If you are like me, you got some new goodies to help you with your blog and are now ready to start learning how to use them. Or, you are preparing to start the new year off with a bang! These 40 free Kindle books for bloggers need to be added to your system NOW! […]
Blogging Basics: Promoting a Post with Guest Posts (part 2)
So, I am curious…. how many posts have you guest posted that led to the one you are wanting to promote? Did you get any “yes” answers? Have you even done this part? Hopefully you pitched some bloggers with your great ideas and have already posted a few out there. Either way, these tips should […]
The Weightloss Journey Really Begins #Cinchspiration
I am crying as I write this post! I applied to be a #Cinchspiration Blogger some time back, but was not one of the 50 bloggers chosen to participate in this life changing event. I decided when I went through the entire list and didn’t find my name anywhere that I was going to lose […]
Pinterest Round Up: My Most Popular Boards!
Pinterest is popular, there is no doubt about it. For regular people it is the best bookmarking and gossiping feature out there! For bloggers and businesses it is one of the best traffic drivers around! Anyway, I was doing some evaluating this week to see what my Pinterest followers were looking at. That gave me […]
Blogging Basics: Finding Great Content in 5 Easy Steps
So, you decided to take the plunge and become a blogger! Now, you are writing fairly regularly about your chosen topic and finding that you don’t know as much as you thought you did. Or that you are about to run out of stuff to say! What do you do? #1 – Start browsing the […]
Marketing Manners: You Should Be Ashamed! #PRFail
Arrgh, I must be grumpy today! Seriously, I got an email that was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. Y’all know I love my PR folks and my Company contacts – without them, I wouldn’t have a Product Review and Giveaway site! However, I got my big girl panties in a wad over […]
2011 Holiday Gift Guides: Schedule and Links
Although we have a great guide again this year (for our 3rd consecutive year) we didn’t have nearly as many submission as we did last year. Why? HARO has decided that Bloggers are no longer allowed to promo their Holiday Gift Guides via their site – just bloggers, like we are not REAL reporters or […]
Blogging Basics: A Huge Post of Blogging Tips and How Tos
**NOTE: I update this page every few weeks to reflect my newest Blogging Basics posts. Scroll to the bottom for the most recent posts! I have a ton of Blogging Basics posts now on my blog and I realize that people simply can’t find what they are looking for. So, this post is simply a […]
BLOGGING BASICS: 23 Must-Have Word Press Plug Ins
*IF YOU HAVE BLOGGER, BE SURE TO READ! Some of the plug ins have Blogger options!* I started a blogging conversation in my Blog Frog community about my plug ins, but the entire message didn’t show up. So, I promised my community friends that I would re-do the post and put it on my blog. […]
Blogging Basics: 17 Tips To A Better Blog
Looks like it is time again for a little Recap! Gotta love them. 🙂 If you have missed any of my Blogging Basics post, I have compiled them all below. Have fun! Rule Of Five Forums Tip File #266 – Content, Content, Content Goals Tip File #43 – Do Your Homework Comments Tip File #2 […]
Blogging Basics: Follow Me Buttons on Sidebar
Please welcome Adriana to 3 Boys and a Dog. I put out a plea for someone that could tell us how to get the “follow me” buttons in our sidebar. I let them know it had to be in “dummy language” and be written for Blogger and Word Press. Adriana responded and did an EXCELLENT […]