The 7 Deadly Sins of Blogging and How to Avoid Them
Being a serial writer is a demanding and mysterious craft. Have you committed one of these 7 blog killers?
Quality vs. Quantity: Finding the Right Balance for Your Blog
Blog quality and quantity will both impact your blog’s success. Here are some tips for finding the right balance.
Tips & Tools to Help You Find Your Next Blog Post Topic
Use these tips and tools to get an idea of what content your audience is looking for so that you can write blogs that provide value.
3 Multimedia Mistakes That Are Killing Your Web Content
These common-but-serious blunders can cost you big time. Fortunately, they’re pretty easy to fix – and such small tweaks can have a huge impact on the success of your content and its brand.
Runways and Couture: 5 Tips for Show-Stopping Fashion Week Coverage
Navigate any fashion week and make your work stand out.
Heading to a Trade Show? Here are 5 Tips for Bloggers on Attending Meetings
It’s easy to overlook trade shows, if you’re not an event guru. But there’s a lot of value for bloggers in these spaces.
8 Must-Dos: How to Make Your Blog Stand Out in a Crowded Niche
In this digital-first era, it seems like your best friend, mom and neighbor all are starting a blog — eager to get their thoughts and ideas online. On the one hand, anyone and everyone is given the opportunity to shout their truth on the internet. On the other hand, it’s easy for content to get lost…
How to Run Your Blog Like a Magazine Editor and Boost Your Following – in 8 Steps
Running a blog isn’t easy – whether it’s a solo hobby or full-time job with team members. If you want to stand out in the large crowd of bloggers and boost your following, you must stay ahead of the game and work to create a formidable brand. This means tons of planning, high quality content, good design, reader engagement, attention-grabbing…
5 Metrics to Measure to Grow Your Blog’s Influence
When launching a blog, drawing eyes to your new channel is a top priority. A large audience can open up numerous doors for bloggers – be it the joy of engaging with people who have similar interests, advertising revenue, brand sponsorships, or potential customers for a product or service. However, as site analytics continue to…
Bloggers: Why #Periscope Is a Game Changer for Your Blog and Your Brand
With the launch of any new social media platform comes great hesitation – especially from bloggers. The thought of learning “one more” new thing for your blog can be harrowing. There’s already so much to keep up with, and so, choices must be made. Periscope recently was added to the social media mix and is…
Media Insider: Virtual Reality Ethics, Journalism Sessions at SXSW and the Latest Media Moves
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. An Ethical Reality Check for Virtual Reality Journalism (Medium) “Virtual reality journalism is with us to stay, and will become even more realistic and immersive as technology improves,” the author begins. This article outlines a few ethical procedures journalists should take into…
11 Tips for Building a Loyal Blog Audience
One of the biggest mistakes new bloggers make is assuming readers will automatically revisit their blog. Little do they know, building a loyal blog audience takes effort – as much hard work as creating content for the blog (or even more). Here are a few tips I’ve gathered on how to build a loyal blog audience: …
Choosing a Blog Name That Sticks
From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to create a mommy blog – I just didn’t know anything else. I mean, first of all, what on earth was I going to call this blog? This type of thinking is common among new bloggers, but down the road I came to realize that choosing your blog…
9 Facebook Tips for Bloggers
Without Facebook, my blog would be nowhere near where it is today. Every time I check my blog stats via WordPress, Facebook is always the number one referrer of traffic. Think about it – even the majority our parents are on Facebook these days. Depending on your demographic, Facebook could be a major way to…
7 Tips for Creating Viral Content
Every creator dreams of “going viral,” but it is almost impossible to predict what type of content people will share. Although going viral is not an exact science, there may be a few things you can do to increase those chances. I stumbled upon an amazing article via BloggingTips.com that really put things into perspective for me.…
Spring Into New Blog Post Ideas
Spring is in full bloom, the perfect time to revamp your blog with fun, new and creative ideas. Below is a list of 10 different types of blog posts you ought to try out: 1. Interview someone. Find an expert/influencer within your niche. I’ve mentioned this once before in my “Fighting Blogger’s Block” post. Interviewing experts benefits you…
10 Mistakes New Bloggers Make
When you first start blogging, it can be easy to get caught up in the newness of it. That’s when mistakes are likely to happen. Here are 10 things to avoid as a new blogger. 1) Your posts are too hard to understand. Even the most sophisticated topics can be broken down and simplified. Your…
5 Steps for Building Your Blog’s Influence
Blogging doesn’t happen in a vacuum. An audience exists beyond every blogger, ready to read and hear what you have to say. The problem: Regardless of how broad or narrow your topic is, there’s a lot of competition for those eyes and ears. How do you break through the noise? This question really resonated with me…
7 Tips for Fighting Blogger’s Block
Got blogger’s block? Relax. It’s quite common. Months of consistent blogging really can burn you out. Some days, you’ll be swimming in a sea full of ideas, and other days you’ll ask yourself, “Now what do I write about?” Caught in a similar predicament? Well, here are seven ways to help alleviate blogger’s block: 1) See Your Thoughts…
Blogging Isn’t Dead & Here’s Why
“Blogging is dead!” I recently opened Facebook messenger to see a note from a friend and fellow blogger asking for my opinion on that statement. A marketer had declared this to her and knowing I write a lot on blogging, she was curious what I thought. While I don’t agree with the statement one bit, I love doomsday predictions like this.…
