How I've reached 500+ monthly visitors to my blog and how to increase your blog traffic
If you’ve started a money-making blog, you might be frustrated when you start trying to increase your blog’s traffic.
Recently, I hit a big milestone for my money-making blog: I reached over 500 monthly visitors.
Since I know it can be difficult for a new blogger to acquire traffic, I’m offering 5 tips on how I was able to increase my blog traffic from 0 to 500 visitors a month.
CREATE: How to make a clear and cohesive digital presence for your small business
I’ve always been encouraged by professors to have a digital presence. When I was attending and starting my classes at the University of Missouri, I was constantly told about the importance of having a presence on various social media and web platforms. It wasn’t enough to have experience. My experience needed to be broadcasted and promoted well for my peers and supervisors to take notice.
Best Graphic Design books for how to start your creative business start-up
I remember reading one of the graphic design books on this list, Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, and thinking I could start my graphic design business after reading this book.
I won’t lie and say it was smooth sailing from there but, I knew I would have a strategy for my design process and could start my graphic design business with more clarity than before.
Best Graphic Design Portfolio books to start your graphic design career
Finding a certain niche within a graphic design career can make many graphic designers barmy.
These books should help you find various topics of graphic design that could help you produce various graphic design projects with plenty of graphic design tips and ideas.
Book Review: Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
Business is not one of my strong suits. Douglas Davis’ Creative Strategy and the Business of Design helped me understand the main key-points that my peers repeatedly had to explain to me.
All-in-all Davis helps graphic designers and creatives to learn how to speak and approach businesses in a way that will help graphic designer’s careers gain a sense of freedom and understanding.
When and how to use Canva design templates for your business
As a graphic designer, I’ve seen Canva pop-up in various spheres in the professional world. From small business start-ups to bigger, established industries.
Canva design templates are great for some things, like social media, but not for everything. Here is some of my graphic design advice to new business start-ups about Canva.
Soft skills are highly desired in today’s professional industries.
Many work environments look for hard and technically learned skill sets but soft skills tend to hold more power over positions. It’s important to know hard skills, like Adobe Creative Suite or book-keeping software, but your soft skills show how you work with others, whether that be a client or a coworker.