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3 Reasons Your Blog Isn’t Getting Traffic
Starting a blog can be a slow and tedious process. You spend hours and hours creating and the visitors don’t just instantly come. It really can be a trial in patience and perseverance. But, if you’ve been blogging for a while and you’re still not seeing a boost in traffic, here are three things you could be doing wrong. You’re Not Utilizing Social Media Social media can be exhausting. But, if you are not putting your brand out there and getting followers, people will never see your articles. In order to be getting a constant flow of traffic to your blog, one of the things you need to make sure that…
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How to Turn a Blog into a Side Hustle!
Starting a blog was something I didn’t put much thought into… at first. I used an already existing Gmail account and just activated a Blogger account. I put together a few posts, tried to set up Google ads, sat back, and waited… and waited… and waited… It was quickly evident that this half-baked attempt to start a blog was not going to be the key to my financial freedom. So at this point, I was faced with a decision… do I throw in the towel? Or so I invest some money, a lot of time, and figure out how to do it the right way. Fortunately, I chose the latter.…
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Courses Every Blogger Needs to Take!
Blogging is difficult. It requires a huge time commitment, dedication, and a LOT of patience. When I first started my blog, I had no idea what I was doing. I had been selling on Teacherpayteachers.com and felt like starting a blog was the next step. For the rest of the story, check out My Blogging Journey. I changed my whole technique of starting a blog when I found the courses on Create and Go’s website. Pinterest Traffic Avalanche The first course that I took from them was Pinterest Traffic Avalanche. This class taught me everything that I know about Pinterest, other than what I knew from using it for recipes and…
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My Blogging Journey
For those of you that are thinking of blogging, or for those of you who are just curious to know a little more about where I’m coming from, I thought I’d tell you my story. Let’s Take it Way Back I went to college to become an elementary school teacher. I thought I was destined to become Miss Honey from Matilda. But, as we have all learned, God had other plans. After college, I began subbing and working as a paraprofessional while I worked on my Masters. Because, that’s what I was told, you HAVE to get your Masters Degree. Due to some unforeseen circumstances (which is a long story…