Are you using a free blog? How's that working out for you? It may be you feel you're ticking along just fine thank you very much. But that doesn't mean you couldn't be doing better and this is where a self hosted blog will be a real game-changer for you. If you haven't yet started your blog and … [Read more...] about 11 Powerful Reasons Why You Need a Self Hosted Blog
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Essential Pinterest Questions and Answers
Pinterest is kind of an obsession for me. Seriously... I’ve given more hours to Pinterest over the past months than I have any other social media platform. Not only is it a place I enjoy purely for visual inspiration, it’s also a great place to find other bloggers. It's also a source of … [Read more...] about Essential Pinterest Questions and Answers
SideGains June 2020 Blog Traffic Stats
My 12th traffic stats report sees the SideGains blog reaching it's first birthday. A full year of blogging deserves it's own post detailing the entire journey... this will come later this month. June was a really hard month for me in blogging terms. After completing my 30 day blogging challenge … [Read more...] about SideGains June 2020 Blog Traffic Stats
Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: An A-Z Guide
So you have a blog, or maybe you don't just yet, but regardless you want to make money from blogging. There are a lot of ways you can go to make money from a blog: if you've visited SideGains before you may have read my previous posts on the subject. In this post I'm going to focus on affiliate … [Read more...] about Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: An A-Z Guide
The Pros & Cons of Working Online – A Dream Life?
The following is a guest post from Martin of Studenomics, where he shares tips on everything from finding the best renter's insurance to getting paid to drink coffee with Airbnb Experiences. As a 10+ year veteran, I asked Martin to put together a piece about the realities of working online. You'll … [Read more...] about The Pros & Cons of Working Online – A Dream Life?
How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress
As a new WordPress blogger you're going to need to understand how visitors interact with your blog. You can't do this with any degree of accuracy without using tools. Without doubt, one of the first tools you should employ when you've set up your WordPress blog is Google Analytics. In this guide, … [Read more...] about How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress
The SG Optimizer Plugin for WordPress
If you don't use SiteGround as your blog hosting provider, you're likely unaware of the many advantages it offers. Super-fast servers and plenty of storage for a very agreeable price are not the only things you get with a SiteGround hosting subscription. If you run a WordPress blog, you'll also be … [Read more...] about The SG Optimizer Plugin for WordPress
Tailwind Tribes for Bloggers: My Best 12 Tips
Are you new to Tailwind or considering trying it out? I've been using it for a while now and it's a massive help for the work I'm doing on Pinterest. One of the single best reasons for using it is Tailwind Tribes, which is an extremely powerful tool to have in your kit-box! This is going to be … [Read more...] about Tailwind Tribes for Bloggers: My Best 12 Tips
SideGains May 2020 Blog Traffic Stats
Another month rolls around and with it my 11th traffic stats report. 11 months of blogging and I'm seeing more markedly signals of the fruits of my labor in this report. May was a very tough month for me as I'd committed to writing a blog post every day through a 30 day blogging challenge. As … [Read more...] about SideGains May 2020 Blog Traffic Stats
How to Write a Blog Post Every Day
Today is the last day of a 30 day blogging challenge I began... erm, 30 days ago. I won't be glib about it because it's been a really tough gig... a lot of long days and burning the midnight oil combined. As my last post in this challenge, I'm going to reward myself by writing straight out of my … [Read more...] about How to Write a Blog Post Every Day