Blogging matters.
- To businesses.
- To entrepreneurs.
- To pretty much everyone trying to make money with their site.
Why?
3 Ways to Impress Your Website Guests
You only get one chance to make a good first impression.
Your website is your virtual calling card, and making it great is up to you.
Your success depends not only on your readership and your engagement level, but also on its appearance.
When deciding on your website’s appearance, you need to take the following three factors into consideration:
- the theme you use
- your home page
- which widgets you should display — and when and where
An Interview With “F.I.T.S.” Series #freelancewriter Elna Cain
Today Elna Cain is my F.I.T.S. (Freelancer In The Spotlight). Elna and I met by fluke. When she grabbed my blogging ebook, 20 Blog Post Must-Haves, she noticed my address was in Thunder Bay, the same city where she lives!
Elna reached out to me through social media, and we connected instantly. Now we meet regularly at Starbucks to discuss our highs and lows, our businesses, and our lives. (We sometimes annoy the other patrons, too… but we have fun doing it!)
Meet Elna Cain
During our last meeting, we took some pictures. Here they are:
Today’s F.I.T.S. entry is a bit different from past ones. Elna let me interview her! What’s awesome is that she has some REALLY GREAT TIPS for you, too!
6 Tips for How to Improve Your Website Speed
Making your site as fast and as user-friendly as possible is the goal of many serious bloggers. Today I’m going to show you a few tools you can use to help you achieve this goal.
I’m also going to refer you to someone who can help you, because, if you are anything like me, you’d rather not do this techie stuff yourself.
Tip #1: Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly
Back in April 2015, Google made some changes to how websites will be ranked in the search engines. If your site is not mobile-friendly, chances are your rankings will drop. No one wants that!
Here’s a great post about making your site mobile-friendly.
For the last few months, I’ve been slowly and steadily making changes to the overall look and function of Wording Well. I even had some work done on my site during the first week of May 2015, from the 4th to the 6th.
I hired Vinay Kachhara (Harleena Singh’s husband) from Aha!NOW to help me do this.
After reading his post How to Increase Website Speed and Make Your Blog Load Faster, I asked if he was available for hire. He was. Read More
How to Survive Your First Year Blogging
There are millions who have started blogging, and there are still many reasons to continue to blog. The sad reality is that only a small percentage of bloggers succeed.
Why do they succeed? Because they don’t quit. No joke. Too many bloggers quit too soon, and they quit during the first year.
Bloggers quit because they don’t:
- Believe anyone cares and they give up too soon.
- Understand what it really takes to become a successful blogger.
- Make money right off the bat and get discouraged.
- Want to write and create quality content on a regular basis.
- Have a support group.
- Strategically network within their niche.
- Guest post on more established blogs.
Can you see yourself as a professional blogger?
The first 12-months of your blogging career is the most important. What you do in the first year can set you apart from those who fail. In essence, you are building the foundation that will either help your succeed or fail.
