Sometimes I see people talk about cleaning out their Feedly or Bloglovin’—which I totally get. I quite often prune my own Feedly and remove blogs I’m no longer interested in. But one thing I never quite understood was people who took the time to remove […]
Do you ever struggle with blog identity? I’m struggling now and could really use your help! What is my blog all about? Where’s my focus? Here’s the thing: I’m a big fan of the do whatever you want philosophy. That means blogging about whatever you […]
If you publish link to your blog posts on Facebook, then odds are you’ve probably experienced an issue with Facebook choosing the wrong image to go along with the blog post. Maybe it’s a random image from your sidebar or footer area… whatever it is, […]
Seven months ago I reported my top pages that led to subscribers. I talked about how I got the most subscribers on my homepage by far (60). Today I’m not talking about pages. I’m talking about opt-in locations. I have three opt-ins: which one is […]
I’m super thrilled that I was invited to join the Creative Genius Bar at Blogtacular this Saturday! Blogtacular is a conference taking place in London that’s all about bloggers joining together to meet, learn, share, and inspire. The hosts have a ton of awesome speakers […]
A lovely reader recently submitted this question: How do you know if it’s worth it to host your own blog? I’m constantly worried that if I host my blog and set it all up that I will get bored or busy and get slack with […]
StumbleUpon is an under appreciated social media site. I visit a lot of blogs, and most of the ones I visit have social share buttons, but no button for StumbleUpon! Now, to be fair, I don’t think that book blogging posts do particularly well on […]
When people talk about their blog pet peeves, one of the most common complaints I see is: “I hate blogs that don’t have a search box!” This isn’t something that’s ever bothered me because I have a trick up my sleeve! Today I’ll share it […]
We all like to think we’re original. We all like to create new ideas, share them with the world, and bask in their originality and awesomeness. But what happens when someone else has the EXACT same idea? Just because someone has the same idea doesn’t […]
I love full screen images. They can be beautiful in web design. I even use them on my about page and some of my product pages. But a poorly implemented full screen image can be your downfall. Sometimes I finish reading an entire page before […]