Protect Yourself And Your Blog With These Legal Templates Starting a new blog is an exciting adventure. It’s a great way to share what you know as a hobby as well as to share information to and for businesses. No matter whether your blog is for fun or for profit, you need to make sure ... READ the POST
Blogging Platforms – Squarespace vs Wix vs WordPress
I spend a lot of time hanging around in Facebook groups. One of the big questions I hear is about blogging platforms. People are always asking about Squarespace vs Wix vs WordPress or even Blogger. Determining the best blogging platforms to make money is one of the MOST critical decisions you ... READ the POST
WordPress Security 101 – Protect Your Site from Hackers
Hackers are a constant threat and lots of people have lost their sites to because they don't know enough about basic WordPress security practices. That’s right - hackers can tamper with your hard work and take your hard-won page views back down to zero or delete your whole site. Obviously, no one ... READ the POST
Attending a Blog Conference – Before, During and After
I've said it a million times. Attending a blog conference is the absolute BEST THING you can do for your blog. It is an excellent source of learning, networking, connecting, and just plain FUN that exists in the blog world. And I'm going to show you exactly WHAT to do BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER a ... READ the POST
List of US Blog Conferences
If you've been around me for more than 5 minutes, you'll know that I am a HUGE proponent of blog conferences. I genuinely believe that it is the BEST thing you can do to improve your blogging game. Blog conferences are the best and least expensive source of training, networking, ... READ the POST
My Recommendations for Best Blogging Tools
I've been blogging for a WHILE now. More than a decade, which makes me something of an antique in the blogging world. So, I wanted to give new or struggling bloggers some recommendations for the very best blogging tools that I use in my own business to boost my productivity. That's the big trick ... READ the POST
All Bloggers NEED Business Cards and Headshots
When you are starting out as a new blogger, I know it's overwhelming and hard to know what you need and what you don't need. However, after more than a decade of blogging, these are two things you definitely DO need. You need business cards and professional headshots of some kind. Now I'm ... READ the POST
5 Types of Best Friends Every Blogger Needs
As I get older, I find that some friends have fallen to the wayside while others are my saving grace. I think of them as my "Tribe" and they ARE my people. Especially for bloggers - that face-to-face time can be MORE valulable than any number of ebooks or courses. I've learned more from just ... READ the POST
Why I Recommend SiteGround Hosting
SiteGround is the best web hosting service I've found. I am massively impressed with them because they do a great job on all my sites. I've seen some other web hosting services that are pretty dismal and having a good host is really important. Your site host can really affect the performance of ... READ the POST
Expert Tips on What to Pack for a Blog Conference
Especially if you are a newer blogger, here is my best advice. Get yourself to the closest blog conference! Seriously. If you are at all serious about blogging, I would put a blog conference at the top of your MUST DO list. I've been blogging for more than a decade and I've been to LOTS of blog ... READ the POST
Is Your WordPress Site Backed Up?
If you run a WordPress blog or website, like I do, you know that having your data secure is critical to keeping your site up and running. I worry A LOT about hackers, but most often, I've broken my site all by myself! That's why I am very careful to make SURE my site is always backed up. I ... READ the POST
10 Blogging Tools Worth Paying For
I've been blogging for a VERY long time. I started blogging in May of 2007, so in blogging years, I'm practically an antique! Over the years, I've learned a LOT and one of the best things I've learned is which are the tools worth paying for and which are garbage. Over the years, I've tried ... READ the POST