There are a few vital steps to take just before you publish a new blog post (and a few more to take just after you hit publish). Use this quick checklist to make sure your post is neat, tidy, error-free, and optimized for search engines. Disclosure: Links in this post (and anywhere on The Savvy Solopreneur) may… Read More Ten Things You Need To Do Before You Publish A New Blog Post
Today we’re looking at a few of the best blogging tools to help you plan your blog content and promotion, not just for a week or month, but for the entire year. There are a few advantages of having an annual plan for your blog and business. You’ll really know where you’re going, in terms… Read More The Best Blogging Tools To Help You Plan Your Year
If you’ve set up a new blog and are hoping to make money from it quickly, there are a few key steps you need to take in the first six months. Focusing in on these key areas will help you get set up for the future AND (if you do them right) you should see… Read More Key Steps to Make Money in Your First Six Months of Blogging
There are so many questions you may have as a new blogger. How do I start a blog? What do I put on it? Will I ever make any money from it? How exactly do I do that, and when should I start? Another common question is a simple one: How long should a blog post be?… Read More How Long Should A Blog Post Be?
We all want to drive traffic to our blogs but what are you doing to keep readers on your blog once they get there? If your strategy is to provide them with high quality, relevant, actionable content, you’ve got the right idea, but you also need to create ‘pathways’ around your blog, to keep readers digging… Read More 6 simple ways to keep readers on your blog
Blogging on a budget is a strategy for some and a necessity for others. You may be keeping your overheads low to make more money from your blog, or bootstrapping your new blog because it’s not bringing in any money at all, yet. Either way, blogging on a budget is the answer, but not everyone knows… Read More Blogging on a budget: How to save money as a new blogger
One thing new bloggers rarely understand is the importance of consistently and relentlessly promoting blog posts. For every hour you spend creating new content for your blog, you should be spending at least another hour promoting it. Effective blog promotion strategies include guest posting, podcasting, and influencer outreach, all of which are pretty time consuming.… Read More 16 Strategies For Promoting Your Blog Posts
Just one viral, epic blog post can turn your blog (or even your whole business) around, bringing in new readers, subscribers and customers. No-one can promise you viral. You just have to create amazing content, promote it like crazy and pray to the Gods of virality. But the folks over at SmartBlogger.com have put together… Read More Ten Steps To Creating An Epic Blog Post
Blogging overwhelm affects most bloggers at some point. It often sets in shortly after the excitement of starting a brand new blog wears off, and it’s worse when you feel you have few readers or very little purpose. Sometimes you feel like you’re always working on your blog, when ideally, your blog should be working… Read More Banish Blogging Overwhelm: How to work less and accomplish more
If you’ve been on my email list a while, you’ll have noticed I love sharing free tools (I literally wrote the book on free). Recently I’ve been making a few important improvements to my blog, using tools that are 100% free and easy to access. The following tools can be used to make small but… Read More Five Free Tools I’ve Used To Improve My Blog