5 Practices Rookie Bloggers Get Right Expert Bloggers Get Wrong

After a year and a half of blogging—and after launching my blog from obscurity to Top Ten Blogger Status within that span of time—I can safely say that most Expert Bloggers do know better than Rookies. But I've also learned that there are some … [Continue reading]

Blogging Fears: My site will look amateur

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This post is the fifth in the series of blogging fears (and how to overcome them). If you have lunch with writers, you'll come away feeling insecure about your writing. If you have lunch with SEO experts you'll want to do more with your SEO and if … [Continue reading]

Crafting Your Blog Elixer

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  Welcome back to Dr. Strawn's Lab. Put on your goggles and prepare for the flames of inspiration to engulf your every, waking dream. Mwa-hahaha! (Lightning Flashes) Blogging: Art or Science? There's a large school of thought that says a … [Continue reading]

WordPress Wednesday- 5 Easy Ways to Speed up Your WordPress Blog

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Have you noticed that your blog has been running a little slow lately? Pages aren’t loading up as fast as they used to, images take forever to display, and some of your plugins don’t even load up at all. These are all common issues that bloggers … [Continue reading]

Blogging Fears: People will leave mean comments on my posts

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When you first start blogging you can get quite desperate for comments, You take your post and you promote like crazy, on every single social media platform you can find. And then to your delight someone comments. You're elated! It's worked, … [Continue reading]

Turns Out, “Self-Branding” Is A Giant Hoax

Do you think you're going to sit in front of a computer for a few minutes an drill your identity to a one paragraph statement that resonates with your customers and guides what you create in the future? You're kidding yourself. Here's the … [Continue reading]