Can you imagine making slick, professional videos for your blog and business, all without touching a camera? Welcome to (almost) 2018 my friends – it’s a wild world where now, thanks to the internet, you can! Let me fill you in on a little secret that most newbie video creators don’t know: the internet is … Read more
Real question: is it possible these days to open Instagram without crying? Like, part of me is genuinely asking. There are times when I feel actual, physical pain when I see the crapfest that is my current Instagram engagement. Can’t we just go back to the pre-algorithm days when my biggest concern was which filter … Read more
If I had a nickel for each time someone said Twitter was dead… Well let’s be real – I’d be on a private island somewhere, getting fed grapes by men named Pablo. Sadly, I’m still peeling my own damn grapes, but one thing remains true: a lot of bloggers and business owners are abandoning the … Read more
When it comes to Facebook strategy, let’s face it: most of us are running around like headless chickens. Especially at this point, with ads getting more popular than even ‘awkward crop’ profile pics. The platform’s “pay to play” mentality is getting more backlash than ever, leaving marketers feeling dejected, discouraged and hopping in line for … Read more
Welcome to Blogtoberfest! This month’s series is designed to kick your butt. Seriously. Each week, we’ll be publishing juicy posts that dive deep into the strategy of our 4 favorite social media channels: Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. And we’ll be diving in right alongside you, with our very own brand new Slaying Social media … Read more
Let’s get this out of the way: Pinterest is not really a social media platform. It’s actually a visual search engine masquerading as a social media platform. Very clever, Pinterest. What this means is that although your search results are returned using some high-tech new-fangled algorithmic search engine technology (that’s the search engine part), people actually … Read more
In the wild world of Instagram, one of the most coveted of all honours is being dubbed “Instagram feed goals”. You’ve seen them – envy of the town… Beautiful people holding beautiful foods in beautiful locations, somehow always with consistent lighting and colours. In this eerie parallel universe where aesthetics reign supreme, many of us … Read more
As a blogger who attributes most of my early success to Pinterest, I’m often asked questions by other bloggers or small business owners about how to replicate the 20k monthly traffic from Pinterest that I achieved in under 6 months of blogging. One of the first questions I’m asked is usually about followers: how do … Read more
Having a kickass Pinterest profile is a crucial foundation for a Pinterest account that drives traffic to your blog. I had only been blogging for 6 months when I hit 20k monthly visitors from Pinterest to my blog for the first time. And, as I’ve discovered, traffic from Pinterest lasts – my traffic from Pinterest has … Read more
I started my blog, Practical Wanderlust, in June 2016. 1 year later, we average 60k page views monthly. I’m often asked the secret to my success. And I’ve love to just be like “~follow your dreams and believe in yourself~” or whatever, but let’s be honest: that’s totally useless. Can’t nobody develop a traffic-driving strategy based off of dreams. So let … Read more