Finding Inspiration in Dan Rather’s Facebook Success
My college degree is more or less in journalism. Technically, it’s in English, but considering I spent an average of 40-60 hours per week (if not more) at the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, I learned far more about...
10 Newbie Blogger Mistakes to Avoid
Starting a blog is easy. Once you choose the perfect name, you could set up your blog in 10 minutes. Easy peasy, right? However, even though starting a blog is pretty straightforward, the act of blogging takes a bit more time and effort. Especially if you have a...
How to Diversify Your Blogging Income
One of the things I always tell bloggers is that you need to diversify your blogging income. As a freelancer, you just never know when a company may close, file for bankruptcy, change your commission rates, or any other number of factors. Thus, the only way to protect...
What To Include on a Facebook Fan Page
A Facebook fan page is a great way to expand and connect with your target audience. Fan pages were designed as a way to give public figures, brands, organizations, and businesses a way to share stories with the people who they would most like to reach. Many bloggers...
The End of Mode Media: What to Do Now and Mode Media Alternatives
The most difficult aspect of being a freelancer is that nothing is ever certain. What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow. Money and jobs that were promised to you may never materialize. Commission rates may change overnight. Or, an ad/influencer network...
What to do if Pinterest Marks Your Site as Spam
A couple of weeks ago I woke up to a rude surprise: Another blogger had emailed me to let me know that all of my posts on Pinterest were being marked as spam. I quickly logged onto Pinterest to verify that this was the case, did a little bit of hyperventilating, and...
What’s the Difference Between Rewardstyle and ShopStyle?
In our rundown of the major affiliate networks I mentioned that RewardStyle and ShopStyle Collective are both subaffiliate networks. What this means is that once you join either of these networks you will be able to promote ALL of the advertisers in the network…...
The CJ Content Certified Program is a MUST for Bloggers
We are all at different parts of our affiliate marketing journey, but did you know that affiliate marketing isn’t for bloggers? That’s right. Affiliate marketing has been around almost as long as the internet but it wasn’t designed for content...
Why it is Important for Bloggers to Grow Their Mailing Lists
Have you ever heard the phrase “the money is in the list”? Chances are if you have been building a blog or online business, you have heard it quite a few time. I am here to tell you that, as cliché as it sounds, it is true. Let’s spend some time today talking about...
How to Add Social Media Tabs to Your Facebook Page
It used to be really easy to add social media tabs to your Facebook page, but those days disappeared a few page updates ago. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, social media tabs are additional fields that you can add to the left side of your...
Inspiration: Empower Each Other
I’m a huge fan of Serena Williams, not because I necessarily love tennis but because she’s one of the greatest athletes – male or female – of our time, and I love supporting women who dominate at whatever they choose to do. After she won Wimbledon I...My Courses
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