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 the truth behind her fear of big books
- Cait asked: can your tbr be too big?
- Cait talked about food in books and why it's awesome
- Shannon asked: can the end of a series ruin a series?
- Nova talked about the representation of culture in books
- Nereyda said: characters actions don't always represent authors beliefs!
Acquiring Books and ARC's
- Shannelle stated: giveaways aren't always good for your blog
- Tonya talked about the laws behind blog giveaways
- Becky asked: what makes you buy the books you do?
Reviewing and Criticism
- Tracy talked about book ratings and half stars
- Jordin talked about 3 star vs 4 star ratings
- Francine asked: are average ratings better than low ratings?
- Jeann talked about the 3 star rating debacle
- Lyn sarcastically shared what /some/ authors do when you dislike their book
Bookworm Thoughts
- Faye talked about why tagalized and translated books are a good thing
- Cait asked: do authors behaviour affect you reading their books?
- Joey talked about book blurbs and blurbing book bloggers
- Bec talked about pacing yourself vs speed reading
- Mel talked about what happens when you need to cry in public
- Cait explained why you should be reading Derek Landy's books
- Cait asked: how much disagreement is too much?
- Bieke talked about when other opinions make her angry
- Same asked: does reading more make us pickier?
- Nitzan asked: do you read books you know you'll hate?
- Allie asked: do reading schedules suck the fun out of reading?
- Steph discussed her greatest fear: when your ship sinks!
- Faye shared her 5 favourite contemporaries of the year
- Bec said: I'm not a peeping tom - I go into books blind!
- Nick talked about book shaming and bullying readers choices
Blogging, Design and Lots of Advice!
Blogging Thoughts and Advice
- Jessica shared how to create fantastic blog content
- Sandra talked about being in a midlife blogging crisis
- Heidi shared mistakes she hopes not to make again
- Stormy shared 20 questions to ask when your in a blogging slump
- Stephanie talked about blog commenting avatars
- Amber shared how she balances book blogging with book tubing
- Kayla talked about how she deals with change
- Melyssa talked about comparisons and how it damages creativity
- Jessica shared 4 ways to make extra money through blogging
- Rita shared 3 things she's stopped doing on her blog
- Charlie explained why she thinks she's bad at replying to comments
- jenny shared mistakes made when she first started blogging
- Rita talked about things that help you name your blog
- Sam talked about the clash between blogging, and summer
- Jen talked about how to simplify blogging
- Kel shared why sometimes, she just doesn't want to read your blog
- Shayna shared why bloggers quit, and what to do about it
Content and Statistics
- Jana shared why you need a guest post policy
- Lauren talked about why you should have regular breaks
- Jessica shared 10 tips to get back into blogging
- Melyssa shared 9 ways to increase blog traffic - update old posts!
- Sarah talked about how to make your blog focus obvious
- Ellie shared 5 ways to get your blog noticed
- Regina shared what to do when you have 'too many topics'
- Zoey talked about being uncreative and feeling inadequate
Design Tricks and Tools
- Stephanie revealed some beautiful premade Blogger designs
- Ashley shared why she quit her 9-5 job and never looked back
- Ashley shared how to create a logo
- Ashley asked: are you looking for a puppet, or a professional?
- Cait shared how to create black and white with colour accent photography
- Miranne shared 3 ways to enhance your content with Canva
- Steph shared how to customise Blogger Expanding Archives
- Harvey shared 4 pieces of essential CSS for your blog
- Miranne shared a little on Design Your Own Blog's upcoming blog design
Followers, Social Media and Marketing
- Cait shared why she unfollows your blog
- Jen shared how to promote your blog without spamming comments
- Lauren shared 12 proven ways to increase blog traffic
- Ashley shared the best location for an opt-in form
- Helene shared 8 tips for styling your instagram photos
- Ashley shared how to send the right blog post image to Facebook
- Cait talked about when and why she unfollows blogs
- Beks shared why she chooses to follow a blog
- Ashley shared how she uses social media to promote her blog
- Ruthie shared 10 ways to market your blog or website
Business, Branding and Growth
- Lauren shared how to create a buying frenzy for your online product
- Regina talked about how to free up more time and money for your business
- Alyssa talked about how to extend your brand past your website
- Lauren shared how passive income can help you work better, not harder
- Raswana shared 14 ways photos can sell your brand
- Lauren shared how she works from home and stays productive
- Sarah gave tips on how to make your blog look legit when starting an online business
- Alexandra shared what to do when your client isn't getting results - and blames you!
- Ashley talked about the transition from free to paid products
Yay, thanks for putting me on here! :D
ReplyDeleteSome fantastic-looking posts this month, that's for sure. I'm definitely going to have to dedicate the rest of my day to checking them all out. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome Beks, your post was well worth sharing, it's up with the best! Glad you enjoyed the collection, hopefully you found something interesting to read :)
DeleteOMG THANK YOU FOR LINKING TO SO MANY OF MY POSTS. And I seriously have so many links to click on now! :D I love these sorts of round-ups. I feel like I read a billion blogs but I still miss out on some epic stuff. XD
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Cait, seriously, yours are some of the best, you should be proud of yourself! There's nothing I love better than sharing the things I've loved by others :D
DeleteI saw this this morning and have referred back to periodically throughout the day. Great round up! So many good articles here!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Steph, I've seen you've shared it a lot on Twitter too and that means the world to me! :D There's definitely something for everyone in the collection.
DeleteThank you so much!!!! I love these kinds of posts, because I NEVER would have come across any of these on my own. Also thanks so much for mentioning my posts, it really means a lot!! xx
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Jen! I think that's what I love most, being able to share posts people would never have seen for people who can enjoy reading them :)
DeleteWow, this is a really extensive list of links, Amanda! I'm so happy that you also linked one of my recent discussions, and that I can check out other people's too! Great stuff <3
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Thanks Faye! I loved your discussion and thought it was well worth linking, so no worries. Hope you enjoyed the collection :D
DeleteYou are KILLING me with all these awesome posts I've missed. I officially know how I'm going to be spending my weekend LOL. How do you keep up with it all? I BOW DOWN TO YOUR ORGANISATION.
ReplyDelete(Thank you for the link by the way <3)
You're welcome Allie, it was great to see you back, even if only a little brief! Hope you find some posts you seriously love in the collection. Honestly, when I spot a post I think is rather brilliant and worth sharing, I open up my post and store the links right away, that way, I never lose one, and it makes me check out more blogs in order to collect more to share :)
DeleteThis is such a perfect compilation - and I'm not just saying that because I'm in the list hehe.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of great posts that I haven't even read and now I must go read! YAY!
You do make the collection rather great Nova! Hope you find something you love :)
DeleteThanks for the pretty helpful round up Amanda! I love wrap up posts like this, and I need to check out all these posts!:)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Mishma, hope you find something you really enjoy :)
DeleteAAAAAH thank you for these! Now I'm gonna be super busy tonight huhu
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Hope you enjoyed checking out all the different posts Chyna! :)
DeleteI always look forward to these, helps me find new blogs. I love that you add non-book blogs too :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's important to look at different types of blogs and be inspired by other topics and areas, it helps you develop I think. I'm so glad you like these collections though Nereyda, thanks! :)
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