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Unlike Facebook or Twitter, where users are mostly looking to connect with their friends or family members, or LinkedIn, where they are looking for jobs, Pinterest users are actually looking for ideas, products, or solutions to their problems.

On Pinterest, you have got consumers right in the mi Read More

Welcome to my very first end-of-year evaluation for my blog and business (2015 edition).

I am not writing this because I want you to see how “great” I am. In fact, I am pretty sure some of you reading this will scoff at the numbers I have reported below and click out as quickly as you clicked th Read More

Can we have a #HonestMoment ?

I recently visited a blog where the owner publishes a monthly income report. She has been doing so for 4 years and her growth is truly impressive. Over the last 4 years, the lady has worked harder than most people would and persevered and gotten to a point where she Read More

One of the things I do in my role as a social media manager for small local businesses is to find relevant content in a given niche and curate it as part of the social media strategy I have to come up with for my clients.

Companies however are not the only folks who can benefit from intelligentl Read More

I must admit, when I read blogs of people like Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas and Regina Anaejionu, I wonder "Do these people have some kind of money making ninja skills I don't know off or is this all a big inside joke?" Read More

After I wrote this article on how I crafted a really simple social media plan that increased my traffic by 135% in just 2 weeks, a lot of conversation came up about Twitter and how to effectively use it to market your online brand.

Two months ago, I had been on Twitter for a year and still had a Read More

2 weeks ago, a reader of my blog sent me a message that Google was rendering my website as hacked. My heart sank ! It was a truly terrifying experience. I finally got an e-mail from Google today saying my site was clear ! I describe what I did in this post to get to that point. Read More

After 3 years and a handful of blogs, I have come to the conclusion that every serious blogger/online biz owner absolutely needs to have well-defined systems for their blog - in other words, you have a clear direction you want your blog to move in and you execute a specific plan (made up of systems Read More

I have a confession to make.

I have not been doing a great job promoting my blog on a daily basis.

By implementing a simple & doable social media strategy for my blog, I was able to increase traffic to my blog by 135% in 2 weeks. I share my steps in this post. Read More

There are two ingredients you cannot become a successful blogger without.

1. Traffic

2. Connections with other bloggers

You want to know another true fact ? About 90% of the time, you will not get number 1 if you don't have number 2. Read More