Love it when you search for something and come up with something else equally as useful and these are great! I fell upon Mandi’s site and noticed she had some tools for bloggers so I thought I’d share the love. Check out her site – she has some really cool stuff, especially if you have kids. Here are her free blog tools – http://lifeyourway.net/free-printables/business/ Say thanks to her when you get there 🙂
What is a blog challenge? That’s where a group of people commit to writing  a blog post each day, usually for a fixed period such as 30 days, and publishing it to their blog. Why would you want to be in a blog challenge? Primarily there are two key reasons people participate in blog challenges. They want to increase their writing output. Perhaps they need the discipline of writing every day to build the habit of regular writing. Maybe they have a blog which needs populating and they are inclined to not write to the blog often enough. They want… Read More »Being In A Blog Challenge
I know what it’s like. You’re all fired up to tick off “write blog post” from your to-do list, so you sit at the keyboard, hands poised and … your brain is fried. Empty. Random thoughts and ideas might jump in and be dismissed as rapidly. Nothing sticks. No idea seems good enough. The deadline approaches for you to post. If this sounds familiar, I just faced it too on another blog. So I resorted to Auntie  Google to come up with some solutions for me! There is a surprisingly wide range of input from other bloggers so I though I’d… Read More »What Can I Blog About? 17 Ways to Remove Blogger’s Block
Blogging can really take up a LOT of time. Want to blog smarter and not so much harder? Check out which if these activities you are doing to blog smarter. 1. Maximize SEO Things like explicit, unique title tags and good meta description tags are not so important these days. Google keeps changing it algorithms but what stays the same is the need for quality unique content. The trick is getting found. Tools like All-In-One-SEO-Pack are great. Don’t overdo it or get too complicated. You’ll learn as you go. Start simple and build grunt over time. 2. Use stats. Get… Read More »12 Must Have Blog Techniques and Tools
How many of us post away to our blogs and then feel like we’re in a ghost town? I can almost see the tumbleweeds gathering around a couple of my blogs! By the way I’m not talking here about niche blogs in the marketing sense ( ie slap up 10 posts in a targeted niche, monetise it, drive traffic, rinse and repeat). I’m talking about blogs where you are building a reputation, authority and expert status. So I’ve been looking into improving that situation and here is what I have found. 1. Have a theme or purpose to your blog… Read More »How To Grow Your Blog and Build an Audience
Signing up at Blogger or installing a blog on your website is not that difficult. Getting it set up right from the get go is very important. Here’s some great advice: http://www.incomediary.com/day-one-blog