A lot of bloggers that are just starting out often want to know how they can reach the right audience for their topic, and there is not just one answer for that question. Firstly, it’s not always a bad thing to have a small audience, as long as the audience that you have is actually reading your blog and clicking through on your links. You can generate a big buzz with a small audience.
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Sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed describing myself as a professional blogger (Hi! I’m Kate! I make stuff out of paper bags and playdough for a living!) but I guess that’s what I am. Yes, I’m a stay at home mum too but this blog is my job, it’s how I put food on the table so I have to treat it with the same kind of seriousness as I would any other form of employment. Over the last year I’ve had a few real technical struggles with blogging – not great for me as I’m a secret technophobe – and one of the main and most obvious was having no internet at home. Twice in fact because we moved house twice in a year, so today I’m sharing what I learnt about blogging and broadband as well as how to keep your blog running if you don’t have access to the internet at all.
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As the mum of two kids who have synchronised their lives so that I never get a break, I have become a master of multi tasking! Blogging is something I love and it’s also a great way for me to earn money, however the time I have to actually sit down at my laptop is pretty limited. This week I’ve been reading this post about the most innovative technology for day to day living and so I thought I’d share the best ways that bloggers can make use of technology, which in my opinion today is by using apps! Apps are a great way that you can sneak in a few minutes blog work while making a cup of tea or waiting at the school gate, so here’s my guide to great apps for bloggers!
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Have you seen my blog? I mean seriously, have you seen it?! I am in actual love with Annie Spratt and Marie Donn, these two amazing women have taken my blog and turned it into something wonderful.
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Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking really closely at my blog and how to improve it and one of the things that was most important to me was how to make an image pinnable. As a crafts blogger having pinnable images is really important and a few small changes can make a real difference in the traffic to your site! Since I’ve tweaked a few things about my pictures I’ve seen a big increase in traffic so I thought I would share my hints on how to make an image pinnable in case they can help someone else too!
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