Mix is the replacement for the popular platform StumbleUpon which sadly closed down last year. It’s a social media platform that encourages you to discover interesting articles across the web.
It’s also an opportunity for driving traffic to a new blog and I’m trying it out on my new lifestyle blog Love Life Be Fit
[Read more…] about Using MIX To Grow Your Blog TrafficI’ve started a brand new blog. It’s a lifestyle blog and I’m breaking my own rules. The plan is to test out what works and what doesn’t in 2019.
The challenge is to launch and build a lifestyle blog as quickly as possible. To find out just how long it takes to make your first $500.
[Read more…] about See What Happens When I Launch A New Lifestyle Blog
I keep coming across different reasons for starting a blog. Not everyone is starting a blog to make money. Or at least it’s rarely the main motivator.
Granted making money from a blog is up there near the top of the list for “why start a blog”… but digging beneath the surface there’s usually a lot more going on.
It can be summed up in one word…change…
[Read more…] about Starting A Blog (A Way Of Coping With Change)
Let’s say you’ve successful coaxed visitors to sign up for your email list. You’ve written your first blog posts, created a simple freebie and added an opt-in form. Now what?
Do you just watch the numbers grow and block out the nagging thought you should actually be writing to your list? Be chuffed people have signed up and leave it at that?
Decide there’s so much else to think about, surely a welcome email can wait. There’s only 10 people on the list …
[Read more…] about Writing To Your Email List (What To Put + Finding Your Writing Style)
There’s this myth going around. It’s the idea you can only make money blogging about blogging. I can see where the impression comes from…
Just look on social media, (especially Pinterest), and you’ll find all those misleading income reports. “How I made $3800 in two days with a new blog”.
Okay I’m exaggerating a bit here but if you want to grab attention come up with a big figure and plaster it across the internet with the words “income report”.
[Read more…] about Myth Buster: Only Blogs About Blogging Make Money
There’s an article going the rounds, dripping with contempt for Mom Bloggers. It’s a curious piece, writing about the sham of making money from blogging on a site that makes money from blogging.
The cruelty of the article lies in it’s cheap shot at women trying to make some money from home. I’m sure some of the Mom Bloggers on the receiving end of this scathing attack are feeling a little low this Easter weekend.
I’m here to defend you…
[Read more…] about In Defence Of All Mom Bloggers (Ignoring The Haters)
