Okay, so this is where we start getting real about blogging for money!  Everyone wants to get paid for doing something they love and a lot of people just want to get paid for doing something.  And that, my friends, is how I went from being a blogger with very few page views to being [...]

Okay, so now you’re blogging and things are going well.  But what happens if, all of a sudden, the niche you have yourself in is gone?  Or if you are part of a high demand niche like deals and coupons, and you suddenly have to take a week or more off because your kid is [...]

No matter what your blogging niche, you need to remember a very important concept as you begin to grow.  On the other side of the screen, there are real people.  In some niches, it’s very easy to post content that has value without adding anything to bring your readers back. Your readers need to feel [...]

Would you start a business without a business plan?  Unfortunately, that’s something many bloggers do when they decide to start a blog.  They think it’s as easy as getting a blog and posting, but don’t think about how they want to grow. You need to make goals for your blog at the start of every [...]

After a day off from SYWBB to discuss the end of Facebook as we bloggers have come to rely on it, it’s back to business! And today, I mean the business of getting a little bit of a return on your time investment into your blog.  And by a little bit, know that it can [...]

For over a  month now, bloggers who rely on Facebook for a large portion of their interaction and traffic have been freaking out about the changes that are supposed to be coming as of today to Facebook. Are there changes coming, yes. But are they going to be the type of changes everyone is anticipating, not [...]

I know it may seem like I’ve started to harp a little bit about the benefits of social networking when you’re trying to grow your blog, but it really is a key to success.  We live in a socially connected world, and you need to be ready to take the bull by the horns if [...]

Look, I’m here again, posting in the middle of the night!  Guess what, so are  a lot of other bloggers!  Why? Because that’s when it’s quiet in our homes and many of us are moms.  Whether we are mom bloggers, tech bloggers, deal bloggers or whatever other bloggers, many of the authors out there are [...]

Before I start this post, remember how yesterday I commented about a not being able to pry yourself from the computer?  Yep, I said 90 minutes ago that I was going to bed, but here I sit, writing another post because some people have asked if I was going to keep writing them.  Did anyone [...]

So, now that you’ve decided what your intentions are with blogging and where you will make your online home, it’s time to think about another thing.  And you need to think hard on this one. How much time does blogging take? One thing I hear over and over from blogging friends is that they never [...]