"Beck? Are you almost done?" Mickey calls me for the second time, ready to watch our show. "I'm writing" I call back. Writing? In the shower? Yep. I do my best "thinking up ideas" & writing them down when I am in the shower or when I am lying in bed at night, or or when I am taking a jog around the neighborhood. I do my best writing when I am waiting in the carpool line for twenty minutes because I arrived too early and school ...
Blog Tips
5 Security Habits Every Blogger Should Make a Part of Their Lives
So you’re officially a blogger. Your topics are interesting, and you regularly engage your audience. Everything is going well—for now. But there are some things you need to know if you want to protect that successful blog. How you handle your habits and daily activities can be the difference between running a secure blog and opening yourself up to hackers and data thieves. Because security is no laughing matter, you’ll need a mixture of ...
ultimate blogging goals
We, as bloggers and business owners, have two kinds of goals: the “now” goal, like raising pageviews or getting more sponsored posts, and the “ultimate” goal, like owning a blog that earns enough money every month to let you blog full time. Whatever you ultimate goal is, we are going to works towards it. What is your ULTIMATE blogging goal? Looking past your immediate goals... Ex: Higher Pageviews is immediate, but earning enough to quit your ...
Is blogging dying? {Responding to people who say our industry is evaporating}
Is blogging just a fad? Will we all wake up one day and find that the careers we were building are suddenly gone with no warning? Many people try to tell us this is the case. One phrase that I've heard quite a bit from people not in this industry is that "blogging is a bubble that is going to pop". People love asking for my backup plan, and giving us looks that lecture, as if we're too young to understand that this new-fangled internet thing is ...
How to start a wordpress blog quickly (in 10 minutes)
HOW TO START A SELF-HOSTED WORDPRESS BLOG. You can start a blog quickly - in about 10 minutes - did you know that? Since blogging, we have had some amazing opportunities. We are making significant incomes and have met fantastic people and have helped many others do the same thing! I want to tell you how to start a blog, since a lot of my readers (& friends) ask me on a daily basis. Some of the links below are affiliate links, ...
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 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 ...
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. ...
Blogger Tax Tip
I am at a conference and tonight we were talking about tax tips for bloggers and auditing. Keeping track of income for taxes can be a hard subject, I know. Tonight I heard great advice and it is the same advice that Mickey gives me, so I was reminded that I really wanted to share it with you. (For those that don't know, Mickey is my husband and he now stays home and does our finances). Tip for today: If you have recipes or crafts, etc... ...
Just One Thing
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 ...