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Best HostGator Coupon Code 2020 (Up To 75% Discount)

May 7, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

The first step to starting a blog or business website is signing up for hosting. Yes there are some free options, but not if you’re serious about making money.

You need hosting that’s reliable, fast, secure…and affordable. From a company like HostGator that’s been around a while and proved their place in the industry. Fortunately, I have some of the best HostGator Coupon Codes for you in 2020 if you’re ready to snap up a deal!

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Blogging Best Practices To Prosper In 2020

April 28, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

There isn’t a one size fits all approach to blogging. We’d all jump on blogging best practices that guarantee success. A blog by number approach.

Your blog will always be unique. Even within the same niche, two blogs can take completely different paths and both come out on top.

That said, blogging best practices are important. Ignore them and your blog will be a sink of wasted time and money.

Get them right and the results will surprise you. Read on to become a successful blogger in 2020…

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Find A Low Risk Business Idea (You Can Start From Home)

April 28, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

Bringing up young children can be the best time of your life, and it can also be the hardest. Before I started my home business I remember juggling childcare and commuting to work as an Engineer. Yet to abandon the 9-5 you really need a low risk business idea.

Taking huge risks to start a business from home just isn’t an option. Yet what if you could come up with a low risk business idea and test it out before quitting your bill paying job? These are my suggestions for low risk businesses to start…

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Start A Blog At 50 Plus (Blogging’s Not Just For Millennials)

April 3, 2020 By Alison Wright 26 Comments

Flicking through social media you can be excused for thinking you need to be a young bronzed traveller or a mother with young children to start a blog. Is it crazy to think you can start a blog at 50?

Millennials seem to dominate the blogging landscape and have fully embraced the work from anywhere lifestyle. Yet that doesn’t mean there isn’t space for other generations. Blogging is a good way to make money if you’re starting over at 50.

Blogging is tribal. It’s about readers seeking out bloggers with shared values and outlooks. At fifty plus there’s still one big tribe out there waiting to hear from you…

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115 Trending Blog Topics & Ideas For 2020

March 31, 2020 By Alison Wright 16 Comments

It’s the jackpot of the blogging world. Finding trending blog topics and riding the wave of popularity. Is it down to luck or is there a sure-fire way of spotting trends?

Earlier this year I came up with a list of 115 trending blog topics updated for 2020 to help you out. It was a list based on Pinterest’s 100 trends written in a free and easy time before the world tilted on it’s access. I’ve left the list here for a bit of nostalgia and some of these ideas are still relevant…plus I hope we will return soon to more optimistic times.

Meanwhile I’ve added some suggestions for blog topics that are working right now in this altered reality of lockdown…

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How To Start A Blog in 2020 (The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide)

March 24, 2020 By Alison Wright 23 Comments

This step-by-step guide on how to start a blog will get you set up and ready to start blogging in 15 minutes or less. I’ll show you how to come up with an idea, choose your blogging platform, pick a domain name, find web hosting, select a theme and write your first post.

Why is blogging the best way to grow ANY business and how do you make money from blogging? I’ll cover that too…

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How To Make Money Blogging For Beginners (Your First $100)

March 19, 2020 By Alison Wright 6 Comments

When you’re reading about “How to make money blogging for beginners”, $100 dollars doesn’t sound like very much. I agree it isn’t very much. You’ve probably splashed out most of that already on your first year hosting costs.

But before you click away, just accept that everyone has to start somewhere. If you can make your first $100, you can make $1000. If you can make $1000 you can make $10,000.

Is it a lot harder to make $10,000 than your first $100? No way! Making your first $100 a month from blogging is the hardest part of your money making journey. You’re learning to crack the code…

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How To Start An Email List (And Why You Need One)

March 19, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

When you’re a blogger or starting a tiny business, knowing how to start an email list is essential. Your email list will be the life blood of your business. It needs to be nurtured from Day 1.

Why? Because it’s your direct contact with your customers. A chance for you to build a relationship over time and essential if you want to make money blogging. Read on to find out why you need an email list and how to set one up.

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Can You Really Make Money Blogging In 2020?

March 18, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

This is the big fat question if you’re thinking of starting a blog. Do you believe all the hype that you can make money blogging? Or is it just… hype?

There are some serious claims around making huge sums of money from the internet. Maybe some of these claims are true. But before you get too excited dreaming about fast cars and 5-star hotels, I’m here to give you a reality check…

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90+ Home Business Ideas You Can Start Today

March 18, 2020 By Alison Wright 6 Comments

Let’s set the scene. You’ve been thinking about starting a business. Maybe it’s been your passion for years. You’ve been dreaming about being your own boss and exploring your true potential. You just need the right home business idea…

Maybe you’ve gone through a lifestyle change, started a family, recently retired or you just want to be able to travel.

If you could just come up with the right idea…

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You Hate Your Job, Now What? (Should You Work From Home?)

March 17, 2020 By Alison Wright Leave a Comment

Okay, we get it, you hate your job! You have the BOSS FROM HELL; the one that undervalues you, constantly belittles you, overworks you and your chances of promotion are zilch.

You spend your days dealing with angry customers, taking the blame for company failures that are outside your control and waste hours every day battling public transport to get to work and back. You’re so exhausted from overwork when you get home you resort to collapsing on the sofa and eating a takeaway.

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How Much Does It Cost To Start A Blog In 2020?

March 17, 2020 By Alison Wright 2 Comments

It’s an easy question to ask “How much does it cost to start a blog in 2020?”, but it’s a devilishly difficult question to answer.

I could counter with, “As much as you want to spend”. It’s a bit of a cop-out but the truth is what you spend starting your blog will depend on your budget.

The law of diminishing returns definitely applies to blogging. At the end of the day, however much you spend on tools or gizmos, expensive themes or first class hosting, it will be worth diddly-squat, ziltch, nada if you don’t produce content people value.

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