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We've got an awesome guest post for you today from Stephanie of Jornie.com She's sharing a neat way to make round-up posts look more professional. We've often talked about not making posts too long (300-1000 words MAX), so sometimes it's best to break things up into a series. Today, Stephanie is sharing a way to do the coding to make it look more professional and even bring in more page views! This is one of the biggest problems for most of us ...
Have you ever wondered about all the legal issues when it comes to blogging? While it is definitely a good idea to hire a CPA to help you understand the rules for your specific state, we thought this post from Julianne would be helpful to share as a starting place! Hello, Blogging on the Side readers! My name is Julianne, the editor of a new wedding blog called What the Bride Wore. This blog post provides a brief overview of how to conduct ...
Write like no one is going to read it, except the one person that you are really writing to (almost all of my posts come from somewhere… either my husband reminding me of something or my kids, etc… write to them). Write like you want to pour your heart out. Write when you are inspired! I find that I write the best when I write at night. I am a little exhausted (to say the least… raising our 4 blessings that are ages 7, 6, 3 & 1) and I ...
This week we're interviewing a wonderful blogger named Elizabeth. She's the last one on our schedule for interviews! We'd love to interview you too! Email us at Onthesideblogging@gmail.com if you are interested in being interviewed soon! How do you balance blogging time & family time? I blog when my little ones are sleeping and my hubby is occupied with work, projects, etc. Our weekends are dedicated to family - most of my photo work, ...
Paula and I are so excited to present our first FREE blogging on the side ebook… just for you! We made this book with you in mind! We want you to be encouraged to keep your blog running well, keep your family happy, and keep your mind stress-free. We want to give you some quick tips to help you keep everything balanced and keep your blog on the side. Do you want a copy of our FREE ebook? Just enter here: Here are the chapters of our ...
" Do you want to build a snowman?" oh- wait… wrong audience! The four kiddos behind me are singing that one! haha! How about this: "Do you want to win on hundred dollars?" Better, right? We are giving away a $100 gift card to Staples. You can use it to organize your blogging things (or to fix up a room.. they have really great furniture items & baskets.) Ok- enter below. Good luck!! PS- we will be adding ONE MORE way to enter ...
You ever have those days when you are discouraged and stressed about your blog? Either your stats have plummeted, or people haven't been responding as much and let's not get started on Facebook... Yeah, me too. It's easy to let the snarky comments get to you or to allow yourself to be torn up inside about the rude emails about how wrong you were for pouring out your heart. Blogging is hard. Anything you really love to do, is going to be ...
Today we are interviewing Aprille! A blogger I (Paula) have known for quite some time! I love her blog!!! I'm Aprille. I am a twenty-something stay-at-home wife and mom. I've been married to my husband, a combat veteran, for six years and our son is almost four. I blog at Beautiful In His Time, my very personal chronicle of finding God's beauty in my messy life. I blog about faith, marriage, motherhood, and military life. Do you ...
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, ...
Many of you mentioned that you would be interested in a Blogging On The Side Facebook Group so every one could chat and interact more easily. We went ahead and set one up a couple weeks ago and several of you have already joined in all the fun happening there. I know there are still some that haven't made it over, so I thought we should make an official announcement about it, so that any one who wanted to join, but hasn't yet knows that it's ...