My original plan for this post was to share with you my top ten posts from 2015. Unfortunately, due to going self hosted in November, individual post views from before that time have all been lost. Instead I thought I would share with you how I did on my blog bucket list. You can have … [Read more…]
I’m sure by now most of you have seen the Twitter #girlgang. #girlgang was founded by Jemma who blogs at Dorkface as a way to bring the blogging community together. The # is used for a Twitter chat, but more importantly, it is being used by a wide range of bloggers to spread a message … [Read more…]
Askimet is a WordPress plugin that detects spam comments and blocks them. I am really starting to believe it generates them itself to look like its useful. For nine months on Blogger, I had nothing in place to block spam comments, I didn’t even moderate them, they just published directly to the post. In this time, … [Read more…]
Blogger or WordPress? It’s a question asked by many people every day as they start out on their blogging journeys. It’s a question I didn’t ask myself, I knew nothing about blogging, and I just started my blog on the first result Google gave. Had I asked myself Blogger or WordPress, and done a bit … [Read more…]
As you all know by now (and must be sick of hearing me say) I just moved over from Blogger and became self hosted. A lot of bloggers said they were also considering making the move, so I thought I would share with you 8 tips for going self hosted. 1. Breathe Ok, so breathing is … [Read more…]
I promised to do a post about switching to self hosted, so here goes. Firstly, I have to say the process was nowhere near as bad as I expected it be. That’s not to say the air wasn’t blue round me quite a lot, I just think I had blown the process up out of … [Read more…]
Well, this is it. My last post until Monday 16th November. As a lot of you will know (due to me banging on and on about it) I’m finally making the jump to self hosted. I know, I must be crazy. I have debated it for a while, and I keep backing out because I … [Read more…]
Klout is a weird one. I think it can be kind of fun if you don’t take it too seriously. While not a social media platform itself, it measures your influence across other social media platforms. If you haven’t used Klout before, here is a link to my profile if you want to see how it … [Read more…]
As promised, today’s post is all about using Pinterest to promote your blog. Set up Rich Pins First, upgrade your account to a business account if you haven’t already (just follow the simple steps on your profile). You can now apply for rich pins. Rich pins are like normal pins, except they let you … [Read more…]
Pinterest is another social network I have only joined recently. Well actually, I tell a lie. I joined ages ago, I just didn’t actually use it. I didn’t follow anyone and I didn’t pin a single thing. When I decided to start actively using Pinterest, I just changed my name on that profile to my … [Read more…]