This is part two of: Advice for a husband of a blogging wife. There are three parts to this series. TO read the first part of this story, click here. PART 1- ADVICE FOR THE HUSBAND OF THE BLOGGING WIFE I remember for a while, that you (Becky) had to point things out to me. You would say: "Mic, look at this coding. This is what I am doing right now. I have to do all of this just to add a link to my post. The point of adding a link in ...
How to make money with Linqia
This post, as well as any on Blogging on the Side, may contain affiliate links to companies that we work with ourselves or products that we use. According to our recent survey, it looks like you are interested in learning how to make money blogging. Blogging can be such a financial blessing and over the next few weeks, I am going to share ways to make each money-earning avenue work for you. Today we are going to start with Linqiq. I have ...
How to get the page-wide header for Twitter (& change your Twitter link colors!)
I recently saw a few Twitter pages that were different from mine. They were bigger, more visual, more eye-catching with a wide header for Twitter and customized link colors… and I wanted it for myself! :) So, I looked it up and found out how to change mine. It turns out that there was an upgrade and unless you saw it on the Today show or saw it on your social media channels, chances are that it passed you by, like it did with me. SO- here is ...
$5 Starbucks gift card for you
Short, sweet and to the point… Sometimes all that we need is a little TIME AWAY to get our work done, so that we can be 100% present when we are at home! Paula is so smart- she goes to Starbucks once a week to get her blogging work done. I try to go to the gym and blog instead of working out at least once a week, as well. Both of us are doing the same thing- spending time alone to blog… writing without distraction. This is how we can give ...
Mother first, blogger second
I wanted to tell you why my family comes first, before my Your Modern Family blog and before Paula's Beauty Through Imperfection blog and before our Blogging on the Side blog. My family comes before my readers (I love my readers, but my family comes first). My family comes before my sponsors. My family comes before my blogging groups/friends. Yes, sometimes it may be hard for my readers to understand why I don't get back to them via email ...
Join us for a 3 day Twitter Challenge! (RAPIDLY grow your followers)
This post contains affiliate links. Who is up for a really-quick, fact paced way to meet new people and grow your Twitter followers? This 3 day twitter challenge will help! I recently read the book UNMARKETING, by Scott Stratten. If you have not read this, it is on my must-read blogger list, along with the one in our sidebar, How to Grow your blog while Managing your home. In this book, the author states how he grew his twitter followers ...
An Alternative to Facebook – how to use Hometalk to bring them to your page.
Which are you more drawn to… A link or an image? I"m guessing that you are going to say Image… that is what I would say, anyways (I am a visual person). The reason is that the majority of people are visual, like myself. We like to see something and then when they have us interested, we want to see more. Here are my two favorite ideas to get you started. 1. Pinterest 2- Hometalk -I am going to share how to use HomeTalk (It is a DIY blog, ...
$50 gift card giveaway to build a & home office
I wanted to offer someone a $50 gift card to use towards building a home office. I was given this opportunity on my personal blog and asked to extend it to our Blogging on the Side page & they said YES!! Paula and I have both blogged about organizing our homes or cleaning our homes on our personal blogs, but today we are going to talk strictly about YOUR OFFICE. I was recently given the opportunity to blog (sponsored posts) about two ...
SECRET TIP!!! How to get more traffic from Pinterest (& more followers)
Do you want to know how to get more traffic & followers on Pinterest? Pinterest brings around 3,000 people EVERY DAY to my blog. It is just like free advertising. I think that is is helping so many blogs grow. If someone likes your pin, they will follow it to your page. If they like your page, they will share it, return to it, love it! It is easier than you think to Grow your blog with Pinterest. **** See #6 for a super-handy tool that ...
North Carolina residents permitted on Amazon Associates (affiliates)
This is just a very quick post to let you know that North Carolina residents are now permitted to be an Amazon Associate. I wrote a post about how to make money without sponsored posts and I mentioned that I was not on Amazon Associates, because I lived in NC. Anyways, we try to always read our comments (sometimes they don't show up in our comments bar and we aren't aware that you've left one), so LeAnn from The Mosaic Life left me a comment to ...