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
How to Start a New Self-Hosted Blog on Bluehost by 2020 (a Step-by-Step Guide)
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
10 Failproof Income Generating Blog Tasks (that take the guessing out of blogging)
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
120 Amazing Blog Post Ideas [CHECKLIST UPDATED FOR 2019]
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
How Six Figure Bloggers Get Traffic to Their Blogs {What I Learned!}
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
5 Days of Simple Tasks to Increase Your Blog Traffic & Income!
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
What to Do if You Really Can’t Decide on a Blog Name
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
How to Increase Your Blog Traffic Using Content You Already Have ~ Free Traffic Guide
Hey! I'm so glad you're here! There's something I want you to see. If you've been around my blog for a while, you know I have a blog traffic guide called Traffic Transformation, which is the story of how I went from 17K to 400K+ page views in 10 months. The guide is $79, but did you know you can get a complimentary guide for free?! Not everyone knows about this because it's honestly kind of hard to find buried on my other site, Adventures in Blogging, so I wanted to make sure you saw it. If you go to the Traffic Transformation landing page, you'll see a button Keep Reading
Passive Income Blogging: How My Blog Earned Over $1,000 While I Was Sick
I just spent the last week battling the flu. I knew something was up when all I wanted to do was lay down all day on Monday. For the better part of seven days, I was practically in bed around the clock. Not. Fun. At. All...... It's a good thing my blog earns income without me As I could throughout the week, I checked on my business here and there. I was pleased to find that everything was humming along without me. People were visiting my blog, taking my courses, and in general operating as if I was there (even though I wasn't). I was so thankful that I had this business Keep Reading
Loneliness & Overwhelm in Blogging {& what I do about it}
Can I be honest with you right now? Something has been weighing on my mind that I feel needs to be said... Seriously, this blogging gig REALLY pushes you to your limits sometimes. Every time I think I am getting into a good groove with this blogging thing, something gets all messed up. Sometimes it's tech. Sometimes it's my schedule. Sometimes I just get in my own way due to fear of not being good enough....and honestly it's lonely working at home by myself with nobody to talk to. I've been listening to some amazing mindset type messages lately...something I swore I Keep Reading
12+ Free Blogging Resources: Checklists, Guides, & More!
Starting a blog isn't expensive in itself, but being able to get some free training is always nice! I've compiled a list of helpful blogging resources that I would recommend anyone starting or growing a blog to read through. Pick and choose the ones that interest you the most right now, and bookmark this page by pinning the image below so you can come back and download more in the future! I'm always on the hunt for new resources for us! 12+ Free Blogging Resources All of these free blogging guides, checklists, etc are created by bloggers that I know and trust. They won't Keep Reading
What I’m Reading: List of Must-Have Books for Online Entrepreneurs with Six Figure Dreams
Are you a blogger or online entrepreneur with dreams of hitting $100,000+ in annual revenue? I remember being in your shoes and also getting my hand on as much reading material as possible so I could learn quickly. So many people have asked me for book recommendations in recent months that I would like to start sharing some of my favorites with you! I'm a paper person and strongly prefer to hold a book in my hands, but honestly most of these are way easier to just listen to on Audible in a fraction of the time. You can get a free trial of Audible + two free books here Keep Reading
What to Do When You Have NO Blog 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 Keep Reading
What To Do When Someone Steals Your Pins
Scammers man! Not only do they steal your stuff, but then they waste your time by requiring you to chase them down. :/ This morning I was doing my normal weekly 1 hour pinning session. Right when I was about to finish up, I stumbled across an account that had redirected nearly a dozen of my pins to their website. I took a closer look and noticed so many blogging friend names….basically this guy hijacked hundreds of pins from reputable bloggers! I spent an hour reporting all of my stolen pins. I told everyone in my Facebook group, Adventures in Blogging, but just in case Keep Reading
Announcing: Adventures in Pinning {Beta Class}!
Grab your spot in the FIRST course to combine effective Google and Pinterest SEO Strategies into one. The BETA Class has finished, so now we are opening enrollment for the first regular class of Adventures in SEO (and yes, we changed the name midway through)!! This course explains everything in a straightforward step-by-step manner with videos, checklists, and written guides to help you apply the principles along the way. Learn more and see testimonials from the BETA class now! Enrollment ends March 2nd, 2018 and class begins March 5th, 2018! We hope to see you Keep Reading
