Articles About Blogging

It is hard to believe it has been 30 days since we started this Blogging Challenge together. We covered a lot of ground and if you followed along with the tips I shared and made an effort to write a daily blog post yourself, I’m sure you’re seeing a lot of progress and growth. Let’s…

We’ve been working hard and putting a lot of effort into our blog posts over the past month. Since we’re about to wrap up this 30 Day Blogging Challenge and have been working hard, I thought I’d share something quick and easy with you today. Let’s talk about adding videos to your blog posts. We’ll…

We’ve talked a lot about reader engagement and building a community around your blog throughout this series of posts about blogging. Today we’ll go over a fun little strategy that involves your readers and gives you plenty of fresh blogging topics and ideas. You may remember a few weeks ago, I suggested you ask your…

Yesterday we talked about using the keyword planner tool to come up with blog post ideas. Today I have another tool/ tip for you. You can use a blogging planner to come up with almost endless blog post ideas and make sure they work well depending on the time of year etc. One of my…

Whenever I start to run out of blog post ideas, or have a general idea what I want to blog about but not the exact topic or title, I head on over to use the Google Keyword Planner tool. To find it search for “google keyword planner”. It will pop right up for you. The…

We’ve talked about the importance of a mailing list a few times throughout this challenge. I hope you’ve taken the time to start growing your email list at this point. Let’s assume you did, or maybe you’re ahead of the game and have been building a list since long before this challenge started. In either…

Today I want to share something with you that I would consider a bit more of an advanced list building technique. The good news is, it’s actually fairly easy to implement, but it is a little extra work. I promise that it’s well worth the effort. The idea is to have a series of blog…

You’ve written a blog post and you’re ready to hit publish. You just know your readers will love it. Before you actually hit that publish button, take a minute and think about what you want your readers to do when they’re done reading your post. What do you want them to do next? You have…

Yesterday we talked about why it is important to leverage your relationships with other bloggers and how it can help you grow. One of the things you can do to deepen a relationship with a fellow blogger is to offer to host a guest blog post for them. It’s a win-win situation that helps out…

Guess what, you don’t operate in a vacuum. You need readers and people that help spread the word about your writing. It just makes sense to work with other bloggers. If this isn’t something you’re already actively pursuing, I hope today’s blog post inspires you to do so. It’s a Quick Way To Get In…