Today we are talking about how to make a 3d book cover image free online as Day 1 of our series: Best Blog Tools. I wanted to show you what I consider to be my favorite find of all time, in the blogging world. Most of you know that I love to write books. I have written (or co-written) six books so far and I have several more in the works. I have also designed all of my book covers, because it is fun and very easy! I just buy my favorite ...
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How to be an Etsy Affiliate
I recently got back from Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. It was really neat getting to meet and interact with so many different brand reps and learn about their various affiliate programs. This post contains referral links to brands we're really excited about! I know that affiliate marketing is a difficult one to jump into. We see the immediate dollar signs associated with sponsored posts, it's guaranteed income, where affiliate marketing can ...
YouTube 101: how to stop related posts at the end of youtube videos
So yesterday I posted a video on my blog about packing tips and I noticed that I had related videos showing up in my video... they weren't mine. I needed to know how to stop related posts that end of my youtube videos. Here is what it looked like before (note the videos at the end): Here is the code that I used: <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EMIxjz7OyKU" frameborder="0" ...
Changing the Way Blogging Is Perceived
This weekend I spoke at Type A bootcamp in Las Vegas and attended Affiliate Summit the following days. It's been an amazing experience, but an extremely challenging one as well. And I'm not just talking about the challenge of being an introvert in a room with 4,000 other people (for real). The key difference between Affiliate Summit and the other conferences I've been to is it's not just bloggers. Now on the one hand, that's AMAZING. I've ...
How to hit 1,000,000 visitors in a year of blogging
Today I want to tell you How to hit 1,000,000 visitors in a year of blogging. I did this and so can you. Now, at year three, I am at over 3 million a month. It is amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. You are here because you are ready to do it, too... so let's go for it! Lets start at the beginning… I'm Becky Mansfield, the blogger behind Your Modern Family. Your Modern Family is a blog about family life (my husband ...
You don’t have to be a HUGE blogger to make a lot of money blogging
Did you know that you don't have to be a huge blogger to make money blogging? You can learn how to make money with a new blog. You can monetize your blog today... right now! We want you to know that you can earn a real income blogging. This year alone, I have earned well over what I thought was possible ... this is the year is #3 for me and for my blog, Your Modern Family. That income does not include this page or any blog teachings. ...
How to start a Mom Blog (with step by step pictures)
If you want to start a Mom Blog - you have come to the right place. We are going to walk you through starting a blog. You love you kids. You love being with them and seeing them and talking about them. Why not share what you've learned as a mother? Now you can! Stop everything else and get started today. You will be done in ten minutes and well on your way to starting a mom blog! I have learned that blogging can be extremely ...
YMF Blog Income November 2015
Total income for November 2015: My page views in November: Page views: 2,479,451 Number of posts published this month: 39 Average time on page: under a minute. What I changed this month: This month I changed a few things. I feel like I am working a lot, but not MORE. I have actually cut back on my work time because the kids were home from school. This meant that I had to cut back on ...
Tax Tips For Bloggers
Tax time. It can seem super overwhelming can't it? If you are like me, taxes used to be so simple. I would always pick up the form from my place of employment, hand it off to my husband and he would take care of the rest. With both of us being traditionally employed it really wasn't all that difficult. Then I decided to own create my own business and things just got more complicated. We had a lot of questions starting out and the tax side of it ...
A Whimsicle Life blog income report
We share our income reports here as well as many others. We live I encourage and inspire you and this one way that we know we can help. :). Email me at yourmodernfamily@gmail.com if you want t to add yours, too. Here is our second report from A Whimsicle Life. :) Take it away, JoAnn.. Hello! I'm JoAnn from aWhimsicleLife.com and this is my monthly look behind the scenes of my business. Here's what worked and what didn't. This month, ...