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Personal development and blogging
Apart from blogging, one of my lifetime passions has been personal development. So much so that I left a very well paid job to start my own business helping people to grow and learn using personal...
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Inspiration for Blogging
Sometimes we need to step back from the screen and remind ourselves what real life is all about. I’ve just viewed this amazing video I found a few months back and realised it was worth sharing with...
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Blogging made easy
Coaching for Business Blogging Today I have a lovely bit of feedback from Katie Macdonald who was lucky enough to win the prize in my Twitter competition, which was a free 1-hour coaching call for one...
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Infographic for creating great content
Infographic – a picture is worth a thousand words The infographic below is a great tool to inspire you to write more. It’s the one thing that counts when you’re a blogger. Creating great content for...
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Alexa ranking – infographic showing how to improve it
Alexa ranking. An important measure for potential advertisers If you are like me you probably want to improve your Alexa ranking as it’s a good way of showing you, potential advertisers and guest...
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Infographics – the power of pictures for your blog
Infographics – a social sharing success story Having had a bit of education recently on using Facebook. Pinterest and other social media spaces where pictures are so popular, I’ve been sitting thinking...
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SEO Plugins for WordPress – Yoast
One of the best SEO plugins for WordPress I’ve been using SEO plugins for WordPress sites for a few years now. So far I have focused on the All in One SEO plugin and XML Sitemaps plugin for search...
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YouTube compilation – winter wonderland
The power of YouTube compilation videos. The last YouTube compilation I posted was two years when I shared the BBC Wildlife voiceover clip. Since it’s been below freezing for the last week in the UK,...
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Beware the blog hackers
Blog hacking hell. How to survive the blog hackers You may have noticed or heard that I had a ‘brute-force ‘ attack on my site recently. Basically that means an organised group of blog hackers attempt...
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WordPress Dashboard Wizardry
Navigating the WordPress dashboard maze. I’ve been asked by a good friend, Social Media Queen Nicky Kriel, to deliver a workshop on using the WordPress dashboard at her Social Media Summit event on 1...
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Seven blogging benefits – it’s personal! Having discussed business blogging benefits I thought it would be useful to look at some of the personal reasons for blogging which might be overlooked. Many...
View ArticleHow to change your WordPress username
The danger of the ‘Admin’ username and how to change it! You may have had your WordPress installation set up by a webmaster or done it yourself. Unfortunately some webmasters are sloppy and you may be...
View ArticleGuest posts on your blog
Publishing guest posts as part of your blogging strategy What I mean by this is that you get other bloggers to write guest posts for your blog. Many people do not consider this as a strategy because it...
View ArticleWriting guest posts for other bloggers
Writing guest posts for others. Why would you do this? I mean it’s bad enough just trying to write your own content, isn’t it? So why is it worthwhile writing guest posts for other people? You can...
View ArticleSponsored posts – are they worth it?
Should you be accepting sponsored posts on your blog? Depending on the type of blog you have this might not be something you’ve considered. Sponsored posts are a long term strategy – you might not have...
View ArticleMonetising blogs
Can you make money by monetising blogs? Seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Making money whilst you sleep, sitting on a sunny beach tapping away at your laptop and your bank account getting bigger every...
View ArticleBlog comments
Are blog comments useful anymore? There’s a trend going on at the moment where blog comments are being turned off. There are three reasons for this – spam, spam and spam! Well, there are a couple of...
View ArticleWhat do you do once you have finished writing a blog post?
So you’ve finished writing a blog post! Now what do you do? This is a question that comes up fairly regularly. Once you’ve written your blog post there is more to do than just clicking on the publish...
View ArticleSocial media promotion of your blog post
Increasing visibility of your content with social media promotion Leading on from my post about what to do when you’ve finished writing a blog post, I promised I would look at social media promotion....
View ArticlePromoting your blog post with social media tools
How to increase traffic to your blog post with social media tools Having talked about all the main places you can promote your blog posts, here I discuss bookmarking sites and a few social media tools...
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