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So you are earning money with your blog, now how do you keep track of it? There are many great ways to do this, it all depends on what works best for you. Since so many people have asked me for tips on how to do it I'm sharing my method today. *disclaimer* I'm not a tax or financial expert, this is what has worked for me so far, but in no way represents professional financial or tax advise for your blogging business. First off, I have a ...
This is part two in our series about sponsored posts this week. You can read part one where Aprille shares 4 reasons she has chosen not to allow sponsored posts on her blog. Today, I'm sharing why I do sponsored posts on my site. I don't think there is any right or wrong choice for bloggers. It is a personal decision that must be made for each person and is dependent upon your goals for your blog and for how you want to spend your time. I was ...
Hey everyone! This is part one of a two part series on sponsored posts! We wanted to show both sides of the coin of sponsored content. Since Becky and I both allow sponsored posts on our blogs I asked my friend Aprille of Beautiful in His Time to share today about why she does not allow them on her blog. I hope you enjoy this perspective and it helps you to decide what the right decision regarding sponsored content, is for your blog! Be watching ...
This post contains affiliate links that help us & hopefully help you, too!! :) There are new ways to make money blogging popping up every day and I wanted to share three of them them with you today. Well they are all new to me- I've known about #3 for a while, but I"m finally putting it into play on my blog. 1. Izea They have finally made the "switch". We had been hearing about it for MONTHS, but it has arrived! Are you signed ...
I came across something that I found to be VERY interesting this past week. As some of you know, I had my page redesigned (with the help of Jornie.com… she can ad widgets anywhere on your page for a fee) Well, when I was playing around with where I wanted my google ads, I found that the small banner looked so much nicer, but at the end of the day, I had shocking results! If you are wondering which size adsense ad should I use - this will ...
I keep reading more and more about media kits. I had never done one, but then I read an article that said that "3 out of 5 sponsors prefer them" so I decided that I better get to work. Then, coincidence would have it that someone posted about Media Kits in a Facebook group that I am a part of that they were going to charge $50 for a kit and I was going to go ahead and purchase it. Before I hit that purchase button, I googled "Media Kit" and it ...
A lot of you have asked us How to monetize your food blog and now we can point you in the direction of a blogger that is doing just that! Her name is Kiersten Frase (she has the popular blog, Oh My Veggies) and she recently wrote a book called How to Monetize Your Food Blog. I have had the chance to chat with Kiersten (a fellow blogging friend, Trisha from Momdot Media, introduced us) and she is a delight! I only share products from people ...
So, I recently announced that I am going to be having a sale on my ebook, Potty Train in a Weekend, which made some of my blogging friends ask "How do I become an affiliate with e-junkie ?" I pointed them to E-Junkie and they all wrote to me again: "I can't figure out E-Junkie". I had the same issue when I first used it, so today I am going to walk you through how to be an affiliate. For this example, pretend that I am not YOUR MODERN FAMILY, ...
Hi! I am continuing my series on making money on your blog. So far we've covered Social Spark, Linqia & Sverve. Today, we cover freebies for bloggers. I wanted to share my post today, from my personal blog, Your Modern Family. My post is about all of the places that you can get freebies, but I wanted to share it with you because most of them are for bloggers. You see, you can MAKE money by sharing FREE offers to your readers!! So, ...
This post, as well as any on Bloggingontheside, may contain affiliate links. Most of you had told me that you want to learn how to monetize your blog. I am currently making more with my blog than I made working and you can do the same thing! Last week, I shared how to make money with Linqia. Today I want to share how to make money with sverve Sverve is probably the easiest, fastest form of monetization for your blog. I am going to ...
