Categories and Tags for Your Blog The best way I can explain the difference between a category and tag when it comes to blogging is to have you visualize a filing system. You have a filing cabinet – that is your blog, then you have the file folders – that is the categories in your […]
#31CBBC Day 10 – A Gift for Your Subscribers
July 10, 2014 By
Thank Your Email Subscribers with a Gift On day 8 you created an email list for your crochet blog. As an incentive to get people to sign up or simply as a thank you, you need to dangle something in front of them. Most people offer something to their subscribers – it can be an eBook, a checklist, an […]
#31CBBC Day 9 – Blogging Schedule
July 9, 2014 By
Set a blogging schedule that works for you The idea behind a schedule for blogging about your passion doesn’t seem right does it? Isn’t the whole point to express what drives you to create? True blogs, especially craft blogs, are blogs to express your creative passions. However, if you choose to make blogging an income stream […]
#31CBBC Day 8 – Email Providers
July 8, 2014 By
What to Look for in an Email Provider If you don’t already have a mailing list start one. Currently I use Mailchimp as they offer a forever free plan. You are limited to 2000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month. They allow image and file hosting free of charge. For a fee you can have an autoresponder […]
#31CBBC Day 7 – Google Alerts
July 7, 2014 By
Google Alerts Help Notify You of Current News and Blog Posts Wouldn’t it be nice to know when others were talking about you? Outside of bugging everyone out in cyberspace what can you do? Google Alerts is a cool tool that I learned about while taking a 31 Days to Build a Better Blog course. Before this course […]
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