Blogging: Where Did the Love Go?
Every once in a while, I feel the need to write an opinion piece, or go on a bit of a rant. Fair warning: this is one of those times. It’s been an interesting week in the world of opinion […]
Content Marketing: Are We Doing it Right? [Infographic]
I’ve been doing content markteing online since 2007. That’s just a fancy way of saying I’ve been writing this blog since then. Content Marketing, or “pull” marketing, is just about creating useful or valuable content that is then going to […]
Tax Deductions for Bloggers [Infographic]
Friends, if you had been to my house lately, you would have noticed that my dining room table looks like this: Yup, piles and piles of receipts I’m sorting through and entering into Excel spreadsheets in preparation for doing my […]
Is Blogging Dead?
Yikes. I hope not. I just started teaching a blogging class this week, so let’s just say I have something personal at stake here. But it’s more than that. I love blogging. Again, it’s personal. I feel like writing is […]
Repurposing Your Content for Social Media [Infographic]
I just got home from Seattle, where I had the pleasure of presenting at the International Food Blogger’s Conference held last weekend. The name of our workshop was What To Do After You Hit Publish. It was a workshop about […]
9 Ways to Re Purpose your Content
Content, content, content!! When you’re a blogger or you are in social media, there is constant pressure to come up with fresh content all the time. It’s hard! Sometimes you run out of inspiration. One thing I do is look […]
The Residual Effects of Daily Blogging (even when you’re not)
In the month of December, I conducted an experiment over on my other blog, Cooking By Laptop. I decided I was going to blog every weekday during the month of December 2014, so see how it would affect my traffic. […]
How Daily Blogging Affects Your Traffic
Hola, Amigos! I am back from vacation (in sunny Mexico–wish I were more tanned and less freckled, but there you go), and very excited about my first post of 2015! As you know, for the last few years, I’ve been writing […]
You’re a Successful Blogger–Now What?
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been really putting a lot of work into growing my cooking blog. This blog has been chugging along for years, and quite successfully helping me to get lots of work in social media. […]
4 Ways to Create an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog
A whatzit?? Editorial Calendar? Yes, my friends! Big magazines use editorial calendars, because they need to plan out their content months in advance. They may be planning for Christmas in July, just given their printing schedule. Bloggers can benefit from […]