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If you’re starting a blog in 2026, one of the first decisions you’ll run into is whether to self-host or use a free blogging platform. So let me answer the question that gets asked the most: what is a self-hosted blog? What is a self-hosted blog? A self-hosted blog is a blog that lives either
When you’re building a blog and linking out to other sites, you’ll eventually run into the term nofollow link. And if you’ve been Googling around, you may have also seen sponsored and UGC links mentioned alongside it. Short answer: a nofollow link is a regular link with a special rel=”nofollow” attribute that tells search engines
Believe it or not, taxes for bloggers are pretty straightforward and easy to manage. I use a combination of practical tax tips for bloggers (informed by my CPA), paired with just a small handful of useful, free and inexpensive tax tools to manage all of the tax implications of running my blog business. It’s not
You may have installed Google Analytics on your website or blog years ago, but you have not given it too much thought since. But you’ve heard that you need to update Google Analytics. It’s changing from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). What does that mean, what’s changed, and how do you get GA4
While many bloggers are able to somewhat quickly develop a sense for the fundamentals of what it takes to go from starting a blog to writing a useful blog post, most begin to struggle when it comes to finding and marketing to the right audience—let alone learning what it takes to bring those readers in
Learning how to write a cold email that predictably converts new freelance clients is one of the highest-ROI skills you can build — and in 2026, the rules around it changed more in two years than they did in the previous ten. The cold email templates and 5-step process below have generated $110,000+ in real
The number of people working from home in the United States increased by 159% between 2005 and 2017. In 2020, something significant happened. The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of professionals, who were fortunate to retain their jobs, into full-time remote work. Many had little choice in the matter; one day, they worked in an office,
AI tools (artificial intelligence-powered tools) have been making headlines for a while now, and perhaps you’ve already tried out ChatGPT or other popular AI tools like my very own, RightBlogger. But what exactly is AI, and how can it help your online business? Whether you’re a fan of AI tools or a bit skeptical about
If you’re interested in starting a blog you’ve probably already begun brainstorming blog name ideas & spent time thinking about how to name a blog, right? It’s an important question to answer during this process. It’s estimated that there are over 500 million blogs on the internet. It stands to reason therefore, that it’ll take