Here’s part TWO of the post I wrote about the two blogging pathways: Let’s talk about PATH ONE… Path One – I want to grow my blog, grow my traffic, in the hope that I can make some…
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Going Pro
Last year we were lucky enough to have an hour-long chat with Problogger Darren Rowse in one of our Blog With Pip groups. Here’s the highlights from that evening. There are some real gems in the chat thread transcript…
Blogging is an ever-changing, lovely beast. Not only are the platforms changing and improving all the time, the tools to promote your content are forever on the move too. And not only are those things changing, the access to…
I think what happens a lot when people start thinking about using social media to grow a following, is that steam comes out of their ears! I totally understand that! It seems a bit impossible to know where…
I love Lucy. (See what I did there?!) I love it that she’s a long-serving blogger, that she’s super hard working, that she’s grown her tiny blog into a HUGE blog, that she profiles amazing people, things and…
This is becoming more and more of an issue: disclosure and transparency in the blogging community. I am not sure WHY it’s even an issue to be honest. Here are my rules on disclosure: Has someone given you something…
Straight out of the gate let me tell you two things: 1. I am not a lawyer/copyright expert. 2. Bloggers tend to be quite laissez faire with issues of ownership and we really do need to tighten up and…
*Disclosure: I work with Agents of Influence Working with brands: Many bloggers dream of being sent free things, writing sponsored posts and name dropping the heck out of various people/places/things. If you are thinking you might like to…
One question I get asked a lot is ‘How did you grow your readership?’ People want to know what tricks I used to achieve the quite busy blog I have now. Here’s what I did: 1. Content really IS…
Blog BWP Going Pro Stats & Traffic Under The Hood Week Two
Blog Stats, blog schmats & Google Analytics
Lots of people are obsessed with blog stats. Advertisers like them. Some bloggers like them. Personally, I find them annoying. They don’t take into account people who are reading your blog via RSS readers like Feedly and Bloglovin’. They…
Blog BWP Going Pro Week Two Writing Tips
Planning Your Editorial Strategy & Setting Up An Editorial Calendar
Editorial Strategy and Editorial Calendars If you are a five day a week + blogger (like Lucy from The Design Files or Nikki from Styling You) then it’s pretty safe to say that you’ll have a pretty serious editorial…
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Creating an interesting, interactive blog with compelling unique content is the very best way to grow your own community. Here are some other important ways to gather your people: 1. Promote others See someone doing something ace? Give them…
