Exciting news, healthy bloggers! I'm sure by now you know Alison from Mama's Weeds, who brings us all the great Health Bloggers Dish interviews that make our Mondays just a little better. Who am I kidding, you probably found this blog through one of those interviews! I'm extremely happy to announce that Alison is now…
Category Archives: Starting Off Right
Yeah, There's a Plugin for That
A New Weekly Feature! Before I get into this week's topic, I have some exciting news to tell you about. Starting this Monday, there will be a new series of weekly guest posts from a blogger many of you know, Alison from Mama's Weeds! Each week, Alison will interview a top blogger in the healthy-lifestyle…
How Reader-Friendly Is Your Blog?
The idea behind growing your blog's readership is simple: in order to grow, you need to gain new readers faster than you lose the ones you already have. You probably put a lot of thought into the first element and do a lot of work to expose your blog to new readers. Commenting on other…
Making the Move: How to Transfer Your Blog to Self-Hosting
[Update: So many people have emailed me to tell me how much this post helped them that I decided to give it its own page. Check out the new, updated version.] First, thank you for all your encouragement on the first day of this blog. Starting a new blog is always a little scary (what…
First Things First: Get Yourself a Real Domain Name
Think about it. Nearly every serious blog you look at has one. Why don't you? Ok, there's one reason why you might not. No matter how you choose to do it, a domain name that doesn't have ".blogger" or ".wordpress" in it is going to cost you a little bit of money. The name itself…