Jean M. Cogdell

Is your website easy to read on a mobile device?

Published on June 10, 2015June 9, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell6 Comments

Is your blog mobile ready?

Whether, a book review, cooking, breaking news, mommy & me, or cute kitties blog, you need to make sure it passes the mobile ready test.

Shocker! I just found out mine wasn’t. Guess what I’m doing later today?

Mobile use has skyrocketed over the past years. People are on the go and using their smart phones to connect. Make sure they can read your blog in the doctors waiting room, the hairdressers chair or pool side catching a few rays.

How do you find out if your blog is mobile readable?

Google has a Mobile-Friendly Test page. Here you can put in your website and Google will let you know if your blog is mobile ready.

Follow the steps and get smart phone ready so people on the go can keep up with you and your blog.

Want to know how many people read your blog on their smart phones?

Go to Google Analytics click on the “Audience” section. Then select “Mobile > Overview.” Here you should find information on the amount of traffic your blog receives from a mobile device.

Whew! That’s done!

Can you read it now?

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How to Tweet and Blog Effectively

Published on June 9, 2015June 6, 2017 by Jean M. Cogdell6 Comments

Think you’re too busy for Twitter?

Well there is a way to tweet and keep writing.

Over at Positive Writer, Bryan Collins lists 6 tips on how we can be successful on Twitter and not let our writing suffer.

Twitter and Facebook are tools writers use to engage readers, not annoy them.

My favorite is number 5, there Bryan gets us started with 10 great hashtags.

Tweets can get lost without hashtags.

Need more than 10? How about 100?

Then click on Areogramme Writers’ Studio for 100 hashtags every writer should know. Thanks Bryan for the link.

Here are 7 more tips for success from Janice Wald.

Want to Visit Paris?

Published on June 8, 2015June 6, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell

Want to travel?

No Time?

Today we are able to travel in books and blogs. One great blog in which you can enjoy a virtual trip to Paris is –

at Teresa Lutz, A Francophile in France.

There are wonderful pictures and descriptions to make you dream of visiting Paris and might just inspire your writing.

Check out Teresa’s latest adventure.

Vaux le Vicomte by candlelight.

PS.

Teresa is my daughter and I can’t wait to visit later in the year.

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Don’t Read Unless You Want to Know

Published on June 6, 2015November 21, 2016 by Jean M. Cogdell13 Comments

You heard right, sometimes the answers smart a bit.

Want some good ole common sense, take no prisoners, tell it like it is advice?

Wow 3 clichés in one sentence. That’s a record for me.

Okay back to the advice.

Chuck Wendig, over at Terrible Minds, has the answers to your most burning questions.

As a successful writer and blogger, it appears as though Chuck has heard them all and now he is ready to share.

Read his post: YOUR MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED WRITING QUESTIONS, ANSWERED!

Don’t expect any hand holding or sweet-talking, no not from Chuck. But do expect a swift kick in the pants if you need to jump-start your writing.

Numbers 4, 6, 11, and 14 are my favorites.

Now where do I start with my letters of apology?

writing5 Dear (insert name), Sorry for bugging you to read, edit, pump me up… .

Damn that’s gonna take too long. Just better take Chuck’s advice and get back to writing.

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