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So You Want to Blog? – Part V: Traffic

So You Want to Blog? – Part V: Traffic

This will be my last post of the little intro blogging series. I don’t feel like there’s much more to talk about, and plus no one actually came down from the heavens and gave me the blogging goddess crown… still waiting for that one. 😉 I could keep this post super short, because the best way to get traffic to your blog is very simple. Write good content that people want to read. I’m dead serious. You can spend all the advertising…

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So You Want to Blog? – Part III: SEO

So You Want to Blog? – Part III: SEO

I’m trying to do this blogging series in the order that a new blogger would have to consider.  Part I was about getting started and choosing a blogging platform.  Part II was all about layout, but today’s Part III is unique in it’s something that both new bloggers should think about before they start and current bloggers can benefit from. SEO stands for search engine optimization, otherwise known as how high your blog ranks on Google.  If you do not care about…

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So You Want to Blog? – Part II: Layout

So You Want to Blog? – Part II: Layout

In this blogging series, I’m sharing my knowledge as best I can about the world of equestrian blogging.  Last week, we talked about the reasons to blog and picking a blogging platform.  This week we’re going to tackle my favorite part of blog design – layout! This is an area where I have a little bit more professional knowledge than some others.  My professional career started out with web design, and I do a lot of UI layout these days….

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DIY – How to Crochet Your Own Fly Bonnet

DIY – How to Crochet Your Own Fly Bonnet

Epic DIY post of epicness today.  We all know my fascination with bonnets, but I get sticker shock every time I look at one… even the more reasonably priced ones.  So I did what any rational horse lover would do, and I asked my mother in law to teach me to crochet. She gave me a tutorial, which you can re-create by going to youtube and watching videos.  For my bonnet, I used the single crochet stitch the entire time….

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