Community building 101. Share with your community. Be active. Reply to them. All that good, juicy, presumably brain-stimulating-happy-juices stuff. That’s what gets people to click through to your site. That’s what makes or breaks you. The Little Engagement Lie Until… it doesn’t. And that theory doesn’t work. My Stats I rarely […]
Blogging
Six Million Fatal Blogging Mistakes
Now, as much as I am a fan of listicles* (ok not really but it felt like the correct thing to write) … I’m not actually going to make a list of six million fatal blogging mistakes. That’s because blogging is rarely fatal. In fact, the only fatal way to blog that I can think […]
Blogging And Being Weirdly Heartbroken
I really wish people didn’t stop blogging. I was updating some old blog posts and clicked on the links in my comments… only to find most of the sites were gone. Domains bought up (I assume by opportunists) and being sat on by random websites. And it makes me weirdly heartbroken. Blogging And Being […]
Why I Like Losing Followers
I rarely look at the weekly reports my social media scheduling tool emails me. Mostly because I don’t care if I have grown or shrunk or stayed the same. It means little to a blog where I’m not reliant on numbers for purposes such as paid posts. Why I Like Losing Followers I […]
Be Independent And Learn
Something that never ceases to amaze me in online groups (cough Facebook cough) is that some people need a lot of hand holding to do anything. They don’t seem to be able to be independent and learn. Be Independent And Learn This might come off as a bit harsh, and I’d like […]
It Has All Been Done
Nothing is original any more. It has all been done before. I’ve seen that idea somewhere else. Who DOESN’T know this? It Has All Been Done Yep, it probably has all been done before. So What? Not everyone has heard what you heard in formative years. Sometimes it didn’t stick […]
I Never Set Up My Opt-In
Back in 2018, I posted about my welcome email funnel. I mentioned in the post that a task on my to-do list was to create an opt-in for the mailing lists associate with this blog. Um.. yeah. I never set up my opt-in. I still haven’t done it. I Never Set Up My Opt-In […]
Random Pet Peeves About Blogging
Random Pet Peeves About Blogging You’re only successful if you’re “full time” Bahaha. Stick it. I can be full or part or no time at anything I damn well choose. Compulsory sign in to comment Sorry, I’m never going to be assed to do that. Even if I am socially obligated by […]
Places To Blog From
I actually don’t spend much time at my laptop. I have a pretty bad habit of writing blog posts on my phone, and then just doing the scheduling and images on my laptop. Places To Blog From The disadvantage to this is that writing on your phone just doesn’t seem like a healthy […]
A Lesson In Owned Media
I enjoy making fun of things online. I don’t “do” the pretty Instagram desks with flowers on them. Snore. After mocking a lot of toilet paper hoarding in recent days, I thought “Sure, lets play a game with this” and posted some polls on Instagram stories: None […]