If you want to build a blog that pays some bills, you are going to need to get into affiliate marketing. It’s the easiest way for beginners to start building an online income. There's no risk as you are just putting links in your text for the most part. Affiliate marketing for beginners starts with these seven tips. Affiliate Tips That Will Work For You #1 Choose affiliate programs that have a solid reputation. Prompt payment, strong conversion rate (converting your visitors into sales), ...
You Need to Improve Your Blog Posts
When looking at blogs you will generally find two different blogging styles - those who blog because they think they're supposed to and those who blog with intent. If you're blogging because you think you're supposed to, you're likely not getting the response you hoped for. I bet it also feels like a lot of work. If you're blogging with intent, then great! Both types of bloggers can benefit by embracing a few tips to improve their blog posts and the bottom line. Identify a Clear and ...
Refocus on Your Blogging Goals
We're almost into the second quarter of the new year and you should be close to hitting some goals you set for the first quarter. Have you found you’ve strayed from your blogging goals? Or maybe you got sidetracked and just need a kick in the right direction again. These tips will help you get back on track. Write it down. I hope you wrote your goals down for this year. If not, then there's why you are hitting your goals. But biz and life may have changed. Make sure your goals are ...
Turn Your Ideas Into Action
One of the biggest problems with working for yourself is creativity. You are creative or you wouldn't want to be working for yourself. Which leads to tons of ideas. It's so exciting to come up with a fantastic idea that you know will absolutely work. The problem comes with making those ideas into an action plan. An appropriate action plan supports a great business and maintains your motivation. Plans Turn Into Actions First: Your action plan needs to include small steps to ...
5 Common Reasons You’ll be Unfollowed on Twitter
Twitter can be a finicky place. It has changed so much since it first started in 2006. I created my first account on twitter in 2008 and have seen a complete change since then. I do miss the old days when it was new and full of more geeks than links. I changed how I use twitter as it changed. Sadly, I have done quite a few of these mistakes and am trying really hard to be better about it. I know I delete repeat offenders of these mistakes. So why would people stop following you on Twitter? ...