Trixi Symonds uses her blog to build engagement and make a difference
8th of October 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

264: How One Blogger Builds Engagement and Makes a Difference with an Online Community Event

How One Blogger is Using Online Events to Build Engagement and Make a Difference We continue our Blogger Breakthroughs series with a story from Trixi Symonds, whose Coloured Buttons blog teaches kids how to sew. She also created Sew a Softie Day. Trixi started her blog in 2009 to post ...more
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Blogging lessons you can learn from a small country town
4th of October 2018 Ngahuia Galligan 0 Comments

5 Blogging Lessons You Can Learn from a Small Country Town

Looking for the fast lane to blogging success? Want to join the upper echelons of blogging stardom at the top end of town, and be dazzled by the bright lights of the big city? If you’re exhausted from chasing all the shiny things and trying to keep up with the ...more
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Blogging with vulnerability
1st of October 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

263: How Mim Blogged Vulnerably to Grow a Six-Figure Blog

How One Blogger’s Vulnerability Resulted in Growing Her Blog In this episode of our Blogging Breakthroughs series we feature Mim Jenkinson and her blog Love From Mim. Mim started blogging for one reason, but ended up blogging for a different reason altogether. On her blog Mim shares tips on how ...more
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Carolyn Edlund created a directory to attract readers to her blog.
24th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

262: How Carolyn Started a Directory to Attract Readers to Her Blog

How One Blogger Created a Directory that Attracts Readers We continue our Blogging Breakthroughs series with Carolyn Edlund, whose Artsy Shark blog focuses on the business of art. Carolyn shares the story of how she created a directory to attract readers to her blog instead of having to chase after ...more
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Admin tasks to do when launching a new blog
19th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

8 Important Admin Tasks to Do When Launching a New Blog

When you launch a new blog (especially if it’s your first), there’s so much to do it can feel overwhelming. Having spent so much time and effort selecting your theme, pre-writing posts, and maybe even setting up your email list, you probably just want to make it live as soon as possible so you can ...more
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michele robson breakthrough
17th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

261: Breakthroughs that Grew My Blog from 30 Readers a Day to Profitable in Less Than 2 Years

Three Breakthrough Tips That Helped a Blogger Become Profitable Here’s another episode from our Blogging Breakthroughs series, which features bloggers’ stories about breakthroughs in traffic, income, and other aspects of blogging. About two years ago, after a career in Air Traffic Control and dealing with health issues, Michele Robson decided ...more
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Templates and checklists
12th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Using Templates and Checklists to Make Your Blogging Life Easier

Tell me if any of these scenarios sound familiar: You sit down in front of a blank page to write a new blog post. You make a start, but you’re not sure where to go next. You often find yourself completely rewriting your draft posts because they just don’t seem ...more
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Blogging mindshift
10th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

260: How One Recipe Blogger Turned Her Blog Around with a Simple Mindshift

How a Mindshift Changed One Blogger’s Perspective This episode of our Blogging Breakthroughs series features eight-year blogger Sarah Cook. Her blog Sustainable Cooks shares recipes, gardening tips, and real food for food people. Sarah describes how a simple and practical mindshift recently ramped up her efforts as a blogger. She changed ...more
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How to find your niche
6th of September 2018 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What if You Can’t Find Your Niche?

Are you struggling to stay motivated with your blog writing about the same thing again and again? Or are you flitting around between lots of different topics, trying and failing to find one thing you want to write about? In the old days of blogging, bloggers were often advised to be ...more
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