Writing How-To

Source: https://tim.blog/ The above video is one of my favorite presentations I’ve given in 2009, an opening keynote at the last San Francisco WordCamp, titled “How to Blog without Killing Yourself”. More than 700 people from 32 countries were in attendance, which made for a [...]

When you're just starting out with your blog, it can be overwhelming and frustrating with the number of tasks that need to be done to make it work. With so much information to consume and strategies to choose from, how can you find the [...]

As a new blogger, you want to avoid becoming overwhelmed with everything that you need to be doing. Being overwhelmed can mean the difference between an idea that exists only in your mind and a published blog full of amazing content that you created. [...]

As a blogger, you have to master many different skills. Skills such as writing, editing, promoting, social media, and networking. You’re essentially a stand-alone media company; an entire team of skilled digital media professionals rolled into one person. As a one-person show, how do [...]

You work hard every damn day to get people to your blog. Pushing yourself to research topics, keywords, spending hours writing, and then promoting your blog posts. Because of all that hard work,  it’s a real kick in the gut when visitors arrive only [...]

What you do after you publish your blog post will determine its success? If you’ve published a few blog posts and they aren't getting any traction, you’re probably not taking full advantage of promoting those posts. You can’t just post a link to the [...]

If you manage a blog, you might be wondering if your audience isn’t subscribed to your content, when should you post to get maximum exposure? Does the time of day matter when publishing a blog post? If so, when is the best time to [...]

Google continues to reign supreme as the top search engine, handling over 90% of all worldwide search queries. Ranking high in the Google search results is an SEO professional’s top priority. Changing algorithms provide constant challenges to SEO copywriters. However, the basic rules of [...]

If you’re having trouble establishing a writing habit, it may be because you don’t think of yourself as a full-fledged writer. This may sound silly, but start calling yourself a writer. Even if you’re not making that much yet, that doesn’t matter. If you [...]

How do you promote your blog posts in a way that gives you a good audience and month-over-month growth? This is a frequent question that most new bloggers ask themselves when starting out, myself included. When I started writing and earning money from what [...]