Profitable Mommy Blogging

After a busy week Chele was able to answer my first cross blog questions on her Moms Love Shopping Blog.  She admitted that she spends 8-10 hours online every day and needs to work on controlling her internet window shopping.  Don’t we all!  It’s so easy to click, click, click – or tweet, tweet, tweet.  All of a sudden half a day is gone!

Here’s what she asked me:

1. What was your interest in becoming a blogging intern at Profitable Mommy Blogging? I noticed that you were already blogging on your own blog for two years before accepting the position.
2. What are the distractions that keep you from spending as much time as you’d like blogging and how do you avoid them?

The short story of why I wanted to be an intern is that I’d never made more than $10 a month on my blog during the first two years.  I started “stalking” Kelly and her network because of sitting beside Carrie Lauth at Blissdom.  After finding out that they both support their family with what they make I wanted to know how they did it.  My goal right now is not to support my whole family, but we could really use some help.  Access to Kelly and Mom Masterminds was a big incentive also!

My main time distractions are ages 6, 4, and 2.  LOL  The best way to avoid them is to get up early while they’re sleeping.  I also use the computer during nap time.  Another distraction is reading.  I love to just sit and read, and read, and read.  Some of that I can justify because I do reviews on my blog, but occasionally I feel guilty for the time I spend in a book.  I avoid that by making sure I post to my blog before I pick up a book.  A smaller distraction is other blogs.  It’s so fun to just sit and go through blog after blog, but I fall in the rut of reading without commenting and that’s no good.

Now it’s Chele’s turn again.

What has been the most profitable marketing tool for you and your blog?

Stay tuned for more conversation!