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BluChickenNinja > The Paper Kind
So I guess I should start with the obvious. I changed the name of my blog. If this has shown up in your WordPress Reader it means you were following my old blog and were transferred to the new one. For the last 7 years I have been blogging under the username BluChickenNinja and today I want to share some of the reasons why I made the change BluChickenNinja > The Paper Kind Changing my domain name was a spur of the moment decision, but also its something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I started to hate the name BluChickenNinja. In 2013 it was a great and…
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My Tips For Staying Organised When Blogging
Today I want to share some advice on a topic which is important to me. How to stay organised when blogging. I’ve been blogging for nearly seven years now and over that time I’ve figured out some ways to help me manage that process and stay organised. I’ve seen people say that blogging is hard, which I wouldn’t agree with. Certainly at the start blogging can be hard. But what I’ve found is that blogging can become increasingly time-consuming. When I started blogging I could finish a post in a few hours. I’d write a few hundred words, add a photo and that was me done. Now a single blog…
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How I Got 100k Pinterest Views
I have been using Pinterest for literally years. I signed up when it was so new that you needed to be invited to join. At the time I didn’t quite get what Pinterest was for. I then went to college and was encouraged to use Pinterest to do visual research. I’ve done that ever since and in 2019 hit 100k Pinterest views. I realise that number probably sounds a lot more impressive than it actually is. Getting 100k Pinterest views in a month is very impressive if you use them in the right way. This is why so many bloggers say you should use Pinterest to drive traffic to your…
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How I Use A Bullet Journal To Manage My Blog
A little while ago I wrote about my essential tools for running my blog. In that post, I briefly mentioned how I use a bullet journal to keep my blog organised. Today I thought I would share how I use my bullet journal to manage my blog. One of the things I love about bullet journals is how you can use them to keep track of projects. The bullet journal system makes it easy to connect ideas through your notebook. If you’ve never tried bullet journaling before you should check out the official website or read the book. The bullet journal system works because it helps you log and track…
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7 Things I Wish I Did Differently As A New Blogger
January has come which means its that time again where many people set a new years resolution to start a blog. Most of these blogs will fail, but some don’t. I started my blog at new year and here I am 7 years later still blogging. I’ve learned a lot over that time, so I thought I would share 7 things I wish I did differently as a new blogger. There is a reason for me doing this. I don’t want any bloggers to make the same mistakes I did when getting started in the whole blogging world. I’ve been blogging for a long time and I’ve learned a lot…
