Category: blogging
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Supporting my creative projects
As you might have seen in my last post I am thinking about the ways that I can support my creative projects and help grow them into something that may support me. In the past I tried sponsorship but it failed miserably, companies just don’t want to put too much money into supporting small creators…
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Putting content behind paywalls
I’ve been creating content on the web since 2008 when I created a guitar focussed YouTube channel, which then led to my first blog and freelance writing. In all that time I’ve not put content behind a paywall, I’ve tried to support the site with donations or sponsorship. I’ve been good with donations, they have…
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Focusing on a few creative projects
There’s too much going around in my head, so much I want to create but can’t get focused. This blog has been quiet, my newsletter getting no love and I’m stuck between to do apps and paper notebook. I think it’s important for me to pick at the most two creative projects, I don’t know…
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Something has to give
I’m finding that now I want to be more creative playing guitar and messing around with video again this blog and my photography is suffering. I’m trying not to pay attention to the massive drop in interest in both my photography and blog and be ok with it, but something always has to give. With…
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Don’t set yourself a posting schedule for your blog
When you start or already run your own blog it’s easy to fall into the trap of feeling pressure to update it regularly. You’re not competing with anyone, your readers will read your site as you update it. There’s absolutely no pressure to add to it daily. For me, I blog when it comes to…
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Stop checking stats on your blog
Checking stats on my blog is something I either don’t check or obsess about. I’m not great at middle grounds, I’m all one way or another. As I’ve grown this blog and now seeing it as completely personal and not as a business I’m starting to try to do my best to not care. I…
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Which WordPress plan is best for a personal blog?
I’ve been using WordPress for quite a few years now and also changed membership plans several times so wanted to share my thoughts on which was best for those like me that want a personal blog. When I was trying to build freelance work and support through here I upgraded to the business plan, something…
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My RSS feed is busier than ever, blogging is making a come back
With the self destruction of a certain social media site came the increase in use of the federated side of the internet (think Mastodon) and the most pleasant surprise, blogging. Sites that haven’t been updated in ages are suddenly active and I’m following new blogs I’d never come across previously. It’s feeling like a great…
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My blog is too random to do well
I’ve started to get discouraged about the state of my creative projects, especially the blog. Traffic has fallen off a cliff and I’m struggling to justify keeping it. Especially when I compare myself to others. I think I’ve made the type of posts too random, treating it like social media rather than focusing on a…
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How to blog more from your smartphone
I’ve been blogging from my iPhone for years and there’s two things that I noticed that I needed to do to blog more. First thing is remove all of your social media apps to a second home page or the App Library. Second is put your blogging app on your main Home Screen. That’s it.…
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No, I’m not selling you a course
Wow, when did some sites get so bad. I’m not calling them out but with a little research around growing a blog etc. I’m amazed at the amount of sites now (in fact it’s hard not to find one that does this) that is trying to sell me a course. Even sites I used to…
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A declining blog
I’m not sure what the answer is here but the way my blog is declining in interest is troubling me. This isn’t all to do with my leaving Twitter, that took maybe 20% of my traffic. I have no clue to as why this is happening, well maybe the likes of social media and YouTube…
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Struggling to focus on creative projects
I struggle to manage my time outside of work, I have so many creative ideas but I fall back to playing video games at the end of the day, I’m so tired from work I don’t have the energy a lot of the time to get into a new or existing project. I’m looking to…
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Put content on your blog first
Putting content on my blog first is something I need to remind myself of pretty frequently. When I deleted my Twitter account I thought I’ll share here first but since moving to Mastodon I’m falling back into habit of posting there first. If you have a blog, think to post your content there first. Build…
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A blog template update
Now I’m blogging a bit more I wanted something simpler. So here is the new template I’ve decided to use that is in my preferred dark reading mode, easy to read font, quick loading and I’ve added a link to my Mastodon.
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