Most blogs start out as a hobby. People want to share their ideas or stories about their life and get involved with the online community for a bit of fun. But if your blog starts to a get a lot of subscribers that are reading it on a regular basis, you’ve got an opportunity to start making a bit of money by becoming a professional blogger. You can use ads and sponsored posts to … [Read more...] about A Quick Guide to Selling Products on Your Blog
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Preserving Privacy as a Professional Blogger
Privacy, and especially data privacy, has never been such a hot topic as when the Facebook data scandal was discovered. Thousands of users scrolled through their social media profiles, erasing confidential data and implementing stronger privacy settings. Parents even removed the pictures of their children in a desire to protect their privacy, while out-going social butterflies … [Read more...] about Preserving Privacy as a Professional Blogger
Take Mouthwatering Photos With These 5 Food Photography Tips
You’ve slaved for hours in the kitchen whipping up an awesome meal for your family, so why not revel in it a little bit and take a few photos? Capturing the beauty of the colors and textures of the food you prepare isn’t as difficult as you might think, either. With this quick list of five food photography tips, you’ll be ready to show off your culinary skills on … [Read more...] about Take Mouthwatering Photos With These 5 Food Photography Tips
3 Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Professional Blogging
So… You want to blog for a living? It’s hardly surprising. There was a time when gifted writers had few outlets to reach an audience with their offerings. Unless you worked for a paper or had a publisher you had to send constant submissions to magazines and hope that one of them would be so kind as to reproduce your work. Now, throw a rock in a franchised coffee bar and you’ll … [Read more...] about 3 Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Professional Blogging
Boost Your Blog and Boost Your Income
If you are a blogger, or are looking to become a blogger, then you will know how hard it can be to generate an income from it. When the world wide web is so saturated with bloggers, how can you all make an income from it? If you’ve been at it for a while, then you might have tried a few things that no longer work for you. And when you’re in this kind of limbo situation, you can … [Read more...] about Boost Your Blog and Boost Your Income
Develop your Writing Style With a Blog
Blogs are a really fun way to write about the things you are interested in, share ideas and even get paid. But they are also a perfect way to improve your writing and get better at organizing your thoughts. The writing style of the vast majority of blogs is reasonably chatty, certainly informal, and often recognizable as how the writer actually speaks. This is why blogging is … [Read more...] about Develop your Writing Style With a Blog
Personal Sponsorship: From Proposal to Partnership
I have been blogging professionally since 2012. Before then my blog was basically just a place for me to write and share things happening in our lives. In 2012 though, I decided that I wanted to "run with the big dogs" and actually have a blog that meant something, that stood for something. Naturally, attending a blogging conference was tops on that list. Like any newbie … [Read more...] about Personal Sponsorship: From Proposal to Partnership
How to Get More People To Follow Your Blog on Social Media
As a blogger, there is nothing more FRUSTRATING than pouring your heart and soul into your blog, providing content that you know your readers will find useful, and then - nothing. No shares, no comments, no likes - just the sound of crickets chirping in the background. When it comes to getting more followers on social media, there are some universal tactics that you can use … [Read more...] about How to Get More People To Follow Your Blog on Social Media
5 Tips to Start a Successful Parenting Blog
Parenting, mom or dad blogs are amazing resources with parenting tips, hacks, frugal ideas and much more. If you have always read these blogs and wondered if you can actually do it, here are some tips to help you start a blog and run a successful parenting blog. Why Do You Want To Start A Parenting Blog? Before you start writing, you need to figure out why you want to start a … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Start a Successful Parenting Blog
