I love grocery shopping! It’s honestly a blast; I love going down a nice, clean store and picking up new ingredients to create some healthy yet tasty meals. I’ve had a pretty limited ability to do any major gourmet cooking…
Pinterest Strategy: The Best Time to Pin + How to Pin
Okay y’all, so this is the final installment of my Pinterest strategy series! If you missed the first two installments (Profile and Board Branding and creating the Ideal Pin), be sure to check them out after you read this post!…
Pinterest Strategy: Creating the Ideal Pin
Hey hey so today I’m following up on last Sunday’s fabulous post about how to rock Pinterest by creating a keyword-filled profile and killer board descriptions. Y’all commented and tweeted tons of positive feedback about that post, so I’m really…
Pinterest Strategy: Profile and Board Branding
Today I’m breaking down a topic that’s near and dear to the Swirl’s heart: Pinterest strategy. If the words “Pinterest” and “strategy” in the same sentence make you cringe and / or contemplate closing out this article for the Netflix…
5 Proven Ways to Increase Blog Engagement
Hey hey friends! So now that Gabby and I are out of school and back on the blogging grind, we’ve been engaging with our followers like crazy on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. All of this engagement has done wonders for…
Blogger Basics: How I Edit My Images With Lightroom!
One of the most stressful things about preparing a blog post to go live is not even the writing. That is so simple, I can write 1,000 words in about 30 minutes easily. I don’t know if that’s a skill…
14 Ways to Improve Your Blog in Under 5 Minutes
A lot of bloggers make the mistake of thinking that they need to spend hours and hours improving their blog in order to draw more readers. While I totally recommend sitting down at least twice a year to review your…
Blogger Basics: BoardBooster
When Gabby and I started blogging, we didn’t really concern ourselves with Pinterest. Sure, we threw some featured images for our blog posts on our brand-new Pinterest board, but we really didn’t see the advantage of using Pinterest to increase…
June Monthly Recap: Life Updates and #SwirlSocial Picks!
You know what’s insane? It’s July 1st. You know what that means? We’re halfway done with 2016, Christmas is 6 months away, & it’s time for our monthly recap. I’ve seen these posts done in some really clever ways, but…
Best of Pinterest: Studying in College
Studying in college can be a bit challenging at first – parents and teachers generally don’t tell you how, when, and where you should study, and the format of college exams can be a bit different than you’re used to…