I promised the other day that I would start sharing blogging and branding tips, so here we go. I have created a category for it up there, next to my vlogs. Today, we're talking about email addresses. If you're self-hosted - meaning that you have your own dot com, like verastic.com instead of verastic.blogspot.com, then you are able to get an email at your own domain - like blog at verastic.com. So if you are self hosted, make sure you get your own branded email address because it makes you Read More
How To Prepare For A Blog Conference
The other day I typed a whole post about what to pack for a blog conference, and then I realized I should probably first tell you about how to prepare for said blog conference - all the things you should do before you even get to the packing part. After attending one blog conference (by BlogHer), I now think that I have arrived. I even have the audacity to type a whole post about what you should do. Yes, ke! First of all, let me start by saying that a blog conference - or any conference Read More
Blogging Tip: Pay Your Dues
Bloggers, show of hands if you'd like to become something from blogging. Whether it's rich, famous, relevant, or all three. Everyone wants this? Well, me, too! There are bloggers who just want to blog for fun and have no interest in monetizing their blogs, but for most of us, we want something out of blogging. For me specifically, I want to be rich and famous. And very, very relevant. I know it's usually funny when I say I want to be rich and famous, but if only you knew how serious I am. Now, I Read More