DIY Projects, Crafts, & Paper Fun
During my first year of blogging, I built a mailing list of more than 20,000 subscribers! Woohoo! But with great subscriber growth also comes more reader emails in my mailbox. After all, I encourage them to email me. And I actually like to answer my emails, because I like getting answers to mine. Sadly answering…
A colleague in a Facebook group wrote this, “Okay, this entrepreneur thing is such a manic experience. Does anyone have a blog post they’ve done or really liked from another blogger about finding strength when you feel beat down from things not going according to plan or a failed project?” This spoke to me, because…
Your photos can make or break your blog. Back when I began online publishing in the ’90s, we used photos sparingly because of bandwidth and dialup modems. These days, however, you NEED good photos. Your readers expect them. Your blog posts need them. And you will reach more people through them. But they need to…
We all struggle with figuring out what is popular and what our blog readers REALLY want from us. Have you ever thought about just outright asking them? You can, and should! The fancy-schmancy word for this is a market survey, but let’s just focus on the asking part for now. My blog isn’t very old…
I’m a Maker. Mostly on this blog I share how to be an Amazing Thing Maker — like how to make giant paper flowers or super-cool furniture. But I am a Maker of many things. A wonderful child. A happy home. A loving relationship. A series of bestselling books. A successful company. A community of…
On the last day of 2016, I posted about looking ahead to a better year. 2016 was a particularly rough year for me. So I set some big goals for 2017. I was determined to improve my situation, specifically my health and professions. It’s been six months and I think it’s time for a report….
Wow! What a month I had at the start of 2017. The efforts from the previous month paid off in big ways this month. My January 2017 Blog & Social Media Stats Pageviews: 66,879, up from 14,881 (amazing!!) Sessions: 52,103, up from 11,349 Users: 48,180, up from 10,093 Mailing List Subscribers: 1389 (finally) Pinterest Followers:…
In my third month of blogging, I started to concentrate more on PROMOTING the blog posts I was making. Not just on Pinterest, but on other sites and in social media (mostly Instagram). This paid off with increased traffic! My December 2016 Blog & Social Media Stats Pageviews: 14,881, up from 9374 Sessions: 11,349, up…
Would you like 2017 to be a better year? Me too! Today is the last day of 2016, I’m going to indulge in a post that’s not a DIY craft or project, but rather about me and this blog. One of my rare #Jenuine posts. So come along, if you dare… My Year of Challenges 2016 was NOT my…
My second month of blogging coincided with lots of holiday content going online. I could see it all over Pinterest. And I read somewhere that I should prepare my holiday content in advance, so for the month of November I made holiday crafts and food and blogged about them! My November 2016 Blog & Social…
