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6 Lessons Learned On Motherhood, Blogging And Business From Blogalicious

The fact that it has taken me a week to collect my thoughts about this year's Blogalicious conference should tell you something. The fourth annual conference for women (and a few gentlemen) in social media exceeded my expectations and gave me so much (maybe too much) to think about for the rest of 2012 and the upcoming year. Check out what I learned from hanging with some of my favorite bloggers … [Continue reading...]

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How The Jeffersons Fell In Love, Part Two

  There are a couple of things I left out of part one, only because I've talked about it so much that I figured people already really know. But maybe you don't. What I left out: When I first saw my husband, I was convinced we would get married. In fact, I told my friends that very afternoon that I just met my husband. They kind of laughed and went on their way, but we did, in fact, get … [Continue reading...]

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Don’t Be Fooled By The Page Views – Bloggers Are Just Like You

Lately I've been feeling like bloggers are folks who have been placed on this high pedestal. Like we have all the answers, that our lives are perfect, that we are mini-celebrities on the small, small screen. Through the recipe posts and the beautiful photos and the tips about every little thing you could think of, I'm sure it does look like a lot of bloggers are living "the life." I have always … [Continue reading...]

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{Blog Write Now} What Newbie Bloggers Don’t Know And Veteran Bloggers Tend To Forget

In advance of my blogging webinars (delays suck, don't they?), I'll be giving out blogging tips and advice here on YML. If you like it, please share.  In doing some recent blog consultations, I've been giving the same advice to the newbies. They had good intentions in starting their blogs, but many suffered from the "trying to be everything to everyone" disease. They wanted to reach the … [Continue reading...]

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5 Truths About Blogging That Most Bloggers Won’t Admit

1) Sometimes we feel like giving up.  Some days you'll write an awesome post, and you're sure everyone will read it and laugh and share it with their friends and then? Silence. Crickets. Days like that you'll curse at your keyboard and wonder "Man, what am I doing?" Will this blog ever get to what I want it to be? Am I wasting my time? But then you calm down and realize that blogging has its … [Continue reading...]

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Mama Told Me There’d Be Days Like This

A couple weeks ago, we get a letter from our mortgage company telling us that our mortgage payments are going to go up about a $100/month for the next year because our escrow account was low. This wouldn't be a big deal if my daughter's tuition didn't increase (and they didn't move to a new location twice as far away), if my son wasn't starting full-day preschool, if the price of gas wasn't … [Continue reading...]

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VIDEO: I’m Featured In A Mogul Chat

First off, know that I am (sometimes) really bad at this self-promotion thing. I don't like talking about myself or the cool things I do. I wish people just understood my awesomeness (lol) so I wouldn't have to constantly hang out on Facebook or at blogger conferences telling people how incredible I truly am. Last month I got to chat with Charles Major and do a "Mogul Chat" - a Skype interview … [Continue reading...]

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What Blogging Can Do For You – Webinar Replay

On July 13 I hosted my first webinar on the business of blogging and how my blogging journey evolved over the years. I talked about how much I make, where my money comes from, what an average day looks like for me and more. I was so pleased to see so many of you take the time out to listen in. Below is a replay in case you missed it or if you wanted to hear it again. We had a little bit of sound … [Continue reading...]

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