{"id":63,"date":"2016-08-29T20:10:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liztomey.com\/blog\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2024-12-18T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:40:18","slug":"blogging-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liztomey.com\/blog\/online-business-resources-topic\/blogging-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a collection of resources that I personally use in my business that help me with blogging! There are many ways to use a blog, but you need to make sure that it\u2019s setup the right way and that you\u2019re using the right plugins.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not putting these in here for the sake of making money. I wanted to create a resource that you could go to so you can learn all about using a blog in your business. Do know that seeing results from blogging does take time, constant practice and constant learning, but it\u2019s so worth it because of how many ways blogging can be used in your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On to the resources\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Creating A Blog<\/strong> &#8211; If you don&#8217;t have a blog yet or know why you need one then you NEED the The Create A Profitable Blog Learning Bundle. This is an entire masterclass that will walk you through getting a domain name, hosting, and installing your blog. Not only that, but you&#8217;ll learn to design your blog exactly the way you want it, and make it do anything you want with the plugins I&#8217;ve listed below in the plugins section. You can get access to the entire Create A Profitable Blog Learning Bundle at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CreateMyProfitableBlog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/www.CreateMyProfitableBlog.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Creating Content For Your Blog<\/strong> \u2013 This is a big issue for many people, so I wanted to provide some resources that will help you create content. Know that you can always outsource your blog content too! <strong>Just remember the rule\u2026<\/strong> Everything you post should lead to something that makes you money or builds your list. <strong>PERIOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12 Types of Blog Posts to Drive More Traffic to Your Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/12-types-of-blog-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/12-types-of-blog-posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to Write Your First Blog Post<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/iwannabeablogger.com\/first-blog-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/iwannabeablogger.com\/first-blog-post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contentaire \u2013 This thing is packed with tons of ideas and templates to use to create blog posts (<em>and a ton more<\/em>). I use this for SOOOO many different things in my business! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ThisKicksButt.com\/Contentaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ThisKicksButt.com\/Contentaire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Your About Me Page \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your About Me page on your blog is a very important part of your business believe it or not. I have found a few resources for you that explain WHY and how to create the best About Me page for your blogs! This is huge so don\u2019t skip it!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/10-ways-to-create-a-better-about-page-for-your-blog.html<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.blogtyrant.com\/best-about-us-pages<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/diythemes.com\/thesis\/amazing-blog-about-pages<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.melyssagriffin.com\/about-me-page-blog<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.thesitsgirls.com\/blogging\/10-ways-how-to-write-about-me-page<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"teyovq901S\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryoftelling.com\/10-rules-for-writing-about-me-page\/\">10 Rules For Writing A Compelling &#8216;About Me&#8217; Page<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;10 Rules For Writing A Compelling &#8216;About Me&#8217; Page&#8221; &#8212; The Story of Telling\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryoftelling.com\/10-rules-for-writing-about-me-page\/embed\/#?secret=k914lHoafs#?secret=teyovq901S\" data-secret=\"teyovq901S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Clean And Easy Themes I Use &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lovecraft<br \/>\nShamrock<br \/>\nSparkling<br \/>\nHemingway<br \/>\nSoSimple<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll add more here as I come across them. There are a few more that I use that I just can&#8217;t think of right now. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Plugins I Use On My Blogs \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speedy Page Redirect<\/strong> \u2013 This allows you to redirect pages you create on your blog to anywhere you want. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/speedy-page-redirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/speedy-page-redirect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Akismet<\/strong> \u2013 This is a plugin that helps you manage SPAM comments on your blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/akismet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/akismet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple Page Ordering<\/strong> \u2013 This allows you to order your pages the way you want in your menus. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-page-ordering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-page-ordering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pretty Link Lite<\/strong> \u2013 Allows you to mask links and track clicks. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/pretty-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/pretty-link\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WP Ninja Forms<\/strong> \u2013 The best contact form around. Allows you to easily add a form to your site so visitors can contact you if need be. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ninja-forms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ninja-forms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclude Pages<\/strong> \u2013 Allows you to hide pages from menus. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/exclude-pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/exclude-pages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WP Hide Title<\/strong> \u2013 Remove the title from a page. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/hide-page-and-post-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/hide-page-and-post-title<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date And Time Remover<\/strong> &#8211; I use this to take the timestamps off of my blog posts. Seeing an <em>&#8220;old post&#8221;<\/em> can deter someone from reading even when the content is still relative, so I remove them from all of my blogs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-meta-and-date-remover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-meta-and-date-remover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Classic Editor and Classic Widgets &#8211; <\/strong>If you hate the Gutenberg like I do, this plugin allows you to edit in the old WordPress editor and gives you the Classic Widgets too! <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Classic Widgets Plugin<\/strong> &#8211; Just like the I hate the new editor I also hate the new widgets editor. This plugin allows you to use the old widgets editor which in my opinion is much easier to use! <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-widgets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/classic-widgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WP Affiliate Disclosure<\/strong> &#8211; This is a must have plugin for affiliate marketers. Use this plugin to insert an affiliate disclaimer above, below, or both on all of your posts and pages.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-affiliate-disclosure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-affiliate-disclosure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple Author Box<\/strong> &#8211; Need to insert an author box at the end of your blog posts? This is an AWESOME one and it&#8217;s free. \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-author-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-author-box<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main WP<\/strong> &#8211; This is what I use to manage multiple blogs all in one place. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LizTomey.com\/MainWP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.LizTomey.com\/MainWP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monster Insights<\/strong> &#8211; This is a great tool for analytics! <a href=\"https:\/\/liztomey.com\/MonsterInsights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/liztomey.com\/MonsterInsights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid Plugins I Recommend:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Warfare<\/strong> &#8211; There are many social sharing plugins out there. I&#8217;ve tried many of them and could never find one with all the functions of Social Warfare. I do use the paid version of it because I love having all the extra social networks, the extra Pinterest functions, AND the click to Tweet function. I highly recommend this one! <a href=\"http:\/\/thiskicksbutt.com\/SocialWarfare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/thiskicksbutt.com\/SocialWarfare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WP Legal Pages<\/strong> &#8211; This plugin auto-generates legal pages for your websites. It&#8217;s super easy to use! <a href=\"http:\/\/thiskicksbutt.com\/WPLegalPages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/thiskicksbutt.com\/WPLegalPages\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thrive Leads &#8211;<\/strong> This is the plugin I use to put opt-in forms on my blogs. 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