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What to Do When You Have NO Blog Traffic

Shared on March 31 2 Comments

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how to get a lot of blog visitors - easy ideas to generate traffic

There are soooo many things that go into having a successful blog. When you’re beginning, it feels like the whole world is against you, conspiring to rob you of all your free time and sleep. I get it. I’ve been there. Writing and creating images into the wee hours of the night hoping to catch a break. Not sure what to do first or next or last because the to-do list seems unbelievably long and confusing. I want to help you figure out how to get traffic without banging your head against your keyboard! I’m going to assume that you don’t want to spend money until you make some Keep Reading

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How to Start a New Self-Hosted Blog on Bluehost {Updated for 2021}

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how to start a new blog with no skills

Every day I get questions from readers asking about starting a blog of their own. I write a lot about making extra money on the side and publish the occasional income report for WhatMommyDoes.com, so it makes sense I would get a lot of questions. I LOVE getting questions and spend quite a bit of time each week going through and answering each question individually. I realized one day that I should probably start putting answers to some of the most common questions in a central place so I can just link to them in my responses. I can't believe I didn't think of this Keep Reading

Filed Under: How to Start a Blog, Ways to Make $500 - $1000 Extra Per Month

3 Tips for Choosing a Unique Blog Name You’ll Absolutely Love

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  In the post “How to Choose a Blog Name You Won’t Regret” I went over many of the basics related to choosing a great blog name. If you're here, you're likely past the point of figuring out what kind of blog to start and you're ready to name the darn thing!! :) When you start your blog, settling on a so-so name was my biggest worry. I didn't want a bad name...I didn't even want a "good" name....I wanted the BEST NAME I COULD THINK OF!  I spent many days agonizing over this one thing, and I bet you are probably here because you're in the same boat. If that's you, I hope this Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips, Blogging Tips & Tricks, How to Start a Blog

How to Start a Blog to Make Money – Very First Steps to Take!

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I have been wanting to start a blog to make money for a long time! This step by step explanation really helped me. I didn't realize that creating a blog for income is different than starting a blog for fun. Lena goes over everything you need to consider to get started & you can even download her free prrintable step-by-step tutorial....it's really easy to follow. So glad I found this after reading a lot of confusing blog posts on the topic. | money making blog, make money with a blog, how to start a blog

I receive questions quite often about how you make money blogging. Specifically how to start a blog to make money.  I usually point people to my Blog Startup Guide but I know it can be a lot to handle all at once (it's a comprehensive tutorial all about starting a blog the right way if making money with it is your goal). I just realized that I never separately listed out the steps you must take to begin a blog in a super simple format so that's what this post is all about.  If you were to take a look at my blog startup guide and boil it down to Keep Reading

Filed Under: How to Start a Blog, Ways to Make $500 - $1000 Extra Per Month

Easy-To-Follow Guide For How To Start A Craft Blog

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  I spend quite a bit of time on What Mommy Does talking about ways to make money through making and selling handmade items. In fact, I love helping other moms figure out what they can do from home to bring in extra cash so much that this topic is one of the main focuses of my blog. I think selling handmade items online and/or teaching others how to craft is a great way to make an income. I get questions every day from readers wanting to know how to start a CRAFT blog of their own.  I decided to put the answers to the most commonly asked inquiries of the question Keep Reading

Filed Under: How to Start a Blog

How to Start a Mom Blog in 3 Quick Steps

Shared on August 1 97 Comments

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Note: Some links in this post are affiliate links, which means I receive a commission if you make a purchase. Affiliate relationships include, but are not limited to, Bluehost, Amazon Associates, and StudioPress.   When you first start researching how to start a mom blog, it can get overwhelming. People are throwing terms you can't understand out there in these super-lengthy tutorials that are way over your head. But all you can articulate for the Google search box is "how do you make a website?" I've been writing online for nearly 8 years. Sometimes I forget where I was 8 Keep Reading

Filed Under: How to Start a Blog, Ways to Make $500 - $1000 Extra Per Month

How to Start the Blog of your DREAMS

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how to finally start the blog of your dreams

  I know these times are scary.  With schools closed and businesses laying off employees left and right, work and income are no longer a luxury many people can rely on.  I'm very fortunate that I work for myself AND my income doesn't evaporate when people aren't allowed to leave their homes.  While my actual product sales are lower, but ad and affiliate income are coming in, and that's enough to pay our mortgage AND my full-time salary AND my employee's part-time salary!  Blogging, in my opinion, is and always will be the best side job for moms. This Keep Reading

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Free Ebook Template – Preformatted Word Document

Shared on January 30 5 Comments

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Hi guys! I have something awesome to share with you today. It's the blank version of the first edition of Traffic Transformation when it was called the Blog Traffic Ebook boiled down to the preformatted Table of Contents, chapter titles, bullet points, and subheadings I used so you don't have to spend as much time as I did on formatting. It's all ready for you to use! Sometimes you just want to start writing without having to think creatively about document design or layout as well! Starting with a pre-formatted template in Word helps tremendously.  CLICK HERE TO REQUEST THE Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips, Ebooks

How Long Does it Take to Make Money Blogging?

