My blog is just beginning, which is clear with its constant changing and bare bones look, but I am learning as I go which is 1 interesting and fun, and 2 frustrating because I just want it to be in its finished state where I just add to it as I please. (I'm an impatient person when it comes to my own goals apparently) But, I figured since I am learning so much I'd pass some on to you in case you get the nifty idea to make your life more public than it may already be thanks to social media, because, I care :)
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Takes money to make money
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So far I have learned that having a free site such as my "weebly" domain is not as credible or desirable as a ".com" I'm not quite sure why that is, but since I am just starting out, and a poor single mom I'm going to stick with this for as long as I need to, heck I might be here for the long haul.
"A rose by any other name.."
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A LOT! Haha, seriously though I'm not even confident that I chose the best "type" of name for my site after all I have read. Your domain name needs to be memorable, not too long, and EASY TO SPELL. Because you know, again with the social media thing We all abbreviate and misspell horribly now a days and so, yeah it needs to be simple. I sure hope mines not too rough around the edges when it comes to that.
SEO or More abbreviations we don't know
Or was I the only one that DIDN"T know that this means "Search Engine Optimization" yup, you have to do more than just have good content, amazing pictures of awesome quality, etc etc. Much more in fact, you have to spread the word about your site or blog, inform Google for example that your site exists, use key words and meta tags, and whew there's a ton more really but I don't know enough about it yet to write a good blog on it.
Suffice it to say, this is something I feel I could have been and possibly should have been schooled on. Hey, there's an idea, maybe a new high school class can be created to teach everyone how to do this stuff so it doesn't take months to build a site or blog that's barely mediocre.
Suffice it to say, this is something I feel I could have been and possibly should have been schooled on. Hey, there's an idea, maybe a new high school class can be created to teach everyone how to do this stuff so it doesn't take months to build a site or blog that's barely mediocre.
What's that, you want to make money too?
Well, I can't say much on this point other than I clearly would love to make money from this and that I really haven't much of a clue yet on the "best" way to do so. I know you can like with affiliate sites which I do one at the moment, this does little good though unless you have great traffic and they click on the adds. You can always sell something you made yourself, which I am considering doing, as one of my goals I hope to begin soon is to actually do the things I pinned on my pinterest boards haha.
There's a wealth of knowledge out there on this stuff though, and ebooks galore, I have plenty. Basically, it takes time and work. So, I beg you, bare with me as I work to make my little spot here in the blogosphere easily accesible and a super fun read with topics you are chomping at the bit to come and read about. Baby steps remember, baby steps.
-Heather
There's a wealth of knowledge out there on this stuff though, and ebooks galore, I have plenty. Basically, it takes time and work. So, I beg you, bare with me as I work to make my little spot here in the blogosphere easily accesible and a super fun read with topics you are chomping at the bit to come and read about. Baby steps remember, baby steps.
-Heather
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