I am regularly asked what are my favorite books, growing a business, marketing, and blogging. Here are a few helpful resources to get you started.
Books
The Social Media Business Planner– This is a great book if you’re looking to grow your business.
The Self Care Prescription: Powerful Solutions to Manage Stress, Reduce Anxiety – Improve your well-being every day with solutions-based strategies.
Branding
5 tips for building your personal brand in 2020.
The social space is extremely competitive and it’s important that you learn how to connect with your audience.
Blogging
Website Hosting/Design
When choosing a hosting service your budget will play a key role in your decision. While shared hosting is still an option, cloud hosting will allow you to scale as your traffic grows instantly. I would recommend taking the time to find hosting that fits your needs and budget. Here’s a great guide from CNet on how to choose web hosting.
Bluehost is excellent if you’re starting. It offers a user-friendly interface. Along with Bluehost, I use WordPress themes to build my site. Not only are the themes nice, but they’re also highly customizable. It offers a ton of plugins to enhance your blog or e-commerce e site. My only suggestion is to look for themes that updates regularly to combat spam and bugs.
Recommended Reading – How to Start a Successful Thriving Blog in 2020
Promote Your Content to Build a Following
As you start creating and posting content, you’ll need to promote it. Promotion is one of the most important parts of the blogging process. Without it, you’ll have a hard time driving visitors to your blog.
There are many ways to promote blog content:
Monetizing
There are several ways to start making money with your blog. Here are just a few.