Blogging for business is an essential way to build and grow a presence in the digital age, but all too often businesses put it on the back burner. After all, it’s a long and slow technique, one that can take years before it brings any solid return on the investment. It’s easy to decide it isn…
There are two major powerhouses in the world of blogging. One is the marketing blogger niche, the people who analyze the trends, who set the stage, who push forward and explore the unknown every day.
The other is the mommy blogger niche. These are the bloggers who truly put all the advice into practice…
Medium is a fantastic platform for a lot of bloggers. It lacks some of the benefits of having your own domain, controlling your own hosting, and running your own version of WordPress, but it more than makes up for those with the audience and exposure it can bring to the table. On top of that, you can make s…
The world of online blogging platforms is surprisingly cutthroat. I’m not even talking about the competition inherent in setting up your own blog. I mean the competition between platforms. If you want to set up a new blog, where do you turn? Do you go to WordPress.com? Blogger? Medium? Steemi…
Shopify is one of the most-used e-commerce platforms in the world, so it comes as no surprise to me that people of all skill levels make use of it. The advanced users have already passed over this post, so this one’s for you newbies out there. When you’re running an e-commerce storefront,…
Pinterest is one of those social networks that isn’t widely used amongst certain niches, but is the number one network for others. If you haven’t used it, it’s something you may want to consider. If you do use it, you should probably look at some of the powerful tools you can use to s…
Any time you start a new WordPress site or publish a new blog post, you need to promote it. The days where people would simply discover new content on their own are long past. You need to put a concerted effort into getting your content out there in front of the masses.
There are dozens of different ways yo…
Pretty much every list of the top WordPress plugins out there will either include Jetpack or will discount it because everyone knows about it. DOES everyone know about it? If not, I’m here to discuss it and what it brings to the table. After all, no one is born with all of their knowledge; you have…
In SEO, we talk a lot about how to rank your blog posts in the search results, but now and then it’s worthwhile to dial back and look at how to get into the index in the first place. Google is a massive edifice with thousands of spiders crawling the internet, seeking out new pages and changes to old pa…
As bloggers, we’re always looking for new ways to promote our posts. Thus, whenever a new content sharing or curation platform shows up, it’s worth giving a try. One such new platform is Mix, found at Mix.com, and it may be just the thing you’re looking for to get your posts in front…