DIY Blogging To Grow Your Site

Creating original, reproducible, well-done, and niche-specific DIY projects is a great way to help you grow your blog! It is no accident that the majority of successful bloggers are including DIY projects in their weekly editorial calendars. The reason: DIY projects tend to get more attention from your readers. They get pinned more often, shared more regularly, and when done right, can be the catalyst for growing a committed blog following.

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Alt NYC Ticket Giveaway!

Bing wants to make sure some more Alt enthusiasts have the chance to join us in New York so we're teaming up with them to giveaway 8 free tickets this week. Here's what you have to do to make sure you're in the running:  

1. Use the Bing Social Pane to seek recommendations from your friends of where the best places are to eat, shop, stay, drink or act like a local in NYC. 

2. Tweet Alt Summit (@altsummit) with the recommendation using the hashtag #bingfood, #bingshop, #binghotel, #bingcocktails or #binglocal OR tag Alt Summit and Bing in a Facebook or blog post stating what the recommendation is and why you're looking forward to going there. 

3. Report the tweet or post back to us (melanie@altitudesummit.com) by midnight
Pacific Time on the day you publish it.

4. All winners will be announced right here on our blog on Saturday, August 11th. 

Winners will be chosen daily. Participate each day for your best chance to win! 

 

Thanks Bing! 

Travel Blogging: Stay Positive

Traveling is adventurous, and oftentimes filled with less than perfect circumstances; there are almost always delays, words are lost in translation, and of course there's the seemingly mandatory crying baby in the back of the airplane. Any well seasoned traveller could easily fill an entire blog of negative run-ins with other cultures, but I have always chosen to focus on the positive aspects of my travel experiences.

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Chat With Sarah Jane

Have you ever wondered how a blog can assist in growing your freelance business? Watch this interview with illustrator Sarah Jane as she shares how it's worked for her.

Interview by Monica Lee for Alt.

Weekend Links

Starting a blog, and building your online brand, is a pretty darn amazing accomplishment. Go ahead and give yourself a high-five for the success you’ve reached so far!

Links for blogging encouragement this weekend:

• 10 inspirational posters
• Blogging is like ice cream
• A pep talk on self promotion
• Playful, energetic blogging
• Joanna's inspiring story
• Olympic marketing

Photography by Stephanie Davidson.