Tag: blogging
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Picking a publishing platform
I enjoyed this post from Jeff Perry on his publishing platform journey. The main thing that struck with me is making it your own. I wanted something that I could make my own and not have it be a cookie-cutter theme. I’ve long wanted to build a theme or website from scratch and make it…
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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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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 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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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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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 to” posts get all the clicks
It’s a new year and I’m looking at how the site did over 2022. I’m surprised that my top 5 are all covered by “How to” articles that I’ve done. I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise given traffic overwhelmingly comes in via a search but I thought it was interesting.
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How’s my blog traffic doing since I deleted my Twitter account?
As a lot of my friends have done I’ve also stopped using Twitter. I may have gone a stage further though and deactivated my account. (Please do this too rather than just not use the service). I used to share links to my blog from Twitter so what’s the actual results in terms of a…
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Where does my blog traffic come from now I’ve left Twitter?
I’ve been keeping an eye on my stats here since i deactivated my Twitter account and surprisingly it’s hit it less than I thought. I figured I’d lose about 30% of my traffic and I’m not too far off, it’s about 20%. What I’ve found is that my new top two sources of traffic are…
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