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I Wasn’t Going to Post This but Something Made Me Do It

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It’s late in the evening on Saturday. I have a bunch of stuff to do. If I skip this, no one will notice. But I will. There will be a hole in my posts. There are so many things on…

  • Dan Swords
  • May 13, 2026
  • Building the Dream

Building the Dream: Blog Traffic Growth After One Month

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Google Search Console seems to be stuck right now, so this felt like a good time to step back and look at my blog traffic growth over the past month. If you remember from my original post, Beyond the Visitor…

  • Dan Swords
  • April 29, 2026
  • Building the Dream

How to Keep Creating Content When Life Gets Busy

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There’s a version of this where I would’ve skipped posting today. Too much going on. Not enough time. Head not really in it. And honestly, that still feels true. But I’m starting to understand something about content creation when life…

  • Dan Swords
  • April 22, 2026
  • Building the Dream

How to Stay Consistent With Content Creation

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Every blogger eventually runs into the same stumbling block: how to stay consistent with content creation. It sounds simple. Just post regularly, right? But in reality, it turns into a constant balancing act between creating quality content, sticking to a…

  • Dan Swords
  • April 15, 2026
  • Building the Dream

Why Is My Blog Not Getting Traffic? Here’s What I’m Doing Next

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I went back to my Google Search Console and I see things haven’t moved much. That’s understandable. It’s only been what, two weeks? Like they say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and neither will your website traffic. Still, it…

  • Dan Swords
  • April 8, 2026
  • Building the Dream

How to Start a Blog After 50: The Tortoise Was Right

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If you looked at my visitor count from last Tuesday, you probably wouldn’t see a “digital revolution” in the making. In fact, if I were chasing viral trends or overnight success, I might have hung it up by Wednesday morning.…

  • Dan Swords
  • April 1, 2026
  • Building the Dream

Beyond the Visitor Count: A New Content Creation Strategy for My Core Pages

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My content creation strategy is evolving. I’m still publishing content every week, two posts a week to be exact. But I’ve started to notice something. A few pages are starting to move. So instead of treating every post equally, I’m…

  • Dan Swords
  • March 25, 2026
  • Building the Dream

The Dream Is Big, Even if Last Tuesday’s Visitor Count Was Small

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Starting over after 50 isn’t just a possibility; it’s an opportunity. Age is nothing more than a number, so don’t let it dictate your dreams. The haters are gonna hate and there’s always a troll under some bridge, but their…

  • Dan Swords
  • March 18, 2026

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