Mystified? Why do some bloggers have posts that go viral and others don’t? Why is it that you don’t? One blogger who has experienced mind-blowing success offered to explain how he was able to achieve 40,000 traffic referrals just within the last year, and […]
Exciting isn’t it? You receive notification that you have a new follower. You experience a rush of emotions. You feel validated, complimented, and like your voice has been heard and acknowledged. You feel driven to make your new follower’s faith in you well placed. Other […]
Dangerous, isn’t it? You spend hours on your blog posts. Then you wait for Lady Luck to smile down on you and hope your post brings you traffic. It’s been said that blogging success comes down to “dumb luck”. Does it? Or, can you control […]
In her post “10 Reactions From Non Writers…” Blondewritemore offers emotional support to writers. Since my blog “Reflections” offers support to bloggers, I wanted my readers to see that other writers know people who don’t understand our need to write. Blondewritemore offers us ten pieces […]
Discouraging, isn’t it? You research, write, and promote your post. You even include a picture Pinterest pinners will be sure to love. Then nothing happens. You have two choices. You can hope people read your post and then hope those readers comment, or… you can […]
Complicated, isn’t it? Fearing gaining the knowledge is both time-consuming and complicated, search engine optimization, commonly called SEO, is an area most bloggers won’t venture into. However, search engines are how you are going to attract new readers (and hopefully followers) to your blog. It’s […]
Throw a linky party if you want jaw-dropping traffic. As explained in How to See Your Traffic Explode: Have a Linky Party Part I, dramatically increased traffic is one of the many advantages to throwing a linky party. Hosting a linky brings traffic to your […]
Overwhelming, isn’t it? You’re running a blog, and then you must promote it as well. Your 1,440 minutes a day aren’t enough. You are not alone anymore. Tools exist to help you save time by simplifying your blogging. Thanks to the evolution of technology, blogging […]
Do you like to shop? Would you like it even better if you could do it with other people’s money? That is the concept behind JustRetweet, a website designed to give your content more visibility. You are literally shopping for your blog’s exposure on Twitter. […]
Simple. You write a comment on a blog. Your comments don’t take much thought or time. Perhaps you write them routinely. It’s actually gracious of you to write the blogger. What if I told you by simply tweaking the content of your comments, you could […]
Do you like to take risks? Do you gamble? By not using Google AdWords Keyword Planner, you are gambling with the success of your blog post. You are hoping that when potentially new readers type your keyword into Google or another search engine, your blog […]
Disillusioning, isn’t it? You create your post’s shareable image, you research, you write, you proofread, you edit, you publish, and you wait, and wait, and wait for people to notice your content. Don’t get me wrong, Blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. However, being […]
It’s frustrating isn’t it? Your attempts at trying to improve traffic have minimal results at best. You’ve heard that you need influencers’ help to get more eyes on your blog. You’ve heard that influencers have massive amounts of followers on all their social media. If […]
