When I was a beginning blogger, one thing that helped me tremendously was reading income reports from bloggers who were actually making some money from their blogs. I was inspired by reading how they started out just like me - no readership and no clue what to do - and grew their blogs into something tangible. I was motivated by bloggers who made what I consider a reasonable amount per month ($1,000 - $2,000) and I loved reading about the huge success stories (bloggers who make $10,000, $25,0000, sometimes $30,000+ per month). I thought it was crazy to even think I could reach those Keep Reading
5 Ways to Make Extra Money If You’re Good at Photography
Ok, let me tell you - I am super excited about today's post because it's something I've been thinking about for quite some time. You see, when people hear I'm a blogger, they assume I'm great at photography. That's because many bloggers have craft or food blogs, and their success depends 100% on their ability to take good pictures of their creations. I am sorry to say I don't have the photography skills to be one of those bloggers (I still to writing about making money online, holidays, and having fun as a family), and I rely nearly 100% on stock photography that I purchase to accompany Keep Reading
The Money Making Theorem: How to Set Income Goals So You Can Earn $1000+ Extra Each Month
I have secret to tell you. It relates to your relationship with money. This isn't something I see many people talking about online. Actually, there aren't many people who talk about making money online in the first place. And the ones who do don't really cover this topic. What I am about to tell you in the post will change the way you look at making money for the rest of your life if you let it. Here we go..... The ability to earn extra money starts with a mindset, not necessarily a skill set. What do I mean? Let me explain. The money-earning mindset is this: Ever heard of Keep Reading
How to Make Saving Money & Making Money Fun!
I often find myself worrying about money. Do you? Do you wish you could have a life where you weren’t under financial strain? I can go weeks without really worrying about our family finances, but then I realize that I’m spending too much in one area or find myself wishing I could go on a trip I can’t really afford. That’s when I realize that we’re sometimes cruising along for the ride, not really having a full picture of our finances. And then I start to get stressed about it. This stress spills over into my relationship with my husband and taints the time I spend with my kids. My Keep Reading
October 2015 Blogging Income Report – How I Make Money with My Blog
How is everyone’s 2016 going so far? If you’re anything like me, you’re going strong on some new blogging goals for 2016. I met my ultimate 2015 goal in mid-December when I *finally* published my long-awaited ebook on blog traffic. I waited so long to publish the darn thing that the title was no longer correct – it originally read “How I Increased My Monthly Page Views from 17K to 350K in 9 Months, but because I published it several weeks after passing the 400K threshold, I ended up adding a + to the 350! I don’t like things to be technically incorrect, so that made me feel better. Keep Reading
3 Weekend Jobs That Pay $500 or More Extra Per Month
Today I'm proud to introduce a new guest writer on the blog - my brother, Charles "Chuck D!" He is here to talk about a subject he is an expert in - making extra money on the side! Take it away, Charles! My sister wrote previously about the 7 Ways You Can Make an Extra $500 to $1000 per Month, and I would like to elaborate on some simple, but non-conventional ways that anyone, I mean ANYONE, can make a extra few dollars. If you have a full time or a part time job you already do during the week, then sometimes you just want to add another side gig you can do on the weekends to bring in Keep Reading
7 Ways I Make $5000 Extra Per Month Online
I get quite a few emails each month from people who want to make money from home asking just exactly how I make money from my blog. Today I thought I'd take a few minutes to explain some of the different ways you can make extra money online for our family from blogging. How I Make $5000+ Extra per Month Online Every month since October 2015, WhatMommyDoes has earned over $5,000 per month (as high as $9,997 in January 2016)! I am slowly putting up each month's income report as I have time over here. {UPDATE: I no longer publish income reports, but you can still read all of Keep Reading
13 Mason Jar Crafts to Make & Sell for Extra Cash
The other day a friend of mine told me she wanted to start a business selling crafts at the local downtown flea market on the weekends. She knows I have a thing for coming up with new business ideas, so she wanted me to help her brainstorm different mason jar projects for her business. We narrowed it down to her first few products and I kept track of those in Evernote - I figure since I have this research on my computer already, I might as well share it on the blog! Use the arrows to scroll through the list of ideas. And let me know what you think in the comments below! Keep Reading
How I Make $3000+ Per Month Blogging ~ July 2015 Income Report
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
Christmas Wreaths to Make and Sell for the Holidays
As the holidays are approaching, I know many people are thinking about being able to afford Christmas presents. I love helping people figure out ways to make money, so I've been brainstorming easy ways to come up with extra cash for Christmas. The obvious solution hit me today - make and sell Christmas wreaths leading up to the holidays! Everybody with a front door needs one, and they are fun to make. DIY Christmas Wreaths to Sell for Extra Cash - 10 Ideas The ten Christmas wreaths pictured above are listed below with descriptions to help you figure out which ones are which. Keep Reading
How to Start a Mom Blog in 3 Quick Steps
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
50+ Ideas to Make Extra Money on the Side!
I'm all about figuring out ideas to make extra money on the side. I've been a SAHM for 8 years and have NO PLANS to go back to the traditional workforce on a full time basis EVER AGAIN. Because of this, I'm super motivated to find several different ways to make extra cash on the side so when my kids are all in school full time I will have a steady stream of income and not feel pressure to go back to work. Maybe you're working full time and want to make a transition to a work from home job. Or maybe you're working at a job that doesn't pay you quite what you want or need. Or maybe you Keep Reading
How to Make Money Selling Custom Baby Apparel & Workout Merchandise
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Customized Girl for Moms Affiliate. All opinions are 100% my own! Ya’ll know I love finding new ways to make extra money. Today I found another great option. It’s a cool website, Customized Girl, where anyone can create designs (tees, tanks, sweatshirts, bags... lots of stuff) and post them for sale in a personalized online store. How to Get Started Making Money with Customized Girl Creating a storefront with Customized Girl is pretty simple! From start to finish, I was all set up with my storefront (and 3 custom creations!) in about Keep Reading
A Super Simple Way to Earn Money
I am compensated for this post by Bing Rewards. All opinions are my own. Regular readers of WhatMommyDoes already know that I love sharing simple tricks for saving money and making money. Today I found yet another way to make money. It’s through Bing Rewards, and it couldn’t be simpler! Super Simple Way to Earn Money by Surfing the Web Bing Rewards is a neat program that allows you to get paid doing something you already do on a daily basis – SURF THE WEB. Seriously. I signed up so I could test it for myself, and found it really easy to do. Before I started, I looked up what Keep Reading
7 Ways to Make Money Helping Your Elderly Neighbors
When I was 19 years old, I lived with my 90-year-old grandmother. It was the best thing for me....I got to spend time with her and listen to all of her wonderful stories about growing up in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. I would help her with all kinds of things around the house, anything she couldn't physically do herself. Even though she was mentally perfectly fine to live on her own, her phsyical capabilities couldn't keep up with the demands of keeping a home. This time with my grandmother opened up my eyes to all the things that the elderly need help with. I thought it would be nice to Keep Reading
