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I wanted to give you a bit of encouragement today. So often we talk about the monetization part of blogging. How we can grow our site to the end of making more money. There's nothing wrong with that. Most of us are in this and running our sites as businesses. We are providing a living for our families, paying off houses, saving for college and doing so many other things with the money we make blogging. These are all important things and Becky, ...
Recently, Facebook has released a new feature, this time one that has the potential to be a huge benefit for bloggers and page owners! It's called Facebook authorship. It is a clickable link to a Facebook page, shown in the bottom of link shares. When set up properly, this means a link to YOUR Facebook page from other bloggers and friends as they share your content on their own pages. Here's what it looks like, when I shared a link from ...
Ok, first I'm really sorry I'm negligent to do these every month. I know they are fun and every one wants to read them...but honestly? I forget to do it. Every. Single. Time. Ack! Becky shared hers today and I think we can all agree it is ridiculously inspiring!!! The things she is doing on YMF are outstanding. If you look at that and wonder how much of that is attainable for you to do when you aren't able to put as much time into as she ...
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Why am I not getting sponsored posts? - This is one question that I get asked a lot. While sometimes it seems to be just luck, there are definitely several things you can do to increase your chances of getting selected for an opportunity from a company like business2blogger, Izea , linqia, sverve or others. (Some of these are referral links) Post Frequently - If you are not posting at least every week, you will have a hard time finding ...
Since I published my last income report several months ago, several of you have been asking me to keep them going. Honestly, it wasn't intentional that I stopped. I just forgot to keep doing them! Since many of you specifically asked, I'm happy to share again. So let's compare a bit. You'll see a massive difference between mine and Becky's income reports. This is a great example of setting your own goals and reaching them. Becky's blog, Your ...
Did you ever notice that it seems that Google may be avoiding your blog? Its true! You want to get noticed by Google, not be avoided, right? Have you ever looked at your stats and wondered why you are not getting much traffic from search engines, or your traffic is sporadic at best? These simple things that you could be doing, will have google avoiding your blog like the plague! I was doing a few things wrong, but once I fixed them, I ...
One thing I see a lot of bloggers struggling with is their ability to recognize awesome. Not awesomeness in others, but the immense amount of success and awesome they are achieving themselves. I get how hard it is. It is virtually impossible not to compare our blogs to others. You can't help but notice when that other blogger who hasn't been around quite as long surpasses you in pageviews or facebook likes. It's hard to view it all as a ...
Monetization always seems to be a hot topic with blogging these days. Today, I’d like to talk to you about physical products. For good reasons, many consider it one of the more difficult ways to monetize your blog, but for some sites I think they are a natural fit. I’d like to walk you through some questions and considerations to help you decide if physical products are right for you, either right now or in your blogging future. I have used ...
There is so much Blogging advice floating around the internet. From blogging pros who have been doing it since the beginning of the internet, to a mom at home who just opened up a blogspot site two weeks ago, it seems every one has some advice for fellow bloggers. So how do you decide which advice to implement and which to ignore? There are a lot of posts with gorgeous images and scientific looking info graphics that are circulating poor ...
