Tips and Tricks Thursdays//Blogging

1. Make Fun Images

You don’t have to have a graphics background, or invest a lot in photoshop equipment.  The best tool is Pic Monkey, which is completely free and easy to use.  If there use anything specific you are trying to make google how to make it on Pic Monkey, there are lots of tutorials out there.

2. Network

The more blogging friends you meet the more successful you are going to be.  Comment on other people’s blogs, send them emails, ask them to collaborate, engage and they will engage back! Any blogger who ignores you isn’t worth your time – most are more than willing to help! Consider sponsoring bloggers and at very least swap ads – this will increase your name awareness and help you gain followers, while establishing relationships with other bloggers.

>3. Design

Invest in a good blog design – if you can afford it invest in a custom design so that only you have it.  I haven’t done that yet, but I did upgrade from a basic design with a template I purchased on Etsy for $35 and for now I’m happy with it.  Make sure you have an easy to follow layout (with appealing option son the top and on your sidebar).  Basically you want to make sure your layout is as easy for your readers to follow as possible.

Have any other questions for me?