Let’s get one thing straight: There are no shortcuts when it comes to growing your blog traffic. That being said, you can see massive progress over a period of a few months with good content and legitimate SEO techniques. For example, I was able to increase my blog traffic by almost 4,000% in just half a year. In this ... Read More
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How This Former Educator Became a Paid Event Blogger
I had the pleasure of meeting Vernetta way back in 2014 at the Texas Conference for Women. She was leading a roundtable discussion on blogging. After hearing her speak, I invited her to share her blogging wisdom on the site. Over the past five years, a lot has changed with her business, so I thought it would be fun to catch up and ... Read More
How This Mom Went from Retail Management to Full-Time Blogger
Scarlet Paolicchi is a Nashville blogger and stay-at-home mom of two. Her award-winning blog, Family Focus Blog reports on parenting tips, family fun activities, eco tips, food, travel, decor, discounts, and giveaways. Find out how this biology major made the leap from retail management to full-time blogger. You started blogging in ... Read More
How One Mom’s Career Change Turned Her Passion for Gluten-Free Living Into Profit
Jenny Finke is a certified nutrition and health coach. She founded her gluten-free blog, Good For You Gluten Free, after a devastating celiac diagnosis in April 2012. Today she helps her readers and clients live a healthy, gluten-free lifestyle, and she works hard to advocate for those living with celiac disease or following a ... Read More
5 Ways to Use Social Media to Promote Your Blog
As a blogger for years, I’ve experimented with multiple types of blog promotion. To this day, though, one of the most effective promotional platforms for me, continues to be social media. In this blog post, I’m going to share my top five tips to use social media to promote your blog. 1. First things first: Grow your social media ... Read More
How This Mom is Making Money Helping Others
Dawn Berryman is the founder and owner of MarketMommy.com, an online resource that shows moms how and where to market their businesses. She holds a B.A. from Indiana University in English, communications, and journalism and has worked in the marketing/communications field since 2002. She resides in rural Ohio with her husband, three ... Read More
From a Raw Food Blogger to a Six Figure Digital Strategist
Would you be willing to quit your day job on Wall Street to start an online business? That's exactly what Nathalie Lussier did with Real Foods Witch; a blog that receives over 750,000 visitors a year. With this success, readers and clients were asking her how she did it, which led her to where she is at today. Nathalie has been ... Read More
5 Ways Blogging Can Contribute to Your Self Growth
We all have them. Bad habits, mindsets, learned helplessness that we may not be aware of. We’ve gotten quite accustomed to them that they feel a part of us. Developing good blogging habits should allow you to confront some of these habits and make decisions about them that will be beneficial. If you’re new to blogging welcome ... Read More
How a Blog Can Be a Launchpad for Other Job Opportunities
Susan Wenner Jackson co-founded the blog, Working Moms Against Guilt back in 2006. Since that time, her blog has evolved into a nationally recognized resource, with mentions and coverage on ABC News, the New York Times, Real Simple Magazine, and CNN. While Susan hasn't focused on monetizing her blog, it has become a launch pad for ... Read More
From Corporate Worker to Freelance Writer, Interview with Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer started her freelance writing business in 2002. Her specialties include business writing, copywriting, editing, and web content. Before 2002, she worked for several Fortune 500 corporations developing online help systems, technical documentation, and training materials. What did you do before launching your own ... Read More
Blog Your Way into the Writing Business
Are you trying to break into the writing business without doing a bunch of free work? Blogging can be an excellent place to start. Monetizing your blog may be one way to create recurring and diversified revenue over the long term. But an easier way to start making money fast is by ghostwriting blog posts for successful ... Read More
Do You Have What it Takes to Succeed Online?
You want to succeed online. You hear the success stories. Kids making full-time incomes while still in high school. Stay-at-home moms who turn a skill into a full-fledged business. How about the hobby blogs bringing in six-figure incomes? Whatever the case, working from home with an online business is certainly ... Read More
Writing Fast: Blog Writing in Less Time
Wouldn't it be great if you knew how to write a blog post quickly and easily so you could move on to other business matters that you enjoy more? Lots of people struggle with staying on top of their blog writing schedule because they get hung up in the process. It takes longer than they want. They struggle to find the right words and ... Read More
What You Need to Know About Monetizing Your Blog
At-home entrepreneurs are always looking for additional ways to add to their income. With the surge in blogs that has occurred in recent years, it may seem that blogging is a great way to add to your cash flow. However, before you jump into monetizing your blog, review these four points to make sure you know the ins and outs and can ... Read More
How This Mom Became a Community Manager for an A-List Blogger
Lara Kulpa has been making money online for over 20 years. She's worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Kraft Foods and Live Nation, online communities like Neopets, and she spent nearly six years working with A-List Blogger, Darren Rowse. She's been online since 1994 and has experience making money online with blogs, managing ... Read More
