Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and input on this series. Blogging is something that takes time. It can take months-maybe even a few years-to grow your blog enough to ever be considered a “professional.” There are a few mommy bloggers that reached their pinnacle through unfortunate family circumstances, and then for others it just seemed to happen…a meme that just seemed to catch on, a popular niche, or maybe just a natural talent for writing. But, I firmly believe that most anyone … [Read more...]

Welcome back to Part Three of the Blogging Effectively with Integrity series that I’ve put together. In case you missed it, you can find the Series Introduction here, Part One here, and Part Two here. The response to this series has been a little more overwhelming than I thought. I’ve had readers emailing and tweeting me thanks and asking questions, and I appreciate those who for taking the time to contact me! I do want to mention again that I am in no way a “professional blogger.” I … [Read more...]

First of all, let me say how excited I am about the feedback I got from my introductory post yesterday. It seems that I’m not the only one who gets frustrated and confused by this blogging world. I searched several different areas of the blogosphere and have spent a lot of time analyzing the “Big Blogs” and what it is that they have going for themselves. And let me tell you, we all have the abilities to make it big. But it’s going to require some effort.   When I asked what it was … [Read more...]

Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and input on this series. Blogging is something that takes time. It can take months-maybe even a few years-to grow your blog enough to ever be considered a “professional.” There are a few mommy bloggers that reached their pinnacle through unfortunate family circumstances, and then for others it just seemed to happen…a meme that just seemed to catch on, a popular niche, or maybe just a natural talent for writing. But, I firmly believe that most anyone … [Read more...]