Then you open a blank pin and freeze. What do I title this? What goes on the image? What do I write in the description? That doesn’t mean you’re behind. It means you don’t have a plan yet. So this week I’m giving you two free tools that give you one. 𝟭. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟭 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝘀 A full week of Pinterest pins, planned for you and sent to your inbox. You get searchable titles, image text and descriptions for 21 pins. No more blank pins. No more guessing at keywords. No more staring at the screen wondering what to write. 𝟮. 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴-𝗣𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗤 One planner for your blog and your Pinterest, and it saves as you type. It has six tabs: Dashboard, Blog Setup, Content, Pinterest Setup, My Routine and My Stats. Move each post from idea to published, plan your boards, build a keyword bank, and keep your daily, weekly and monthly Pinterest tasks in one place. Here’s why I made these. I treated my own blog as a long game, and it took over 90 days before my traffic picked up. Showing up during those quiet weeks is easier when you aren’t starting from a blank page every day. These are for you if you’re a blogger over 40 and you want a steady routine instead of random pinning. They’re not for you if you want overnight traffic. Pinterest takes time, and our age gives us the patience for it. Both are free. Grab one, or grab both. Your First 21 Pins: get it here Blog-Pinterest HQ: get it here

I started it back in late summer, and for weeks it felt like I was writing to nobody. I barely even looked at my numbers, because I decided from day one this was a long game. Here’s where it is now: about 𝟭𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 in the last 90 days and close to 𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 to my website. That’s not overnight. It’s not huge. But it’s 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, and it keeps growing. So how did I do the Pinterest part? I used 𝗣𝗶𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁. It’s what I use to set up and automate my pins with ChatGPT, so I’m not making every single one by hand. If you’ve started something and it feels quiet, you’re not failing. You might just be at day 30 of a 90-day game. 💗 Pin, Prompt & Profit — get it here 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦.

Clearly I’m not the only one who wants to know how. So here’s the honest truth: one coloring book used to take me half a day. Sometimes the whole day. Pages in one place. Covers in another. Fixing things. Starting over. Then I started using ColorCodex for my Cozy Mountain Cabins books. It builds the inside pages 𝘢𝘯𝘥 the cover, all in one spot. Last Saturday? I made 2 books. In a half a day. 🙌 I’m not going to promise you sales. That’s not me. But if making coloring books has felt like it eats your whole day, this is the tool that gave me my time back. It’s $27. ColorCodex — get it here 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦.

Here’s the part of Pinterest nobody warns you about. You pin for a few weeks, then you look at your account and have no idea what’s working. Which pins got clicks? Which boards are growing? Should you keep going or change something? That was me. So I built a tracker for myself. It’s an interactive app, not a PDF. It keeps your pins and your progress in one place, so you can see what Pinterest is actually doing instead of guessing. I use it myself to keep up. My Pinterest went up 155% in impressions this past month, and keeping track is a big part of how I know what to do next. It’s normally $5. Today it’s $2. If you’re pinning and wondering whether any of it is working, this is for you. If you haven’t started on Pinterest yet, grab my free Your First 21 Pins first and come back to this one. What’s harder for you on Pinterest right now: making pins, or knowing if they’re working? Pin Progress Tracker, get it here

You’ve thought about starting a blog. Maybe for a while now . Then you open the setup page, see words like hosting, themes and plugins, and close the tab. I did that too. More than once. I’m 60, and my blog is the thing I’m proudest of building. I work on it every single morning. The reason I finally got it built is The Weekend Ecosystem by Jodie. It walks you through building your own website, blog and email list on a domain you own. Your articles sit where Google can find them, every page collects emails, and every reader gets sent to your free offer and your paid one. No code, and you never have to show your face. Here’s what’s inside: 22 modules that follow Jodie’s exact build, in order. Each one teaches the step, gives you the prompt she used, and tells you what broke for her there and how she fixed it. The Quick Sheet, with all 36 prompts on one page in the order you use them. The Prompt Vault, the Troubleshooting Vault and the Template Vault. The Ask-For-It List: 51 things you can change on your site just by asking in one sentence. Progress tracking, plus a completion certificate when you finish all 22 modules. Every future update, free. It’s a live site you log into, not a PDF. That part mattered to me. I didn’t have to figure out the order of things on my own, which is where I always used to get stuck. It’s $97, one time. And because I want you to keep going once your blog is live, I’m adding a bonus. Buy The Weekend Ecosystem through my link and I’ll send you my Pin Progress Tracker free. It’s the interactive app I use myself to keep track of my pins and what Pinterest is doing. Your blog and your pins work together, so this keeps both moving. To get your bonus, just send me a screenshot of your receipt after you buy. This is for you if you want a blog of your own and you’re tired of piecing it together from YouTube videos. It’s not for you if you’re looking for fast money. A blog takes steady work, and I’ll never pretend otherwise.