One of my favourite things about the blogging community is it's so vast. There's no little group of people doing one thing, there are thousands of people blogging about a thousand different things, and with so many voices in the community, it's very easy to feel lost among the many many voices. Fear not, because I'm all about sharing my love for all things fabulous, and that includes super awesome blog posts I read last month that deserve your attention. Go forth, explore, find fantastic posts and spread love!
Reading, Reviewing, and All Things Books!
Inside Books
- Cait shared her writing strengths and weaknesses
- Kara announced her new book deal with Sourcebooks!
- Zoey shared why she hates novellas
- Tiffany talked about the importance of translated books
- Bekka talked about her defence of love triangles
Acquiring Books and ARC's
- Jeann talked about a book hoarders mentality
- Anya asked: should we only request books we'll really love?
- Samantha shared why she doesn't accept self-published requests
- Lola shared her likes and dislikes of Netgalley
Reviewing and Critism
- Cait talked about how rating books is difficult
- Jen talked about emotional vs critical reviewers
- Julie talked about reviewing books in a series
- Lexxie talked about ARC reviews vs post-published reviews
- Cayt asked: when do you read reviews?
- Jennifer talked about harsh book reviews and ratings
Bookworm Thoughts
- Sandra asked: does favourite book mean favourite author?
- Sandra shared her annoyance with her most despised phrase
- Debby wondered: are some book endings cliché, or fitting?
- Chiara shared why 'meh' books can be good books
- Cayt talked about being late to the reading party or ahead of the curve
- Grace talked about how to read more
- Mel shared things to say that piss off a young adult reader
- Cait shared why she always finishes books and the dnf
- Nova shared why book tags are difficult for her
- Nereyda talked about being a super fan and what it really means
Blogging, Design and Lots of Advice!
Blogging Thoughts and Advice
- Sarah shared why you shouldn't launch everything all at once
- Nova talked about Blogging vs Vlogging
- Asti talked about accepting and embracing change
- Alyssa shared how to prioritise your website tasks
- Samantha shared some book blogging confessions
- Nova shared what the perfect blog looks like to her
- Amir shared some Wordpress Resources for book bloggers
- Romi talked about blogging jealousy and book envy
- Jessica asked: how do you feel about co-blogging
- Karen talked about why she subscribed to your blog
- Alexandra talked about the struggles of commenting
- Brittany shared some blog post ideas
- Ashley talked about why blog tours request '3 stars or above'
- Sarah talked about comparing her blog to others and deflation
- Nova talked about blogging vs vlogging and why we compete
- Claire talked about the benefits of guest blogging
- Jessica shared how and why you should celebrate blogging milestones
- Ash talked about how starting sentences with 'in my opinion' is baaaaaad
- Marianne shared how to choose the right blog platform for you
- Krystal talked about starting a blog and choosing free or self-hosting
Content and Statistics
- Jessica talked about her most popular post and why she thinks it's so
- Stephanie shared how you should test all aspects of your blog
- Alyssa asked: should I turn off blog comments: pros and cons
- Amir talked about plagiarism and how it's not a game
- Lauren shared how to create high quality content
- Lauren asked: can your blog survive with fewer blog posts?
- Lauren shared 15 easy ways to grow your blog following
- Allison shared 47 things your blog needs to gain more visitors
- Rose wondered: does the time of day you post affect your visitors?
Design Tricks and Tools
- Jessica shared 5 things to consider when editing your blog design
- Alyssa shared 25 Wordpress Plugins to improve your blog
- Nosegraze announced a new Wordpress Design.. named Amanda!
- Lisa shared the difference between brand design, web design, and development
- Lauren shared how to create a responder for your mail list
- Alyssa shared a list of ultimate font resources
- Alyssa shared 13 ways to make your site user friendly
Social Media, Business and Marketing
- Ashley talked about harnessing the power of StumbleUpon
- Jessica asked: should we separate social media accounts when blogging?
- Jeann talked about wanting a social media 'off' button
- Ashley talked about why she doesn't want to be Facebook friend with you
- Lauren shared how to organically grow your instagram following
- Ashley advised: launch your product before your ready!
- Ashley talked about charging what you're worth vs getting clients
- Paul talked about complicated comparisons and pizza (mm, pizza..)
- Alexandra shared how to start charging for something
- Lauren shared how to sell anything to anyone, anywhere
- Lauren shared how to create a buying frenzy for your online product
- Regina talked about what to send out to your email list
- Sarah shared how to make running a solo business easier on yourself
Ahhh I really love how clean your design looks here Amanda! Thank you so much for sharing some of my posts, I'll be clicking on a few here :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeann! I'm loving my simple, clean look, glad others are too! :)
DeleteLove this and how many awesome sounding posts your sharing. When I have an hour to spare tonight I am definitely going to go check them all out!!!! :) :) :) Your new blog is so lovely, so happy to see you doing your own thing again and being all creative! :) Can't wait to see what else you have coming up on the blog.
ReplyDeleteSo pleased to hear you're so interested Charnell - there's lots of fabulous posts here that I know you will love, and I really hope you like them! I'm so happy you and others are loving Nellie and Co. so far; it excites me and motivates me to continue doing what I love, so thank you! :)
DeleteWhat an awesome roundup! Thanks so much for including our post. Sharing this:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie, and you're welcome, you're post was so good! :)
DeleteOoooo, there are a few that I haven't read yet, so I'll be checking them out! Thanks for sharing! <3
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa, I do hope you do, they are well worth the time to read them :)
DeleteOh, I love this! What a lovely post. Scuse me as I spend the next half an hour going through the links.
ReplyDeleteThanks Naban, I'm glad you liked the collection, hope you found something you liked! :)
DeleteWoah this is a procrastinators dream! So many posts I simply must read.. my work will just have to wait ;)
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So pleased you're interested in checking out these posts - they're fabulous, enjoy! :)
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