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CraftyPod #121: Putting Ads on Your Craft Blog, with Jena Coray of Modish

CraftyPod #121: Putting Ads on Your Craft Blog, with Jena Coray of Modish

Jena Coray, proprietress of Modish, shares her experiences and insights about running a successful ad program on a craft blog. How much work actually goes into selling and hosting ads? How much traffic do you need?

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Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Landing Pages

Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Landing Pages

In this week’s Google Analytics trick, we’re looking at your Top Landing Pages and what they can tell you about how new visitors see your blog. What Analytics subjects would you like me to cover in future videos? Leave a comment below! If you like this video, here’s the rest of the series.

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Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Benchmarking

Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Benchmarking

Here we go with another Google Analytics tricky trick. There’s an almost-hidden feature called Benchmarking that lets you compare your blog’s stats with those of other similar websites. What Analytics subjects would you like me to cover in future videos? Leave a comment below! If you like this video, here’s the rest of the series.

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Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Bounce Rate

Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Bounce Rate

This week’s Google Analytics video teaches you a little something about Bounce Rate – what it means, and when it’s worth worrying about (hint: not always, if you’re a blogger). If you’d like to see the other videos in this series, here they are.

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Two Recent (Blogging) How-To’s on CRAFT

Two Recent (Blogging) How-To’s on CRAFT

Just a quick post to start off the new week – I wanted to share a couple recent how-to’s I’ve done for CRAFT. First up, I did a piece on Cheap & Simple Tools for Better Blog Photography. You know, it doesn’t matter so much what kind of digital camera you have. If you just …

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CraftyPod #119: Why Should You Plan Your Blog Posts Ahead?

CraftyPod #119: Why Should You Plan Your Blog Posts Ahead?

In this show, I talk about why it’s so important to plan at least some of your blogging ahead. This is an idea not many bloggers seem to use, but it’s really powerful. I also share some approaches to planning and some tools that work, and I talk about the specific benefits you can …

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Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Site Overlay

Google Analytics Tricks for Crafters: Site Overlay

Here’s the second video in my little Google Analytics series. We’re talking about a really cool feature called Site Overlay, which lets you see what people are clicking on your blog page. (UPDATE: this feature is now called In-Page Analytics, and it works very similarly to what’s in this video.) If you liked this video, …

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What blogging has done for me (and what it can do for you)

What blogging has done for me (and what it can do for you)

So usually, when there’s only a few days left to sign up for one of my online classes, I’ll post a little announcement here. Well, the next Craft Blog Tune-Up session is just a couple weeks away. But instead of the plain ol’ announcement, today I want to tell you the story of how I …

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If you need some help with your blog…

If you need some help with your blog…

I recently launched a cool one-on-one blog consultation thingy, and I’m really excited about it. So, if you have a craft blog and you’d like some focused advice on how to tune it up, you can book a session with me. I’ll research your blog in advance and prepare a list of recommendations and resources …

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Archive-Along part 3: Backing Up Your (Free) Blog

Archive-Along part 3: Backing Up Your (Free) Blog

Today on the Archive-Along, I want to talk about a very important form of digital archiving – making backup copies of your blog. This subject can get a little technical, so I’ve illustrated it with pretty eye-candy crafty pictures, to break up the monotony. Oh – and I’ve also tried not to make …

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