Social Media Best Practices at a Glance
Guide: Social Media Posting When I first read this infographic from TopNonProfits, I thought it had some good practical info. It serves as a reminder to those who are long-in-the-tooth in social media...
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Organize Post Ideas If you’ve been looking for a way to organize or schedule ideas for blog posts, this planner and calendar is for you. It is intended for people who blog as part of their business....
View ArticleBlogger’s Storage Limit
Reaching Your Storage Limit Val asked me about what she should do about reaching her image storage limit in blogger. For those of you already out of space, I suggest you create an account in...
View ArticleHow to Resize Pictures
The size of your photos that you upload to your site is critical. If the file size is large this will Slow the loading time when visitors come to your site. Very few blog readers will wait around for...
View ArticleMore Than You Wanted To Know
Recently I have been posting on topics that are on the technical side. With Brandi from Buzzard’s Beat nominating me for a blog award, I took it for a great opportunity to mix it up a bit. This one is...
View ArticleBoost SEO in One Step
The most important element on your site for SEO (search engine optimization) is your post title. Search engines put the most weight on article importance in that title. Next when people read said title...
View ArticleStuck For Blog Post Ideas?
Need Some Inspiration? The blank screen with the blinking cursor can be intimidating at times. We need a little prodding to jumpstart a blog post. This infographic can give you a bunch of directions...
View ArticleWordPress.com or WordPress.org
What’s the difference? It’s a very common question. I was explaining the difference between wordpress.or and wordpress.com this week to my fifteen year old. And yesterday someone tweeted the link to...
View ArticleFree Post Title Ideas
Blog Post Titles We’ve been over how having a blog on your farm’s website is crucial to its success at bringing in viewers. But we should also talk (again) about post titles that add that little...
View ArticleSupe Up Your Site’s Sidebar
A Jacked Sidebar Clean and Uncluttered Think minimalism here. Too many widgets/gadgets makes an unattractive blog. What is the main purpose of your blog? Anything in your sidebar should help you...
View ArticleBlogging on Vacation
How to keep up your blog while on vacation? You are a committed blogger and want to keep up the groove of posting every week. Right? Because we know that our readers come to expect it and search...
View ArticleBare Bones SEO
When I first thought of writing this post, it was just going to be a list of the minimum items to include with every blog entry. I wanted to keep it simple. Many bloggers get hung up on what to do...
View ArticleUpdated Free Blog Planner
Organize your blog posts for the new year. Or anytime during the year. It doesn’t matter when you read this. The planner is ready for you to print out and use at any time. The updates make it even...
View ArticleEssentials of a Blog Post
I found this infographic that will quickly give you the breakdown of what a blog post needs to be successful. Not every post has to have all these ingredients. It’s just something to shoot for. And...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to Repurposing Content
How to get more mileage from your blog posts. This article gives some great ideas to re-use your posts in different forms to give them new life. We all have some really useful material way back in the...
View ArticleTen Questions to Ask Your Blog
What has your blog done for you lately? or this year? Year End Blog Review At the end of the year it’s good to see where you’ve been and all you’ve done. If you really take it all in, evaluate it and...
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