I love to receive guest posts. However receiving and publishing them are two different things. While I am pretty welcoming about allowing people to register in order to submit a guest post for review, nearly half of the articles submitted have been rejected. So, I decided to put together a small list on reasons a
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Guest Blogging 101: Check your Guest Bloggers’ Links In Their Posts
When you start accepting guest bloggers, as the blog owner, you have a responsibility to make sure their post coincides with what your site is all about. This means you need to check your guest bloggers’ links in their posts. Guest Blogging 101: Check your Guest Bloggers’ Links In Their Posts Perhaps you’re not as
[Continue Reading...]Dear Newbie Bloggers: When Money is on your Mind, Have Patience
A lot of new bloggers get into blogging because they want to make money. There’s no shame in that. Some people can’t admit that it was the original motivation for starting to blog, but now that these people are blogging, it’s a bit of a sh*tshow. There are a lot of opportunities for bloggers to
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: Is it Possible to Blog without SEO?
Hmm… is it possible to blog without SEO? That’s a really good question. Yes, you can. Should you? Probably not, especially if you are wanting to rank well in search results on search engines, like Google. If you aren’t trying to rank well, or worried about being seen, then go ahead and blog whatever you
[Continue Reading...]Blondish.net Podcast 2016 Episode 2: What Does it Take to be a Successful Blogger
Being a successful bloggers doesn’t involve some strange scientific theory. There are a lot of successful bloggers that give advice on how to be successful, and yet… there still are bloggers who are frustrated with not geting anywhere. The advice given by bloggers who have become quite good are still good tips. However, it doesn’t
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: How Many Words Should You Write in Your Blog Posts?
I keep getting the question about how many words should you write in your blog post. The thing is, this has several answers and depends on how ambitious you are as a blogger. For me, I tend to agree with Yoast that you should try to keep your blog posts at least 300 words. This
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