Understanding web terminology when you’re new to blogging can feel like learning a second language. So let me take the confusion out of this one. What is a URL? In short, it’s the complete address of a web page on the Internet. But there’s a bit more to it than that, especially if you care
Wow, what a rollercoaster of a month it’s been in the world. So much has been happening (and changing almost daily) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic—and I’ve been hearing a lot from you about how those changes are impacting your daily lives, both positively and negatively. That led me to create a new
This blog income report is coming a couple weeks late again, so I’m keeping it short and sweet as I catch back up on everything. Much of my time has still been going into finishing up my blog redesign and auditing my existing content library for update opportunities. Blog income for February came in at
Whew, this is the latest I’ve ever been on getting a blog income report published, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Most of my time this month has been going into implementing my blog redesign (as I’m sure you’ve now noticed the new look & feel)—and I’m still working away! Blog income
Welcome to a new year! The last month of 2019 saw me taking a much-needed 2 week break away from work. Even still, I published 2 new long-form articles on blogging-related topics, while spending the bulk of my time updating and improving my top-performing content (to make my existing content library more impactful). Blog income
I had another productive month in November with new content output—publishing 4 new (extremely) long-form articles on blogging-related topics and updating several top-performers to keep relevant and fresh as we approach the new year. Blog income for the month came in at $24,616.56. Traffic was down a bit from the previous month, bringing in 357,114
October was another strong month for my blog in terms of content productivity. I published 9 new long-form articles on blogging-related topics and updated several of my top-performers. Blog income for the month came in at $21,200.09. Traffic was up significantly again, bringing me 459,996 readers and 561,732 unique sessions. On the personal side, Shelly
If you’re new to blogging and just starting to dig into how content gets distributed across the web, you’ll eventually run into the question — what is RSS? Short answer: it’s a way for readers to subscribe to new content from a website and get it delivered to a feed reader of their choice, in
This September was another extremely productive month for my blog, especially in terms of new content going live. I published 7 new long-form guides (5,000+ words) on blogging-related topics and my blog income for the month came in at $25,280.27. Traffic was up in a big way, bringing me 397,339 readers and just over 487,333