Pretend for a second that you own a lemonade stand. You've found the perfect spot to set up your lemonade stand, and you start offering your lemonade.Every single day you stand outside letting everyone know about your lemonade. Unfortunately, you get minimal sales. This doesn't make sense.You've crafted the perfect drink, and everyone should be standing in line to buy it.You decide to [Continue Reading...]

Everyday bloggers are trying new ways to generate traffic to their blog, but they continue to overlook one of the most important aspects of attracting readers.Blog post titles.If someone sees a blog post title and they aren't intrigued by it, then they simply won't visit. There is just too much information being presented to people every single day for them to focus on every single [Continue Reading...]

You know what sucks?Being really excited about a blog post that you've written, publishing it, and then nobody comes to visit it.After a couple of days, you've given up all hope for the blog post getting any traffic at all.It's dead.Call the time.The question you need to ask yourself is why did this happen?You had such a good feeling about this blog post, and yet it seems [Continue Reading...]

If you're reading this, you might've done the easy part already and that is launching a blog. Find a web host and install WordPress. Congrats, you've started a blog.But what now? There are a million and one things you should be doing with your blog but trying to do them all at once would make your head explode.Instead, let's just focus on just 7 things that you should do in your first 3 [Continue Reading...]

I'm so excited to announce the launch of my online blogging course for beginner bloggers, The Blogging Blueprint.Do you have dreams of becoming a full-time blogger, but don't know where to start? Are you tired of reading fluff articles that don't include any real strategies for growing your blog? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you can't get people to read or engage with [Continue Reading...]

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression."We all know that saying and it holds true for blogging.That first impression can be the difference between visitors exploring your blog or leaving after a couple of seconds.With so many beautiful blog themes out there, is there really an excuse to have a design that isn’t optimized to help you succeed?Nope.But many [Continue Reading...]

Spring is just around the corner. Soon, many of us will be taking the time to thoroughly clean our homes.Did you know that you should also take some time out to clean your blog? At least a couple times a year, I recommend that you take the time to clean up your blog.Cleaning your blog will ensure that it's properly optimized and organized for yourself as well as your readers.In this [Continue Reading...]

In this post I want to share a quick tip that not many people seem to know about.Have you heard of the site Lynda.com? If you haven't, Lynda.com is an online learning website that has thousands of business, technology, and creative online courses and tutorials.The Lynda.com website currently has 2 learning plans, basic and premium. The basic plan starts at $19.99 per month, and the premium [Continue Reading...]