Remember how your landing page needs to be an evolving thing? Well, the best way to make that happen is by using A/B testing your landing page, data, formatting, and by having it be a part of a planned sales funnel. Unfortunately, when it comes to testing, formatting options, and a sales funnel, one post simply won’t be enough to talk about every detail. However, we can help you get an idea of the big picture. Ready? The Big Picture of Testing … [Read more...]
It’s Time to Start Valuing Your Time
Tina was working as a lawyer and running a side hustle in the evenings and on weekends. She frequently felt overworked and like her time wasn’t her own. When she complained about this to her friend, the other woman challenged her to take responsibility for her time, rather than viewing herself as a victim of it. She told her it was time you start valuing your time. It’s not at all unusual to feel like time is out of your control. … [Read more...]
Are You Ready to Make a Career Out of Blogging?
Blogging can create a some nice extra income, but how do you know when you are ready to turn your side-hustle into a full time career? Some people that are new to blogging assume it is simply a matter of creating a blog, adding some posts and people will come flocking to read them while businesses beg you to advertise their products. After a few months reality set in and they realize to make money in blogging, as with any small business it … [Read more...]
Dinner Ready in 30 Minutes: Spicy Sausage Mushroom Pasta
IBA Board Member Audrey Humaciu of That Recipe uses just a few simple ingredients to whip up this easy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta Sauce for a hearty flavorful meal for your family in less than 30 minutes. This pasta sauce was one of the best I have ever had if I do say so myself. And it was just thrown together without a recipe with what I had in the kitchen. I resisted the urge to add any spices to it, relying solely on those in the … [Read more...]
Learning from Others: Landing Page Examples
Are you tired of landing pages yet? I sure hope not - because we’ve still got a ways to go! So we’ve looked at how to write a landing page - now it’s time to look at some successful (and some not-so-successful) landing pages. Now, looking at landing page examples can be difficult - because they’re an ever-evolving, living, breathing, thing. Okay, so maybe not breathing - but you get the idea. And just in case you don’t, let me spell it out … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Coping with Nicotine Withdrawal
Coping with the physical and psychological effects of nicotine withdrawal is arguably the biggest challenge to quitting smoking. IBA Member Debbie D. from The Dog Lady's Den, a former carton a week smoker, offers some great tips and encouragement for those that are ready to break the habit. I started smoking at the age of 12. This was back in 1967 when it was considered grown up and sophisticated. We were vacationing in Travemünde, on … [Read more...]
How to Easily Make an Ebook with your Blog Posts
Offering a free ebook on your blog is still the easiest way to gather emails in your sleep. People sign up to your list and they get the ebook as a free PDF in an email or instant download. Creating an ebook is not hard if you already have tons of blog posts. The trick is knowing which blog posts to use and then how to put them together to look like a great piece of digital content. But wait; What is an ebook? Well, it’s essentially a digital … [Read more...]
What to Do When Your Run Sucks
Anyone that runs, or exercises in any form, knows that sometimes the workout is so easy, your body feels great everything is almost effortless, etc. And then there are those workouts that are just a struggle. Sherry Fijas from Wrinkled Runner shares how she copes when her run SUCKS! A few weeks ago my husband and I went for an 8 mile run, which was the longest run since the marathon. The whole week before, I went on a few runs and boy … [Read more...]
Meltdown Classification Scale: a Funny Glimpse at Parenting
In this humorous, yet helpful post, Katie of The Flower Donkey Diaries explains her Meltdown Classification System so you too can forecast when it is appropriate to stay put and ride out the meltdown or when it is time to send the kid packing to his or her room, isolating the storm and minimizing damage. It’s hurricane season here in Florida, the great, humid state in which I live. That means we are constantly on watch for storms brewing … [Read more...]
What is a Favicon and Why Your Blog Needs One
Our International Bloggers' Association graphics expert and IBA Board Member, Orana of Orana Creative, explains what a favicon is, why you need one, and how to set it up. Look up at the tabs on your browser. Yes, do it. Ok. What did you see? Every tab for every site you have open has the Title of the site and….. A little tiny image! That is a favicon. Favicon’s are important, more so than you might … [Read more...]