So just what are unique monthly visitors? Well, unique visitor or UMVs refers to the number of visitors requesting to view pages on a website during a given period of time. It doesn’t matter often they stop by. If they visit from the same device on the same day, it counts as one visit. Why do I need to know my UMVs? Your UMVs tell you how many people are really visiting your site. While it is wonderful to have visitors who revisit your site day in and day out, they are still the same set o ...
Social Media Strategy For The Holidays
If you are anything like my seven year old, you have already started making your holiday plans. He started his Christmas list in August and has formulated his bucket list for Thanksgiving. You may even have your editorial calendars filled out, which is great. The thing left on your to do list is figuring out how to handle your social media strategy for the holidays. Social Media Strategy For The Holidays 1. Know your goals and audience. If you are trying to keep your social media streams ...
What Do Your Social Media Handles Say About You?
It is really important to think about what you plan to use as your social media handles. You will want the same name on all of the platforms you choose to use. I use my blog's name as my identity on social media. I have only one blog, so having variation of my blog name as a handle made sense. If you have more than one blog, or you want to have an identity separate from your blog, you may choose to create a handle based on your name. If you hope and plan to grow beyond just working on your blog, ...
Blogging Tips That Will Revolutionize Your Blog
When you are running a blog, you look for ways to make it better and help it grow. It would be nice if we could just post a wonderful idea or set of insights and the world would find it. But it just doesn’t work that way. One way that I try keep learning about blogging well and increasing my presence in the blog world is to read posts about blogging successfully. Another is to read posts about things I could be doing wrong. It is really through reading a mixture of both types of posts that I f ...
Instagram Do’s And Don’ts
Several years ago I was chatting via e-mail with friend. She was sharing with me the social media avenues she was using to reach out to readers. Instagram was her favorite! She loved that she could share the before and after pictures from blog posts. It was a great way to give her followers a peek into her everyday life. She could also share pictures that related to her niche. “You have to start using it!” she said. She was right. I have loved posting pictures on Instagram! It is such fun to see ...
Everything You Need To Know About Links For Your Blog
Content is king. Along with the great words you write, knowing how to strategically use links in your posts, and what kind of links to use, is super important. I'm going to give you an overview of the different kinds of links for our blogging tips and tutorials series, and share with you some of the ways I use links in my blog to drive more pageviews and build authority in my niche. Everything You Need To Know About Links For Your Blog An internal link is a link to another post or page o ...