When most people think about blogs, they think about the written articles, the words on the screen. But images and photos play a huge role in blogs, they capture the reader’s attention, and quickly. Usually, people check out the images before reading the post and make a snap decision about whether they will stay or …
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State of the Blog & Reader Survey Results A couple of weeks ago I asked if you could do me a small favor and answer a couple of quick questions for my annual reader survey. The questions included the typical location & age inquiries, but I really wanted to get a better handle one how …
I love this time of the year. I really use the time in between Christmas and New Years to evaluate the state of my blog. I have been pouring over analytics, checking out what seemed to work well and what went over like a lead balloon, trying to figure out where to go in 2016. …
So, my laptop died last week and not having a computer seriously squelched my ability to blog. But I am back now, with a brand new computer, and working on getting myself caught up. Before my laptop kicked the bucket I posted a reader survey. And really, I can not thank everyone who took the …
About 2 months ago I posted my Birthday Goals for the year. One of my blogging goals was to get more intentional about blogging. Becoming more intentional about blogging is a goal I have actually been chipping away at, unlike the lose weight one. I took an awesome 8-hour SEO workshop, which gave me quite a …