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I wanted to give you a little Blogging 101 lesson because a lot of people are asking about plugins for SEO. If you are wondering how to use SEO plugin in wordpress - this will help you. There are a few to choose from, but I have personally found that YOAST seems to be the easiest to use. It gives me a "green light" when it is ready to go. I love that because I am a visual person. I use it on Your Modern Family & on here. I ...
How to revamp old blog posts has become a must in my current blogging arsenal. I had good ideas back at the beginning of my blogging career, but I had no idea how to present them. Some of biggest traffic driving posts have come from posts that I have reworked. Today I want to give you the tools for breathing new life into old posts. When I started out in blogging I knew nothing. Nothing. I did not read any blogs. I was unaware of the number of ...
I recently did something new with my secret Pinterest boards that has already really helped me in promoting my old blog posts on Pinterest and across other sites. I scrolled to the bottom of my Pinterest profile and created six new secret boards. Then, I went through all of my posts from the "my blog posts" board and divided them between the six new boards. I was sure to put a good variety on each board so that they all have a good mix of ...
Time management for a blogger is something that all bloggers struggle with, especially if they are writing to make a living from their blog (yes, this can be done!) Here are a few of my best tips for time management: Home: 1- Slow cooker meals. This has been the best thing that I've done for our family since starting my blog. I found that I wasn't planning my meals, so we were going out twice a week and I don't like to eat out because it ...
This was originally posted in 2013, but just a reminder that we think you'll love! … "How do you balance blogging and family time?" - This is an important question for bloggers to consider, and it's something that I think about a lot! I have two extraordinarily rambunctious toddlers on my hands, so my hands are already pretty full, before you add blogging to the mix. Learning how to balance blogging and family time is vital. I have been writing ...
There are a lot of "rules" that go along with sponsored posts… Lets start with the Disclosure: 1- What is a disclosure and why do you need them? The purpose of a disclosure is to help readers determine if the blogger is endorsing a brand or not. Don't worry… You can get creative- it doesn't have to be the same boring disclosure. a- Your disclosure has to be stated BEFORE any links - linking to the brand. b- Your links need to be ...
Page views: 2.9 million. My page views this month were at 2.9 million (I owe a lot of it to my "Mommy, will you lay with me" post that went viral.) It went up just a touch from last month. Facebook: 25,215 (I have never kept track of FB or Pinterest, so I can't really compare it to anything for you… this is my way of keeping track) Pinterest: 15,770 Background: I was an elementary school teacher, before I became a ...
