"Blogging is dead."
How many times have you heard that?
Over the past nine years since I started professionally blogging, I think I've heard it at least a couple of times a year.
But, in 2022, is it finally true? Is blogging dead?
If we’re talking about the blogging where people share random parts of their life and people flocked to read their latest adventure… yeah, that might be dead (or just moved over to Instagram).
Or if we are talking about creating random posts on
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How I Use Fiverr to Run My Blogging Business
Running a successful blogging business has a lot of moving parts.
For the vast majority of my blogging career, I thought I had to do it all myself - the content creation, updating, social media promotion, the tech support, the SEO...everything.
However, over the past few years, I've discovered that there is value in hiring people to help - especially people who are much smarter than I am at certain topics!
I've used college interns successfully for a couple semesters now, which has been
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What To Discuss Before Starting a Sponsored Post
What To Discuss Before Starting a Sponsored Post
Over the years, I have done a lot of sponsored posts.
Some of the experiences have been amazing, and I look forward to working with those companies again.
Others? Well, let's just say there are a handful of companies I would rather eat dirt than work with again.
For the most part, I've been able to figure out the best way to weed out potential disasters before they start, and thankfully, most of my working relationships nowadays go pretty
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How to Update Old Blog Posts and Increase Traffic
How to Update a Blog Post for Better Traffic, Money, and Email SubscribersDo you have hundreds of posts on your site that don't get any traffic? Don't delete old blog posts - update them for even better traffic!On Clarks Condensed, we have nearly 2000 published posts.However, the majority of our traffic definitely is driven to probably about 20 posts.I mean, I get traffic to a lot of my other posts, but sometimes I think, "It would be nice if I got this same traffic to
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Sponsored Blog Posts: Everything You Need to Know
Sponsored Posts for Bloggers 101
Some of the questions I get the most have to do with sponsored posts. As much as I would like to respond to each of those questions individually, I decided it would be most time effective and, hopefully, helpful, if I wrote a post about everything you wanted to know about sponsored posts!
I've been involved with writing sponsored posts since very early on in my blogging career. I felt like it was a good way to make money, get involved with brands I love, and
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Two Apps Every Blogger Must Have (That Will Save You Money and Sanity)
We just finished doing our taxes for the year.
I really miss the days of when it took about 10 minutes to do (you know, back when I was in college.)
I was pretty thrilled to find out that not only had I saved an extra $10,000 for taxes that I didn't need to pay, but we got over $1000 back in a refund.
Thankfully, I have a dad for an accountant, so it made life a little bit easier (you can read some of tax tips for bloggers he shared awhile back). But I'm pretty relieved to be done.
As we were
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The Blog Post Checklist
STOP.
Don't press publish.
Well, until you have read this post.
There are certain things every blogger should do before they release their latest masterpiece to their readers - regardless of the niche.
I've read a lot of blog posts, and I've written a lot as well. I've certainly made many mistakes - sometimes because I'm just lazy and sometimes because I just forget. However, I feel like I've gotten a pretty good idea of things you should always try to do before you press publish.
And lucky for
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One Thing All Bloggers Need to Do
Okay, there's a lot of things that bloggers should do. But today, I'm focusing on one that I sometimes forget, and it can really affect your traffic!
Most of us probably just use one browser - and perhaps have a backup browser, just in case. Because of this, you may not see how your site displays in a different browser. As nice as it would be to have our sites look and function exactly the same across all browsers, it's just not that simple. For me, I rarely leave my Google Chrome browser
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How to Make Blogging Goals You’ll Keep
It's been awhile since I've posted here - hopefully we still have a few followers left. It's been a crazy few months since my son, Oliver, was born. Unfortunately, this website has gone on the back burner!
But with the New Year here, I'm hoping to jump back in and write here more often. I feel like I'm always answering questions for people on an individual basis, so I might as well post those answers here. In my experience, if one person has a question...a lot of others have the same one!
Since
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Two Quick Ways to Get More Facebook Likes Organically
Of all the social networks out there, Facebook is the one that frustrates me the most. With their ever-changing algorithms, the almost requirement to pay for ads, and only a fraction of my followers even seeing my posts, it's almost enough to make me throw in the towel. It makes it difficult to get more Facebook likes organically when hardly anyone is seeing your posts!
Just almost. Right when I'm about to, I have a post that does well, and it makes me feel like all the stress of Facebook is
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Awesome Free Blogging Tools Every Blogger Should Know About
While there are some definite expenses that come with blogging, they are something I try to keep to a minimum. Blogging is a relatively low-cost career (at least in my case), and there are so many awesome free blogging tools out there to help you accomplish your goals.
I've tried a lot of tools - and not all of them are that great. For me, the tool has actually to increase productivity or the effectiveness of a blog post. If I'm going to pay for a tool, it has to do that about 10-fold! I thought
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Online Blog Con 2015 Giveaway
Several weeks ago I mentioned the Online Blog Conference, and I just wanted to remember you to be sure to sign up. It's only a few short weeks away, and we have some great speakers in the works for it. It's not only a great learning opportunity, but it's a great way to network with other bloggers. If you are wanting to take your blog to the next level, I assure you, this is a great way to do it. What's better than attending a top-notch blog conference from home?!
We are giving away a ticket to
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