If you’re a blogger you know that our work is never done. There are rare moments when you’re actually looking for things to do. And as hard as it is to say this, I will say that a generally slow time for bloggers, brands, and businesses is the summer.
Vacations…
Yes, blogging is a crowded market. Perhaps even the most crowded, but it’s also a market with a ton of opportunities. With the right amount of talent mixed with a smart strategy, anyone can make it in blogging. Each day thousands of bloggers emerge and hundreds of them get…
If you’re looking to become a freelance writer, using your blog can be a great tool to get started. I used my blog to begin my writing career and today I want to show you my straightforward strategies on how you can do the same.
Writing Your Content
Don’t worry…
Whether you’ve been blogging for a month or a year, you should always be prepared for your first (or 100th) brand collaboration, especially if you plan on making blogging your full-time job. Brands don’t want to work with just anyone and you shouldn’t want to work with just any…
As a blogger, there are a ton of WordPress plugins that are available (for free!) to make your life a little easier. From increasing your web traffic to helping your site get found in Google to creating easy and printable recipes to monetizing your blog – there’s a plugin…
If you don’t have any experience in marketing or sales, promoting your blog content can be challenging. There is a super fine line between actually bringing value to your readers and annoying them. You obviously want to aim for the former, however more often than not bloggers end up…
The world of blogging is intimidating. There are bloggers that have invented what it means to blog as a full-time job, who have been active for 10+ years and who are still dominating their genres. It’s such a challenge to maintain confidence when you’re side by side with these…
One of my most frequently asked questions is ‘how do I get brand collaborations as a beginner blogger’? My initial answer is patience, but that’s never good enough and I get it. It’s a lame answer! But as lame as it is, it’s true. I can hear the sighs…
Like anything else you do as a blogger, branding your blog takes time and hard work. Your blog name has to match your personality, your personality has to match your colour scheme, your colour scheme has to match the way you edit photos and your photos have to match…
Being a blogtrepreneur and working full time is extremely hard work, but it’s not impossible. In fact, all the great bloggers have done it at some point or another. And if you truly want to turn your blog into a business, you will have to make some sacrifices at…
Snapchat took the world by storm when it launched in 2011, introducing a whole new way of storytelling in short snippets with a life span of 24 hours. The incredibly raw, unfiltered way of connecting with an audience resulted in the app being used for 150 million people, and that number doesn’t just…
