When it comes to blogging, for me, it’s always quality first, before quantity. I’ve heard the questions come up from my audience, both at conferences, online forums, and in my own website’s comment area, “How often should I blog?” My usual answer is split into a couple answers. Bear with me as there is a
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5 Reasons Why You Should Add Video To Your Blog
The way we create content as bloggers has changed. It’s usually been done with text and some images. Today, there are more people online, and more websites. Adding video to your blog can benefit you in ways that give you a leg up over others who have resisted creating videos. If you add video to
[Continue Reading...]8 Free Online Tools to Watermark Your Blog Images
Sometimes when you need to protect your blog images, you may need to watermark them. This watermark adds an overlay with whatever image you want so if someone is using your image, that mark will indicate that it belongs to someone. It can prove to be proof if someone steals images from you. For example,
[Continue Reading...]Is Blogging Dead?
Is blogging dead? No. Then you’ve probably swooped in to wonder why I’d asked such a crazy question? You may even be asking yourself, “Did I really ask that?” Yes, I did. No, I’m not asking your opinion if blogging is dead. It’s more like others seem to be asking it. I’ve found countless posts
[Continue Reading...]Why I Stopped Answering “Please Look At My Website” Requests
One of the most common things I see in help forums and even on comments in my blog are people requesting, “I need help. Please come and take a couple minutes to look at my website.” Years ago, I use to do free website reviews, and it was fun. I use to take a good
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: Is it Okay to Have a Tip Jar or Donation Button on my Blog?
I recently was asked if I had a “tip me” jar/ button on my site. The question seemed like it was hanging, so I wasn’t certain if it was a question about if I had one, or if the person meant about my thoughts on having one. Donation buttons/ tip jar buttons/ buy me a
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