This is a guest post by Cassi Lowe When you’re starting a blog, your to-do list is a mile long. Every day you learn about something new that you want to try. It could be a new Facebook advertising strategy or a tactic for pitching guest posts. It can get very overwhelming, very quickly. You feel […]
I Started a Blog and Now I’m too Busy to Maintain It!
Sound familiar? Blogs are deceptive little beasts – looking innocently like a great hobby or side project – only to swallow you up whole with maintenance, tech issues, writing, sharing, commenting, designing, etc. A lot of bloggers I know are sideswiped by the sheer amount of work it is to maintain a blog. So what […]
Discovering Your Niche, Even if You’ve Been Blogging Forever
Whether you’ve been blogging for a month or a decade, sometimes taking inventory of your blog and its niche, is necessary. Take a moment and answer the following questions: What do you want to be known for? What kind of person loves your blog? If you had to write a one sentence mission statement for […]
20 Ways a Blogger Can Fail and Still Recover (Part Two)
This is the second half of my marathon post about how you can fail as a blogger and still recover. If you feel like your blog and/or social media accounts are a mess, it’s never too late to turn things around. I know this because I’ve made a ton of mistakes throughout the years, and […]
20 Ways a Blogger Can Fail and Still Recover (Part One)
I have good news today. If you feel like your blog and/or social media accounts are a mess, it’s never too late to turn things around. I know this because I’ve made a ton of mistakes throughout the years, and here I am – with two thriving blogs and 22,000 + followers in various places. […]
How To Use Influencers To Gain Website Traffic
The following post is a guest feature by Carrie-Anne Foster – author of Social Media Made Easy. She writes about getting influencers in your niche to pay attention to you — and just maybe, share your content with their followers! You are most likely familiar with the phrase, “Content Is King”. Which, for the most […]
10 Ideas to Keep Your Blogging Groove When Life Gets Tough
It’s been a while since I published a new post on Fabulous Blogging. I’ve been keeping up on my other blog, but with personal life getting in the way these days, it’s been difficult to find my creative mojo for WordPress, design, and blogging. So rather than pretend everything is easy, I’m going to face my […]
What to Do When Your Blog Isn’t Working
Have you ever had one of those dream sequences where you are forced to be naked at school/work/party? There is something so humiliating about looking “undone” in public– it’s a very normal and natural human fear. I think this is why some common blog problems can drain us so quickly. The site is live, there is […]
20 Common Blogging Myths – Debunked
Myth: a widely held, but false belief or idea. Think any of them exist in the blogging world? Um, yes. In fact, I would argue that blogging myths travel farther, faster, and wider than other industries because blogging is a mode of digital communication. As a professional in the field, I come up against false […]
Everything You Need to Know About the Blog Comment Debate
Ever since Copyblogger turned off their blog comments, this question has swirled all over the Internet. “If a blog doesn’t have comments, is it even a blog?” There’s a lot changing in the blog/social media world and comments are no exception. As a personal blogger, I’ve chosen to turn mine off, but is it really […]
Survival Of The….?
In science, they call it survival-of-the-fittest. The animals that can outlast their competition, end up passing on strong DNA to their offspring. In the digital world, it’s called survival-of-the-one-who-can-keep-up-with-the-changes-fastest. I’ll work on the name later. This post is for bloggers who’ve been around the block a while. There is a very famous tweet quote… Do not […]
Why Most People Misuse the Famous Rule “Content is King”
Content is king. This is one of the golden rules of blogging. Create compelling, practical, entertaining, and formatted blog posts that your readers will enjoy reading, so much so, they feel compelled to share it. Here’s the problem… People think about the word CONTENT and immediately think of the word BLOG POST. Your content is not […]
Clawing Your Way to an Online Presence: The Difficulty of Building a Brand
Developing an online presence is like building a sandcastle at the water’s edge. Last summer, our family took a trip to a Rhode Island beach. The kids wanted to build a moat to protect our blanket and towels from the rising tide. They set to work, mashing piles of wet sand on top of each […]
Why Other Bloggers in Your Niche are NOT Your Competition
I used to be afraid to go to other blogging websites. Terrified that I would find content way better, smarter, and faster. Sure I‘d want to go crawl under a rock when I saw the amount of comments and following. In other words, I was insecure. Does it sound familiar? Human beings by nature are […]
Why are Some Terrible Blogs So Popular?
When someone comes to me for advice about how to grow their blog and following, this question usually slips out– quietly, and with some embarrassment. “But why are there bad blogs that are so popular?!” No one will admit who or what blog they are referring to, but I’m sure with a little thought, you […]