By default, most Blogger themes will display all new pages (not posts) in the menu at the top of the site. This can be a very annoying thing when you are making pages for things that you don't necessarily want to advertise to the whole world. One example of this is when you are creating an advertising rates page for businesses. If you don't want to display the page for everyone, follow the steps below. The graphic will also help. Head to the "pages" section of your blog in Blogger. See the dropdown menu? In the image above, it says "don't show" but on your blog, it might say "top tabs" or "side links". If that is the case, all pages are set to show up in that location when published. Change it to "don't show" and you're good to go! Happy blogging! … [Read more...]
How to Make Private Pages in Blogger
Blogging Tools ~ Daily Checklist Printable
Writing down your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals is an important step in blogging success. It's very easy to become distracted when you're working online. There's Pinterest, Facebook, blogs, email and tons of other things to take your attention and focus away. It's good to have something to look at to keep you on task. I've created a fun daily printable list that can help you out! … [Read more...]
No, I Will Not Email You for Rates
That's all there is to it. I will not email someone for rates. There is nothing on the internet that cannot be found somewhere else. Ok, let me re-phrase that: almost everything on the internet can be found somewhere else. When it comes to blog advertising space, this is especially true. There are thousands of blogs that have advertising rates shown right on their site. If I'm out shopping for ad space, there is nothing that will get me to leave an advertising page faster than seeing no rates. There are waaaaaay too many bloggers who (rightfully so) are open about their advertising rates. I am not going to waste my time with an email and twirl my thumbs waiting for a response. Wanna know what I am going to do when I see "email me for rates"? I'm going to click the little "X" in … [Read more...]
How to Add a Meta Description to Help Your SEO
Did you know that having a meta description for your blog can give you a little bit of help in the SEO world? SEO is search engine optimization and determines how high your page appears in search results. Google and other search engines are very powerful tools and you want to do everything you can to show up as much as possible in searches. Anyway, back to the meta description. This is something that is automatically left blank and disables on Blogger. That means you have to go into your settings and manually add the description. With your description, you'll want to include some keywords that you think fit well with your site. So, if you write about fashion, maybe include the words "dresses" and "boots" or something like that. The limit for search engines to read is 150 … [Read more...]
How to Take a Week off Without Anyone Knowing
Have you ever noticed that one of your favorite blogger disappeared for a few days? Were you wondering if they would post again? Did you find other blogs to read instead of that one? Do you wonder if they'll take a hiatus again? Do you even check that site anymore? Do you want people feeling that way about your blog? So how do you keep things going on your blog when you're going to be away from your computer for a while? I know you mainly do this for fun, but the more you treat it like a business, the better results you'll see. You wouldn't just walk away from your job for a week without covering your bases first, right? There are a number of things that you probably do every day or every other day that your readers have come to expect. Like it or not, they do have … [Read more...]
