About Kiesha Easley

This is my blog - where I love to encourage & inspire others. My hope is that you'll leave this blog with more than you came with; you'll learn something new or will at least be engaged and entertained.

I try to get around the blogosphere - I've guest posted on Problogger, DIYThemes and many others. I'm also the author of Highly Favored, a blog devoted to Christian inspiration & encouragement. Please follow me on twitter @weblogbetter or on Facebook.

May
21

Blogging Contest Alert: SMB Outreach Blogging Contest

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Calling all bloggers! Super cash prizes (current prize total: $8750 – paying out 20 cash prizes!) plus highly interesting non-cash prizes are being offered for competing in a one-of-a-kind blogging contest. There is an entire site dedicated to explaining the contest and tons of benefits for every blogger including more traffic to your own site, learning…
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May
21

What to Do When You Get Tired of Fighting with Your Email Template?

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I’ll be honest, I don’t send out as many newsletters as I should – for three reasons.  One – I’m lazy, Two – I don’t like bombarding people’s inboxes unless I have something important to say,  and Three – I hate fighting with my email template when I want to change up the look. I…
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May
09

Does a Blogger Need a Virtual Office?

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When I started blogging three years ago, I had no idea how many amazing opportunities would come my way or how many incredible people I would meet.  I seriously had no clue how diverse blogging really was.  Eventually, it all blossomed into a career of consulting, freelancing and basically filling whatever gaps a client required.…
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May
05

Earn Money Online Doing SEO Gigs or Outsource with SEOClerk

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As the web continues to grow, more and more people are finding ways to earn money online.  If advertising or affiliate marketing isn’t your cup of tea, you can still create earning opportunities for yourself by offering your services at a great site I just found. SEOClerk is a site that connects freelancers with people…
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May
04

Are Your Broken Links Hurting Your Ranking?

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Have you been breaking your neck trying to adhere to all of the latest SEO guidelines?  Going out of your way to optimize content? Build links? Only to discover that you’re ranking hasn’t improved at all? I’ve been there and still doing that – wondering what on earth I still could be doing wrong?  At…
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Mar
13

What’s Your Favorite Blogging Blog?

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Over at A-List Blogging Bootcamps, they are hosting their inaugural Top 10 Blogs for Bloggers Contest and they are sifting out this year’s top 10 blogs that offer blogging tips. They are asking everyone the question:  What’s your favorite blogging blog? Yes, there are tons of blogs like this one, but they are looking for…
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Feb
21

Who Won the Guest Hosting Contest? A New Spin on Guest Posting Contests

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You read the title right – it’s NOT a typo, I definitely meant what I said: “Guest Hosting Contest” – and I’m happy to announce that this blog won the Grand Prize ($1000) for hosting a guest post from MyBlogGuest! I couldn’t be more grateful!!! Ann Smarty came up with this new innovative spin on…
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Jan
31

PicYou.com – Share Pics from iPhone Instantly in Instagram Style

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Share Pics from iPhone Instantly! According to the social media strategy consultant and author of the book Facebook Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, Amy Porterfield – the foremost thing that people share on Facebook are images. She’s not the only pne who understands this trend, Darren Rowse shared this strategy in his post “How I Got…
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Jan
27

SEO for Small Businesses Made Easy

Guest post by BandC from MyBlogGuest For beginners the world of search engine optimisation (SEO) can seem mindboggling. ‘Keywords’, ‘back links’ and ‘page rank’ can all seem like complicated computer jargon. Small businesses may think that utilising an SEO strategy is a time consuming, complicated procedure but it needn’t be. There are 4 key areas…
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Jan
24

How Will Social Media Impact the 2012 Elections?

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Guest post by MyBlogGuest Author: Guest Poster10 Don’t expect the T.V. advertising campaigns to be any less intrusive, annoying and frequent just because they are going to be monumentally supplemented by social media campaigns in the upcoming election season. Do expect to be inundated on all sides now:  in your email, on your Facebook and LinkedIn…
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Jan
18

The Downsides of Receiving Too Much Blog Traffic

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How You’ll Know When It’s Time to Upgrade Your Web Host You’re probably wondering how there could ever be a downside to receiving too much blog traffic. Believe it or not, there actually are some things you need to prepare for in order to avoid the rude awakening I experienced during a high-traffic day. Of…
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