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I used to be a "night before" blogger, and sometimes I still am. I would stay up late and write my post to go live at midnight. I want to tell you how freeing it is to just write the posts when you have a lot of time and schedule them for a full month! Today I challenge you to write in advance. Here are some tips: 1- LESS STRESS! It is so much less stressful to do this! I started by taking a full Saturday (well, about five hours) and ...
Hi! I'm Lainie and I blog about my beautiful family (husband Scott, son Ian who I can't believe is starting kindergarten this fall and our 1 year old daughter Greenlee) and our must-haves including products, food, books and travel. My lil fashionista even has her own column, "What Will Greenlee Wear.". We live in New York City where we sacrifice space, but not style, to be in the center of it all. How do you find time to blog? I am constantly ...
We bloggers often get very focused on our individual posts - making sure they have catchy titles, Pinteresty graphics, and SEO optimization. We hope that they go viral or at least get pinned or shared a lot. But another subtle yet very effective way to increase your stats and grow your readership is to entice people to get lost within your blog itself. Linking to other posts within posts is SO effective, and writing a blog series on a certain ...
Years ago, I used to be more of a faith blogger. I've since moved away from faith blogging in the traditional sense. It was a hard decision to make, but when I decided to make a business out of my blog, I also chose to broaden the types of posts I wrote. I realized a few things that helped me make the decision. I love faith bloggers, they are wonderful and encouraging to read, I just realized it was not the right choice for me and my blog. If ...
Hi! My name is Georgia and I blog at Oatmeal Smiles. I have a farmer for a husband who always has muddy boots, a wicked tan and a loving heart. We have two little girls who keep us on our toes. I blog from the flat and dusty plains of west Texas. I used to be an English teacher and am now a stay at home mom trying to figure this whole "homemaker" thing out. I blog about seeking grace in motherhood and shortcuts in the kitchen, particularly in ...
Have you ever wondered how to find good group boards on Pinterest? This question baffled me for a long time until some one (I don't remember who or I'd totally give them the credit for showing me) told me about PinGroupie.com It's a great site that lists EVERY group board on Pinterest. I believe them when they say this, because my group boards were all listed, even before I had ever heard of the site! Below is a screenshot from the site so ...
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 ...
Today I wanted to share 4 mistakes the new bloggers make (I know because I made them, too!) 1). Writing too much in one post. I say this because I have been there, done that! I wrote way too much in the beginning. We were talking about this earlier in the week on our Blogging on the Side Facebook Group (you can join!) and someone asked how many words you should write per post. While I stick with 250-500 (normally), I go over sometimes and ...
This post contains affiliate links. So- this book is geared toward kids and it is fantastic. It is called Help Your Kids with Computer coding: Initially, I saw the beauty of this, teaching our kids about computer coding… and then I began to think: WAIT! I NEED HELP WITH COMPUTER CODING! Which then lead to… MAYBE YOU NEED HELP WITH COMPUTER CODING, TOO! And so this post & giveaway were born. haha! WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT? With ...
Every Friday we feature a different blogger on our site. If you'd like to be interviewed and featured on week send us and email at onthesideblogging@gmail.com so we can work out the details! Hi! I'm Joy Adan. I've been married for four years and am mum to a fantastically musical 2-year old, and work as a freelance writer and editor in Sydney, Australia. I blog at www.themamaminute.com about the fun, weird, emotional and entertaining moments that ...