Yes, I have a podcast. It is my baby. Distilled Parenting is the name. I found a podcast the perfect place for me to focus on the topics about which my readers told me they were craving to learn. I also identified a major problem and concern in the parenting world: too much information. Distilled Parenting is a venue to come together to make sense of the information overloaded world, where parents … [Read more...] about Podcast First Steps: How to Start a Podcast Series
Why Bloggers Are Perfectly Positioned to Create an Online Course
Creating an online course doesn't mean you have to reinvent the wheel or create content from scratch. Creating a course means you get to take the meat of your best content to the next level. Thinkific is my go-to tool for creating online courses. Reviewing content that you know readers love is a mix of scary and exciting. Scary because you realize that editing should have happened a long time … [Read more...] about Why Bloggers Are Perfectly Positioned to Create an Online Course
Step by Step Guide to Starting a Blog to Make Money: Part 1
Starting a blog seems overwhelming but it doesn't have to be. I get it. Oh, do I get it. I started a blog in 2004. I wrote about education reform, a topic I hold near and dear to my heart to this day. Then I got distracted and went to business school, which landed me in a corporate job. I made good money but my heart ached and I was unhappy. Then I had babies and needed an … [Read more...] about Step by Step Guide to Starting a Blog to Make Money: Part 1
6 Essential Blogging Tips You Must Do Before You Hit Publish
Writing a great blog post is an excellent feeling. Then you want people to read it. How can you prepare your post so that it has the biggest chance of getting a lot of traffic? Are you missing important steps when it comes to publishing your blog post successfully? I get it. I feel you. This post includes essential blog tips you should do before publishing a post. If you're a serious blogger, pay … [Read more...] about 6 Essential Blogging Tips You Must Do Before You Hit Publish
7 Ways to Get Readers to Open and Read Your Newsletters
Over the past year, I have grown my newsletters email list from 3,000 to over 17,000 with an above average open rate and an above average click rate. So how do I do it? 8 Ways to Get Your Readers to Open Newsletters Optimize Headlines Have you heard of this amazing FREE tool? Coschedule's Headline Analyzer is a remarkably powerful tool for bloggers. Blog posts need good headlines but so do … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Get Readers to Open and Read Your Newsletters
How to Easily Create a Successful & Beautiful Opt In with Leadpages
An opt in might be the perfect way to build your newsletter list. You offer your reader a free download, eBook, or online course depending on your preference. Taking the plunge with Leadpages took me a while. I don't want you to make the same mistake. Always budget conscious I waited many months before going for signing up for Leadpages. I can honestly, wholeheartedly say that Leadpages has … [Read more...] about How to Easily Create a Successful & Beautiful Opt In with Leadpages