Online Business News Recap: March 29th – April 4th, 2020
Here are this week's top online business stories: #1 Google May Be Forced to Reveal Its Algorithm in Court As we all know, Google keeps its search algorithm tight to the vest so that people and companies cannot game the system to get their websites to rank better in...
Online Business News Recap: March 22nd – March 28th, 2020
Here are this week's top online business stories: #1 Pinterest introduces the "Today" tab Pinterest has rolled out a new "today" tab in their mobile app. When you click on the tab, it displays COVID-19 related content from reputable sources, followed by trending...
How to Add a User to Google Search Console
If you run a website and decide to work with an SEO expert, they will likely ask for access to your Google Search Console account. Google Search Console gives you data on what keywords your website is ranking for in Google, in what positions, how many impressions and...
How to Add a User to Google Analytics
If you run a website and decide to work with an SEO, marketing expert, or even a VA, you may need to add a user to your Google Analytics account. Adding a user allows other people to access your Google Analytics data (without having to share your personal username or...
Online Business News Recap: March 15th – March 21st, 2020
Thanks for being so patient over the last few weeks! I was wrapping up a live round of my SEO course & couldn't quite keep up with these weekly updates. Sooo I'm hopping back on the horse this week & picking up with the latest news 🙂 Here were this week's top...
Online Business News Recap: January 19th – 25th, 2020
Here were this week's top stories: #1 Duck Duck Go adds "featured snippets" The search engine Duck Duck Go has added "quick answers" to their search results, much like Google's featured snippets. However, right now, all of these results are sourced from WikiHow, and...
Online Business News Recap: January 12th – 18th, 2020
Here were this week's top stories: #1 Instagram removes the IGTV button from the home page Apparently almost no one was using the button to explore IGTV (much more common to see the video previews in the main feed or in the explore tab) so IG is removing the orange...
Online Business News Recap: January 5th – 11th, 2020
Here were this week's top stories: #1 Medium.com suffers loss of visibility in the search results. Medium.com is a website where anyone can publish a piece of content and (typically) get great visibility. It's a popular place for people to dip their toes into writing,...
September 2018 Income Report
Alright, another great month in the books for September! This month, a large portion of my income came from affiliate sales and collaborations. In this blog post, I'll share more details about these endeavors and hopefully inspire you to utilize some of the same...
August 2018 Income Report
August 2018 was a HUGE moment in business for The Unconventional RD. Up until then, my blog and Facebook group had simply been hobbies. I wrote blog posts sporadically and spent TONS of time interacting in the Facebook group, but I didn't have anything to offer...
July 2018 Income Report
Yaaas. Another month where I earned a livable wage from my online business! If you've been following along in this journey, you know it has been a long and winding road to success. No overnight "winning" stories here... Just slow and steady 1% improvement each and...
Four Things to Know Before Starting Your Own Website
So before we dive deep into strategies to monetize your site... I thought it would be helpful to do a brief overview of the steps involved in setting up a website and review some basic website terminology, so that we’re all on the same page moving forward. The goals...