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7 Things Parents and Kids Need to STOP Sharing in Social Media Posts

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Big thanks to Google for Education for sponsoring this discussion about social media posts as part of the Forward Influence Network. All opinions and advice on what to share in social media posts are my own. As a blogger, I know a little something-something about social media, websites, and privacy (or the lack thereof). I have had my ...

The Surprising Way We Paid Off Debt and Escaped Poverty {While Still Earning Degrees}

This post was inspired and sponsored by Domain.ME, the provider of the personal domains that end in .ME. As a company, they aim to promote thought leadership to the tech world. All thoughts and opinions are my own. When we got married, my husband and I didn't have much more than some basic pieces of furniture and a roof over our head. ...

How Non-Traditional College Students are Making Ends Meet

Chances are high that you or someone you know is in a similar situation as I am in: a college student who is earning degrees later in life with a family in tow. As non-traditional students we’re out there seeking educational advancement: degrees, certificates, training, courses, professional development and the like. In the U.S.A, a place where ...

What Happens When a Stay at Home Mom Leaves for Two Days

We have four kids. Four young kids: twin six year olds, a three year old, and an 11 month old. I stay at home with them and have since giving birth for the first time six years ago. My transition into this SAHM role wasn't easy on me. I went from full-time student to mother of twins overnight, and then moved across the country six weeks later to ...

23 Gifts Bloggers Really Want

Like any professional business, especially of the entrepreneur variety, bloggers have a lot of things that they need to help grow their business. They need better equipment, better skills, better networking, and better tools to help them do what they do even better. But, most bloggers start small, build slowly and invest their money frugally and ...

How to Brand Your Personal Blog to Stick Out From the Crowd

Two years ago, there was an estimated 152 million blogs on the internet. I can only assume there are nearly double that many blogs online now in 2015. With such a flooded market, it may seem like it's not worth your time or effort to create a personal blog or website, but I really wish everyone had their own blog! There have been many times I ...

10 WordPress Plugins New Bloggers Need to Install

You are looking to make money working from home as a blogger. Awesome. Chances are you know that you have what it takes to hack it as a professional blogger and have taken the steps necessary to start a blog the right way. If you haven't set up your blog yet, you can learn how to start a blog here. Then come back to this post so you will know what ...

How to Start a Blog that will Make Money

You recently heard that people are actually make money, sometimes loads of money, by working from home running a blog (of all things), and now you are wondering how to start a blog of your own so you can make money too.While there are lots of ways you can start a blog for free and very easily through sites like Blogger, if you really want to start ...

How to Know If You’re Cut Out to be a Blogger

"Oh, you're a blogger? That's nice." Whenever I tell someone that I blog, most people seem to have no idea what it is I do. Sometimes they know someone who has a blog, and often it is a family update blog with pictures of that's person's home and family. Others know blogs because they pin recipes, DIYs, pictures, and crafts on Pinterest and ...

How I am Growing a Successful Blog

I love blogging. Absolutely love it. It's so much fun to write about things that resonate with people, help them better manage their homes, educate them about great new products, and speak to their souls. I love all the comments and shares I receive and am grateful, and humbled, for every single one. And I now especially love that my blog is ...

How do you make money blogging?

How do you make money blogging? I get asked this question a lot in real life. While it seems most people are familiar with the terms "blog" and "blogger," most people reference them in connection with family update blogs, ones that don't make money, but contain lots of pictures of happy kids and happy families with the occasional rant or thoughtful ...