2015 was a very successful year for me. It wasn’t as marvellous as 2014 in terms of “big name” accomplishments, like getting married and graduating from uni. But it was successful in terms of stability and growth. My hosting clients have grown from 89 to […]
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Here’s What Book Bloggers Think About Making Money
In case you missed it, I recently talked about making money from your book blog and invited you to sign up for my email series. Email #7 in the series talks about making money from reviews, but most importantly, I tried to start a dialogue. […]
Achieving Inbox Sanity (and why I moved to a new support platform)
How you manage your email inbox can be a reflection of how organized and focused you are with your business. My inbox represents clutter and distraction. Confession: I have every single email (business and personal combined) in the same place—in one inbox. I’ll let that […]
Don’t Forget to Tell Me Who You Are on Your About Page
Whenever you read a post on how to write your about page, the person usually talks about how your about page isn’t about you. Instead, they say the page is your opportunity to connect with the reader and describe how you can help them. To […]
This Whole “Post Constantly to be a Successful Blogger” Thing is Bullshit
For the sake of this blog post, I’m defining “success” as having more traffic/engagement. The point of this blog post isn’t to debate whether or not that’s what “blogger success” actually is, so let’s not get into that. 😉 I’m posting less than ever (and […]
What the Hell is a “Quality Blog Post”?
There’s a lot of talk about “quality blog posts”. People say things like: Create quality content! The key to success is to have high quality blog posts. My traffic really started to grow when I published quality content. But what the hell is quality content? […]
Don’t “Set It and Forget It” – How to be a SUCCESSFUL Affiliate
In August I paid my affiliates $139.70. And the bulk of that money actually went to about 2-3 affiliates who all make quite a few sales each month. When I mentioned this on Twitter, someone replied that they were getting a bunch of clicks but […]
How to Choose Your WordPress Web Host
If you’re moving from Blogger to WordPress or just considering changing hosts, it’s important to carefully consider your host before choosing. Web hosts are generally split into two categories. There are a lot more than two categories if you want to get super specific, but […]
When to Use Easy Digital Downloads Instead of WooCommerce
WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads are like the two kings of the WordPress e-commerce world. When people first get started with an online business, one of the first questions they’ll ask is “which platform do I choose?” Let me help you out! Both platforms are […]
Ridiculously Simple SEO to Take Your Blog to the Top
Let’s talk about SEO. Not the super technical bits, because those are confusing. Let’s talk about what it really is so you can actually understand what the hell is going on. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. But maybe you already know that. What you […]