Want to show off your sense of style, score some free beauty products to review, or even build a global beauty brand of your own? Then starting a beauty blog may just be a great fit for you. Beauty blogs can cover a range of different topics, including skincare, makeup, fashion, health, and more. You
Link building is hugely important for driving more traffic to your blog—so much so that it’s the main component of “off-page” SEO. You might already be familiar with link building or have a hazy idea of what it means. You may also have come across the idea of “bad” backlinks to your blog and might be
If you’re thinking of starting a blog or getting back into blogging, you might be wondering… what should I start a blog about?—or if this isn’t your first rodeo, which blog topics you should pursue this time. Enter: My guide to choosing the right blog topic ideas. It can be tough to settle on a
Are you struggling to come up with an idea for your next blog post? Maybe you’re staring at a blank screen as you battle writers’ block—or you’re wondering about giving up blogging and digital marketing entirely. Enter: my favorite blog writing prompts to get you back on track today. Coming up with blog ideas can
When you’re new to blogging or creating a website, it often seems like there are many different technical pieces to get up to speed with. Aside from learning how to use WordPress in the first place, the next big worry you may have is how to install WordPress on your self-hosted website. Getting WordPress installed
We’re here to answer the question, what is a self-hosted blog? So, let’s do it. What is a self-hosted blog? A self-hosted blog is a blog that lives either on your own personal server (not common) or on the server of a third-party hosting company like Bluehost or Dreamhost (most common today), where those servers
Today, we’re answering the question, what is a nofollow link? In this quick tutorial about nofollow vs dofollow links, I’ll also break down how to make a nofollow link, when you should use nofollow links on your blog—and the difference between nofollow and dofollow links. What is a Nofollow Link? A nofollow link is a
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
For more than 10 years since I started my blog, I’ve been strategically implementing my own blog business plans with great results. This guide pulls from that exact plan—and you can download my (free) template to follow along as you grow your blog too. Want My Free Blog Business Plan Template? Grab my free blog