Making Money Because of Your Blog
Image created in Canva We now turn our attention to ways of making money from blogging that are more more ‘indirect’ in nature – or how to earn money because of your blog rather than from it (How to Make…
Using Google Alerts Today And Several Alternatives
In this post, we’ll look at Google Alerts and how to use them today. We’ll also look at several alternatives worth a look. Google Alerts are simply automated messages sent to your Gmail account whenever Google indexes web content or…
How to Make Money From Your Blog
Image created in Canva Having thought through whether you should blog for money it is now worth taking a look at some of the different models for doing so. I tend to break the different models that bloggers are using…
How Lessons From Star Wars Can Elevate Your Blogging
Image created in Canva In a galaxy not so far away, the Star Wars franchise has captivated millions with its epic storytelling and enduring characters. Beyond the realm of lightsabers and space battles, there are valuable lessons to be learned…
Avoiding Subscriber Fatigue During Overwhelming Circumstances
How to stand out in crowded inboxes by creating community and offering value to your subscribers. During the past few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, your subscribers’ inboxes have been flooded with emails. It’s easy for any reader to feel…
Stop Your Crying – Blogging Isn’t Just For Kids
How many years have we watched bloggers from every walk of life bitching about the way others are running their blogs? Well, I guess as long as blogs have been a thing because bitching is as much human nature as…
Why businesses should consider Snapchat
In this post, I’m going to show you why online businesses should be on Snapchat. Why YOU should be on Snapchat. I’ll offer some storytelling tips to use on Snapchat. I also embedded a couple of “Snapchat Stories” as examples…
Monkey Bar Blogging
Image created in Canva I’d like to take a moment to make a ProBlogger Public Service Announcement. Its actually something that I’ve been considering doing for a while now because I’ve had two worrying incidents happen in the past week…
Can You Use Email Marketing for Employee Communications?
Creating an efficient and effective system for communicating with your now remote team. Remember all of those meetings that could’ve been emails? Well, now most of them are all emails. And now, the question is: How’re you keeping your team…
Rest Assured, Your Emails are Getting to the Inbox
It doesn’t matter how pretty or sophisticated your emails are if they aren’t getting to the inbox. Email communication is more important than ever and getting to the inbox is crucial to your success. And getting to the inbox depends…
Tips Our Team Learned the Hard Way While Working Remotely
Finding your ideal work from home rhythm isn’t as easy as you may think. When pajamas replace business casual, the fridge is now just a short walk away, and Netflix marathons are streaming on TV – working remotely from home…
3 Time Savers to Help your Email Marketing
If you’re like the rest of us, distractions seem to be at an all-time high. Nothing is normal. Whether there are more people at home, you have to homeschool on top of your career, or you’re struggling with worry, everyone…
Should You Blog for Money?
Image created in Canva I speak with bloggers every day who have heard the stories of blogs that make big dollars and who want to try to make an income from blogging also. One of the pieces of advice that…
Surprise! Your Company’s Remote — Now What?
There’s more to running a remote company than keeping up with technology. You probably didn’t plan on taking your company 100{1652eb1ffa4184925f6a63a9c04ea6b421acb7a78117241e7d4325cdca8339fa} online, but yet – here you are. Under normal circumstances, companies who shift to being fully remote plan for…
How to Write a Series for Your Blog (and Why You’ll Want To)
Image created in Canva Have you ever written a series of posts for your blog – a set of posts that are deliberately linked together? If you haven’t, I hope I can convince you to give it a try. Some bloggers…
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Blogging
Image created in Canva One of the most common questions I’ve had over the last six months is ‘Have you tested any Artificial Intelligence Tools for creating content?’ Until this week my answer was “not lately”. I have been using…
Growth Tips for Mature Blogs
Image created in Canva Do you feel like your blog has reached a plateau? Maybe your readership has stalled, subscriptions seem to be maintaining momentum but not growing, and you’re having trouble squeezing more value out of your already-loyal customer…
How To Focus On That One Thing
Every blogger knows the importance of creating quality content. You might be surprised at how many bloggers struggle with staying focused on content creation. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the best tips on staying focused…
A Commitment to Blogging Smarter … With a Little Help
Image created in Canva Feeling a little run down? At this time of year, many of us are. It’s been a big 12 months, and I think most bloggers are looking forward to some down time over the coming weeks….
5 Tips to Save Your Sanity
Image created in Canva For the beginner, the blog learning curve can be steep. As well as all the technical and blog visibility issues, there are questions about focus, content types and research, and of course reaching readers. You’re plugging…
Maintaining Momentum in Blogging
Image created in Canva The Blogosphere is suffering from an epidemic of inactivity. One of the most quoted statistics about the growth of blogging is that last year Technorati says that one blog is started every second (that’s 86,400 per…
From Hobby Blog to Business Blog: a Plan of Attack
Image created in Canva Many—perhaps most—blogs start life as hobby blogs. We have a special interest, and we want to share our passion with others, so we start a blog. But then somewhere along the line, a large proportion of…
New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send
Zoom in to discover where your emails are being read. A great new feature offering more insight into your subscribers is now available with every email send and monthly insight report: Geographic data on engagement stats. And not just the…
Choose a Niche for Your Blog [Why Niches are Important]
Image created in Canva While I get many questions from bloggers asking for advice on ‘how to blog‘ perhaps one of the biggest questions a new blogger needs to ask themselves before they move on to the HOW to blog…