I don’t use a lot of images on this blog, but images can really add to a site. They look great and can serve to keep people on your site a little longer. They can also really bring home a point you’re making in your blog post. Here’s the rub… Where do you find great images you can legally use without paying for them? Sure you can scour...

Happy 4th of July weekend to my American readers.  I had no intentions of posting today, or this weekend, however, the weather has changed and a picnic in the park  before fireworks (which Hanna has been SERIOUSLY looking forward to) has become a cook out on the (covered) front porch. With that in mind I saw the ice cream maker buried in my cabinet and thought...

At some point in your blogging business you’re going to hit it… writer’s block. I personally feel like it is more a lack of inspiration, but most people call it writer’s block. Yesterday I sat at my desk for a couple hours banging my head, trying to force things to work, and the harder I tried to make it happen the more things got messed up...

Picture taken by Hanna at the Zoo While I don’t think keywords are the most important thing for a blog like this I do think it’s always smart to add another possible traffic stream for you blog. With some quick and easy keyword research you can include Google and the other search engines to the possible ways you can get traffic to your site. We are not...

Next week the challenge is going to be around publishing content on your blog, so I thought I’d give you a few of my favorite tips around how to write a blog post. 1. Use keywords in your post titles. Yeah I know I said we weren’t going to do all this keyword research stuff for this, but the point is search traffic is awesome, so you might as well do a...

Image via Wikipedia I hope your mind maps are coming along. Today I thought I’d help you take them from ideas in a mind map to an action plan for creating content. If you’re having trouble coming up with content ideas I’ll again suggest the blog planner from Blog Energizer. You’ll have to sign up for the service (it’s free) if...