Note: I very rarely use pinterest nowadays. Old pins continue to perform, new pins take a long time to get picked up if at all. A lot of users have found similar. I’ve seen very little success with idea pins…
If you’re on Instagram how do you feel about it at the moment? I used to really enjoy it. I joined before it was somewhere influencers were, before it was included in blog ranking calculations. When it was just about…
I hope everyone’s having a good 2018 so far. We’ve only just gone back to work and school late this week, so we’re still getting into the swing of the routine again. And I have to admit I’ve been slacker…
I thought this point would happen this time last year, but no. It’s finally happened and it means all the forward planning I’ve done for the first time for the blog needs reassessing. N has told me he doesn’t want…
There’s a stat that 90% of blogs started don’t make it to a full year of blogging. Given I’m 6 (or something like that) years in, I can understand why. Achieving blogging success can be a time suck unless you’re…
After 2 years of having 2 weekends of blog conferences back to back, I know it’s too hard. In future if the timings are like that again, I’ll be making a decision for one only, and based on  BML17 this…
I’ve been going to blogging conferences for a few years now (I think this is my 5th year), but this year was the first year going to Blog on Xmas in Manchester. Blog on conferences are many bloggers’ highlights of…
Some people start blogging and they might already have got involved on Twitter or Instagram, or follow other bloggers and so understand more about what being a blogger is about. But when I started I knew no bloggers and apart…
With the rapid increase in Instagram users, and bloggers wanting to make their blogs really reflect their content and life visually, photography seems to have enjoyed a resurgence in interest. Many of my non-blogger friends have ‘big’ cameras (DSLRs that…
Since starting blogging, I’ve been surprised at how many people haven’t told friends and family about their blogs. It never occurred to me not to make mine public even though I set it up for me, and then N to…
A couple of weeks ago I shared a post about blog stats and whether you really needed to understand and follow them to be a successful blogger. Â While I love numbers and stats, generally I think bloggers worry about them…