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Using CoSchedule to Manage Your Workload

February 11, 2020

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As a blogger, I’ve got a lot of tasks to juggle. In the past few months, I’ve started creating more content, and while I love every second of it, it creates a plethora of tasks to juggle.

And since this isn’t my full-time job (to be honest, it’s not even a side hustle any more), I’m trying to balance all of those tasks with my actual job, social life, and hobbies.

That’s when I realized a key tool in my CoSchedule editorial calendar that I was under-utilizing in the past: events.

An Important Recurring Task for MailChimp Users

November 14, 2019

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Because I blog as a hobby, instead of as a full-time job or side hustle, I try to be conservative about my blog spending. That’s why I still use MailChimp for my email marketing, even though a lot of bloggers have moved onto “bigger and better” email marketing systems.

MailChimp is free for users with fewer than 2,000 contacts, which is why I love it! I can practice email marketing and connect with my audience while keeping my overall blogging expenses low.

However, MailChimp has updated their policy on contacts recently, which means there’s a new crucial step for bloggers who use MailChimp!

How to Decide How to Monetize Your Blog

June 7, 2019

When people start a blog, they often want to make money from it. Me included! Whether you want to make enough money to cover the expenses of your blog’s upkeep or you want to grow it enough to pay off debt or quit your job, you probably have a financial goal associated with your blog.

The great thing is, there are so many ways to monetize your blog! They require varying levels of time and effort, and not all of them will work for you. But the beauty of that is, you get to try your hand at so many things and see what works best.

But that also means there are so many ideas, and you might not have any idea where to begin. If you’re feeling a bit paralyzed by all of the options, here are some things to consider.

24 Things You Can Design for Your Blog in Adobe InDesign

May 14, 2019

With so many amazing tools out there for bloggers to use, it can be hard to know which ones to invest in. But there’s one tool I will always pay for because of its high value and usefulness: Adobe InDesign.

I won’t lie, Adobe programs aren’t the cheapest things in the world. So when you make the decision to invest, you better know it’s going to be worth your money!

To illustrate just how useful Adobe InDesign is to bloggers, here are 24 different things you can design for your blog in Adobe InDesign.

Small Blogging Budget? Here’s What to Spend It On

May 9, 2019

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Blogging is an awesome hobby, but unfortunately very few people actually make money doing it. It’s not exactly the best side hustle. It’s really more of a creative outlet.

But of course, because it’s such a huge industry, there are so many things you could spend money on. From basics like web hosting to fun services that are “guaranteed to increase your sales,” it can get pretty overwhelming!

And unless you’re one of the lucky few actually making money off your blog, chances are your blogging money is coming out of your personal budget. Which means you probably don’t have that much available to spend on it.

So when you’ve got a small blogging budget, what should you actually be spending that money on?

AB Testing: What is It, and Why Should You Be Doing It?

March 28, 2019

As a blogger, you’re getting first-hand experience in digital marketing. Whether you want to pursue it as a career or not, it’s a marketable skill that can help you in the future, especially as our world leans more and more on the digital realm.

(See, for example, me sending my husband a post on Instagram just now, instead of walking across the room to show him the photo on my phone.)

One really valuable tool at digital marketers’ disposal is AB testing. And it’s something you can practice as a blogger!

39 Blog Post Ideas for When Your Brain Just Won’t Work

March 21, 2019

Sometimes coming up with blog post ideas is hard. You’re amped to sit down and write, but you just can’t think to actually talk about.

Well friends, I’m here to help with that! Here are a bunch of blog post ideas for when your brain just doesn’t want to work.

How to Start a Blog: 11 Actions You Can Take to Kill It at Blogging Without Getting Overwhelmed

February 12, 2019

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Often, it feels like it’s “too late” to start blogging. The market is already so saturated, how is anyone supposed to start something new?

The good news is, it’s absolutely not too late. In fact, you can kill it at blogging right from the get-go, as long as you keep your goals relative and your organization system in check!

4 CoSchedule Hacks to Get More Out of Your Editorial Calendar

January 22, 2019

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I’ve talked about my love of CoSchedule many times before. It’s no secret that my blog would be far less organized without it. But the price has been increasing since I first signed up back in 2014. So a question I often get is… is it still worth it?

Back when it was $10 per month ($5 per month if you wrote a review), it was a lot easier to justify paying for it for the editorial calendar alone. But with it now reaching $40 per month for the cheapest plan ($20 per month if you write a review), you better be exploring all of the other amazing features CoSchedule offers!

That was one of my projects for my 101 in 1001 list—I’m spending a lot on my editorial calendar, so I might as well utilize everything it has to offer! And I’m so glad I looked into more features, because it has made the investment that much more worth it.

If we’re honest, I’d still spend the $20 per month on CoSchedule for the editorial calendar alone. But these extra features make that pill a lot easier to swallow.

How to Balance a Job, a Blog, and Your Family

September 25, 2018

I’m a big supporter of having a blog as a side hustle and keeping it on the side rather than trying to turn it into a full-time gig. But when you work full-time, blog on the side, and have a family and social life, it can be really hard to balance everything.

Over the past few years as my life has evolved and my responsibilities have changed, I’ve learned some things about balancing a job, a blog, and a family. It’s not an easy task, but when you keep a few main things in mind, it gets much easier.

What Day Should I Post? How to Find Out with Google Analytics

September 5, 2018

When you first start blogging, it can be really hard to figure out the best blog post schedule. What day should I post? How many times per week? It can all get pretty overwhelming pretty quickly.

Luckily, there’s a way to find out what day of the week your blog is most popular! And that’s a pretty good indication of when you should publish a blog post, because it means your readers are ready and waiting for you to publish content on that day.

So how do you find this elusive information? With Google Analytics!

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