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17 Ingredients for Blog Post Format Perfection

22nd July 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

17 Blog Post Format Tips

There are gazillions of blog posts indexed in Google for every search phrase imaginable. Think of anything and search for it… there will be a result for it in Google. Getting your posts ranked is one thing. Getting a click on your indexed posts in search results another. Once you're over these … [Read more...] about 17 Ingredients for Blog Post Format Perfection

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11 Powerful Reasons Why You Need a Self Hosted Blog

16th July 2020 by Paul 2 Comments

11 Reasons to Run a Self Hosted Blog

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

Filed Under: Domains & Hosting Tagged With: SEO

Essential Pinterest Questions and Answers for Bloggers

14th July 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

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 a great place to find other bloggers. It's also a source of traffic to my … [Read more...] about Essential Pinterest Questions and Answers for Bloggers

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SideGains June 2020 Blog Traffic Stats

7th July 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

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

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Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: An A-Z Guide

30th June 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers

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

Filed Under: Making Money Tagged With: Affiliate Marketing

The Pros & Cons of Working Online – A Dream Life?

26th June 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Pros & Cons of Working Online

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?

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: Blogging, Work

How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress

23rd June 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: Google Analytics

The SG Optimizer Plugin for WordPress

15th June 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: Plugins, SiteGround

Tailwind Communities for Bloggers: 12 Tips for Maximum Pinterest Benefit

11th June 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Tailwind Communities for Bloggers

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 Communities, which is an extremely powerful tool to have in your kit-box! This post is my … [Read more...] about Tailwind Communities for Bloggers: 12 Tips for Maximum Pinterest Benefit

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Pinterest

SideGains May 2020 Blog Traffic Stats

3rd June 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

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

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