It came as a shock to me when news broke that Google would be shutting down its hugely popular Google Reader. Thankfully, I’d already transitioned to an alternative called Feedly and I urge you to do the same.

If you started a blog to make money…good luck. You can do it, and can sometimes make enough to quit other jobs and live off the blogging income alone. But for most of us, blogging is at best a part-time job (and many don’t make any money at all — it can be a great and fulfilling hobby!). When you decide to monetize your blog, you can expect to work very, very hard and since it often takes money to {Read More}

UPDATE! See a gallery of blogger media kits here. It’s funny what you become known for in blogging — some of us are CrossFit experts, some make incredible recipes and apparently I am the guru of media kits. I almost feel like a fraud because I am (and I say this objectively) not a marketing expert, have no design skills and really just created mine through trial and error. Making a Blogger Media Kit Best Blogger Media Kits Finding and Working With {Read More}

Fun fact: if you google “Working With Sponsors,” two of my posts are on the first page of returns: Finding and Working With Blog Sponsors Finding and Working With Blog Sponsors II So, how about Part 3? This one is simple and yet, I find people emailing me about it all.the.time. It’s great when sponsors find you, right? Well, it sounds good. But be careful what you ask for. Pitches come in all flavors, and not all are legit. So, {Read More}

‘Tis the season for gifts, and this is one that has been on my please-Santa-I-have-been-SUCH-a-good-blogging-girl list for a long time. I love Google Reader. As evidenced by: How to Make it Into My Reader Subscribing to and Organizing Blogs Reading More Blogs Make it Easy for Readers to Subscribe Clear the Google Reader Clutter But it has a lot of negative consequences for readers and for writers. As evidenced by: Why Subscriptions Don’t Really Count Toward Analytics In short: Google {Read More}