Should I use AI to Write My Blog Posts?

There is a lot written about how AI like ChatGPT will revolutionize everything in the world. ChatGPT may be the content generating tool in the news, but article writing apps and programs aren’t new. The App Store is full of writing apps to write “a professional article or a viral social media post,” “create your … Read more

Should it be I or Me?

I just received a message telling me about an error on one of my blogs. The person told me I had used “me” when it should be “I.” Sometimes it can be tricky to determine if you should be using “me” or “I” in a sentence. Use the pronoun “I” when the person speaking is … Read more

Social Media, Blogs, Selfies and Photos

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. … Read more

Do I have to build a community to be a blogger?

Want to be a Blogger?

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 … Read more

What is a good conversion rate?

Blogger Tips

What is conversion? 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. The action can be whatever you want people to do. It can mean … Read more

Copyright Your Blog or Website

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 … Read more

How long should a blog post be?

Blogger Tips

If you search, you will find contradictory answers. A blog post should contain at least 300 words… The ideal length for a blog post is 200-400 words… Any post that exceeds 500 words should be broken into two posts… The best blogging length should be 300-600 words… Consider writing 400 to 600 words for small … Read more

Use Google to Spark Blogging Ideas

Blogger Tips

If you’ve been blogging for a while, sometimes you totally draw a blank on anything at all to write about. Sometimes I will look through my photos for anything I haven’t talked about yet. I might find some photos from some old “great idea” that I never got around to actually writing about. Sometimes I … Read more