As part three of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about establishing a readership.
So far we’ve covered networking and basic search engine optimization, which means you’ve got the tricks for getting people to your blog. Now you need to know how to keep them there.
It’s all about the content
The single most important [...]
As part three of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about establishing a readership.
Last week we talked about networking, and today I’ll cover basic search engine optimization (often referred to as SEO). Stay tuned for next week, when I show you how to convert one-time visitors to repeat readers.
Search engines are in the [...]
As part three of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about establishing a readership.
When it gets right down to it, blogging is all about the readers.
If that wasn’t true, we’d all be madly journaling in our spiral-bound notebooks. But we’re not, are we? Because we want readers!
Which is why the first question [...]
As part two of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series, we’re talking about Protecting yourself and your family. Many mommy bloggers (myself included) start their blogs as a random, ‘hey! this could be fun’ whim. There’s not an overall strategy… there’s not a whole lot of thought put into it. Mainly there’s a couple of cute [...]
As part one of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about branding. Last week we covered the importance of picking the right name for your blog. This week we’ll cover another critical component; your blog’s appearance. Here’s why looks matter.
First impressions are largely based on appearances
When a reader comes to a blog for [...]
As part one of my Essential Advice for New Bloggers series we’re talking about branding. Perhaps the most basic form of branding is what you name your blog, which is what we’ll be discussing today.
Here are some basic guidelines to consider when coming up with a name for your blog.
Make it memorable and unique
If you start [...]
Every so often I get an email from a reader who just started blogging and who wants my advice. Which is funny, really, because I feel like I’m the one needing advice.
And yet, when I think about it, I have learned an awful lot in my short time blogging… much of it the hard way. So I’ve [...]
I recently got an email from someone who is thinking of starting a blog. She wondered what advice I had. And how long does blogging take, typically?
While I have many, many thoughts on this topic, I also am curious to hear what YOU have to say.
So, how about it?
What advice would you give to someone who [...]
I’ve heard of it happening. Rumors, suggestions, a passing mention here or there.
I’ve even had it happen on a small-scale to me.
But this! THIS was personal.
I was checking my email one last time before going to bed when I read this:
Subject: You’re getting ripped off, did you know?
Did you know about this blog (link removed [...]
Happy New Year, Seattle moms!
As we welcome the new year (with a clear day, nonetheless!), it’s worth spending a few minutes thinking about our blogs and what we want to do with them this year.
Remember, the best resolutions are achievable, measurable, and realistic. They also should inspire and motivate you.
Here’s a list of ideas and questions to get [...]