Being active on social media is such an important part of blogging success - but it can lead to a lot of wasted time if you don't have a solid plan. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools we can use to save time on social media - while keeping our platforms truly engaging. Here are some of my favorite tips and tools for streamlining social media - gathered over 7 years of managing social media for my own blog and others'! Set Your Social Priorities If you're managing your blog and social … [Read more...]
How to Choose a Professional Graphic Designer
In our fantastic Inspired Bloggers Network Facebook group, I often see posts concerning graphic design. I am going to give you some pointers for how to choose a professional graphic designer. As a self-taught graphic designer, I look back at how much I’ve grown in the last three years and stand amazed. When I started out, all I had was my natural artistic talent, my ability to self-teach, and my desire to learn. I think I have made every mistake that a self-taught … [Read more...]
Spring Fever With Inspired Bloggers Network
Spring is in the air! Although the official date of spring beginning is still a little bit off, the weather seems to be coming around a bit for most parts of the country. Let Spring Fever begin! Today's edition of Inspired Best is Spring Fever. I am featuring some spring-y posts from our Inspired Network Blogger's admin team and have issued an invitation to the rest of the IBN community to link up their great spring content! (If you have a bit of winter weather hanging around or it … [Read more...]
MailChimp Vs. Mad Mimi for Subscribers
If you haven't set up a newsletter for your site then you need to read this. A newsletter should be your blog treasure, Facebook and Pinterest can change their algorithms and stop sending any traffic to your blog. You own your email list and those subscribers will be your most loyal readers, because they are allowing you into their inbox. If you'd like to start growing your email list, a great way to do so is to provide an incentive for those who join up for your email newsletter. To … [Read more...]
How to Get the Most from Your Stock Photography Vector Downloads
Like me, many of you are self-taught. We are all learning as we go. I learn at least one new thing every day. Coupled with that “one new thing” is usually the forehead smack of, “Boy, I have been doing this the hard way! This is going to help me out so much!” Today’s “this” is a great bit of insight as to how to get the most of your vector stock photography vector downloads. This article is going to focus on the vector images that you are able to purchase (the computer-drawn objects, not the … [Read more...]
How to Make Printables on a PC
Bloggers are always on the lookout for ways to bring more traffic to their site. One of my favorite ways to do this is to offer free printables! I use mostly free clipart and a standard program on my PC called Word. Tools to make free printables Word is a program included in Microsoft Office, but if you are on a tight budget or need a free version, check out OpenOffice. I used OpenOffice for years and it’s virtually identical to Word when it comes to features and things you can do with it. For … [Read more...]
Chase the Last of the Winter Blues Away
If you put much stock into what a groundhog has to say about the weather, we have some more winter ahead of us. The weather in my part of the country never seems to line up, but what do I know? I do know this, whether it is because of cold, snowy weather or heavy rainfall, we still have at least several weeks before the weather is nice enough to get outside regularly. To help combat cabin fever, the Inspired Blogger Network team has put together some ideas AND we are inviting the rest of … [Read more...]
WordPress Plugins to Save You Time and Effort
Some plugins are paid and some are free. This post will let you know about several free Wordpress plugins that can be a huge help in saving you time and effort. This is not an in-depth guide and you or your site developer should not add a plugin simply at my recommendation. But at least you will know the name, and the basics of what it does, so you can research on your own and decide for yourself whether it could be a helpful tool for your site. **Affiliate links are used in this … [Read more...]
How to Start Building Your Email List (And Why You Should Start NOW!)
In a perfect world, every blogger would start gathering readers' email addresses from the day their very first blog post goes out. That's not usually the case, however. Here's what that's a big mistake - and how to get started building your email list right away. You Need An Email List Internet marketing gurus have been saying it for well over a decade now: "The money is in the list." While everything online seems to change drastically from week to week, this one is still true! Email … [Read more...]
What is Content Curation and How to Do It Well
There has been some confusion in recent weeks about content curation. Some even going so far as to say it should never be done. In this post I hope to show you what it is, what it is not, and how to do it well. For if there were no curators, the world would have no museums, no good way to share and experience the great art forms of another. What is a "Curator" An Art Curator Think of a curator of a museum. What is his role or job? He orchestrates collections of art created … [Read more...]
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