Instagram highlights are the newest and probably best tool for any blogger or creative entrepreneur (I literally sat, waiting for Just Blogger's account to be able to have the highlight capability). Instead of your Instagram story disappearing after 24 hours, you can now save your stories as highlights! In addition, you can create multiple highlight categories to express who you are or what your brand is all about!!! So how do you create a cover? It's hella easy (I'm from St. Louis-hella is a word). 1st, download a icon with a transparent background and use a service such as Canva, Befunky, ... Read the Post

I never thought I would say this but I LOVE WORDPRESS! As a avid user, promoter, and lover of Blogger.com for over 5 years I was very much scared of self hosted Wordpress, like scared as hell!  I always told myself that Blogger was good enough for me and I was somehow able to make blogger work for anything I needed to do. When it came to Wordpress, I tried creating a site before, didn't like it and almost wanted to throw my computer at the wall.  But I figured that I could give it another shot and I'm so glad I took the chance! There are many reasons why I decided to go with Wordpress for this ... Read the Post

I bet you guys didn't know this, but I've been blogging for over 5 years. Yes y'all, 5 years and counting!  On my blog journey with Just Bloggers: No Explanation I get asked the infamous question "How do you start a blog?".  In the past I've always told people that it's easy to start a blog but after converting a few blogs into businesses, a successful blog is not easy to start.  Why?  Because in order to start a blog to effectively serve it's purpose it takes planning, and planning takes time. Within the planning of a concrete blog brand, there are certain questions ... Read the Post