Category: Tips and Tricks

I have owned and been writing on a blog for well over two years now and it has meant that I've had to learn how to keep productively writing without feeling burned out. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Yes, I'm not sitting here and writing some huge essay or writing out a novel of hundreds of pages but it does require me multiple times a week to build up the motivation to pull out my laptop or iPad and start writing. Therefore, I thought I'd use some of the…

Did you think blogging was dying? Oh no. Blogging is still a very popular medium. According to OptinMonster, 409 million people view more than 20 billion pages every month with over 70 million posts being posted just on WordPress. Therefore that means there are most certainly going to be some people out there that would benefit from some ideas on what you can post to your blog. Blogging has become such a fascinating way for me not only to get across my opinions on all the books, but also a way for me to simply sit down and write about what I want, expressing my own thoughts, experiences or opinions in a blog post. This is what makes blogging so great and is often the reason so many people choose…

Never when I started my blog back in 2021 did I think I would end up blogging for this long. It may not seem like that long to commit to something but there is quite a lot more to this blog than just writing and then uploading an article.  Every article I post requires a graphic too, sometimes this can take an hour to come up with. This graphic then needs to be created so it suits the relevant social media platforms, adding to the time.  Once I’ve done this, I then need to add any affiliate links to the post that may be relevant, this requires going through the post and adding these where relevant.  I then need to go through and sort all of the SEO too.  Once…

I've been running a blog for over a year and have worked in social media in my professional career for almost 5 years. So I like to think I have some experience as to the dos and don't of social media. Social media for bloggers can be make-or-break. It's all well and good having a great blog that you put many hours into and is well written, but if you never share it for it t be seen, it's going to be very difficult for it to have any real value. Why is social media important for a blogger? There are many reasons you'd want to get your social media feeds going for a blog. The first and foremost is simply to promote your blog to an external audience. Other…

I started my blog in May 2021 (so last year) and it's been quite an educational 14 months. I've learned more about what I enjoy reading, I've learned more about what you enjoy reading and so much more. I keep writing on this blog because inevitably I love books and I love writing about books. At some point, I hope this becomes a viable source of income? Yes. It would not only give me some motivation that I'm writing about people actually like but also that the amount of time I spend on it is worth it. Yes, it's a hobby currently but as it becomes a hobby where I spend a lot of my free time doing it, having it bring in a successful income wouldn't be so bad.…

Do you love books? Do you love your phone? Well, why not download some great apps that give you so much more bookish content to read, discover and enjoy. [caption id="attachment_1495" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pin me to Pinterest![/caption] I love downloading different apps to use, not sure why, it's a bit of an addiction. I usually have over 140 apps or so on my phone including the ones installed on my phone already. There are a lot of apps I have on my phone that I only use around once a month or so but still keep on there for those very rare occasions. Therefore, I've downloaded plenty of different apps that are perfect for book lovers. There's obviously a lot out there that we could use so I've narrowed these…

Bookstagram is a huge platform that offers a fantastic place to get to know fellow book nerds. Bookstagram isn't just a hashtag anymore, it's a community on Instagram that offers new book recommendations, insights into new reads and some of the friendliest people you'll meet. [caption id="attachment_1455" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pin me to Pinterest![/caption] Just started a Bookstagram and looking for some tips on how to improve your engagement or increase your followers? Well, I've gone out and asked some who I'd consider some absolute pros at it, some of whom have been doing it for a year or more and some of whom have only been doing it for a few months. Below are the responses they gave me when I asked them for tips for Bookstagrammers and then how…