Need Help with Blog Maintenance??
You have been blogging for a few months and have your blog setup the way you wanted, when you first began by either yourself or outside help.
But now, you are noticing you would like to move some things around.
Do you know how to do this?
Well, whether you are using your blog for monetization purposes or for more personal reasons, you still want your blog to reflect yourself and be an extension of who you are.
- Maybe add or delete from your menu bar.
- Or maybe you want to change up your sidebar by adding or deleting plugins or elements.
- Or still maybe you would like to update your header, your background or more.
The key here for success is that when you blog, the look of your blog should not be static or remain the same forever.
You may not want to make large or big changes, but still, you should try to keep things fresh by updating certain elements on your blog at least every few months.
On my own blog, I try to update my header and larger elements at the very least once a year. See my header has photos of my little girls and I like to use the professional Christmas photos we take annually for them.
I change the photos annually now with our family portrait photos
But I do take photos daily of the girls and could use a number of photos, but still I prefer my professional photos.
I know many change their backgrounds to suit the time or season of the year.
Do You Want to Make Money??
If you monetize, you will want to make sure your sidebar reflects the best monetization options. Affiliates update banners sometimes weekly for new promotional offers, so to make the most out of your ad potential, you will want to update these text/html banners often to get the most bang for your buck, such as Amazon, who is releasing their new Fire Phone – take a look at the sample ad now to see a recent ad campaign that if you are an Amazon Affiliate you would want to possibly use…
You may need to add or delete plugins as per your needs or if a plugin is interfering with the overall appearance or even working ability of your blog, as was the case with this issue I recently had described here.
You may want help in setting up new or key plugins, such as WordPress Yoast SEO.
Some of these simple changes can seriously make or break it for your blog as far succeeding.
If you can do these basic or not so basic changes yourself, that is awesome.
But if you can’t, I would love to help you and wanted to put it out there that I offer blog maintenance for all bloggers and website owners just in case you weren’t aware or didn’t know this.
Please Contact Us Here for a Quote on Monthly Maintenance Or Leave a Comment Below To Let Us Know Your Thoughts.
Those are all great tips. I try to make sure I delete old things every once in a while.
Thanks Robin and I know deleting old things is a big maintenance key for sure 🙂
BOY, do I wish I would have know you when I first started blogging. I had to learn these thing the hard way. I spend many a day crying trying to figure things out.
Thanks for sharing! I sure hope new bloggers find this information. Sharing!
Blessings,
Diane Roark
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Thanks Diane for always sharing and being so supportive. Just happy to help those who may not know out there if I can 🙂
Thanks, Janine! Having someone knowledgeable that you can trust to work on your blog is important! 🙂
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Thanks Joy and will say that I know from all my experience what goes into a blog daily and love helping others obtain those goals, too 🙂
This is a great post Janine and so helpful for new and experienced bloggers. Wonderful tips and helps. Sharing this one all around. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
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Aww, thanks so much Carrie for sharing and so happy to give some great pointers here for all bloggers 🙂
Great tips all learned by a lot of hand wringing, swearing, and punching a few walls. Would have loved to have read this a year ago. I need to remember to change up my affiliate links now and again. Putting that on my calendar to keep track of. Thanks!
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Happy to help with reminding about affiliate links. Trust me, I try my best to go through every week or so to make sure I have them up to date. And you know I am here if you ever need or have any other questions 🙂
Fantastic ideas!!
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Thanks so much Jenny!! 🙂
These are good tips and definitely things to always keep in mind as a blogger. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Aww, thank you so much and again very happy to share so e great tips on how to maintain a blog 😉
I am overdue for an update, but I’m just not feeling motivated to do it. My header picture is almost two years old now, but we haven’t had a good family picture since then. 🙁 Hopefully we can get something taken at the beach this summer and then maybe I feel some motivation to update.
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I know that feeling of being unmotivated and trust me with the weather being nicer, I am truly pushing myself to keep up and not fall behind on all fronts.
I just went through and deleted plugins today to help speed up my blog. I have been itching to redesign my blog. I just have to decide on what I want.
I totally know that feeling well. Take a look at other blogs you like and see what you may like about them, might be easier to go from there. And of you do need any help, you could always ask me 😉
And you are awesome and so right!! It’s soon to be that time to update mine again! I would definitely refer her to my peeps! She did a great job on mine. Although I do wish that you could choose a few categories and have Amazon update on its own! Thanks for sharing with Creative Style!
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Aww, happy to share and I know I wish Amazon had self refreshing banners and as for the categories, are you taking about on your menu bar or somewhere else?
I couldn’t agree more that maintenance should take place on your site regularly. Things online change from month to month, and even week to week, so its important to keep everything updated. Plus, a little refresher on the blog can do wonders!
Thanks so much for sharing at Creative Style!
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Always happy to share with you all and sounds like you are doing a great job updating your blog, too!! 🙂