Archives for July 2016

5 ESSENTIAL Reasons To Compare Your Blog To Some One Else’s

July 29, 2016 By Paula 10 Comments

Usually, people talk about comparison as a bad thing. We're encouraged not to get caught up in comparing our homes, cars, parenting styles, bodies or even our blogs to those of another person. On one level I agree. Comparing yourself and your accomplishment to those of another person can be unhealthy. Comparison can breed discontentment as well as all kinds of insecurities and jealousy. But I also do not believe that comparison by itself, ...

How to blog with kids at home

July 27, 2016 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing 15 ideas about how to blog with kids at home. It is hard to work in the summer and honestly work is the last thing that I want to do when our kids are home, but it pays the bills. I don’t mind working for a few hours in the evening when everyone is asleep, but sometimes things come up in the middle of the day that cannot be ignored. I have found a few ways to keep the kids busy in the day in case I need to make a ...

What to do with OLD sponsored posts

July 23, 2016 By Paula 1 Comment

If you're like us, you probably have quite a bit of old sponsored content lying around on the 'ol blog. I like digging back 2 or 3 years and sometimes I see old sponsored posts from before I really learned how to do sponsored posts well and I just cringe! Images are sub-par, or it's just one big commercial. And don't get me started on the posts riddled with sponsored links that don't go anywhere because the brand took the site down after the ...

topics to make a post go viral (Highly searched topics for each month)

July 20, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 35 Comments

We recently posted about how to hit 1 million visitors on your blog and I hope that it gave you some really great tips to grow your blog. Today I wanted to share some topics to get you started. These topics to make a post go viral will assist you if you want to achieve this goal. Here are some topics to make a post go viral and to help inspire you each month: You can download a GO VIRAL CALENDAR for free here. JANUARY- organizing. ...

How to increase your ad earnings on a smaller blog

July 14, 2016 By Paula 5 Comments

Ads can be a huge source of income for bloggers, but sometimes it can feel like you have to be in the hundreds of thousands of pageviews to make any sort of decent income with them. Thankfully, this doesn't have to be true! While it is easier when your pageviews are higher, because you can have ad networks manage your ad stacks for you, you can also make your own miniature ad stacks (or waterfall ads) to get the most out of your ad spaces. If ...

The cycle of money with blogging – what to expect & when

July 13, 2016 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

My husband, Mickey, is my finance manager of Your Modern Family. Before he took this position, he was a finance manager. He knew his market trends almost month to month, consistently. He knew when purchases were up and when they would be down. He knew when consumers would buy & when they wouldn't. Like most businesses, the first quarter is usually down. Companies don't want to spend a lot of money in the first quarter, because ...

How to make a SALE using your blog or newsletter

July 6, 2016 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

Most of us what to make an income with our blogs. We devote our time and energy into this blog to turn it from a hobby blog to a full time income. While we go through the full list in Blogpreneur, I wanted to give you a few ideas here. There are three main components that will entice your reader to buy what you are selling, so you can make a sale. 1). Connect with people. Be authentic, kind & helpful! 2). Capture emails. ...

Let’s Get Intense…About Images!

July 2, 2016 By Paula Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard the saying, images can make or break a blog post? I hate that this is true, but it is! You can have a brilliantly written post but it will still fall short of it's true potential without a great image. It's time to get intense about it. What does that mean? That means we're scheduling our next live blog intensive and this month, we're covering IMAGES. For the most part this will not be a photography course. It would be ...