Most Social Media and many blogs include a lot of selfies. Do you have to have selfies?
No. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. I have extremely few selfies on my Social Media and I don’t remember any photos of me at all on all but one of my blogs.
But, there are good reasons to have some photos of you on your site. Photos with faces boost engagement up to 40%. And if you are going to include your photos, you want to look good.
I enjoy writing. But, everything I read about being a blogger says I have to participate in social media, network with other bloggers, allow readers to comment and respond to them, build a community and a whole lot of other things I do not want to do!
Can I be a blogger without communicating with my readers? I don’t want to talk to a lot of strangers!
For some people, having a blog is about two-way communication and community building. But not for me. I have extremely limited communication with my readers. So I know for a fact that you can make money as a blogger without talking to strangers.
Yes, you can make a lot of changes to Posts or Pages without opening every single one. From your Dashboard, click on Posts or Pages. It will open a list with columns. Pages only shows Title, Author, whether it is Published or still a Draft and the date it was published. Posts gives you Title, … Read more
It is really simple to have a static home page that doesn’t just show your most recent posts. There are two ways. Both work. Both are really easy. Jump right in or read both sets of directions and decide which way you want to do it. I think it is a good idea to take … Read more
It is going to be really simple. Just copy from Microsoft Word, paste into WordPress and click Publish. Select Categories and Tags to organize and add pictures to make your site more appealing. Scan these easy steps, and return to them if you run into trouble.
Conversion can mean so many things that it can be confusing. The word only means changing from one thing to another. For example, lead into gold, a factory into housing.
For online marketing, Conversion means taking the desired action.
It’s a new year. Should I change the copyright date on all my work so I don’t lose it?
You really should update any website regularly, including the copyright date. Many people think that if the copyright on a website is old, the website is not trustworthy. That’s a good reason to update the copyright notice. But you don’t have to change the date every year to protect your rights. That is not how copyright works.
If you search, you will find contradictory answers.
So, how many words should you write for a good blog post that gets traffic?
Google AdSense Notifications suggested I try out Google’s new official WordPress plugin: Site Kit.
I already have AdSense working fine on all of my sites. But, I decided to try Site Kit on one.
When you set up AdSense Site Kit, be sure you finish following all of the steps. You get Congratulations! messages for finishing steps along the way, but you are not really completely done. If you want ads to show so that you can earn money, you have to completely set up and connect AdSense once you have Site Kit successfully installed.
Your domain name should be short, easy to spell and easy to remember. If your business has existed long enough to have brand recognition, do your best to get that as your domain name. Register Variations If your business name has a possessive or plural S in it, buy it both ways and have the … Read more