Increase Your Blog Reach Overnight Wouldn’t it be nice if there really was a bright red easy button to push whenever blogging and building an online business started to get a little challenging? We’d all be pushing the button every chance we got to instantly gain followers, and we’d definitely push that easy button when […]
How to Design a Blog that Gets More Readers You started a blog because you have something to share with the world, a perspective that you think others will enjoy reading. You’ve made an editorial calendar – and even stuck to it. Your content is fantastic, helpful, and entertaining! But each time you hit publish […]
Growing Your Blog with Social Media Do you feel overwhelmed with social media? Maybe you’re getting a lot of engagement on one of your channels, but how can you use it to specifically grow your blog? Hi, I’m Jessica Bowman, and I am the social media manager and Director of Growth for Ruth Soukup Omnimedia, […]
Social Media for Beginners You’ve done the hard work–you’ve taken those first steps into making your blogging dreams a reality! You’ve bought a domain, learned some techy tricks with WordPress, and even wrote a ton of blog posts. But, you might be wondering now what? How do you get people to your blog and […]
Imagine this…you just finished writing one of your favorite blog posts of all time. You were authentic and funny and full of good information. But, you come back a few days later and read the comments and there’s one comment that sticks out like a thorn. It’s negative and hurtful and you find yourself in […]
Google Analytics…just saying those two words strikes fear in the hearts of many bloggers. After all, numbers can seem scary, especially if you’re more of a creative. Even so, it is important to understand your numbers, from site visitors, to pageviews, to link clicks. Your analytics paint a picture of your website and shows you […]
Nothing will stop a blogger dead in their tracks faster than the word “secret.” We’re convinced there’s a hidden key that the bigger bloggers all know but we have yet to uncover. But (and I hope you have already figured this out) there are no secrets in blogging. Just about everything there is to know […]
I just returned from a two-week vacation. I had great intentions to work on my blog while I was away, but I got distracted and couldn’t do as much as I hoped. Despite this, my mailing list continued to grow while I was away. When I checked this morning, I discovered that I gained 3610 […]
Have you ever noticed, whether you’ve been blogging for a while or are just getting started, that there’s a pretty big difference between having an audience and having a community? You see, your audience are the people visiting your website and reading your blog and listening to you. But your community are the people who […]
You’ve done it! You bought that conference ticket and booked your flight. You’ve started packing, and unpacking and then re-packing. Every little detail has been accounted for, but it still hasn’t calmed your nerves. Making the decision to attend a conference or live event is always a little bit scary, right? If you’re anything like […]
