This post is sponsored by DiamondLinks. Any opinions expressed are my own.
So many changes for website owners with the repeal of net neutrality and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) with all these changes it can be hard for a website owner to grow and maintain their readership.
When you’re a blog owner like me, without a lot of technical knowledge, it’s also confusing. I tend to look for professionals to help that are within my budget. Looking for a way to have a customer success platform on a budget with someone you trust can be difficult to find, but not impossible.
The first thing I like to do is do searches for information on what I need to do. GDPR is the newest thing I had to look up. I’ve been getting scores of emails asking me to confirm that I still want to be on email lists etc to comply with GDPR. GDPR is something has an enforcement date of May 25, 2018. Approved by European parliaments for data privacy.
But I’m in the US how does that affect me? If you’re a website owner, if you receive traffic and readership from European nations you could be affected. If you have an email list and possibly have European readers subscribed to your email newsletter, you could be affected.
A simple step to take would be to send out an email to your entire email list asking your readers if they want to still receive your emails. They can easily unsubscribe if they want to. If you somehow have your email list broke up between US readers and other readers, this can be easier for you.
It seems everyone is cracking down on data privacy. It’s definitely a good thing for everyone as a whole. Website owners just need to be up-to-date and compliant with new changes. It’s not just email lists though, if you have an app for your site, widgets that collect cookies, etc you’ll need to make sure they are updated and compliant with GDPR. This is a little bit harder task. With a simple search, you can find lots of sites with info from tech big wigs like IBM to help with GDPR.
My blog is my small business. I do have a day job but I consider my blog a second job that I love. If something happened to my blog because I didn’t take necessary steps, I’d be devastated. A little education, some work behind the scenes, and a few changes can mean the difference of having a 2nd job or not having a 2nd job for me.
