Welcome to the second week of Let's Make Your Blog Awesome! I am very excited to be starting this new series that will help us all become awesome bloggers. To be featured on Let's Make Your Blog Awesome please read the guidelines below: I will choose one post written by an IBA member from around the world each week. Posts should be well-written, and without spelling or ugly grammar errors. Quality photography is a must with images … [Read more...]
4 Blogging Tips Including Click To Tweet
Welcome to the first week of Let's Make Your Blog Awesome! I am very excited to be starting this new series that will help us all become awesome bloggers. To be featured on Let's Make Your Blog Awesome please read the guidelines below: I will choose one post written by an IBA member from around the world each week. Posts should be well-written, and without spelling or ugly grammar errors. Quality photography is a must with images … [Read more...]
Using Evernote to Be An Organized Blogger
Using Evernote to be an organized blogger I'm still new to this blogging adventure, but I've already realized how important it is to be organized. Post ideas are always popping in my head and one idea leads to three more. It always seems to happen when I'm in the shower, driving, or even walking around the grocery store. I want to write down my ideas as soon as possible so they aren't forgotten forever. I have been trying to go digital in my … [Read more...]
How to Start and Grow Your Email List w/ MailChimp
Have you started your email list yet? I am pretty sure by now you have heard the old saying: “The money is in the list”. You might be wondering what the heck this means. What money? I am just a simple blogger. Well, you might be “just a simple/small blogger” but fact of the matter is; you need an email list. Email list is different than simply offering your loyal readers a means of following you by entering their email address. It’s more … [Read more...]
One Easy Way to Get More Newsletter Subscribers
Have you ever wondered how to get more subscribers for your blog's newsletter? Today's tip comes to us from Camille Gillham. Camille wrote: There are a lot of great tips on how to attract new subscribers to your newsletters: offer something for free, give a discount, send them a free eBook, and more. They are all good tips but I find they are most successful when added with the Sumo App. It is the one and only pop up I allow on my … [Read more...]
Guest Blogging Pros and Cons
by Bonnie Frank (a.k.a. LadyBlogger) Do you allow guest bloggers on your blog? Have you ever written a guest post for someone else's website? Why would people write for other people's sites at all? Bloggers differ in how they deal with guest blogging. Some seem to fill their space in the blogosphere with posts from other bloggers and others appear to be more territorial. I've written several guest posts and have also allowed a … [Read more...]
Welcome to Bloggerhood
This post by Elle Hipolito is all about the journey she (and her blog) have taken as they've grown and matured together. It's a great read and she has some encouraging words for new and experienced bloggers alike. Enjoy! So, you’ve started a blog. That’s fantastic, and I applaud your initiative! The internet is teeming with advice on how to proceed with blog maintenance, marketing, etc, but I want to share my own experience on … [Read more...]