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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 ...
I'm at Izeafest this weekend... If you've been around awhile you know that Izea is one of mine and becky's favorite companies to work with for campaigns. I know you all have a lot of quesitons about Izea, and we have some fun things coming in addition to our tutorial on how to use the Izea platform, and I've interviewed some of the campaign leaders about how you can start getting more jobs there too! That post is coming soon... Until then, ...
Every time that I have an idea for a blog posts, I hurry and put it in my editorial calendar and I save it as a draft. That works out great, most of the time... when I have my computer in front of me. When I don't have my computer in front of me, I put it on a note, slip it in my purse and hope that I remember it later. That wasn't working out so well, so we created these little Blog Topics for when I am out. I just print out one sheet of ...
I can't tell you how many sticky notes I have around my house. I have lists upon lists. I have notebooks filled with TO DO lists. (Oh, and yes... it does drive Mickey COMPLETELY CRAZY!) Instead, I started making myself printable to-do sheets and I print off about 10 at a time. I keep them in a binder and I fill them up. When I fill up one, I don't go to a new one until I have finished what was on that list. The reason is that I would ...
You know that feeling... that even when you aren't working, you totally are? There is never a time when we don't have a "blog post loading". Sure, you might be at the park with your kids, but then another mom does something irritating and you just KNOW an "open letter to the anonymous mom at the playground" will be featured on your blog tomorrow. Or maybe you are shopping for groceries and discover an epic deal prompting "8 ways to save big ...
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, ...
We wanted to share three blogger events in september 2015 happening in the blog world... conferences, webinars and jobs... oh my! A few of us will be speaking at the Blog Elevated Conference on September 18-20. and we want you to come. You can take 10% off using our affiliate link! ...
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 ...
We share our blogging income reports here as inspiration for you. Many bloggers, like myself, when I started, thought making money on a blog was "dreaming big". I just wanted to make enough to pay for preschool, but I have been able to make far more than that... and you can, too. I hope that you find this report helpful. My income this month, as with every month, is calculated BEFORE expenses (expenses are several thousands of dollars!) ...
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 ...
