blogging tips

A few weeks ago, I warned the Chronic Illness Bloggers community about a long list of unscrupulous websites that have plagiarized content from several of our members. If you missed the post, then please take a few minutes to check it out here so you can protect yourself and your readers from these harmful sites. As […]

Several weeks ago, I saw a post in Chronic Illness Bloggers Facebook group from our fearless founder Julie Ryan asking for handmade gift ideas for an upcoming Valentine’s Day post. Mind you, her request was weeks before Christmas or New Year’s. I remember thinking, “Wow, how in the heck is she so far ahead? I’m doing well […]

Too often as we put our blogs together we think about what we like personally but don’t really give a lot of thought to how others may view the same pages. In the end, the goal is to have others to be able to read our blogs and enjoy them, but are we making small […]

Today I’m covering a pet peeve of mine: website popups! Yep, I know most everyone hates those annoying popups, but I’m not talking about just any old popup. I’m talking about the ones that pop up within seconds of someone landing on a website, asking for your coveted email address in exchange for some free […]

Earlier this month, Chronic Illness Bloggers launched a new Google web form where members can submit their blogging questions to be answered in a future post. (In case you missed the announcement, you can read all about it here.) This week’s question is: How do you earn a bit of income via blogging? Well, entire […]

A couple of weeks ago in my post about How to Create a Great Product Review I mentioned the importance of using rel=nofollow links in sponsored posts (including product reviews when the company has provided the product to you).  Unfortunately, I didn’t tell you how to create nofollow links and the truth is that it’s […]