The ultimate resource for bloggers and writers of all kinds, covering topics related to blogging strategy, blog design, social media, blog SEO, and much more.
You ran your website through our free grader. You got a number. Maybe it was 72. Maybe it was 45. Maybe you got a perfect 100 on SEO and a 12 on Performance and now you're not sure what any of it means for your actual business. That's what this post is for. I ran my...
AI is powerful. It’s also loud. New tools appear constantly. Promises of speed, scale, and shortcuts fill social feeds and inboxes. Advice is everywhere, and much of it conflicts. For many people, the result isn’t excitement. It’s pressure. A quiet sense that they’re...
Every writer I know has a folder full of half-formed book ideas. Some are just a sentence.Some are a paragraph scribbled late at night.Some are ambitious outlines that once felt electric and now feel heavy. Most book ideas don't fail because they are bad ideas. They...
My personal blog just turned 18 years old. And while the dynamics and landscape of blogging has certain changed (substantially), the reality is that blogs still drive the Internet more than most people think. In fact, there are currently over 600 million blogs out...
If you're a blogger who's been publishing content and watching your email list stay flat, you're not alone. Most bloggers run into the same wall: decent traffic, low subscribers, and no clear idea why. The problem usually isn't the content. It's the strategy around...
Everyone has a story to tell. It may be a story about your life, your family, or your experiences. Maybe you have a story that you’ve been carrying around for years, just waiting to be told. And maybe you’re thinking about writing that story down, but don’t know how...
If you're wanting to share the words in your head (and/or heart) out there for the world to read, then you need a website. And because most writers I know are not web designers, you'll likely be looking for a good website builder for writers. But there are so many...
Considering the state of social media and other traffic sources the way they are these days, blog SEO (search engine optimization) is becoming more important all the time. Ultimately, you want to drive more traffic to your writing. But here's the reality most writers...
Are you looking to self-publish your work? If so, it's crucial to learn the ins and outs of some of the most common self-publishing mistakes. In learning of these mistakes, you can set yourself up for the most success possible. What are the most common self-publishing...
You get one link in your Instagram bio. One link on TikTok. One link on X. For a blogger, creator, or small business owner who's trying to send people to your latest post, your products, your newsletter, and your services all at once -- that's a problem. That's why...
With a greater reliance on using technology to manage our personal information, there is a greater emphasis on cybersecurity for protecting that information. It seems like reports of large-scale breaches come out every few news cycles. Some of the big ones, just this...
Anyone can start a blog, but most don't make money from blogging. In fact, many people don't realize it's possible to make money with a blog. Before you can think about making money, you need to focus on writing useful content. Until you do this, you cannot move...
Thirty-nine. Treinta y nueve. Trente-neuf. Thelathini na tisa. No matter how you say it, that was the number. After months of hard work and promotion, my first month of sales on my first self-published book netted me the whopping sales total of 39 copies. I wanted to...
Everyone wants to know what blogging and website success looks like. The list of measurements most people look to contain the usual suspects… page views, social media likes/shares, number of followers on social media, and number of subscribers. Understandably, those...
I never make a design decision with my sites based on feelings. Everything I do follows what my blog analytics tell me to do. Don't get me wrong. I often covet cool design and/or functionality on other websites. But the truth is that I, like many other bloggers, have...
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