Blogging

Excited because you wrote your first blog post?

It’s thrilling isn’t it!

But, sometimes the thrill is short lived because your new content didn’t attract many readers!

Want to know a secret?

When I first started Twins Mommy, I launched my blog with only 1 blog post! I was excited and I was sure I was going to get readers. I even emailed my freelance writing list of thousands about this new blog and blog post.

Want to know what happened? I barely got 5 visitors!

I was missing something!

It was a plan for my blog. I needed a calendar of what I was going to publish, instead of relying on one blog post to attract readers.

And, one of the hardest things new bloggers face is planning that editorial calendar for the month or the quarter.

I have several blogs and every day I have to come up with blog topics in different niches. But how can you organize your blog post ideas as well as each blog post to ensure you are growing your blog each day?Continue reading →

You want to start a mom blog for the New Year!

Yay!

When I started blogging my twins were still babies. I’m so glad I started even though I felt I had no time as a new mom. Finding the time to blog meant that I had to work when everyone was sleeping.Continue reading →

New to blogging?

If you recently started a blog, there are a whole bunch of free tools and services you can use to start blogging quickly. One service that everyone has access to is Google.

Google has grown to more than a search engine to plug in your query and get an answer to your question. There are free Google tools you can use as a new blogger to grow your blog traffic.Continue reading →

You hear so many bloggers telling you that Pinterest is how they exploded their blog. Or, it’s Facebook or Instagram that grew their blog traffic.

As a new blogger, this seems like a huge new feat to master. Maybe you’ve never used Pinterest to market your blog or you have no idea how to use Instagram for your business.Continue reading →

Are you thinking about starting a blog?

I’m sure the decision isn’t a fast one, right?

How do you definitively know you can make money with your blog? You spent – or will spend – probably a couple of hundred of dollars on starting a blog hoping to one day make money with it.Continue reading →

Ready to boost your traffic? One of the hardest things for new bloggers is getting eyes to their blog. You started a blog, but now what?

When I started this blog, I didn’t start actively trying to grow it until a month later. That first month was just for writing blog posts in my new niche topic.Continue reading →

You started your blog and have some blog posts published.

Give yourself a pat on the back!

The next question is how to get traffic to those posts and how much traffic should you be getting?Continue reading →

Have you experienced a viral pin lately?

It doesn’t matter if you’re new to blogging or have been blogging for years – when the powers up in Pinterest honor you with a viral pin, you go with it and run with it!

My very first viral pin happened within months of blogging.Continue reading →

Are you a new mom blogger?

One of the first challenges as a new blogger is deciding what to name your blog.

But, the biggest challenge faced by new bloggers and potential bloggers is figuring out what to blog about. This is your blog niche and for many, this is overwhelming.

Why? Because they want to know whether they picked the right blog niche.Continue reading →

Goal planning for your blog is something I like to do on a continual basis, but I find the last quarter is where I really focus and execute.

The goals I create for my blog plan can help me grow my blog for the following year, but trying to figure out what those goals are can be a struggle.Continue reading →