Author: MASHA ERETNOVA
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How My Art Blog Survived a 79% Google Traffic Drop [Pinterest, Email, YouTube, AI]
My first blog, acrylicpaintingschool.com, covers acrylic painting, crafts and art supply reviews. I built it myself, without AI or agencies. Before Google’s Helpful Content Update, it reached 75,000 monthly pageviews and earned about $2,000 a month. Google, Pinterest and YouTube all sent steady traffic. I ran ads through Mediavine, got accepted to Raptive (formerly AdThrive),…
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Are Pinterest Ads Worth It for Bloggers? My 73-Day Case Study
As a former Facebook Ads specialist who helped e-com businesses and online schools generate thousands of leads, I was really excited to join a small group of bloggers in food and craft niches testing Pinterest Ads offered within Pinterest mastermind community I am part of. I didn’t know if ads can work for my small…
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Kit Review: Email Toolset For Small Bloggers I Use Every Day
Every blogger I know complains about Kit’s pricing. And every blogger I know, sooner or later, ends up adding their card details anyway. It happened to me! I run a small crafts newsletter that’s still in the “growing slowly but surely” stage, and I also manage email for a client in the higher-paying niche whose…
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How To Monetize Your Emails with SparkLoop: My Honest Review
If you’re a small blogger with growing email list you are probably same as me. I am reading all these cool guides on how to monetize your email with 50,000 subscribers…but I can’t relate to them. There is a HUGE difference in monetizing small email list vs a big one, small blog or brand, vs…