How to Get Free Traffic to A New Blog

​Anyone canstart a blog, but how do you get traffic to your blog once its published? All bloggers have their little tricks for attracting readers, but until you've tried a few, you won't know which ones work best for you. 

 At first, you may not have a huge blogging budget or a lot of extra time for building your blog, so today I am going to focus on ways to draw readers to your blog that are both free and easy enough that you can start them right now: ​

​​Can you be an artist on a budget? Cruise around the art communities, and the answer will be a big, fat NO. 
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The world of art has a dirty little secret...

Does the modern home office really need office supplies? With so many things being done online, those of us who work from home can definitely cut back a lot on traditional office staples. 

Heck, some of you may even survive with nothing but a laptop and a planner. Me...not so much. I like having some nice, touchable supplies on-hand, and there have been plenty of times when I needed them! 

Therefore, I've thrown together a list of all the good stuff that a home office needs (if you're an office supply junkie, like me): ​

​A horrible thing happened to me. If you love your smartphone (don't we all?), this post may be too scary to read. It's about all the yucky reality of losing access to your smartphone when it is an important part of your life and business.

It started like this...

​Last month, I was casually sitting at my desk. My LG-G4 was resting nearby, dozing. Or whatever phones are doing when they aren't being helpful. 

The screen flickered on, as if I had gotten a text or notification. When I picked the phone up to check, the screen blacked out. 

Little did I know that was the Black Screen of Death. Little did I know that my life, my income, and my faith in my phone company were all about to get upended.

Here is what I learned after living nearly a month without my own phone...

1. Life Without a Phone Doesn't Suddenly Become Magical

Know all those people who are always nagging about "youngsters" and their phones? They make it sound like if we go "unplugged for a couple of days we will turn into some sort of superpeople. 

Yep. If it weren't for those nasty phones we would all be baking cookies all day in sparkling homes with full bank accounts and no worries. 

I would love to say it made me more productive, more cheerful, more pretty, more healthy, and more cookie-bakey...more Little House on the Prairie, for goodness sake...

But it didn't. It just threw us into total chaos, and I felt like exactly what I was. An isolated mom who was losing money and forgetting to take down the garbage can like clockwork. 

​​Entrepreneur. Startup. Small Business. Self-Employment. 
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How popular those words are today. And sweet too. There are very few people out there that aren't at least tempted by the thought of running their own business. 

Its sounds sophisticated and alluring.  If you are creative, then you've probably thought of tons of services or products needed in your home town. 

But what if your town isn't ready for innovation? What happens when there is not enough demand for what you have to offer? Or what if the economy is too shaky to support you?