Whenever someone subscribers to my blog via email, I log the referring page (the page they signed up on). Today I’ve dissected that data and can’t wait to share it with you! We’re going to figure out which posts (or pages) led to the most […]
Category: Blogging
What Does a “Huge” Book Blog Look Like?
I started thinking about this after seeing a Facebook conversation about “huge book blogs”. Those people were referring to “huge book blogs” as ones that have 20k+ likes on Facebook. I thought it was really interesting how the focus was on Facebook rather than on […]
Why I Won’t Comment on Blogs With Captcha
Here’s a step-by-step run down of what happens to me when I read some posts on the Blogger platform: What an awesome post! THIS POST ROCKS!!! You’ve done a great job of pulling me in and I just devoured your post. I have thoughts and […]
All the WordPress Plugins I Use for Blogging
I’ve already written a post on 15 must-have plugins for a WordPress blogger, but this time I thought it would be fun to list every single plugin that I use and why. I guess this is my own way of saying, “Here are the plugins […]
How Long Does it Take You to Review a Book?
It takes me about ten minutes Throughout my years of book blogging, I’ve seen people talking about reviewing books, falling behind on reviews, or talking about their reviewing process. In these discussions, it often comes up (even if just in passing) how long it takes […]
6 Things You Don’t Need in Your Sidebar
Your blog is your blog and you can do whatever you want with it. If you like busy sidebars, that’s totally your business! I’ve seen some bloggers that have over 100 widgets in their sidebars. I think it’s a bit nuts, but if that’s what […]
Can You Manage More Than One Blog?
I’ve seen more and more bloggers lately talking about starting a second blog (for writing, personal stuff, or something else). I am in complete awe of anyone who can manage more than one blog! I just can’t keep up with more than one There have […]
I Care About Numbers
It seems like everyone writes a post about how they’re, “done with page view/follower numbers because they’re not important!” Then heads all around nod in agreement. I’m going to talk about “the thing you don’t talk about” and that’s the fact that I care about […]
Why I Don’t Like WordPress Theme Frameworks
Frameworks like Genesis can be okay for people who don’t know how to code I think the Genesis framework and a child theme is fine for people who don’t know how to code. I’m talking about people who want to buy a powerful theme structure, […]
Posts I Wasn’t Inspired to Finish
There are few better things than publishing an awesome/successful blog post. But for every blog post that I publish, I have a post that I DIDN’T finish. I lost inspiration, or couldn’t figure out what to say. Whatever it was, SOMETHING caused me not to […]