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Do you want to learn how to start a blog? This in-depth guide shows you the exact steps I used to start and grow my lifestyle blog, Love Life Be Fit from brand new to 100K+ visitors/month in just over a year. Hi, I’m Alison. I’ve been blogging for over three years and working online … Read more
Before choosing your WordPress theme, let’s stop a minute and think about good blog design. This blogging 101 guide, blog design tips for beginners will help you get your design right from the word go. Newbie bloggers waste a ton of time making changes to the design of their blog. Why? Because they focus on … Read more
Love it or hate it, social media is impossible to ignore if you want a successful blog. It will be the number one source of traffic as a beginner blogger. Your efforts on Google will take longer to kick in. So which is the best social media platform to grow your blog? Starting out it’s … Read more
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 for starting a blog. But before you click away, just accept that everyone has to start somewhere. If … Read more
This must happen to all bloggers. You sit down at your laptop and think “What to blog about today?” And your mind goes blank.
I know. You’re a PRO. You have a plan and you always stick to it. Your blog topics are etched out months in advance…
But what about those weeks when life is determined to throw EVERYTHING it can at you. The weeks when you just need an easy topic you can quickly write about.
How do you find your blogging inspiration?
Starting a blog is the easy part. You can read my free guide: “How To Start A Blog In 2021“, set up your blog, and be ready to write your first post in next to no-time. But if it’s so easy, why aren’t all bloggers swaggering around with their pockets lined with gold? How do … Read more
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, … Read more
It’s an easy question to ask “How much does it cost to start a blog in 2021?”, 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, zilch, nada if you don’t produce content people value.
There isn’t a one size fits all approach to blogging. We’d all love to 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 … Read more
It’s the jackpot of the blogging world. Find trending blog topics and ride the wave of popularity. Is it down to luck or is there a sure-fire way of spotting trends?
Read on for a list of 115 trending blog topics updated for 2021. Use the list right now for your blog topics and posts. This list is current at the time of writing and based on Pinterest Predicts 2021 – a go-to set of trends for any on-the-pulse blogger.
Trends come and go, and to stay on track it will be important to seek out hot new topics as the year progresses. I’ve added some suggested sources – you can use these for your own research to be one of the first to spot the latest trends for 2021…
HostGator comes with so many different hosting plans it can be difficult to know where to start when you’re a beginner blogger. Most people start off with one of their shared hosting plans but which is best? Should you choose the HostGator Hatchling, the Baby Plan, or even the Business Plan? Read on as I … Read more
Flicking through social media you can be excused for thinking you need to be a young bronzed traveler 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 … Read more