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Content upgrades are an awesome tool to grow your email list. But here’s the thing: if you’re not sharing helpful content in those upgrades, the people who download your content upgrade are likely going to unsubscribe from your email list and stop reading your blog.
So, how can you take your content upgrades up a notch? It’s actually not as hard as it sounds. Here are six ways you can do it today.
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It’s no secret that I absolutely love Adobe’s products. But I’ve always had a Photoshop vs. InDesign rivalry going on in my head.
I’m super comfortable with both programs, but I keep going back and forth on which program I should use for certain projects. Some days, Photoshop makes more sense. Others, InDesign does.
So, I’ve made a comprehensive Photoshop vs. InDesign Guide on which program you should use, and when.creaa
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There are a lot of great tools out there for bloggers to use. Plenty of them are talked about everywhere: Leadpages, Photoshop, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, etc. But it seems like a big one is missing from the discussion: InDesign.
A sister program to Photoshop, Adobe InDesign is an amazing tool for bloggers and business owners. It can be used for a ton of different things: content upgrades, ebooks, image templates, and more.
So, why isn’t anyone talking about it? And what all do you need to know about InDesign as a blogger or business owner? Well, let me tell you.
Blogging on a budget is super important for a lot of bloggers out there, myself included. It’s a hobby that can get expensive fast, but only if you let it.
So, how do you go about cutting costs on your blog without taking away anything from your readers? Lots of ways! My favorite, though, is creating your own images and content upgrades. And I promise, it’s a lot easier than it sounds.
One of my favorite parts of blogging is collaboration. I’ve gotten to meet a lot of amazing brands and bloggers thanks to And Possibly Dinosaurs, and I wouldn’t trade that for the world.
But how do you set up these collaborations? Lots of ways. I’ve used social media, cold emails, and even some advertising sites.
But one thing is pretty common when it comes to collaboration: the brand or blogger you’re reaching out to is going to want to know why they should work with you. And that’s where a media kit comes in.
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By now, you’ve probably heard from 50 million places that you should be growing your blog’s email list. And it’s true. Email lists are amazing.
And one of the best ways to grow your email list is through content upgrades. It’s honestly the #1 way I’m growing my email list right now. So, what are they, how do you make them, and how do you share them, without spending a pretty penny? Stick around and I’ll tell you!
Previously, I’ve shared the Photoshop Toolbar Glossary. And while I absolutely love Photoshop, it’s not my number one. InDesign is.
So today, I’m sharing the InDesign Toolbar Glossary.
We all know that I love saving time, especially when it comes to my blog. I definitely don’t want to sacrifice quality, but I don’t want to spend a ton of time doing the same thing over and over again.
There’s one InDesign tool that I’m always using to save time: step and repeat.
While it may sound like a military command, Step and Repeat is actually a really useful tool for graphic designers.
Hey—want some one-on-one help getting this set up? Book a 20-minute consultation and we can work through it via video chat!
PDFs are some of the most widely-downloaded documents on the internet. If you’ve ever downloaded an ebook, a printable, or a worksheet, you’ve most likely downloaded a PDF.
I love PDFs because they make it super easy for all of your formatting to stay the same no matter what device it’s opened on. Does the person you’re sending the file to not have the correct font? No worries! It will still show up just fine.
But there’s one thing that really makes your PDFs go above-and-beyond: links. So why are they so useful, and how do you add them?
I’ve been using InDesign since my sophomore year of high school, so it’s definitely the Adobe program I’m most comfortable with. I used it in yearbook in high school and as a journalism student in college. Now, I’m using it at work almost every day.
However, I’ve found that no matter how long you’ve been using a program, you can always learn new shortcuts. It wasn’t until my junior year of college (six years after I first opened InDesign) that I found out about the Pathfinder tool.
Holy cow. Now that I’ve learned how to use Pathfinder, my designing time has decreased incredibly. Let me show you how.
