This post contains affiliate links that help us & hopefully help you, too!! :) There are new ways to make money blogging popping up every day and I wanted to share three of them them with you today. Well they are all new to me- I've known about #3 for a while, but I"m finally putting it into play on my blog. 1. Izea They have finally made the "switch". We had been hearing about it for MONTHS, but it has arrived! Are you signed ...
Archives for July 2014
4 mistakes new bloggers make
Today I wanted to share 4 mistakes the new bloggers make (I know because I made them, too!) 1). Writing too much in one post. I say this because I have been there, done that! I wrote way too much in the beginning. We were talking about this earlier in the week on our Blogging on the Side Facebook Group (you can join!) and someone asked how many words you should write per post. While I stick with 250-500 (normally), I go over sometimes and ...
GIVEAWAY: Help your kids with COMPUTER CODING (or help yourself!)
This post contains affiliate links. So- this book is geared toward kids and it is fantastic. It is called Help Your Kids with Computer coding: Initially, I saw the beauty of this, teaching our kids about computer coding… and then I began to think: WAIT! I NEED HELP WITH COMPUTER CODING! Which then lead to… MAYBE YOU NEED HELP WITH COMPUTER CODING, TOO! And so this post & giveaway were born. haha! WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT? With ...
Blogger Interview Joy
Every Friday we feature a different blogger on our site. If you'd like to be interviewed and featured on week send us and email at onthesideblogging@gmail.com so we can work out the details! Hi! I'm Joy Adan. I've been married for four years and am mum to a fantastically musical 2-year old, and work as a freelance writer and editor in Sydney, Australia. I blog at www.themamaminute.com about the fun, weird, emotional and entertaining moments that ...
The Secret Bloggers Business – how to make money blogging
Today I want to share a few posts and a few series that will help you take your blog from making a little money to a six-figure income. This post contains affiliate links. These secrets of a six-figure blogger come from Kate McKibbin- she is sharing her tips with us! I recently teamed up with Kate and I am taking her class: Secret Bloggers Business: How to Make Money Blogging. I am so very excited to share this info with you. There comes a ...
Balancing Family Life and Blogging Goals
We all have blogging goals and even dreams of where we'd ideally like to see our blogs go. After Becky's post last week about how to reach one million page views in just one year of blogging (who wouldn't want to do that?!) I wanted to talk about blogging goals this week. I think if we're honest pretty much all of us would like to see crazy-high stats and have hundreds of thousands of followers on all the popular social media outlets. Sometimes ...
Blogger Interview Kelli
Every week we interview and feature a wonderful blogger just like you! If you are interested in being interviewed and featured one friday email us at onthesideblogging@gmail.com and we can get started! I'm Kelli and I've been blogging for six years- three of those seriously and the others, not so much. My husband and I planted a church in Houston six years ago, specifically reaching the Texas Medical Center area. All of this came about because ...
How to be a confident blogger without sound like a know-it-all
It's one obstacle that many bloggers face: How to blog confidently without coming off like a know-it-all. If you have friends and family members reading your blog this worry can really hold you back as a blogger, because none of us want to lose friends because of our blogs. There are several things you can do to blog with confidence while still remaining humble and relatable. Be Inclusive - This one is quite simple, but make room in your ...
Organizing my blog posts – WIN a personal planner!!
Do you have any rhyme or reason for your posts? How do you balance sponsored posts vs. non-sponsored posts? Do you have a schedule for your posts? Do you just post what is on your heart? I do both on my blog, Your Modern Family. I like it this way- sometimes I will be laying in bed, trying to fall asleep, and something will be laying on my heart, so I'll jump onto my computer & write out a post (of course I wait to post it until ...
Blogger Interview – Sarah
Today we're interviewing Sarah and featuring her blog. If you'd like to be interviewed and featured on Friday, email us and let us know! Onthesideblogging@gmail.com I am a stay-at-home mom who likes to write about all sorts of things at www.abidingingraceblog.com. Mostly, I like to share what God is teaching me in my everyday life. Some of my passions include motherhood, home schooling, books, and music. One of my newest passions is adoption. ...