Pin790 Tweet25 Share Stumble +1 RedditShares 815OHMYGODHI!!!!!!! First off…I want to give you a HUGE welcome to the Uncork Your Dork family! I’m so glad to make your seriously awesome acquaintance! In case you are wondering who I am…my name is Terra Dawn and I’m the founder of the Uncork Your Dork community! I’m a nerd with a bad case of dorkism, a devotee to the Doctor (of the Who variety…not the “Oh dear lord, do I HAVE to pay…
What do World of Warcraft, Sex and Small Business have in common?
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Small Business October 15, 2025Pin20 Tweet2 Share Stumble +1 RedditShares 22What do World of Warcraft, Sex and Small Business have in common? Grinding! HA….I laughed out loud at that one. (For all you non-gaming nerds out there, “grinding” is the act of doing INCREDIBLY boring “gathering and creation” quests. It’s what you do to kill time, level up your character, and build mediocre gear. It serves a purpose, though!!) Ahem…anyhoo. Today, I’m going to leave off the other two and just talk about the…
5 Fail Safe Strategies to Find a Challenge Topic That Converts Readers Into Subscribers
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business October 14, 2025Pin88 Tweet1 Share Stumble102 +1 RedditShares 191I’ll just be blunt. Out of EVERY opt-in I’ve tried over the past 8 months, checklists, worksheets, webinars, e-books and more…the Challenge opt-in has been the most successful. When I started Uncork Your Dork in March of 2016, I had NO email list. Honestly, I had NO idea what to do with one. I was still figuring out products, I didn’t really do much affiliate marketing, and I didn’t THINK I had anything important…
How to Create a Seasonal or Holiday Themed Download
Create Downloads, Get Organized, Small Business September 29, 2025Pin216 Tweet18 Share3 Stumble1 +14 RedditShares 242This post may contain affiliate links…but I ONLY use links for products I adore! If you ever have any questions about ANY product or platform I recommend, don’t hesitate to ask! How Holiday or Seasonal Downloads Can Help You Increase Your Readership For years, my friends (and my father) have been cynically saying that most holidays have become a chance for businesses and companies to capitalize on the outpouring of love during a festive…
10 Ways to Attract Readers With Modern Blog Post Formatting
Create Content, Generate Traffic, Small Business September 24, 2025Pin352 Tweet29 Share8 Stumble1 +16 RedditShares 396What Do I Mean By Modern Blog Post Formatting? Formatting is the art of creating a visual message with your words. For example, regular formatting in a blog post means creating bullet points, sub topics, numbered lists, highlighted text links, paragraphs, etc. All of these things help a blog post become easier to read and the information easier to digest. So how can you use formatting to spur your humor posts? Reader’s Rules There…
How I Overcame My Fear of Newsletters and Got 200 Sign Ups in August
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business September 8, 2025Pin202 Tweet17 Share Stumble51 +14 RedditShares 274**The ConvertKit Link in this post IS an affiliate link…but I only recommend companies I work with and love with all of the chambers of my heart!! If you have any questions about the platform, don’t hesitate to ask me!** Ok….first, let me just tell you that when I say I have a fear of newsletters…I’m referring to BOTH the onslaught of the emails that consistently bombard my inbox PLUS actually WRITING and publishing…
The 5 Tools I Use to Set Up My Automated Social Media Calendar
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business August 29, 2025Pin196 Tweet20 Share Stumble23 +11 RedditShares 240It’s time to automate your social media calendar I remember when I first started blogging, my posts were purely informational…kinda boring…not ME at all. I began blogging (very short posts) every single day just to get the words outa my head and try to figure out who I was on paper…er…screen? (Don’t forget the mini-journal I gave you in the welcome email! It has a journal attached to it that will get you into…
Join the Blogging Challenge That’s Right For You
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business August 22, 2025Pin678 Tweet18 Share12 Stumble1 +11 RedditShares 710Wait…You didn’t even know Uncork Your Dork offered a blogging challenge?? Jokes on you!! I offer FOUR!!!! (Over-achiever…I know.) I am SO excited I can barely see straight today!! I’ve been planning this blogging challenge for almost a month now…and I’m finally ready to reveal my master plan for moving Uncork Your Dork into the future. 🙂 We are shifting like a Rubix Cube…YOU CAN’T SOLVE UUUUUS!! Ahem…anyhoo. I told you I was excited!…
Using the Airtable App to Create an Editorial Calendar
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business August 18, 2025Pin701 Tweet20 Share6 Stumble22 +1 RedditShares 749What is the Airtable App? First…I would like to stress to you HOW MUCH I HATE USING SPREADSHEETS!!!! I know…I know. A TON of you are currently screaming at me through your monitors. Spreadsheets are so neat and tidy and easy to read!! WRONG!! I have a learning disability (dyscalculia…I won’t go into details now) that makes spreadsheets look a little more like a coloring book filled in by a five year old to…
7 Reasons Why You Should Learn to Write Funny Blog Posts
Create Content, Create Downloads, Generate Traffic, Small Business August 11, 2025Pin313 Tweet32 Share18 Stumble2 +1 RedditShares 365READY TO WRITE FUNNY? GOOD! BECAUSE IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR LEARN ON! Don’t forget that the “Talk Wordy to Me: 30 Days to Write Funny Challenge” starts on September 1st! You’ll get access to the 30 days of challenges in the Facebook group as well as downloads, live streams and chances to post your blogs and products! Click the image to sign up today…add the 1st to your calendar…and add my emails…
What the Hell Is a Bounce Rate? + 10 Things You Can Do to Improve Yours
Generate Traffic, Get Organized, Small Business July 25, 2025Pin786 Tweet44 Share10 Stumble11 +12 RedditShares 853Soooo…what the hell is a bounce rate and why do you need one? *snicker* When I first started writing an article about bounce rates…I thought “How the hell am I going to write 1700 words on this topic?” Bounce rates seem too easy to understand. To simple. But then I started thinking. Bounce rates specifically correlate with a reader’s psyche…and THAT could be a book unto itself!! So, in this now 3,000 word post…I’m…