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What Makes a Good Lead Magnet (And Why Most Fail)

Email Marketing / Angela Brooks

Most opt-ins fail before they start. Here’s the one bar a lead magnet has to clear, and how to build one people are actually glad they handed their address over for.

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How to Write About Your Life and Get Paid for It Without Being an Influencer

Blogging / Angela Brooks

You write anyway, but you keep hearing the only people who earn from it are influencers chasing a follower count. They are wrong. Here is how to get paid to write about your life without performing for a camera, using the real story you already have.

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Use AI for Blogging

Monthly Guides / Angela Brooks

Everybody says use AI, nobody hands you the order. Here are the four moves that make AI for blogging work without it sounding like a robot wrote it.

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What is Pinterest and Why Bloggers Use it to Get Readers without Posing Every Day

Blogging / Angela Brooks

You opened a Pinterest account a while back and forgot it was there. Here is why Pinterest traffic for bloggers works like a search engine, how one pin keeps sending readers to your blog for months, and the one thing that turns those visitors into subscribers.

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How to Write a Blog Post That Actually Ranks When You’re Not an SEO Expert

Blogging / Angela Brooks

You keep writing posts and watching them go nowhere, wondering if you are doing it wrong. You are not. You can write a blog post that ranks without being an SEO expert, once you know where content comes from and stop discounting what you already know.

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The Blogging Skill No Coach Ever Taught Me

Blog Systems / Angela Brooks

You’ve been writing into the dark. Here’s how to read Google Search Console and finally see who’s finding your blog, what they searched, and which posts to fix first.

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Substack vs a Blog: Which One Should You Build First If You Want to Generate Income?

Blogging / Angela Brooks

Stuck on the Substack vs a blog question and not sure which to build first? Here is the straight version. Build the blog you own as your foundation, and use Substack as a place to start while you learn. The platform is never the engine. Distribution is.

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What Tools Do Bloggers Actually Use to Run a Real Blog Business?

Blogging / Angela Brooks

You opened one tab and ended up with eleven, plus three free trials you never meant to start. The tools bloggers use are not fifty products. They are five jobs, and most are free. Here is the short list, and what to skip.

What Tools Do Bloggers Actually Use to Run a Real Blog Business? Read More »

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How to Set Up a Blog for SEO (The Five Wheels Nobody Turns On)

Blogging / Angela Brooks

You hit publish and nothing happens. The problem usually is not your writing, it is your backend. Here are the five wheels that decide whether Google can find your blog, and how to turn each one on.

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How to Turn YouTube Views Into Real Income Without Waiting for Ad Revenue

Blogging / Angela Brooks

Your videos get views and still never turn into income, and you are tired of pushing every post by hand. Here is how to monetize YouTube with a blog so your work keeps earning long after it stops trending, no daily camera time required.

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Angela Brooks, digital marketing strategist for women over 50
I'm Angela. After 17 years in digital marketing, I help women over 50 build a business in the hours they actually have. Every Tuesday I send one letter with what's working and what isn't.
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