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How blogging can help small businesses make more sales

Social media is a very important piece of the online marketing puzzle. Most social networks not only allow us to express ourselves and hear back from our audience and what they want to see or not see, but they also provide a medium by which we measure our...

How To Start A WordPress Blog In 8 Easy Steps

by Aymee | Blogging

*This post contains some affiliate links. What are affiliate links? First, my assumption is that you are interested in starting a blog because you are looking to make money from your blog: Either through affiliate marketing or from your own product or service. I make...

How To Create a PDF Download From Your WordPress Blog

by Aymee | Blogging

I see this question often inside private groups, and I always type of the steps to help. So I thought I would just create a post for this to make it easier (for me and for you since I can include pictures!): How to create a PDF download from your WordPress blog . I...

How Do I Make My Website Show Up In Google Search Results

by Aymee | Blogging, Search Engine Optimization

"How to SEO my website" or "How to SEO my blog" is easily the number one question among both: new online website owners and seasoned bloggers alike. Having your website show up on the first page of Google or at least picked up by Google is the ultimate goal of just...

How To Optimize Your Blog Images

by Aymee | Blogging, Search Engine Optimization

One of the top reasons for a slow blog or website is the size of the images it needs load. In the video tutorial below I will go over some information about where to find images for your blog, why you need to optimize them and also show you exactly where and how you...

7 Things You Could Do Right Now To Improve Your Blog

by Aymee | Blogging, Branding, Search Engine Optimization

Have a website or blog that needs more "pizzaz"? People not sticking around to read your content? Looking for easy ways to make your blog more visually appealing? Let me share with you at least 7 Things You Could Do Right Now To Improve Your Blog and make it stand...

This is Your Most Important Marketing Step

by Aymee | Branding

When I first started blogging many years ago I got very frustrated because no matter how many things I talked about my visitor data didn't reflect the work I was putting in. I wanted to reach as many people as possible (who doesn't?) and I tried to appeal to just about every type of person, age, gender and location where my product was sold.

I was exhausted and with very little results.

How To Make Money With A Blog In Affiliate Marketing

by Aymee | Blogging

This post contains some affiliate links. But not many :-). Aah, Blogging for a Living! The ultimate j.o.b. At least for some of us! How to make money with a blog with affiliate marketing is probably the most asked question about blogging today!? As a Wordpress blog...

Siteground Review: Why I Switched + What I Like About Siteground

by Aymee | Blogging

My SiteGround Review This post contains affiliate links. See my disclaimer. There are tons of great hosting services available in the marketplace today. There is no denying that the choices are crazy wide and this becomes a difficult choice for many beginners. Even...

How To Fix That Blank Thumbnail On Facebook When Sharing Your Website Link

by Aymee | Blogging, Social media

Have you ever posted a link to your website on a Facebook group and noticed the cute little thumbnail that shows up for everyone else, shows up blank for you?? GAH! You might also have come across that posting a blog post has a similar problem, where Facebook grabs a...

What To Include In Your Blog Index Page

by Aymee | Blogging, Design

There is definitely a lot to learn when it comes to blogging: social media sharing strategies, organization and marketing! It seems like one will never grasp it all. But with a little bit of patience and by doing things in order of impact, you will eventually get past...

To Brand or Not To Brand Your Name

by Aymee | Branding, General Business

When it comes to branding, is there a more troublesome topic than to brand or not to brand your name?? We struggle in our heads with 'looking more official' with a business name than using our own name (because, who's heard of me yet?). Am I right? And not to mention:...

Font Pairing Guides + Font Pairing Ideas

by Aymee | Blogging, Design

I am always looking to learn new things. I have always loved discovering new marketing ideas, image trends (I love the new "desktop images" trend. Pretty), design ideas and everything in between. And truly, if you keep looking for new things, you keep learning about...

My Story From Corporate to Freelancer: A Day in the Life

by Aymee | General Business

My Story + A Day In the Life of a Freelancer I truly never thought this day would come. Well, at least I didn't think it would come so abruptly. I had always dreamt of it, and it has been in fact my heart's desire, but I wasn't prepared to take the leap. Not yet....

Why You Need a Blog EVEN If You Got Social Media Followers

by Aymee | Blogging, Branding, Social media

Blog or Facebook? Now a days is quite easy to set up and establish at least "some visibility" on a social media network. I do believe if you have no idea how to do this it is definitely useful to take a quick tutorial first, and seriously, there are MANY social media...

Are your optin forms blah, ugly and boring?

by Aymee | Blogging, Design

MINE WERE TOO! LOL. In fact, maybe they still look ugly to some, lol, but at least I can now say that THAT part is MY DESIGN and not OptinMonster's fault. Ha! What in the WORLD is happening to "marketing" of email marketing systems and their forms!!?? For Pete's sake,...

My Secret Sauce To Maximizing Your Blog SEO

by Aymee | Blogging, Search Engine Optimization

Maybe more like #secretnotsecret lol, BUT, if you aren't aware of these steps to optimize your blog content with every post then it is definitely NEW SAUCE to you! I am always asked how I can get my business blogs to rank so fast and quickly on Google. I don't use any...

How to Create Free Professional Graphics for Your Blog or for Facebook Using Canva

by Aymee | Blogging, Social media

Today's article is much better explained via a video tutorial so, I grabbed one of the videos from my Blog Camp Series to illustrate how to design free professional images for your blog and also how to create awesome Facebook posts using af free graphic software...