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Around August last year, I really started to hone in on the type on content I wanted to produce for my blog. I’ve always been passionate about blogging itself, so blogging related topics such as tips, advice and discussions started to creep up more and more. As well as my two blogging eBooks, I really …
Let me guess. If you’re a blogger, your goals for 2020 are: to be more organized with your blog, create more consistent content, increase your following and page views, work with more brands or something of that nature? I’ve been blogging for 7 years next year, I’ve read enough “blogging goals for the New Year” …
If you didn’t check out part 1 of this post a couple of days ago, I’d recommend you go and catch up here. Then as soon as you’re caught up, let’s jump right in to part 2. Are you a beginner wanting advice from 4 full-time bloggers about blogging as a job? You’re in the …
A lot of people go into blogging these days with the intention of turning it into a full or part time job and making a regular income from it. Which personally, I don’t think there’s ANYTHING wrong with. People go into creative industries all the time with the aim and hope they can turn it …
A bit of a PSA before we get going: I’m not claiming that my inbox is jam packed full of opportunities every single day. There are of course times where my blogging inbox is a bit dead and work is slow. Which is the case for a lot of bloggers. But I am at a …
You might be looking at the title of this post and thinking, “is she serious?” No offence taken, I’d probably be thinking the same. But after I tweeted this last month after painstakingly trying to read a blog post without a SINGLE PARAGRAPH it got me thinking. And after tweeting this poll, it was evident …
Although we all start by saying we’re “writing for ourselves”, I’m sure most of us WANT people to read our content. Blogging is all about creation, sharing and connecting. If you’re shouting into the void, then none of that is being fulfilled. I’m at the stage where I thoroughly enjoy writing for my audience. It …
Let’s be real for a second here. Times have changed in the blogging world. Where 5 years ago, it was all about writing for yourself and blogging for a hobby and now, making money through your blog and blogging as a job is a far more normalized and accepted concept. And working with brands as …
Social media is an integral part of blogging. Being able to expand your content across various channels, grow various different audiences and promote your work on a large scale. Who wouldn’t want that? Bloggers have varying degrees of success across various channels. But Twitter has always been my most successful and where I get the …
Throughout the entire month of July, I used stock images on my blog. I didn’t advertise it, I kinda just did it as a mini-experiment to see if it would affect anything like views or followers *pssst, it didn’t*. And I’ll let you in to a secret. I hate taking blog photos. Loathe it. Despise …
