Sponsored posts–a post where you promote a company or product and get paid for it–is one of the main sources of income for bloggers. But how does one actually GET sponsored posts?? I remember my very first sponsored post was after I’d been blogging about eight months (the first six months being incredibly aimless) and it…
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February Income Report
Wow guys, the last day of March and I’m finally doing my February Income Report! I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t running to do this income report since February wasn’t like a banner month, as I knew it would be. Product sales went up a little since I launched my ebook A Girl’s Guide…
January Income Report
I guess I’d better share my January Income Report before February ends! Especially because I actually had my best month ever in January. I know the next couple of months will probably be pretty low, since this is the trend over the last few years. January is always the highest month, with me receiving all…
Seven Rules of Proper Blogging Etiquette
I recently had someone ask me a question about blogging that made me realize that I should write up a quick little post about proper blogging etiquette. I’ve broken some of these rules back when I was a beginner, and I’ve certainly had other people break them when it came to using my stuff. So…
December Income Report
Time for another income report! I like writing these posts actually because its a good check-in on my goals and my finances when before I would not really pay attention to them except for a few times a year. I’m excited for this year and my goals I’ve set are scary-big for me. But I’ve…
November Income Report
Well my friends, I’m back with my November income report. I’ve been seeing more and more of my blogger friends doing this for the first time (except they are making a lot more money than me!) but it’s always interesting to see how bloggers are doing. I for one know that I’ve made a ton of…
5 Mistakes I Made Blogging
I really hate admitting when I’m wrong. And I hate that after five years of blogging, I am forced to admit that there are some HUGE things I did wrong. It’s been hard for me to watch other bloggers who started at the same time as I did soar above and beyond me with their…
October Income Report
October is over and it’s time for another income report. Let me tell you, October was a month of intense learning! I didn’t really make any more money but I have taken some big steps towards my goal. The biggest one was focusing on growing my email list. Your email list is your most valuable…
Six Ways to Make Money Blogging
Welcome back to Blog to Business! Today is all about how to make money blogging. In case you missed the first two posts, which are essential, please check them out here first: How to Set Up Your Blog How to Grow Your Blog (Increase Pageviews!) You might have noticed in my September Income Report (October…
10 Ways to Increase Pageviews to Your Blog
It’s Day 2 of How to Turn Your Blog Into a Business Series: How to Grow Your Blog, or how to increase pageviews to your blog. You’ve gone through the steps of getting a domain and setting up hosting through Bluehost (if you haven’t done this yet, visit my Day 1 page, How to Setup Your…
September 2016 Income Report
This post contains affiliate links. Confession: This is possibly the scariest blog post I have ever published. It’s hard to put it all out there, to let everyone know exactly how I’m doing financially on my blog. Especially because I’ve been blogging for five years now, and I feel like I should be making a…
How to Start a Blog in 3 Easy Steps
Welcome to my How to Turn a Blog into a Business series! First I’m going to show you how to start a blog, and then I will show you exactly how to turn that blog into a money-making business! My Blogging Story I started an Etsy shop in August of 2009. My friend had told me…
