Let’s start with a big assumption. You’re writing your blog to make money, to earn a living, and not to just share some fun stories about what’s going on with your family or what you’re up to with your favorite hobby or activity. If you’re putting in the work, doing the research, and growing the […]
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How To Craft A Good Call To Action At The End Of Your Post
If there’s one thing I see a lot of bloggers do wrong, it’s not giving their readers anything to do at the end of the blog post. Put yourself in the shoes of your readers. You read a great article, get to the end and there’s no call to action. What do you do? […]
How To Engage Your Readers And Encourage Interaction
Blogging can feel like a very one-sided conversation sometimes. You’re sitting there, typing away, and sharing content with your readers. But you don’t hear anything back. They read and respond with silence. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. Blogs were designed to facilitate engagement and communications. There’s a reason […]
How To Get People To Share Your Content On Social Media
We live in a social world where much of our news comes from sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Pinterest, and more. To grow your readership and make sure your blog posts get the attention they deserve, you need to encourage your current readers to share what you’ve written on their favorite social media sites. […]
How Long Should Your Blog Posts Be?
Every few months we get some new advice from a blogging guru saying that our blog posts need to be longer, or shorter, or that they should be broken up into 10 pages of bite-sized chunks… it can make you crazy. Let’s talk about this. How long should your blog posts really be? It would […]
