Mom Blogger Pro (Formerly Profitable Mommy Blogging)
How to blog from professional mom bloggers who share their experiences and tactics for earning from their blogs.
I am very excited about this new plugin I read about on Lynn Terry’s blog, ClickNewz. I have always wanted to have a way that my readers could listen to my posts. However the thought of having to sit and record each and every post has stopped me time and time again.
Well now with the free plugin from Odiogo I can turn my posts into a podcast. [Read more...]
Amy Yowell started My Mommy Needs a Life (what a cute title!) in December of 2007. Her blog was started as a place to vent her frustrations. She shares her story about the struggles of raising not one but two disabled children on her own and dealing with an abusive ex husband that is very difficult to deal with.
She soon found that her blog wasn’t just a place to vent her frustrations but to build relationships with others that contact her to tell her they are facing similar situations and it’s nice knowing they aren’t alone. Just by sharing her story she’s touched the lives of those around her. [Read more...]
If you own an active (you post at least twice a week), well established (at least one year old) blog about online business, I have a blogging opportunity that pays $5.00 per post.
You will write 120 words and link to a resource on the web.
Send an email to melissa@melissaingold.com to show interest. Include your blog link.
If you own an active (you post at least twice a week), well established (at least one year old) blog about family or crafting, I have a one time blogging opportunity that pays $5.00.
You will write 120 words and link to a resource on the web.
Send an email to kelly@kellymccausey.com to show interest. Include your blog link 
This week’s interview is brought to us by Profitable Mommy Blogging’s April Jones. Her guest this week is Amy Lupold Bair of Resourceful Mommy.
When Amy decided to host a sitewarming party for her blog, she had no idea that it would turn into a source of income. I attended the party and the response was overwhelming. Amy compiled a panel of succesful Moms for guests to chat with and discuss Mommy blogging, social media and other topics. To attend the party, guests simply followed Amy and the panelists and used hashtags and Twitter Search to follow the discussion.
On the night of the Resourceful Mommy Launch Party, #RMLP was among the top-rated topics on Twitter.
In this interview, Amy tells us how she started blogging, where she came up with the idea for a sitewarming, and how she ended up launching a business hosting parties for others. She also explains how it works and how you can attend a party or even have your own. This venture has grown so quickly that she will soon be launching a new website dedicated to sitewarming parties.
Some of the sites that have been warmed are:
Be sure to listen to the podcast for some big news about upcoming sitewarming parties including some amazing prizes!
Amy also blogs for Type A Mom and Blissfully Domestic.
A friend of mine confessed to me today that she really struggles coming up with ideas for her blog so I asked her if she had signed up for Lynette Chandler’s Blog Energizer yet.
Blog Energizer has a free membership option and a premium paid option. I signed up for the premium option and so far the resources are excellent. The first thing I did was print out the monthly blogging idea plan. There is a writing prompt for each day of the month, which I plan to use to spark a fresh blogging attitude.
There’s a lot in Blog Energizer to help a new blogger get connected in the blogosphere. Hustle on over and grab some of her freebies so you can see what I’m talking about.
Check out this guy’s rather amazing list of 100 WordPress Training Videos.
You can learn a lot from these resources – but I wonder how many of these videos will be made obsolete by the new WordPress 2.7? LOL!
I was planning on giving Mom Force some time to see how it was going before I wrote about it here at PMB but in the first 2 days since it launched, two Moms have already been hired! Wanna take a guess who one of those moms is? ME
I’m very excited not only about this opportunity but also my upcoming interview with Jessica Smith of JessicaKnows who is the force behind MomForce. But before I let Jessica tell you more about MomForce, I wanted to share my experience with you. [Read more...]
Does the term ‘Mommy Blogger’ bother you? Hear my rant on that in this week’s show 
Our guest this week is Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom. Crystal caught our attention here at Profitable Mommy Blogging with a series on making money with your blog.
Here are links to the entire series:
We recommend a reader’s tour of her series and taking many notes along the way. Crystal has built a highly successful blog around the topic of saving money and enjoys multiple streams of income – so she certainly knows what she’s talking about
Delicious
I used to have a massive list of bookmarks in my web browser containing the websites I wanted to revisit regularly. I still use bookmarks, of course, to keep track of my own projects and to keep lists of web resources I often refer back to.
Because my digital life is spread out over three different computers and a BlackBerry phone, I keep my bookmarks online now through a Delicious account.
Delicious is a public bookmarking tool, a social network to be exact – but they do allow you to make your bookmarks private if you wish. I have some public and some private bookmarks.
With Delicious I can ‘tag’ every bookmarked link with words and phrases that help me find what I’m looking for later.
Google Reader
Since more and more web publishers are using design tools that provide readers with a syndication option I now have a huge list of RSS feeds that I monitor through my ‘feed reader’ of choice, Google Reader.
I used to use a desktop reader but again, because I’m not always accessing the internet from one computer, I need something that I can tap from any computer.
Thanks to these two online tools I know I can find what I need and keep up with what I want anytime, anywhere
One of the keys to success, when it comes to blogging, is providing your readers with fresh content on a regular basis. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to post EVERY day, it just means that you need to decide on a posting schedule and stick to it.
Many successful bloggers recommend that you post three times a week, while others suggest that you post once a day, Monday through Friday. There is no ‘set in stone’ rule, in regard to this practice. It’s strictly an individual choice.
Since every writer’s schedule is different, only you can determine how frequently you can post to your blog. Even if it’s only twice a week, remember, consistency is the key!
Loyal readers will come to count on the information you provide. If you monetize your blog, writing consistent and somewhat frequent posts means that you will have a greater chance to generate income, as well.
Consistent posting will also typically improve your search engine presence. The more frequent you post, the more your blog will get spidered.
Our friend Kelly, is running a contest on Sparkplugging! There you will see a list of “WAHM” blogs that either teach how to be a WAHM or talk about being a WAHM.
Head on over there now, and check out the links to all the WAHM sites! If you aren’t familiar with one, go ahead and click on it and check it out!
Once you have determined your faves, you vote by listing them in the comments. If you don’t see one you think should be there, go ahead and leave the link in the comment section.
I’m heading over there now to vote for my faves!
One of the buttons on the top of a Web browser. It allows you to “go back” to the previous web page that you were browsing.
Depending on your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.), the Back Button is usually located in the upper left corner area of your screen. It may not necessarily be labeled, but is probably an arrow. Most likely next to it, is another arrow that points in the opposite direction, which is the forward button (which obviously does the opposite of the back button).
Some webpages may not allow you to use the back button for security reasons and the button may be grayed out. Examples may be banking sites or gaming sites. And some sites may warn you not to hit the back button on your browser and include a back button on their page to use instead.
On the other hand, the back button can be your friend if you need to look at something on the previous page, or simply want to go back But, be careful, because if you were filling out a form and then hit your back button, your changes won’t be saved!
So, while the back button can be useful, handy and convenient, use some caution before clicking it!
Some of you have heard by now that BlogRush is shutting down, others may be like me and had never heard of BlogRush until people started talking about its sudden end.
So what is BlogRush (…or should I say what was BlogRush)? In order to answer this question I had to do a little digging and I came across a older post that explained what I needed to know! Here are some of the highlights [Read more...]
