Podcast & Blog
Practical tips, tricks, and hacks, for beginning teacher bloggers, plus advice on growing your money mindset.
5 Primary Ways Bloggers Make Money
When I started blogging, and told people about it, I heard a lot of, “Yeah, but how do you actually make money with a blog?” At the time, I will admit, I had no idea. But I knew it was possible, so I kept going. Even a couple years later...
3 Things Successful Bloggers Do That Others Don’t
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...
7 Pieces of Bad Blogging Advice You Should Ignore
The internet is full of blogging advice, and a lot of it is really useful. Unfortunately a lot of it used to be useful, but became outdated 20 years ago, and some of it is just plain wrong. So how does a budding blogger discern the...
How Blogging Can Benefit (or Help Build) Any Business
One objection I hear over and over again when I talk to people about blogging is that what they do is different, so they don’t need to blog. This is a very common misconception. The fact is that I have a hard time coming up with any...
3 Fundamental Things to Focus on for Your Fledgling Blog
A blog is a really great entry point into the world of online business. It’s got a low barrier to get started, and literally anyone with internet access can do it. But you’re not just anyone. You’re a teacher. And if you’re going to do...
6 Key Performance Indicators You Must Know to Grow Your Blog
As a teacher, you may be sick of hearing about data. But as a blogger and business owner, you can’t ignore the numbers. If you want to know if your efforts are paying off, you need to track your numbers. If you want to know what people...
17 Essential Dos and Don’ts to Get More Traffic to Your Blog
You work hard on writing helpful, easy to read posts that your audience will love. So it’s frustrating when it feels like no one is paying any attention. I get it. If you want to get more eyes on your content, there are a few things you...
How to Make Connections Between Your Niche and Trending Topics
Every few months or so something happens and just seems to take over every media outlet and social feed. Betty White’s unfortunate passing springs to mind. Inevitably, smaller publishers like bloggers start to jump in on it, too. If...
5 Affiliate Programs Every Blogger Should Join
When trying to monetize a blog, affiliate marketing is one of the fastest ways to start making money from your site. Affiliate marketing is selling other people’s products or services in exchange for a commission on the sale. For more on...