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How to Blog, Part 5: Monetizing Your Blog
A series on blogging would be incomplete without at least a nod in the direction of Monetizing. It’s something most bloggers ask about at some point, it’s something many bloggers are doing right now, and it’s something that some bloggers are doing very well at.
It really is possible to turn your blog into a paid [...]
How to Blog, Part 4: What is "Blog Branding?"
Doesn’t the phrase “Blog Branding” inspire visions of branding irons, big billboards, or people running around in t-shirts with your blog name on them? Of course, it isn’t any of these things, and yet in a way it kinda is. It took me a little while to understand what ‘branding your blog’ meant, so I’m [...]
How to Blog, Part 3: All About Writing
Did you hear the one about the blogger who sat down to write about “Writing” and had writer’s block? (What? You think I’m kidding?)
I finally realized my dilemma: There’s a gosh-darn huge amount of gosh-darn GOOD information on writing better content, y’all. The cup of knowledge overflows in copious goodness.
So why the heck would [...]
How to Blog, Part 2: Growing Your Traffic
If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you know it is NOT true that “if you blog it, they will come.” And yet, many new bloggers often expect just that. So if writing alone isn’t enough to bring in the masses, what is?
What are your traffic goals for your blog?
It goes without saying [...]
How to Blog, Part 1: Creating a Blog
So you want to blog. Or maybe you already do blog, but you want to consider other platforms or even self-hosting with your own domain name. Whichever the case, this quick run-down will help you get started.
Ready? Let’s begin. But first–
Why Do You Blog?
Before you get started, or begin making changes to your existing blog, [...]
How to Love Your Husband, Head to Toe
I love my husband, regularly, from head to toe.
And I'm not talking about what you think I'm talking about.
I'm talking about praying for him. (Non-married readers don't bail on me now!)
Years ago, God opened my eyes to these truths:
~ It's easy to focus on somebody's faults.
~ Love forgives those faults.
~ Godly love cares more about [...]
Dear God, Is this as good as it gets?
This isn't the life I wanted…
I'm not where I want to be…
I'm not doing what I want to be doing…
Ever have thoughts like these?
A year ago, I found myself giving in to these kinds of thoughts. Once you begin, it's all too easy to give your mind over to this kind of dissatisfied thinking.
It's like [...]
What are you afraid of?
Did you ever sing this song when you were little?
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do!…
As my daughter sang that song like a broken record, I thought: "If our God is big and strong and mighty and there is nothing He cannot do…then there really is [...]
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