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How to Create a 90-Day Content Plan for Your Blog

How to Create a 90-Day Content Plan for Your Blog

Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Content, Making Money, Planning

For a long time I was flying by the seat of my pants when it came to content. Each week I’d sit down to write a new post… but first have to think of what to write about.  Truth be told, there were more than a few weeks when thinking of what to write about took longer...
10 Years of Blogging: What’s Changed and How to Make it Work for You

10 Years of Blogging: What’s Changed and How to Make it Work for You

Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Making Money, Side Hustles, Starting Out

As we approach 2023 – man, that sounds weird to say – I realized that I have been blogging for 10 years!  I don’t actually remember the date, so don’t be expecting an anniversary party or anything, but I made my first money as a blogger in 2012. Holy crap,...
5 Ways to Build Authentic Relationships with Your Audience

5 Ways to Build Authentic Relationships with Your Audience

Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Mindset

Know, like, and trust. You may have heard those words before – you may have heard them from me – and thought, “That’s great… how do I do that?” Even though we live in a time when we feel highly connected to people we only know from the internet – I...
Help! My Students Found My Blog!

Help! My Students Found My Blog!

Blogging Basics, Content, Distributing, Teacher Life

This question came to me from someone in the Side Hustle Teachers community, and I wanted to answer it here because it’s something a lot of people may worry about. Here’s the question: “I want to start a blog, but I’m worried that my students will find it. What should...
How to Start Optimizing Your Blog for Search Engines

How to Start Optimizing Your Blog for Search Engines

Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Content, Making Money, Planning

Search Engine Optimization, SEO for short, is an essential piece of any blog growth strategy, but it generally has an air of mystery around it.  There are lots of definitions floating around – some that seem to contradict each other – that use a lot of...
How to Start Paying Yourself as a Blogger

How to Start Paying Yourself as a Blogger

Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Making Money, Side Hustles, Starting Out

Last week I shared my system for tracking income and expenses, but knowing where your money is coming from, and where it’s going to, is only part of the process. Most likely – if you’re like the vast majority of business owners – when you start to track...
How Much Does It Really Cost to Start a Blog?

How Much Does It Really Cost to Start a Blog?

Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Making Money, Starting Out, Uncategorized

A blog is a quick and easy way to start marketing an existing business OR start making money while you decide exactly what your business is going to be.  In terms of building authority, establishing and strengthening relationships, and providing a platform through...
11 Most Popular Blog Niches for Teachers

11 Most Popular Blog Niches for Teachers

Blogging Basics, Content, Planning, Starting Out

What should my blog be about?  That’s one of the first questions you have to answer when starting your journey into blogging. And it’s one that many people get stuck on. Of course, your blog niche can be literally anything. The only limit is your imagination. But this...
8 Free & Easy Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic

8 Free & Easy Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic

Blog Maintainance, Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Content, Distributing, Making Money

When it comes to your blog audience, there’s no denying that size matters. While your blog traffic is not the most important thing when it comes to profitability, you’ve got to have someone to sell to. And if you’ve ever felt that your blog isn’t growing fast enough,...
3 Things Successful Bloggers Do That Others Don’t

3 Things Successful Bloggers Do That Others Don’t

Blogging Basics, Business Growth, Mindset, Productivity, Starting Out

As of this writing, there are over 600 million blogs on the internet. That’s a lot. However, not all are active and not all are profitable.  Why? There are a number of reasons blogs don’t make money, but the most common are these 3: It’s a hobby blog. The blogger...
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