By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Monday, February 1, 2010
February 14 can be a source of writing inspiration and blog traffic – if you can think of interesting ideas to write about! These tips for blogging on Valentine’s Day will take you a step beyond the same old articles about “romantic gift ideas” or “tips for saying ‘I love you’ on Valentine’s Day” (not [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
It doesn’t have to be a new year for you to set goals for your blog! But, before you can achieve your blogging goals, you need to figure out what goals to set. These seven types of goals may help you solidify your intentions for your blog.
First, here’s a quip about writing that can be [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Sunday, July 5, 2009
Most bloggers have a stockpile of old blog posts languishing in the cellar, all dusty and cobwebby. Here are five ways to make your old blog posts popular again – without rewriting them!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Genius is the art of taking pains.” – Claude Hopkins.
Isn’t that great? Taking pains will make you a successful writer [...]
By Susan Johnston on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Freelance writer and blogger Susan Johnston – The Urban Muse - shares five tips for increasing your blog readership, which are proven effective!
“Making money from blogging requires you to do only two things: drive a lot of traffic, then maximize the income from that traffic,” says blogger and “dot com mogul” John Chow.
Monetizing a blog isn’t [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Saturday, December 27, 2008
These examples of writing goals are based experience of achieving my goals in my first year of freelance writing – and I freelanced full-time for only eight months! You can be a better freelance writer and achieve your financial goals, fellow scribes.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Success is not an automatic function of individual talent,” says Malcolm Gladwell, author of [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Saturday, July 12, 2008
These ten tips for starting a new blog or website for writers are from my own experience; I created two professional websites in three weeks. I’ve used themes create by Michael Pollock at Solostream. Here are the top 10 things I’ve learned from creating my blogs.
Before the tips, a quip from Winston Churchill. Substitute the words “starting a website” for “writing”, and you’ll see what [...]