Instagram, Social Media Savvy
Here’s my deep dark secret: I don’t like social media. <gasp> What kind of blogger doesn’t like social media?! The truth of it is that I love blogging because I love writing and I love helping others – whether I’m helping them find a...
Instagram, Social Media Savvy
If you want to make money from your Instagram account, be it through sponsored posts or by selling items directly or using affiliate links, one thing is clear: You need to have a sizeable number of followers on the platform. “Sizeable” varies, but usually...
Pinterest, Social Media Savvy
Pinterest is an online bookmarking tool that allows people to create virtual pin boards of the content that they find online. If you browse someone’s Pinterest boards, you might find such things as recipes and crafts they’d love to try, their favorite motivational...
Affiliate Marketing, Pinterest, Social Media Savvy
Update: I received the following message from Pinterest yesterday. Pin away! Pinterest Support (Pinterest Help) May 16, 11:55 Hello Lisa, We’re allowing all affiliate links at this time, regardless of network. However, we will not allow affiliate links drive to...
Affiliate Marketing, Pinterest, Social Media Savvy
Big news, bloggers. Some of the biggest news, actually. Pinterest has reversed course and you can now post affiliate links on Pinterest again! It’s time for all of us to do a collective happy dance!!! Depending on when you started blogging you may or may not...
Facebook, Marketing, Social Media Savvy
We all know that Facebook is a fantastic tool when it comes to networking and marketing your business online. Many public figures, organizations, and businesses use Facebook to a large degree when it comes to managing their brand, engaging their audience, and...
Instagram, Social Media Savvy
There are many ways that you can make money from your blog, but the hot social media network of the moment is Instagram and the question on many minds is: “How can I make money from Instagram?” No wonder, right? You share your life on Instagram. You share...
How To, Pinterest, Social Media Savvy
One of the coolest blogging “tricks” I’ve ever learned is how to see what people are pinning from your blog. And the best part? It could be what people are pinning from your blog… or what they are pinning from any other blog! Field research,...
Marketing, Social Media Savvy
One thing that you learn fairly quickly when you are trying to gain an audience (whether it is for a blog, a product, or a service), is that you have to find out where your target audience hangs out. Then, of course, you have to go there, make your presence known, and...
