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Building a Community Is a Sprint, Not a Marathon: Lessons from A Shareaholic Publisher
They say you should write what you know, and Dana LaRue is a prime example of this. Her popular wedding blog Broke Ass Bride is a product of her own journey planning a wedding on a budget. Now she has a team of contributors and the support of advertisers who help her share budget-friendly wedding style tips with her audience. Here are Dana’s tips for new bloggers. How did you get started with Brokeassbride.com?
Hi there! I'm starting a brand new series of questions and reader requests here at A Beautiful Mess. I have an FAQ page, but some questions deserve a much more in-depth response! Today I'm jumping into the topic of organization. Each time I post about organization methods I get more and more questions, so here's a little more detail about how I keep track of it all... 1.
On Organizing Inspiration - A Beautiful Mess
In my last video post I spoke about the benefits of using talking head video posts on a blog . Today in this video I want to respond to many questions I get about the technical setup that I use for my videos here on ProBlogger. My set up is very basic (and I’m sure it can be improved), but the results seem to work well. I get a lot of comments on them, and questions about factors like which camera I use, what lighting I have, whether I use a microphone, and so on. As I say, I’m no tech-head so I go with the basics, but I hope you find it useful.
Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger
Getting People to Click on Your Post in the Search Results
Congratulations, you have a post that is on the first page of Google! You might even have a post in the top three. The problem is, no one is clicking on your post. One way to get people to click on your post (as opposed to other posts on the same page) is to remember to fill out your meta description for each post. Many WordPress themes have a meta description built in, but if not you can use a plugin like All in One SEO pack.5 Simple SEO Tips
Earlier this week Amy wrote a post featuring a video by Matt Cutts. The bottom line: content is king but SEO is queen. In Matt’s video he basically said that if you didn’t know anything about SEO, but were still writing quality content you wouldn’t be penalized. That’s great news for many bloggers.
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization; everybody is talking about SEO, when it comes to optimizing a blog post to get the best from search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo etc) there are a lot of online resources that can help you understand it. Content is king, but quality content reigns supreme. Writing posts that are engaging, interesting and provide guidance, advice and support (in some way) relating to the nature of your blog will reward you with visitors returning to find out more. Use social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus to push your content out there! There is an unlimited audience for you to interact and converse with. You should spend time promoting your friends’/follows links, commenting on other submissions and submitting links of your own on a regular and consistent basis.
Simple SEO blog post tips for Beginners
Blogging Your Way
Welcome to Blogging Your Way , the first ever online e-course about blogging launched three years ago (March 2009) about creative, personal and meaningful blogging that will help you get results from the time that you spend online. Blogging Your Way shows you exactly how to use your blog as a catalyst to live your best life. This class will help you to tap in to your voice, your goals and your dreams and will encourage you every step of the way to create a blog that you and your readers will love.
V FOR BOOKS
Various mid century books are waiting for me to pick them up and give them a new life. As I have probably mentioned I tend to salvage interesting books from fleamarkets. Usually the ones that I intend to practice on have two things in common, they are cheap and somewhat sound. I choose books from authors I like, or books that for some reason call for an interesting cover design. Because most of the books I rescue are in very good condition I rarely want to rebind them.
how to: dry shampoo
Have you heard all the fuss about dry shampoo? It’s seems like it’s all anybody talks about these days: dry shampoo this, dry shampoo that. What’s the world coming to ?10 Tips for Troubleshooting a Lackluster Design | Design Shack
1. Add Contrast One of the strongest ways to make any design more interesting is to introduce some contrast. Our eyes are drawn to areas of extreme difference and the proper wielding of this knowledge can lead to stunning designs.
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Guide for Better Blogging - Creature Comforts - daily inspiration, style, diy projects + freebies
Last week, I dove into re-living our Alt Summit panel on Blogging Etiquette bit by bit. I got pretty in depth covering Part 1: Comments, Copying and Crediting and wrote over 4,000 words, so today I’ll do my best to be as concise as possible* while covering our next series of topics. Today I’m tackling Part 2: Submissions, Sponsorship, Giveaways & Freebies . This section of our panel had Joy , Emily and I offering our advice and experiences dealing with a wide range of topics, many of which we had differing opinions on. So these topics are definitely open for personal interpretation and feedback.
Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » biz ladies: online etiquette and ethics (part 2)
Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » biz ladies: online etiquette and ethics (part 1)
Last week, Kate and I flew to Utah to attend the Altitude Design Summit , which, much like last year, did not disappoint. The conference was jam-packed with amazing panels, people and enough inspiration to keep me going for a few months with new ideas. I was excited to speak on a panel again this year discussing Online Etiquette and Ethics .How to Write Magnetic Headlines | Copyblogger
Your headline is the first, and perhaps only, impression you make on a prospective reader. Without a compelling promise that turns a browser into a reader, the rest of your words may as well not even exist. So, from a copywriting and content marketing standpoint, writing great headlines is a critical skill.Your blog headlines are one of the most important pieces of your blog. Last week I wrote a post about five types of blog posts . However, those types of posts do not always work.