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I have published several books and workbooks for writers and bloggers and an online course for bloggers to help them move forward on their professional journey. Consider purchasing my products for gifts for new and veteran bloggers in your life Gifts for Writers and Bloggers Blogging Success for New Bloggers Do you or anyone you…
I am pleased to share that I will be presenting How to Drive Traffic, Build a Platform & Sell Books Through Blogging at the Mid-America Club on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. I’ll be discussing how to promote and sell your books through blogging and online marketing. This is an exclusive club so I don’t think…
People who visit your website are important. In addition to being potential customers or leads resulting in profit for your business, they are a valuable metric for advertisers. So, how do you get these people to your site? Here are 4 ways you can drive more traffic to your website. Drive More Traffic to Your…
Have you seen photos and images that had transparent text or different colored images that indicated the owner of the image? It may have had a copyright symbol followed by a person’s name. Or, it could have been a company logo or other symbol. These marks are called watermarks. As I researched this topic, I…
You’ve looked through several images on free stock photos sites and found an image that fits your needs. Now, you want to make changes to the image to make it fit your brand. Here are nine online photo editors that allow you to edit images for free. Free Online Photo Editors Canva Be Funky…
Recently, it occurred to me that I do not share the resources I use for my writing and blogging projects, even though I love sharing resources. That is going to change effective immediately. For the month October, I am going share photos resources. Following are tentative topics, in no particular order: Stock photography Online photo…
I presented 10 Must-Have WordPress Plugins for the Chicago WordPress Community Meetup on Wednesday, September 11th and it went very well. This was my first official WordPress presentation and I wanted to make sure it was on point. There were some technical things I didn’t know, and I was honest at the beginning. I also…
Websites and blogs can be hard to run. You can have the best written and engaging content on the internet, but without the correct means of promoting and tagging your work, no one will find it. Even after you start promoting your site, you still have to measure its reach. That’s why gauging the reach…
I have been blogging about writing, blogging, social media and self publishing for over 10 years and I’m burnt out. I’m bored with these topics and need to expand my subject selection. But here’s the thing: I don’t know what I want to write about right now. There are a lot of things that interest…
If you own and run a blog, there’s a good chance you use downloadables to entice your audience to sign up for your newsletter. Most websites have a mailing list these days, but getting visitors to join them can be quite hard. That’s why downloadables are important. What is a downloadable? It’s a digital product…