Bulletproof Blogger

A couple of days ago I stumbled across the Problogger podcast with Darren Rowse. I followed Problogger in the past, but in the past couple of years visited the site intermittently – to the point that I didn’t even know they had a podcast. I’m so glad I “rediscovered” them. With a new, completely redesigned ...

What does it mean to “optimize your blog posts”? Like many bloggers, I didn’t appreciate completely what it meant to have an “optimized” blog post. Most new bloggers focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I did it too. But here’s the way I approach it now. In the beginning, my goal was to create SEO-friendly ...

Do you want to learn to write successful headlines for your blog and social media posts? So do I! For the next week or so I’m taking a deep dive to learn as much as I can . . . and I'll be sharing what I learned with you. In the meantime, these are five of ...

In my last post, I showed you how you could use dictation in Google Docs to transcribe your blog posts. However, I wasn’t satisfied with Google Docs despite the accuracy and speed of the transcription. I’m not a big user of Google apps, except for the occasional spreadsheet or document. Learn how you can produce ...

Are you a writing “multi-tasker”? Do you fall into the trap of editing while you’re writing? It’s one of the biggest challenges most writers face. I know I suffer from it. The most often cited words of advice in the world for writers is, “DON’T WRITE AND EDIT AT THE SAME TIME! Yet, I still ...