Launching a blog is impossible without hosting. But when you’re new to blogging, it can be difficult to figure out how much you should budget for web hosting. You don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars a year on hosting that’s way more powerful than your blog needs. On the other hand, you don’t want
What’s the best length for blog posts? How long should a blog post be in 2025? Well, the ideal blog post length for most posts is between 1,500 – 2,500 words—and we’ll expand on that below. These are the kinds of questions many bloggers, particularly new ones, grapple with. After all, if you don’t know
Over the past 10 years, I’ve gone from learning how to start a blog, to now reaching more than 500,000+ monthly readers and earning upwards of $50,000/mo—mostly from the blogger affiliate programs I’m a member of. These are my picks for the top affiliate programs for bloggers to earn more blog income this year. Along
With a high degree of certainty, guest blogging will be be one of the absolute best strategies to employ if you’d like an uptick in targeted traffic to your blog, higher search engine rankings and a stronger reputation in your niche… all for free. It might sound like a pipe dream (especially if you’ve only
Creator-led growth (aka creator marketing) is when you, as a business owner or marketing leader on your team, become a content creator in order to teach, share, and evangelize your business, through useful content published online. Sure, you can always hire other content creators too, but that blurs the lines into more traditional influencer marketing
I’m living proof that a content marketing strategy can serve as the backbone of customer acquisition for many kinds of online businesses. I’ve been doing it since starting my blog 10+ years ago and I’ve seen first-hand just how effective content marketing can be in various industries & niches. How to Create a Content Marketing
If you’ve ever looked into starting a blog for profit or for ways to monetize your existing blog, you’ve likely heard a lot about affiliate marketing. So, what is affiliate marketing? Well, even if you haven’t encountered that term before, you’ll have seen affiliate marketing in action. When bloggers and influencers recommend products or services
Perhaps you’ve got a great name for your podcast… but you’re struggling to come up with titles for your episodes. Or maybe you haven’t even got that far: you’re just starting your podcast and it doesn’t have a name yet. No worries, I’ve got you covered with my free podcast name generator tool. Take it for
If you’re a blogger, you’ve probably come across lots of opinions about AI (artificial intelligence). Some people love it and see it as a revolution that will dramatically change the landscape of blogging and content creation. Others are using it to speed up their own blogging process, like Ryan does. And some are railing against