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Join us everyday in November for the #BPYoutubeChallenge! One video, every day of the month, using the prompts we've given below. We've intentionally left these pretty open ended. That way you can personalize them to fit your brand and your blog niche! Have fun with these, get creative and let's all conquer the youtube giant together! Also, throughout the month, Becky and I will be giving out prizes to random participants, so be sure ...
Sometimes it just takes on person, just one thing to be a catalyst for change. Three years ago I got my first ever sponsored post. It was through social spark (now izea) and for a whopping $30. It's a simple thing, but it truly change my life. (this post has referral links) A simple 30 bucks showed me that I could do this. That my crazy dreams of making a living blogging, might not be all that crazy after all. It showed me I could achieve ...
I want to tell you how to work with brands as a blogger... Look like a business if you want to work with a business. I started my blog and loved the way that it looked. Green header, a cute, blonde cartoon lady with a baby and a bottle. Cute. Not me. It didn't look like me and didn't represent my blog. The green is a far cry from my favorite colors of ocean blue and pink. Yet I kept it for a year. I was afraid of change, afraid to ...
I'm at Izeafest this weekend... If you've been around awhile you know that Izea is one of mine and becky's favorite companies to work with for campaigns. I know you all have a lot of quesitons about Izea, and we have some fun things coming in addition to our tutorial on how to use the Izea platform, and I've interviewed some of the campaign leaders about how you can start getting more jobs there too! That post is coming soon... Until then, ...
Every time that I have an idea for a blog posts, I hurry and put it in my editorial calendar and I save it as a draft. That works out great, most of the time... when I have my computer in front of me. When I don't have my computer in front of me, I put it on a note, slip it in my purse and hope that I remember it later. That wasn't working out so well, so we created these little Blog Topics for when I am out. I just print out one sheet of ...
I can't tell you how many sticky notes I have around my house. I have lists upon lists. I have notebooks filled with TO DO lists. (Oh, and yes... it does drive Mickey COMPLETELY CRAZY!) Instead, I started making myself printable to-do sheets and I print off about 10 at a time. I keep them in a binder and I fill them up. When I fill up one, I don't go to a new one until I have finished what was on that list. The reason is that I would ...
You know that feeling... that even when you aren't working, you totally are? There is never a time when we don't have a "blog post loading". Sure, you might be at the park with your kids, but then another mom does something irritating and you just KNOW an "open letter to the anonymous mom at the playground" will be featured on your blog tomorrow. Or maybe you are shopping for groceries and discover an epic deal prompting "8 ways to save big ...
