Monetization

How to be a Part Time Blogger with a Full Time Income

May 6, 2016 By Paula Leave a Comment

Do you ever find yourself looking at all of the great blogger income reports and seeing the success other bloggers are having, but frustrated that you don't seem to have the time to make it happen for you? We get that! Maybe you have a job outside the home. Perhaps you're homeschooling and can't carve out as much blog time as you'd like or have young kids keeping your hands full. Maybe you have other commitments that keep you from giving your ...

How to use your blog to barter for a free vacation

February 28, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 15 Comments

Hi again! My family and I just took an awesome mini vacation… and it was FREE! Thank you, YourModernFamily.com for that! No, seriously, I used my blog to barter for a free vacation. We have gone to the beach, stayed in free hotels, gone to Disney, Universal Studios, Dollywood, Six Flags, aquariums, museums, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, etc... all for free, using my blog as my bartering tool. So I am writing this on here b/c a lot of you have ...

Getting real: If you want to start a blog to make money

February 19, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 12 Comments

I feel compelled to write this post because of the amount of my real-life acquaintances that want to start blogging. While I never discourage anyone from starting one, because it is amazing, I do want to be real about it. I blog at yourmodernfamily.com and I love it, but it wasn't easy to start. Its a job where you get out what you put in. Put love, time and dedication into it… get readers, shares and income out of it. (& yes, I do 90% ...

How to make money blogging

January 31, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 6 Comments

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 ...

How to hit 1,000,000 visitors in a year of blogging

January 10, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 107 Comments

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

January 8, 2016 By Becky Mansfield 93 Comments

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 set up affiliates using E-Junkie

November 28, 2015 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

Today we are talking about how to set up affiliates on E-junkie. I hope that it is helpful! I love e-junkie, as I've told you in the past. It is cheap ($5 a month) and it holds all of my e-books. UPDATE: We have just moved to a new affiliate program for beckyandpaula.com, which you can sign up for here! We are SUPER excited about our new store and how easy this is going to make it for everyone to share it. If you're still interested in ...

Blogger Tax Tip

November 7, 2015 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

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... ...

how to work with brands as a blogger

October 26, 2015 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

I want to tell you how to work with brands as a blogger... Look like a business if you want to work with a business. I started my blog and loved the way that it looked. Green header, a cute, blonde cartoon lady with a baby and a bottle. Cute. Not me. It didn't look like me and didn't represent my blog. The green is a far cry from my favorite colors of ocean blue and pink. Yet I kept it for a year. I was afraid of change, afraid to ...

How to make money as a Virtual Assistant (VA)

August 6, 2015 By Becky Mansfield

I love this guest post today & I hope that it helps you!! Take it away.... Having been a blogger since 2007, I realize just how much work goes into a blog before ever seeing a return on your investment. I know that blogging can be profitable, but I also know that it takes some time to see that profit come to fruition. Over the years that I have blogged, I have also had the privilege of working from home either part-time or full-time as ...