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Blogging 101 – Use Google Image Search for Copyright Infringement

Google image search

Ok, think for a moment how much time it takes to put together a blog post. You cook, bake, craft, play, build, review… whatever it may be. Then, you sit down and write, properly SEO your post, and begin to edit pictures you took along the way. If you are like me, the picture edits [...]

Blogging 101 – 5 Tips for Lowering Your Alexa Score

Lowering Your Alexa Score

My husband’s blog has been doing quite well in the past month since he started it. Well, since I started it. I bought a domain, designed it, and told him, “Here. Blog.” Thus, he now has his own blog over at Days of a Domestic Dad. In fact, he has done so well already that [...]

Blogging 101: SEO Basics for your Blog Posts

SEO Basics

SEO Basics I have not written a Blogging 101 post lately and figured it was time. After watching my hits soar to about 10 times my normal traffic on January 1st (thanks to 1 post) a few friends asked me to share my SEO tips. So, here is a quick how-to on SEO Basics to set up your post [...]

Tips to Make Your Blog More Effective #AdventureCon

SeaWorld AdventureCon

I tell you: one must have chaos within oneself, to give birth to a dancing star. ~Friedrich Nietzsche This past weekend I was invited to attend AdventureCon as part of the SeaWorld Wildside  Blogger Ambassadors. I cannot tell you how excited I was to get to go! Plus, I was able to bring my family along [...]

Blogging 101 – Things To Do Before You Start Blogging

Start Blogging

Guest Post from Nicole at MamaNYC I have been doing some heavy duty blog maintenance on MamaNYC over the past few days. Actually, I am constantly working on improving my blog and the user experience. I work on new ways to interact with my readers, provide relevant and informative content, and reach new readers that [...]

Blogging 101: Choosing a Theme and Essential Plugins for WordPress

wp-theme-plugin

Now that you have successfully switched over from Blogger to WordPress, it is time to pick a theme and customize your blog. There are so many great themes out there so it is just a matter of finding one that suits you and your blog best. Choosing a Theme There are a host of questions [...]

Blogging 101: Moving from Blogger to WordPress

transfer blogger to wordpress

I believe one of the best moves I  made as a blogger was moving from the Blogspot platform onto WordPress. I enjoy having the many customization options and the SEO is amazing within WordPress. Those two reasons alone were enough to motivate the move, not to mention the fact that no one else owns my [...]

Blogging 101 – How to Use Pinterest for Your Blog

Use Pinterest for Blog

Have you discovered Pinterest yet? No doubt that you may have heard about it. I LOVE Pinterest and have become quite addicted fond of it. There is so much to see and it can all be seen in one spot. It is a virtual pin board and I have literally seen it used it a [...]