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Whether you are a stay-at-home-mom or working full time, if you are serious about blogging for money, then you HAVE to read this advice! This blogger goes over how to get started blogging if making extra cash if your goal. You must get these things right if you want to get paid for your ideas! | online entrepreneur, make money blogging, earn extra money, how do you start a blog that makes income

A question I get from most people who just started their blog is "when will I start making money from this?" Or, "how much do people make blogging?"   I want to answer their question, but oftentimes I don't know where to start because if they are asking about money from day one, then it indicates to me that their expectations are unrealistic. Before you can make money blogging, you must lay a solid foundation. Let's go over a few of the major things you should consider when your goal is to create a money making blog.    Before you can make money blogging... In the early Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Tricks, Monetization

Success!

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You're now opted out. You won't receive the three emails this week with the Affiliate Marketing training, but you will remain on my blogging mailing list. ~ Lena   Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips

10 Failproof Income Generating Blog Tasks (that take the guessing out of blogging)

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Here are 10 things you can do to MAKE MORE MONEY blogging. It's easier to follow a checklist like this rather than guess at everything!!

  I haven't written about blogging in a while, so I thought I'd come out of my blogging about blogging hibernation today and write something that's been weighing on me for a while.  I think this is an important topic to talk about.  My CPA background affords me a unique perspective on blogging. Sometimes I don't realize that what I do is different than the rest until someone points it out.  I realized last year than I apparently have a unique system of determining what things I should be doing to generate income on my blog vs things I shouldn't be doing at Keep Reading

Filed Under: Monetization

120 Amazing Blog Post Ideas [CHECKLIST UPDATED FOR 2020]

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    When I had fewer than 100 blog posts, I found it extremely difficult to come up with new content ideas. I would wrack my brain and come up with a bunch of boring ideas! What SHOULD You Blog About on a Lifestyle Blog? Because my blog is about a lot of things related to being a mom, it's technically a "lifestyle" blog. I figured it would be easy to come up with things to say. All I wanted to do was really get my blog off the ground and nothing I wrote seemed to be the "thing" that resonated with my readers.  Then one day I realized the issue with finding Keep Reading

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How Six Figure Bloggers Get Traffic to Their Blogs {What I Learned!}

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  Today's guest post is from Sally Miller, mom on a mission and an author of seven best-selling books. She's also a blogger who has built up quite a following...I think you'll love what she has to say! Take it away, Sally! So, you’ve started a blog and now you’re wondering how to reach readers? Maybe you’re new to blogging and this whole idea of getting traffic is a mystery to you. Or perhaps you’ve been blogging for a year or more and are struggling to get more than a handful of visitors each week. I know how you feel. It’s frustrating when you see other bloggers whose Keep Reading

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5 Days of Simple Tasks to Increase Your Blog Traffic & Income!

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get more blog traffic & earn more income - here are 5 simple daily tasks and lessons you can take for free

  Hey ya'll! I've been rather quiet lately because I've been working on something really important in the background.  I'm happy to say it's finally here!! I'd like to introduce to you a brand new {FREE} 5-day mini challenge designed to help you grow your blog traffic and monetization! This challenge is made up of bite-sized tasks and ideas you can implement in about 15 minutes a day that really make a big difference to your bottom line.  Whether you are trying to grow your income, qualify for MediaVine, attract more customers to your products, or sell more in Keep Reading

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What to Do if You Really Can’t Decide on a Blog Name

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Choosing a blog name is perhaps one of the most excruciating parts of starting a blog. I spent days and days waffling back and forth over the perfect name until I finally called my best friend who walked me through it.  If you want to read about the process we used to finally determine my blog name, you can read about that here >>  Today I want to share some tips if you’re finding that you’re super duper stuck with this process.  Related Posts: How to Start a Blog on Bluehost for $2.95 a Month How Long Does It Take to Make Money Blogging (the Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Tricks

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