Well, you’re here to answer the question… what is WordPress? So here we go: What is WordPress? WordPress is a simple blogging platform started in 2003 to help publishers, bloggers, and businesses quickly build, publish, and maintain websites without having to hire a technical team to do it, but WordPress has since transformed into much
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
Like it or not, evergreen content needs to be in your publishing arsenal if you hope to start a blog that can bring in a steady flow of readers over substantial periods of time. When you’re building traffic to your blog, you might think it’s best to focus on posts that will bring in traffic
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
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
During the month of August, I had the most productive time in my blog’s history from a content output perspective. I published 8 brand new long-form guides (5,000+ words) and my blog income for the month came in at $30,814.19. Traffic remained even with last month, bringing in 371,059 readers and just over 464,655 unique
During the month of July, I finally saw the effects of my recent volatility in search rankings over the past couple months punch my blog income, ending the month at $39,448.92 (still amazing considering where I was this time last year, but a sizable drop from last month’s figures). Traffic held steady though, bringing in
During the month of June, I saw another small dip in side income, ending at $54,923.08. Traffic also tapered off a bit with a combination of recent search algorithm updates and the usual summer slump for blogging & business-related content, dropping me down to 377,000 readers and just over 462,000 unique sessions. Overall, it was