Hands down the most requested type of post on my blog are income reports. I write a lot about making money from home as a stay-at-home-mom and I also write to help bloggers grow their online presence….almost all of my readers are interested in these reports! Because of this, I’ve decided to be a bit better about publishing them on a regular basis. The last income report I published was for January 2016, so I have quite a bit of catching up to do. I’ll see if I can publish two a month until I get caught up for the year! Why I Publish Income Reports Some people question why I these income Keep Reading
Free Printable 2017 Blog Planner
I've got something excited to show you guys! I've worked closely with a designer to come up with a lovely 2017 blog planner! The 2017 BLOG PLANNER is free to all of my Blogging Tips Newsletter subscribers! Click here to get your planner today (+ immediate access to all of my previous freebies designed to take your blog to the next level)! I try to give you guys resources to grow your blogs, and without a doubt, help with content planning & strategy is one of the top requests! I don't know a better way to get organized than with a paper planner (I'm a completely paper Keep Reading
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What to do if the Blog Name You Want is Taken
Something I know a lot of people (including me!) agonize over when starting their blog is what to name the darn thing! I thought it would be helpful to cover my naming process with you so you can see that A) it was very hard for me too and B) that there's a method to choosing a perfect blog name (in hindsight). :) How I Named My Blog Before I started blogging, I agonized over my blog's URL, www.whatmommydoes.com, for weeks before settling on that name! I came up with dozens of potential names and couldn't make a decision one way or another. It wasn't until my best friend from high school, Keep Reading
How I Plan to Double My Blogging Income to $16,000 per Month in One Year
Hi guys. You all know I don’t like fluff. In fact, I’m kind of allergic to it. That’s why I don’t take it lightly when I recommend a product or service to you. I am so excited because the best course I’ve taken all year long (and I’ve signed up for 12 of them!) is now available to the public. This course is the one I WISH I had written. It's seriously kicking my butt all over the place. It’s called Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing and it’s written by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents. This course is no joke SO good. Like I think I will be able to double my monthly Keep Reading
{Flash Sale!} $27 for $9,600 Worth of Blogging Products, Subscriptions, & Services!
Ya'll it's baaaaccckkkkkk!!!! The BCSTACK, my favorite uber affordable awesome bundle of blogging resources is here this week! It's over $9,000 of courses, ebook, coaching, and more for only.....$27. I'm not kidding. I've purchased this blogging bundle of products for the past three years (it's different every time) and have been blown away each time by the quality of information included. This is the single most economical purchase you can make for your blog this year. The catch is that it's only available for exactly one week. Please please please get it the Keep Reading
10 Things I’ve Sold by Accident Online as a Blogger
One of my favorite things about being a blogger is the ability to recommend my favorite products and services to my readers and get paid for those recommendations. I write blogs posts about my favorite things, say, the best books I've found to encourage my kids to eat veggies. But then something weird happens. Sometimes, I sell other things on ACCIDENT. If you're already a blogger who's part of the Amazon Associates program, you probably know what I mean. What happen is that I will refer people to one item, but they will never actually buy that item - instead, they purchase other Keep Reading
Just for Bloggers! July & August Pinterest Keywords
Welcome, friends! I'm glad you here....I have something new to share with you today! It's a set of July and August trending Pinterest keywords. I tracked these in real time last year and used them to plan my content all year long. I wrote all about my reasoning in this post. I knew the keywords were valuable when I started tracking them last June, but now I am really starting to see the value - many of the trending terms are popping up again same time as last year!! These are just a few of the things you can do with Pinterest keyword lists like these: Plan your future content Keep Reading
Over $2,000 in Blogging Education for $27 THIS WEEK ONLY
Last year around this time, I started purchasing training on all sorts of topics. I invested in Pinterest training, read several ebooks, and signed up for 7 courses on specific topics like creating lead magnets, visual branding, learning Instagram, and creating ebooks. I basically surrounded myself with experts, paid and free and absorbed as much knowledge as I could. One of the purchases I made that I has paid for itself many times over is a package of products called the BC Stack from Blogging Concentrated.. It was a package of dozens of products by expert bloggers and online business Keep Reading
January 2016 Income Report – $9,997
Hello friends! I’m so glad you’re here! Welcome to my January 2016 income report. Written in June. Hi, my name is Lena and I’m a professional procrastinator. :) I read an article recently that indicated people who procrastinate and are perpetually late are die-hard optimists. Apparently really optimistic people think they can do ALL THE THINGS in a limited amount of time. Good thing it’s true!..........I CAN do all the things!! Just not on time. lol I’ve had this income report on my to do list since February 1st! When I got to April and still hadn’t started it, I considered Keep Reading
What to Name Your Blog – Tips for Choosing a Name You Won’t Regret
One question that every single person who starts a blog must face is “What should I name my blog?” It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of getting your blog going, but spending some time carefully considering your blog name in the beginning will pay off in the long run. I feel like I agonized for days over deciding on the name WhatMommyDoes….I dug deep into my creativity to find it, and overall it has been a great name! I've learned a lot about what makes a great blog name by watching other bloggers, and I'd like to offer a few pointers in this post. I started out with a list of Keep Reading
4 Reasons You Need to Start a Blog by 2017
There are so many indicators pointing to 2016 being the year to start a blog. There are thousands of blogs out there. Many of them started by people just like you – students, parents, young and old, people with full time jobs and part time contracting work, aspiring artists, people into cooking/crafts/business/sports – the list goes on and on! Everyone has their own reasons for starting a blog. There was some catalyst (usually financial, sometimes creative) that drove them to get into blogging. Why should you start a blog now? There has never been a better time to be a blogger. So Keep Reading
2015 Blog Income Recap: $33,500 June – December
My best make money blogging tips EXPOSED! Today I am excited and nervous at the same time to share my income report on the blog. I’ve shared a couple of monthly income reports to date but for some reason sharing a monthly recap seems less invasive than a yearly recap. I’m sharing this annual income report for the same reason I share my monthly reports – so it can give other bloggers an idea of what’s possible and also how much work I had to put in to get the results I had. Some will think I work a lot while others will probably think it’s a pretty sweet work schedule for the Keep Reading
5 Things You Should Know Before You Start a Blog
Hi there! If you've never been to my blog before, I'm Lena and this is my blog about everything under the sun related to being a mom and managing a household (well, except for decorating, because I'm not good at that) :) I write quite often about starting a blog, and I get lots of questions from women who are just about ready to take the leap and start a blog of their own, but aren't quite sure how it will all work. They usually ask me very specific questions like "How do you get ads on your site?" and "How do you get people to look at your blog posts?" They are concerned about earning Keep Reading
How to Start a Blog to Make Money – Very First Steps to Take!
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
