worth the effort? Can you benefit from one of the most abused link building methods on the internet? If you want to use commenting as a promotional or networking tool, then it's certainly worth the effort. The ultimate goal for your comment(s) is to attract the … [Read more...]
How to Submit Your Blog to Alltop.com
Alltop.com is a popular directory for blogs on all sorts of topics. (The bold text highlights how Alltop got its name.) Guy Kawasaki, a hardcore social media user with 1.47 million Twitter followers and Canva.com evangelist, is one of the founders. Alltop uses RSS feeds to curate and display … [Read more...]
How to Start a Blog in 2017 (Your Free Step-by-Step Guide)
Starting a blog in 2017 is a piece of cake. It was the same in 2016, 2015 and before... If you're really into the idea of starting a blog, what do you need to know about the process? What decisions you make now could save you time and money in the future? In this post, I’m going to … [Read more...]
Genesis Framework by StudioPress (Review)
Let’s start by taking a look at Genesis Framework by StudioPress from a non-techie point of view. Hopefully, I can get you past the potentially off-putting term ‘framework’ and explain why Genesis could be the ideal solution for anyone looking for a premium theme (check out the list of WordPress … [Read more...]