It seems like this time of year, all our best laid plans and schedules for our blog fly right out the window. Sure, you try to keep up with all your posting and marketing… but the kids are home on vacay, your husband has more days off, maybe you’re even traveling or have family staying in …

I’ve talked a lot with y’all over the last couple of years about how to create a successful, profitable blog. And I’ve talked about a lot of the great reasons for being a blogger, and why I think it’s basically the BEST job in the world. (Ok, professional puppy snuggler might be better, but I don’t …

So you’ve got your blog up and going, it’s starting to get a little bit of traffic. But the sad fact of the matter is that most of those people are going to stop by one time, read the post they came for – and never come back. Oh, they’ll want to come back. They …

Sometimes, with all the business of blogging, and emailing, and social media – oh, and feeding, dressing and keeping the kids alive! – all the days tend to blur together and you realize, you can’t remember the last time you spent any quality time with your husband. It’s important, as a blogger and entrepreneur, to …

So many times, I’m sitting at my desk working and I have like a flood gate of ideas open. It can be kind of overwhelming! Nothing feels more exciting than having a bunch of brilliant ideas that you know have potential to help people and – let’s face it – earn you some money. The …

I’ve talked quite a bit about the importance of narrowing down your niche. I’ve been surprised lately to have some people tell me they think niches aren’t important – but I think those people are wrong. 😀 No matter who you are, whether you’re blogging for money or for the love of writing, you’re writing …

Writing and creating content for your blog is the fun part, right? If you’re like me, you love coming up with new ideas, writing them down and creating images, videos and other content to share with people. But creating the content isn’t enough to build a profitable blog – you have to get people to actually …

All right, let’s be honest here: How often do you read an article and then look at the author box to see who wrote it? Almost never, right? We all know that one of the most effective ways to get exposure and traffic for your blog is by being published on other sites. Whether it’s a guest …

Blogging is awesome – but when you’re just getting started, it doesn’t really pay the bills. So what do you do when you need to start making some money RIGHT NOW? Well, offering services is one of the quickest ways to start monetizing, and freelance writing is one of the easiest ways to get started. …

Before I started this blog, I did a lot of research. I had quite a bit of experience in niche blogging, and knew what I had to do in order to start growing an audience quickly, so one of the things I researched was where on social media I’d find people interested in reading my …