Today I'm sharing the 5 most hated results producing suggestions I've ever given on how to increase blog traffic and a bit of insight on how well other blogs are kicking butt online. Below you'll find a compilation of advice I've given that has met with the most resistance from clients, past students and bloggy friends. Not that the advice hasn't been taken, they're just not easy to implement though they definitely produce results. You Continue Reading...
I spent much of yesterday sitting on a bench, blog hopping from my tablet. In my travels I came across a very cool post. As I scrolled down the page to leave a comment, I noticed the blogger had a special message for readers. "Unfortunately, due to Google's updated policies I will have to limit the number of my replies..." Of course this stopped me in my tracks. WTH? I'm really bloody nosy, so I Continue Reading...
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It's sad to see so many panicked by a little thing such as a Gmail interface change. Over the past 10 days, I've had twelve incredible bloggers ask me if they should be worried about subscribers not getting their feed emails and newsletters. I've received newsletters from incredible entrepreneurs, Derek Halpern and Marie Forleo, (two that every entrepreneur should subscribe to) sharing how to configure gmail so I don't miss their updates and newsletters. I've Continue Reading...
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Who wouldn't want hundreds of people to love their blog? How is anyone going to love your blog if they can't see it? According to Google Analytics, you're driving lots of traffic from the search engines and social media. Your Analytics can show at least 300 visits a day but, no one: signs up for your mailing list leaves a comment shares your post downloads your printable buys your product In the past 6 months, Continue Reading...
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Is your blog slow? Today I have an easy how-to on speeding up wordpress and I'm giving away 40 CDN packages to boost your blog speed! It's funny, I've seen many people preach the need to speed up WordPress with the warning that "people have short attention spans and won't stick around for your blog to load." But I don't believe it has anything to do with attention spans. Every moment of the day is Continue Reading...
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Little things, a missing bracket here, an extra space there, or an unfriendly plugin, can create great big PITA wordpress errors. I've had lots of repair requests in the past year since offering the service. Some errors are so common I tell clients, don't pay me, just do this. Today I'll share those common wordpress errors and their free easy peasy fixes with you. 1. You installed a plugin and your site has disappeared. You Continue Reading...
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Though I totally endorse guest posting to better your traffic and rankings, it's not my biggest strength. Many bloggy friends have asked me to guest post, but I always get nervous about it and only those who are closest to me can strong arm me into writing a guest post. So this post, is not about how to guest post. This post is how to avoid screwing your blog traffic when guest posting - seo Continue Reading...
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If you misread the headline and thought it said "Finding Your Blogging Voice" I'm sorry but this post is more about finding your voice and then beating it to a pulp. Tearing it up so badly, you don't even recognize it anymore. It's food for thought, a request for input but not a helpful how-to. This isn't even the post I planned to publish next. The post that was scheduled to publish next is not Continue Reading...
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