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Hunter lets you find email addresses while you’re surfing the web: very handy if you’re trying to get in touch with a website editor to pitch a guest post or ask about a potential collaboration. This can save you from hunting through contact pages to find details.

Here’s Hunter in action on my own ...

1. Create a well-researched editorial calendar
How to Grow Your Blog 1 Create Editorial Calendar
The backbone of every successful content marketing strategy and I cannot emphasize this enough, is the editorial calendar.

As we all know by now, the fundamental pillar of any great content marketing ...

Consistency: From early on, Joanna worked hard to show up consistently, build community, and as a result, established herself as a top voice in the lifestyle blogger scene, based in New York City.
Why her audience is here: Joanna’s audience is here for her. Lifestyle bloggers in particular, attract ...

Cons of Medium as a Free Blogging Site
Virtually No Customization
Apart from adding images, videos, or embedding social media posts, every post on Medium looks the same. It’s like posting on Facebook—your text and images are different—but every post has basically the same layout and design.

With ...

I think ChatGPT can be a lot of fun (I’ve used it for silly poems for my kids, among other things!) but it’s not necessarily the best AI tool for serious bloggers and content writers. The main limitation of ChatGPT is that it doesn’t have any built-in templates, so you need to keep trying and ...

What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is when an individual (you) earns a commission by promoting someone else’s product or service. As an affiliate, you’re partnering with a merchant by joining their affiliate program and promoting their product on your blog, YouTube channel, podcast or ...

Features in Pagely’s Managed WordPress Hosting Plans
As I said, Pagely is not a cheap option (more on pricing in a moment), but their features match the premium pricing for large brands that seek a high degree of customization:

Modern hosting stack that includes NGINX, PHP, Redis
Built-in ...

Is free to use (with heavy restrictions)
Doesn’t let you pick a custom domain name (i.e. yoursite.wordpress.com)
Has very limited monetization options (you can’t sell your own ads)
Doesn’t let you upload plugins (for email capture and other things)
Has limited blogging theme support so you’re stuck ...

One of the phrases about marketing (and life) that has stuck with me the most (in life) is one I heard from a marketer I admire a lot. His name is Carlos Correa .

«Make your job sexy.»

I don't know if that's his phrase, but I've only heard it from him. And that was over 10 years ago, I think, in ...