When it comes to blogging, I highly recommend using WordPress. There are many choices out there – and I’ve tried many of them before I started using WordPress myself. I’ve been using it for four years, and I haven’t looked back. I use it on all of my sites. WordPress is a free software, and it’s completely web-based. This means [...]
I have been reading review posts of BlogHer10 and felt compelled to write the following post. I might make a few people mad, but oh, well, here goes: There are lots of people who are unsatisfied with the conference. The main complaint is that the conference was catered to Mommy Bloggers. Well, duh! Have you [...]
This was a big weekend! And this is going to be a big post. So bear with me. I have a lot to say (and show you). On Thursday, August 5, I flew to New York City with my friends Beth & Lish to attend BlogHer. In a word, it was amazing. But I know [...]
I have had a secret – for months – and it’s been hard not to share it with you! Back in February, I begin planning an event at Etsy with my friends Beth & Lish from Handmade Detroit. On August 5th, my friends and I will be traveling to New York and will be visiting [...]
Today is the second installment of “101 Week,” and today we are going to tackle the question “What the hell is blogging?” Simply put, blogging is whatever you want it to be. And now you are more confused than ever, right? Well, when blogging first started it was used as an online journal, or “web [...]
If you have the summer vacation bug, you are not alone! Lots of people are taking time off this time of year. But that doesn’t mean your blog has to suffer. Here are some tips on how to take a month off, without feeling an impact: 1. Write extra posts now, and then post date [...]
I am looking for 4 people who want to join me in a little blogging experiment…. I want to see if we can boost each other’s traffic over the summer. Here’s what we will do: Each week, we will simply read each other’s blogs and on Sunday, we will write a post with a link [...]
Writing a blog post is pretty easy, right? You can find all kinds of blogging platforms with “what you see is what you get” editors (WYSIWYG) that mimic the look of a word processor. It seems that all you have to do is type and publish! Well, writing a post and putting it on the [...]
When it comes to your blog, first impressions count! When someone lands on your site, they may look at it for a moment, and if they don’t like what they see, they can very easily click away and never come back. As you can see, the trick is to lure them in and make them [...]
Yesterday, I explained what PLR was and gave some tips on how to use it… Today, I’m going to explain how to make money with it! On Your Blog Posting the articles to your blog will create lots of fresh content and that will give your readers a reason to come back. This will result [...]
