Have you ever wondered who is pinning your posts from your blog? Did you know there is an easy way to find out? Type this in your navigation bar: www.Pinterest.com/source/YourWebsite.com In place of the YourWebsite.com you would put your own URL. For example, to find out who is pinning from this site we type in Pinterest.com/source/beckyandpaula.com and it shows us all the recent pins from our site. When I track pins from my ...
Social Media Tips
Why I LOVE tailwind tribes (and where to find the good ones)
I've become a huge fan of tailwind in the last couple of months. I've found it to be the most intuitive of the pinterest schedulers that I've tried, and has the most features that make sense for my Pinterest strategy. It allows you to schedule the same pin to multiple boards at once, but space out when they go "live" on pinterest. It also allows you to connect with other bloggers and work together with them in tribes! There's much to love on ...
How to use TheseReads to grow your blog
I have found my new favorite traffic source to grow my blog and it’s good. Within two days of joining, TheseReads skyrocketed into my top five referral sources for the month of January. Yes, in two days! Now that I have been using it for over a month, it’s still holding steady as my fifth highest traffic referral and it’s quickly gaining on my Facebook referrals. It won’t be long before it replaces my Facebook traffic as the fourth highest ...
SERIES: GET ON A SCHEDULE: Pinterest Scheduling Options
It is so important to be pinning your things! Last week I posted a lot of great Pinterest stats (check them out if you haven't yet!) There are two options in Pinterest: 1- Pin them organically - whenever you have time. 2- Schedule them with an app. If you go for the first one (I go back and forth between #1 and #2), just be sure to pin your stuff when your audience is on. I pin the most in the evening, because that is when mothers of young ...
Where to share your content
It is so important to share your content and know where to share your content. Am I saying that loud enough... share your content! I know that some people feel bad about sharing their stuff. I know that one blogger actually quit her blog because she didn't want to have to share her own stuff. My thought is that if you share it, it will be seen by a handful of people, then they tell a handful of friends, etc... You want to put it in front ...
How to schedule social media posts all at once (don’t spend all day online!)
I want to share a few ways that I stay connected without actually being online. I like to try to jump on every day, a few times, but some days (like Saturdays) when I am spending time with my family, I just can't be online. FACEBOOK: Did you know that Facebook frowns upon using outside services to schedule Facebook posts? For this reason, I schedule my Facebook Posts all at once, right from my Facebook Fan Page. Just now, I went onto ...
How Bloggers Can Use StumbleUpon
Hi there! My name is Kelli and I blog at eat pray {read} love about my family, my faith, and delicious food! I've been blogging for 6 years- 3 of those seriously- and I'm always looking for ways to improve my blog and its reach. I've recently begun using StumbleUpon (SU) and for 2 days in the last two weeks, my page views from SU have been higher than those of Pinterest! There are a few tips and tricks to getting started. This is just a basic ...
How To Share Amazon Affiliate Links On Social Media
Sharing Amazon Affiliate links on social media can be a great way to earn a bit of extra affiliate money. You don't want to spam your readers, but the occasional sharing of affiliate links that are relevant to your audience can be fun and helpful! (And yes, this post about affiliates, contains affiliate links) Since my personal blog is about family life, I'll periodically share things on this topic, on Facebook. I share things like this, this, ...
Where should I focus my social media efforts?
Everywhere you look there is some one telling you that this platform or that is the absolute best thing that a blogger could ever use. The truth of the matter is that all social media platforms are not created equal and, depending on your niche, you may have more success in one platform or another. Pinterest - This is the darling of many a blogger. Pinterest is the top referrer to my blog 99% of the time, but I know this is not the case for ...
How to get the page-wide header for Twitter (& change your Twitter link colors!)
I recently saw a few Twitter pages that were different from mine. They were bigger, more visual, more eye-catching with a wide header for Twitter and customized link colors… and I wanted it for myself! :) So, I looked it up and found out how to change mine. It turns out that there was an upgrade and unless you saw it on the Today show or saw it on your social media channels, chances are that it passed you by, like it did with me. SO- here is ...