Tag: blog
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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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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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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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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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Build your blog not your social profile
If social media in 2022 has taught us anything it’s that you shouldn’t be relying on a corporation to build your social presence. I think that this year you should be spending less time on social networks and more time on building content and a following on your blog. Sure, send the links to social…
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How has deleting my Twitter account affected my blog traffic?
I’ve been checking my traffic more this week out of curiosity as I stopped sharing to Twitter and have since deleted my account. Comparing the two weeks of data I can see that my traffic is down 36% compared to when I shared my links on Twitter. I’m good with this, I make no money…
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My iPhone is my content creation device
I’ve realised something that I kind of already knew, my blogging is 95% done via my iPhone. I get little inspirations throughout the day and my iPhone is the device I always have with me. This has been even more on my mind with me thinking about switching devices to either a Google Pixel 6a…
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Become a sponsor
I’ve decided to open up sponsorship opportunities on my blog, it’s something that I have been thinking about again for a while and I thought I should give it a go. As an independent creator it’s hard to sometimes keep the lights on with these creative projects so I wanted to create an opportunity for…
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How to get more traffic to your blog
I try not to pay too much attention to the amount of traffic that comes to my blog but I have to admit it does help my motivation to keep going. There two things I’ve noticed about building consistent traffic here. Post less on social media Use of social media is a bit of an…
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The importance of being consistent if you want to build an audience
Here’s what my stats look like over the last couple of weeks and I bet you can tell when I posted something meaningful. Yup, it’s those two spikes. I think it’s important to be aware of stats but not controlled by them but this shows me that I need to post more consistently. That goes…
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Closing my Patreon
I’ve been thinking a lot about the support I’ve had on the site (thanks to all of those that have donated so far) and where my Patreon sits within all of this. I felt the pressure of having a Patreon and not being able to offer much value, it was a donation bucket not something…
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Should you write a blog post if it’s under 300 words?
Simple answer to this for me, yes. I’ve been reading up on Google ranking and why you should use social media if your post is less than 300 words but for me I write where is right for the post. If it’s a question or sharing some cool new gear or app then I tend…
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Removing Google Analytics and Adsense
I’ve been wanting to remove any kind of tracking from my site for a while and decided today to just go ahead and do it. I had been using Google Analytics and Adsense but now it’s all gone. As a personal blog having analytics and ads on the site just slowed the experience down and…
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Where I’m creating content going forward
I wanted to share some of my thoughts on where I am going to create content going forward. I’m being pulled in a lot of different directions at the moment and I only have so much capacity so I am simplifying things. This is also in response to the great response I had from my…
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