As I’m sure you know, there’s a LOT written out there about how to make money blogging—so take everything with a grain of salt. Before you listen to any of my advice, let me tell you some facts about me: I’ve been blogging since 2009. I grew one blog to 100,000 pageviews/month and then sold […]
Thinking of starting a blog for profit? I really want to encourage you because when I started a travel blog years ago, I never thought it would one day earn me a full-time income—but it did! Trying to figure out the best blogging platform to make money is hard when you’re a beginner. I don’t […]
I host some of my sites on BigScoots, and as an online entrepreneur, I’m always launching new niche sites! If you’re trying to add another WordPress site to BigScoots, below is a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to do it. How to Add a New Domain to BigScoots Step 1: Log into your BigScoots dashboard. […]
Learn how to use Yoast SEO Plugin—one of the best plugins for WordPress! Even though I consider myself pretty advanced in SEO knowledge, I find myself using Yoast on every single one of my blog posts because it’s so darn easy and useful. Why You Should Use Yoast SEO Plugin It improves your SEO, so […]
If you’re serious about growing traffic to your blog, then you definitely need to know how to see search terms in Google Analytics. This is how you will find out what keywords people are typing into search engines in order to find your blog. Why You Need to Know How to See Search Terms in […]
Back in June, I decided to switch from SiteGround to WPEngine for this site’s web hosting. While WPEngine does not offer free migration support services like SiteGround does, migrating to WPEngine on my own was surprisingly easy thanks to its FREE plugin. Below, I’ll outline the WPEngine migration process so you can do it yourself! […]
You might think it’s not that important to do something so “techie” as to install Google Analytics on your blog. After all, WordPress does offer basic traffic reporting functions in its dashboard or via the Jetpack plugin. BIG MISTAKE. You should definitely install Google Analytics from day one (or as soon as possible!). Google Analytics […]
A few years ago, I started a travel blog as a hobby, a humble little place to merely journal about my trips. Little did I know that it would grow into a business with a revenue of up to $5,000 a month. As much as I enjoyed that blog, in 2018, I felt ready to […]
Are you sick of having to remember to manually add an affiliate disclosure to the top of your blog posts? Well, my friend, there is an EASY way to automatically add an affiliate disclosure to all your blog posts by hard coding it into your blog—and the best part is you don’t have to know […]
Okay, so you’re going about your blogger life, just trying to get everything right with Pinterest because it’s a MASSIVE traffic driver, and then bam! It’s asking you to do weird things with the code on your website JUST so you can get rich pins enabled! Say what?! Well, my friend, I am going to […]