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A Practical Look at Turning Your Blog into a Functioning Business
Following last week’s post on treating your blog like a business, this guest post from Anna Johansson provides some practical ways you can start turning your blog into a business. In many cases, blogging starts out as a hobby or creative outlet for someone looking to have a little fun ...more
Blogging for Dollars
158: How to Get Moving Again When You’re Feeling Stuck
Feeling Stuck? How to Regain Momentum Are you feeling stuck with some area of your blogging or business life? If so, today’s episode is for you because I’m going to talk about getting unstuck and building momentum. What we are going to talk about today applies to many areas ...more
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How to Bring Podcast Listeners From Their Phones to Your Website
by Craig Hewitt of PodcastMotor. If it seems like everyone’s on their phones these days, it’s because it’s true. The Pew Research Center says that in 2015, 64% of adults between the ages of 18–29 used their phones at one time or another to listen to music or podcasts. The podcast ...more
Blog Promotion
9 Reasons I Hate Your Blog
By Jerry Low. Does your website have a high bounce rate? What is it about your blog that makes them want to press the back button? The truth is that if your bounce rate is high, then there is something that is causing people to discredit your blog and leave ...more
Blog Design
A Commenting System to Rule them All: Why Choosing the Right Comment System can Make or Break your Blog
This is a guest contribution from writer Lauren Sirt. Writers leave their mark on the world through their words. Whether you’re a journalist, author, blogger, or anything else–your words have power. People read your work and start to think differently. They may begin to avidly follow your writing or oppose ...more
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3 Foolproof Ways to Ruin Your Conversion Rate
This is a guest contribution from Efrat Ravid. How well is your website converting? Do you even keep track? Do you know what’s working on your site and what really isn’t? Perhaps you have experienced a decrease in conversions, or maybe your conversion rate is not as high as you would ...more
Blogging for Dollars
SEO New Years Resolutions for 2016
This is a guest contribution from Sarah Walsh. The new year has undoubtedly brought to you resolutions or new ideas for your work. You might be gung-ho to start out with fresh goals or you might acknowledge that a lot of resolutions are forgotten before February rolls around. Despite the pros ...more
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Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately?
Think Reddit is a Productivity Killer? Here are 9 Subreddits That Will Help Your Career // Hootsuite You don’t need to tell me twice Reddit is required reading! Bookmarked nearly all of these pages. How to Create a Fan Content Campaign in 7 Easy Steps // Social Media Examiner Crowdsourced ...more
Blog News
4 Ways Pinterest Can Help Drive Traffic To Your Blog
This is a guest contribution from Marie-Eve Vallieres. Nobody puts Pinterest in a corner. With 73 million users (85% of which are females), an expanding presence outside the United States and upcoming buyable pins, this social media platform/search engine is now more powerful and sophisticated than ever. After months of pinning ...more
Blog Promotion