If your blog posts aren’t visible on search engines like Google and they don’t succeed at converting readers into leads, subscribers, and clients, you may as well not be blogging at all. The fact is, keeping a consistent blog is critical for online success, and 77% of Internet users read blogs, and U.S. based Internet …
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Blogging is such a broad topic. There are thousands of tips and advice on how to succeed in blogging. Some advice works, some doesn’t. But not because the advice wasn’t good enough. There are a lot of reasons why they don’t work and the one I can think of right now is the industry or niche …
I read a post on BobWP this morning about gratitude and setting aside 10 minutes to furiously jot down 99 things that you love. The idea here is that it forces you to think about your life in detail and better appreciate the small things. I’m always up for a challenge, so I thought I’d …
No, your blog isn’t a tangible thing. It’s not something a potential customer of yours can go pick up at the store. But if you’ve monetized your blog, tangibility doesn’t matter. The fact of the matter is you’re selling something and that means you need to approach everything around it as a business, including your …
Season 4 of Game of Thrones premiered last night and it got me thinking about the cutthroat archetypes that invade businesses the world over. People are out for themselves and aren’t afraid to take others down to get ahead. It’s an unfortunate but accurate fact of life. Others are more charitable, however, and are constantly looking …
Identifying Your Blogging Style: Game of Thrones Edition Read More »
If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, there’s a chance you partook in the Indiana Jones franchise. And when Indy wasn’t uncovering rare artifacts or coming face to face with myths and legends, he was smirking. And when he wasn’t smirking, he was cowering in fear of one thing and one thing alone: …
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I thought I’d start a new thing here on my writing blog. What’s inspiring me this week? We’ll start out with a handful of things and see how that goes. I may cut back on these or increase them depending on what my life is like at the time. But this week, I’m inspired by: …
I’ve been slacking on this blogging business lately, so I’m super thankful to A. G. Carpenter for tagging me for the Sunshine Award. 1.) I’m happy she thought of me and 2.) I have a built-in blog topic. Woot! So, here are the rules of this meme: include the Logo and a link to who …
I wrote a post last year about dolphins. I know what you’re thinking. How quaint. You’re making assumptions about me right now, aren’t you? That I like sparkly pink purses and put stickers on everything. You’re picturing unicorns and rainbows and dolphins swimming whilst laughing and rejoicing as their glossy skin gleans in the sun. …
Damned Dolphins, Or Here’s Your Dolphin Pictures Already Read More »
