I just finished doing a month-long Pinterest challenge with a few other bloggers. The purpose of the challenge was to see if I could dramatically increase the amount of traffic to my blog from Pinterest. You, like me, have probably […]
I’m an experimenter. If there’s one thing I love, it’s doing case studies, and getting down and dirty with analytics. I’ve been using Pinterest for quite a few years, now–I joined shortly after they started. When I first joined, I […]
The end of 2014 is looming, and I’ve had a bunch of emails these past weeks asking me what my predictions for 2015 are. My predictions centre around images. I really feel like social networks that centred around images got […]
Analytics. It’s what makes us smarter, better at what we do. Analytics helps us to learn what works, and what doesn’t work. Often, however, when a new social network starts up, building in analytics is the last thing on their mind. […]
As Pinterest grows, so does its traffic. Pinterest is the third or fourth highest source of traffic to my blog. It has a built-in audience of primarily women between 20-45, and they are looking for recipes, fashion, and DIY inspiration […]
Images rule the internets! Here’s four reasons why: 1. We are visual. You can say we’re lazy. You can say our brains are more turned on by pretty pictures than they are by reading a pile of words. But whatever […]
I have a great infographic to share with you today from LaunchGrowJoy.com. You know how much I love Pinterest. Over the years, though, my love of Pinterest has gone from Must pin all the things!!! to increasingly exploring more and […]
It’s no secret I’m Pinterest-obsessed. But not so much any more in a “must pin all the things!” kinda way. Now, my obsession is more around “how do I create more pinnable images?” I’ve written extensively about this in […]
I can’t underestimate the importance of Pinterest for bloggers. Pinterest is the #4 source of traffic to my blog, after organic search, Facebook and Twitter. Its significance is even more important on my cooking blog. You see, Pinterest acts like […]
My head is still whirling. I just got back last night from a frantically-paced, but wonderful four days on Vancouver Island. It was a mix of business and pleasure, as I got to see a sneak peak of the play […]