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I often wonder what makes a great blog. Is it the time that the blog has been around? Is it the person behind the blog? Is it the content? Is it the readers? I fall back on this last one…. it is the readers. It is the readers that make a blog successful. It is the readers that encourage the blogger. It is the readers that make the writer feel like they are helping someone. It is YOU. Today I just wanted to take a minute, from all of us, ...
Today I was driving in the car and I heard the song "Lead Me" come on the radio. I heard the part that said "I'm working hard. I tell myself I'll be fine. They're independent. But on the inside… I can hear them saying Lead Me, with strong hands. Stand up, when I can't. Don't leave me hungry for love… chasing dreams. But what about us?" I try not to blog much when my four kids are awake. I actually try not to blog at all when they are ...
Last week, I wrote about how to make money on your blog without ads. You saw that I do a lot of sponsored posts. Many times, I will get a sponsored post from Social Spark or Sverve that I debate taking. They don't exactly "fit" my niche, but I know that it would be foolish of me to pass up the extra income (raising a family of six, on one full-time income, is no easy task). So, I normally try to figure out a way that I can work-it into my ...
A few months ago, my pins were all being re-directed to a 404 page. If anyone pinned from my page, the pins didn't bring them back to me. It happened again a few weeks ago. Pinterest was able to fix it, but in the meantime I had to go in and edit the source on each pin that I had pinned. I had to learn how to change a Pinterest source link. Today, my friend, Kristi, shared this in our blogging group and it reminded me that I wanted to ...
I wanted to share how to make money on a blog without ads. (I should say not including the ads because ads are certainly a great way to increase your earnings...) I know a lot of people don't like to use ads on their pages, so I hope that these few ways can give you some other options. I am including affiliate links in this post, so I hope that the companies that I am sharing with you will help you to grow your income through your blog, as they ...
The blogging world is a whole new world. You meet people that you may never have met and you have real relationships. I have been very blessed by my group of online blogging friends. Supporting other bloggers has become our second nature. I have many blogging friends, but I thought it would be easiest to just talk about the one that you know here, Paula. These are a couple of my best blogging friends and I put her blog (Beauty Through ...
I wanted to share a few different Pinterest plugins, because I have had so much trouble finding one for my blog, Your Modern Family. It is a Wordpress site, just like Blogging on the side so there were just so many to choose from, but I have only found two that I love! 1- Pin it button under images: Pinterest Image Pin This is my favorite plugin because it invites your readers to pin images from all over your page. The idea is right in front ...
Since I have been blogging, I have come across a few "blogger bullying incidents". These can range from other bloggers to readers that have never met you. Today I want to share some things that I try to remember when a blogger bully heads my way. 1- If they leave a mean comment about your post, try to ignore it. I wrote a post about vaccinating my child and I had someone leave horrible comments for me to read, about how terrible that ...
Why aren't my Facebook Fans reading my blog? Are there times where you feel like your Facebook fans aren't necessarily reading your blog? It can be frustrating and make you wonder why they aren't following you? Before I share my tips that I have found to work, I wanted to let you know that even if they aren't coming to your blog, they are listening (or else they wouldn't be a facebook fan). There are times when I post my recipe right on my FB ...
I interrupt this blog to bring you some really important information... Did you know that if you change your social media icons (to pretty ones to match your blog), you can lose your ability to have a social media page all together? AND... Did you know that you can be kicked off of Pinterest for putting things into the wrong boards? Its true! A good blogging friend of mine shared with me tonight that she was kicked off of Pinterest for two ...
