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Ok, so a LOT of you ask me this question: How did you get a post to go viral? I have been grateful each time that I write on a viral topic and it takes off. It really boils down to just 3 things: 1. A good title. A simple title. A FUN title that engages them. Let's look at a few examples: Say we are talking about a parenting lesson about kids leaving toys out. The post is about how they leave their toys out, so you have decided to keep ...
Some of us (myself included) do not have photoshop. I rely heavily on Pic Monkey. I will never put a photo onto my blog without editing it. Here are the 5 steps that I take every single time… 1- Adjust the exposure to make it brighter (brighter pictures look better on Pinterest & other social media). You can do this automatically. (see picture below). 2- Adjust the clarity & sharpness. This makes a WORLD of ...
"Beck? Are you almost done?" Mickey calls me for the second time, ready to watch our show. "I'm writing" I call back. Writing? In the shower? Yep. I do my best "thinking up ideas" & writing them down when I am in the shower or when I am lying in bed at night, or or when I am taking a jog around the neighborhood. I do my best writing when I am waiting in the carpool line for twenty minutes because I arrived too early and school ...
We love sharing your income reports on our blog. This is why we have our monthly link-up, where we can share income reports. This month, we rolled out our Time Management Course: Blogger Vs. Time because we know that YOU want to be making money on your blog and you just might not have the time. We are sharing the secrets to doing just that. We love to celebrate your successes with you, whether it be time, posts or income. Today, we are ...
We, as bloggers and business owners, have two kinds of goals: the “now” goal, like raising pageviews or getting more sponsored posts, and the “ultimate” goal, like owning a blog that earns enough money every month to let you blog full time. Whatever you ultimate goal is, we are going to works towards it. What is your ULTIMATE blogging goal? Looking past your immediate goals... Ex: Higher Pageviews is immediate, but earning enough to quit your ...
There are so many ways to get your readers back to your site- Facebook, pinterest... but how do you get them back to you when those things aren't working? I feel so frustrated with Facebook sometimes. I'll have a week where everything is 30-50% reach and then I'll have a week where it is back to 10% or less. I don't get it. So, I've found a way that works. Newsletters. I've been bringing them back to my page with newsletters. Let me ...
I wanted to talk about when someone steals your post because it happens a lot. All the time. I want to give you a way to think about it... When you find that someone has taken your idea... remind yourself of these things: 1). Are they new? I know that when I was new, I had no idea about using someone else's pictures, etc... In the first two weeks of starting a blog, I copied someone's pictures! I did a whole post about how we cut our ...
Pinterest is my favorite online platform! I loved it even before blogging, but now I see the huge potential to bloggers. First- let me give you a little background on what type of people are on Pinterest: 71% of Pinterest users are women (72 million!) The number of men on Pinterest doubled by 2014 Moms are on Pinterest! Pinterest Moms share 3 times more than the average user. (and they make up over 30% of the overall shares!) ...
Paula and I both blog full time, and blogging is t he primary source of income for our families! This means a lot of time is put into growing our sites. However, there were days, when we didn't have as much time to give, and there are still times that we find ourselves with only an hour for the blog because other things came up that day. Some days we just don't have time to spend hours on our blog, but we don't want it to fall behind, ...
HOW TO START A SELF-HOSTED WORDPRESS BLOG. You can start a blog quickly - in about 10 minutes - did you know that? Since blogging, we have had some amazing opportunities. We are making significant incomes and have met fantastic people and have helped many others do the same thing! I want to tell you how to start a blog, since a lot of my readers (& friends) ask me on a daily basis. Some of the links below are affiliate links, ...
