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FREEBIE – Free ebook for you! 10 tips to keep your blog on the side.

May 29, 2014 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

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 ...

Just a Fool With A Fancy Blog

May 26, 2014 By Paula Leave a Comment

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 ...

Part 2: Advice for the husband of the blogging wife.

May 13, 2014 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

This is part two of: Advice for a husband of a blogging wife. There are three parts to this series. TO read the first part of this story, click here. PART 1- ADVICE FOR THE HUSBAND OF THE BLOGGING WIFE I remember for a while, that you (Becky) had to point things out to me. You would say: "Mic, look at this coding. This is what I am doing right now. I have to do all of this just to add a link to my post. The point of adding a link in ...

Mother first, blogger second

April 14, 2014 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

I wanted to tell you why my family comes first, before my Your Modern Family blog and before Paula's Beauty Through Imperfection blog and before our Blogging on the Side blog. My family comes before my readers (I love my readers, but my family comes first). My family comes before my sponsors. My family comes before my blogging groups/friends. Yes, sometimes it may be hard for my readers to understand why I don't get back to them via email ...

Blogger Safety Part 2 – That Time a Blogger’s Images Ended Up On A Porn Site

March 17, 2014 By Paula 24 Comments

I had a different post planned for today, but when I came across this story in my newsfeed I knew we needed to talk blogger safety instead. You can click through the link, but the short version of the story is that an innocent mommy-blogger like you and me had her normal pictures scraped from her site and then placed next to X-rated photos on a porn site along with personal information about her like her name, Facebook page and the city she ...

When Keeping Up Becomes Overwhelming

March 3, 2014 By Paula Leave a Comment

You might have noticed we've been sharing several posts lately about keeping up with your blog without becoming obsessed or stressed about it. I feel like this side of blogging is so infrequently talked about, which makes it hard to find help with a certain struggle, if no one talks about it! As bloggers, it's easy to become overwhelmed, trying to keep up with all the other fun crafts, tutorials, and witty posts that every one else is doing. How ...

When Your Blogging Is Affecting Real Life

February 24, 2014 By Paula Leave a Comment

I'm sure it's clear by now, that I love blogging. I think it's awesome, and it has been good for me and my family, in more ways that I can count. But sometimes, it can have a negative affect on real life as well, sometimes blogging can hurt your real life. There is such a careful balance to blogging, and it's different for each family and writer. I'm not going to tell you to quit blogging, or that you need to do everything the same way I do, ...

Advice to the husband of a blogging wife… from one husband to another

January 21, 2014 By Becky Mansfield 11 Comments

Today's post is from my husband. I am a blogger here at Blogging on the Side and on my own personal blog, Your Modern Family. This is from the side of my husband (blogging can be annoying to them when they don't understand, so I wanted to share our story for you, so that hopefully you will feel encouraged by it and maybe show your husband- he can see why you do what you do! haha!) Our story: He is the love of my life! We started dating in ...

What makes a great blog?

December 19, 2013 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

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, ...

Keep kids busy while you work … my little blogging secret

December 10, 2013 By Becky Mansfield Leave a Comment

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 ...