Have you heard the news? We're hosting a blog retreat in March and you do NOT want to miss it! We've already shared all about the location...but I know what you are REALLY waiting to hear is the agenda. We are so excited to have some AMAZING swag sponsors for this retreat, and to be welcoming Affiliate Window as our main retreat sponsor! Saturday Agenda 8-9am Registration 9-9:15am Welcome 9:15-10:15 Blogging fulltime and managing a home 10:15-11 ...
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How to use TheseReads to grow your blog
I have found my new favorite traffic source to grow my blog and it’s good. Within two days of joining, TheseReads skyrocketed into my top five referral sources for the month of January. Yes, in two days! Now that I have been using it for over a month, it’s still holding steady as my fifth highest traffic referral and it’s quickly gaining on my Facebook referrals. It won’t be long before it replaces my Facebook traffic as the fourth highest ...
Time Management tips for the full-time working & blogging mom
It can be hard to be a working, blogging mom. Maybe you work outside of the house or you work from home. You run a blog. You run a household. You are the glue for your family. Today we are sharing 8 Time Management Tips from a Full-Time Working, Part-Time Blogging Mama from Sarah Brooks of the FrugalMillionareBlog. Time management for a blogger is so important! Are you a mom wanting to start your own business but have no idea where ...
The secret we’ve been keeping…
Becky and I have been talking about this for years... You've been ASKING us for it for years too. It's finally happening! We're hosting our very first blog retreat and we are SO EXCITED!!! We are so excited to have some AMAZING swag sponsors for this retreat, and to be welcoming Affiliate Window as our main retreat sponsor! Laptop and cup of coffee with hand working on old wooden table, Vintage tone We waited until now because we wanted to ...
How to make money blogging
Here is how to make a full-time income blogging, with a break-down: ******* CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER & NEVER MISS A POST LIKE THIS ******** I have 2 million- 3 million page views a month on yourmodernfamily.com I have been blogging for about four years. This income does not include what I make on my other websites or from teaching other people how to blog, it's strictly from my parenting site! I work from ...
The most important thing you’ll do when registering your domain
Yay, so you bought a domain name. Good job! Then they try to sell you all these upgrades that seem like they aren't really essential and just a way of them getting that price higher on you. For most of the upgrades, I agree. Skip them!!! But there is one that you absolutely should not skip, and that's the privacy add on. If you don't set up a proxy for yourself, any one on the internet can know your name, home address and phone number. Not ...
Blogging books to read this year
There are so many blogging tools and books on the market these days it's hard to know which are the ones worth reading! Becky and I frequently get asked what our favorite blogging books are, so we decided to share the ones we love most here. edited to add: We are starting a blogging book club to go through some of these together! You can join it here. Some of these are affiliate links. Tasty food photography was ...
How Google sees your blog – Get noticed by Google with these 5 tips!
Are you wondering how Google sees your blog? Why SEO is so important for Google? Well, no one likes to blog to an empty room. Beyond your social media platforms and our amazing e-mail newsletters, your biggest source of readers will come from search engines, specifically Google. While, search engine optimization (SEO) is a huge topic one of the quickest things you can do to help Google offer your pages in search is to understand how ...
Why I deleted 1500 Facebook fans
I deleted 1,500 fans from my Facebook page. It was scary. It took forever. But it was so worth it! Before we get into the why I deleted people, let me show you how I did it. You can see the profile of everyone who likes your blog page from Facebook page settings. When you are logged in to your page go to settings in the top right corner. It will take you to a new page and there’s a toolbar on your left. From there click “people and ...
Make $30,000 in a year blogging {blog income report}
Today's blog income report comes from Kathryn at SingingThroughTheRain. We have known Kathryn for many years, in the blogosphere, and we are excited to have her sharing this with us today! How I Made Almost $30,000 on my Blog in 2015 I've been asked so many times, "How do you make money with your blog? I didn't even know that was possible!" But when I set a goal for my blog in 2015, I never in a million years expected to make almost triple ...