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Blog Traffic Tip #2: Give the People What They Want

Shared on November 23 36 Comments

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How to Get More Blog Traffic by GIVING PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT - Post #2 in my blogging tips and tricks series. Whether you're a beginner or advanced, these tutorials will help you get more traffic to your blog, which will ultimately help you make more money!

As I mentioned in Blog Traffic Tip #1, I am sharing bits and pieces of my blog traffic strategy with you guys because I am writing an ebook on How I Went from 17k to 350k+ Monthly Page Views in 9 Months (UPDATE! the ebook is here!!!), and I keep thinking of more and more tips to share. So instead of making this into the longest ebook that never ends, I'm calling it a day and putting my other tips on the blog for everyone to see. Since I first started writing my blog traffic ebook, my monthly blog traffic has shot up to 375,000 420,000! It's been 10 months since I decided to focus on page Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Tricks, How to Increase Traffic

The Key to Making Money Blogging – My Best Advice on Audio!

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How Do I Make Money Blogging? - I get this question from readers all the time about how I make money from my blog. There is one solid tip I share with every single person who wants to learn how to make extra money online. This post explains the key to earning money blogging whether you're just starting out or have been doing this for 5 years.

Lately, I've been receiving lots of emails from new bloggers asking me the loaded question - "How do I make money blogging?" I always get overwhelmed in trying to respond to this question in writing because it's not really something you can explain in a single email. Or even an entire book. Succeeding at blogging takes a lot of little bits and pieces of knowledge that I will hopefully address along the way in my Blogging Tips series, but there's always one thing that holds steady throughout your journey. Blogging has earned me more than I could have imagined in my wildest dreams, but Keep Reading

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How I Make $3000+ Per Month Blogging ~ July 2015 Income Report

Shared on October 3 16 Comments

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For anyone interested in learning how I make money blogging, here's my July 2015 blog Income Report. I hope it inspires you to know some people earn a good bit of extra money for their families by blogging and gives you an idea of what is possible. It includes my thoughts on the income breakdown - passive vs active earnings.

Maybe you're just thinking about starting a blog. Or maybe you're a blogger who's wondering how to make money from this blogging adventure....this post is for you! Find out how to make $3000 per month or more! Background of WhatMommyDoes Writing online is something I've been doing for 7.5 years. Writing on my own blog is something I just started taking seriously in September 2014. I started this blog in 2010, blogged sporadically for a bit, then took off several years in between and after having babies 2 and 3.  I picked back up on blogging just after my youngest turned 2 and I Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging, Income Reports

Blog Traffic Tip #1: A Simple Way to Increase Page Views

Shared on September 24 8 Comments

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An image with the text: "Blog Traffic Tip #1: a Simple Way to Increase Page Views." It is authored by Lena at whatmommydoes.com. The background features pink and gold patterned stationery, decorative pushpins, and a glittery gold roll of tape.

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by WhatMommyDoes. As many of you know, I am writing an ebook called How I Went from 17k to 160k Monthly Page Views in 5 Months. I keep getting to a good stopping point on my draft only to remember more strategies that I use to add page views to my blog. My strategies are constantly evolving because my blog is consistently growing and I'm finding new ways to increase traffic as I go along. In fact, since I came up with that ebook title, my monthly traffic has shot up to 229,000, 300,000, 315,000, 350,000! I started working each additional tip into the ebook, Keep Reading

Filed Under: How to Increase Traffic

Fonts That Look Good Together

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font pairings #2

As a busy mom and blogger, I'm always trying to find ways to streamline my time spent on the computer. One thing that always takes me an unreasonable amount of time is finding just the perfect fonts for my graphics. Whenever I find a font combo I like, I jot down the names of the fonts for later reference. Today I was designing a motivational graphic in PicMonkey and had to use many fonts together. Instead of trying to keep track of the little post-it note with my fonts on it, I decided now would be a good time to document this for the blog and also to be able to share with other Keep Reading

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How Much Money Can You Make Blogging?

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A bouquet of purple tulips lies next to a laptop on a white surface. Text reads, "HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU MAKE BLOGGING?" A gentle reminder of the potential income from sharing your passion online.

Whenever someone finds out I blog, they always assume I do it as a hobby. When I mention that I actually pay a babysitter a handful of hours per week so I can work on the blog, they are like, "What? Why?" That's when I get to explain that I actually make money blogging. Sometimes I get the oddest looks. If you're a blogger, you know what I mean. If you're not, then you're probably giving the screen an odd look right now. ;=) 2016 Update I published this post a couple years ago when I wasn't making much money from my blog. Since then my blog has grown beyond my wildest Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging, Income Reports, Ways to Make $500 - $1000 Extra Per Month

What to Blog About – 5 Unique Blog Ideas

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The image is a colorful graphic with text that reads, "Five FUN and Unique Blog Ideas to consider!!" against a blue background. The words are in different fonts and sizes. Several floral patterns in varying shades of blue and purple are also present on the background.

Unique blog ideas don't have to be complicated. Lots of people have neat blogs on fun topics and make money doing it! If you ask almost any blogger why blogging is a good extra income idea, you'll hear that it's all about the residual income. Online income is residual and builds on itself. Do you want to get paid for exactly each hour you work OR would you rather work 1 hour now, get paid for it next month, the month after that, and infinity for that one hour? How Do You Know What to Blog About? There are so many things you can write about, and there's a way to monetize (i.e. make Keep Reading

Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Tricks

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