The end of the year is a great time to reflect, examine, and set new priorities for what’s next, which makes it the perfect time to do a review of your blog business. If the word review makes you shiver and think of your end-of-year teacher ev

Looking Forward: What I'm Focusing on In 2023

Nov 13th, 2022 17m 42s

With a new year, comes new possibilities. Looking forward is so important for content creators, but rarely do we give ourselves time to do it. If I’m totally honest, I haven’t been good about giving myself enough white space to think about my b

10 Years of Blogging: What’s Changed and How to Make it Work for You

Nov 6th, 2022 12m 8s

As we approach 2023 - man, that sounds weird to say - I realized that I have been blogging for 10 years! I don’t actually remember the date, so don’t be expecting an anniversary party or anything, but I made my first money as a blogger in 2012

How to Create a Gift Guide Your Audience Will Love

Oct 30th, 2022 12m 40s

With the holidays approaching, you may find yourself noticing lots of posts popping up with gift recommendations and wondered if they really boost revenue (they do!) and how you can make one for your own blog. A well done gift guide can be a fa

5 Ways to Build Authentic Relationships with Your Audience

Oct 24th, 2022 9m 23s

Know, like, and trust. You may have heard those words before - you may have heard them from me - and thought, “That’s great… how do I do that?” Even though we live in a time when we feel highly connected to people we only know from the internet

4 Tips to Avoid Blogger Burnout

Oct 24th, 2022 14m 30s

Burnout is nothing to joke about. It’s real and it is vicious. Blogger burnout has derailed many potential entrepreneurs and we don’t want that to happen to you. The good news is that you can avoid this all-too-common phenomenon with a little p

Help! My Students Found My Blog!

Oct 2nd, 2022 7m 17s

This question came to me from someone in the Side Hustle Teachers community, and I wanted to answer it here because it’s something a lot of people may worry about. Here’s the question: “I want to start a blog, but I’m worried that my students w

To Guest Post or Not to Guest Post

Sep 18th, 2022 17m 12s

Guest posting, also called guest blogging, is a process in which a blogger creates content for another site in order to build backlinks, expand their audience, and strengthen their authority. Early on in the world of blogging, guest posts were

4 Traits of an Ideal Side Hustle for Teachers… and why I chose blogging

Aug 29th, 2022 15m 29s

Once you tell people you’re thinking of starting a side business, you will find yourself presented with all sorts of opportunities. In fact, one of the most frequently asked questions in the Side Hustle Teachers Facebook group is, “what should

When You Should Rebrand Your Blog... and when you shouldn't

Aug 21st, 2022 15m 2s

When you’re first building your blog, you’ll make some design choices about the aesthetic of your site. You’ll choose colors and fonts, and maybe a simple logo, and you’ll run with it. But at some point along your journey, you’re going to decid

Banishing Teacher Money Blocks with Denise Duffield-Thomas

Aug 7th, 2022 43m 6s

We are so lucky to have Denise Duffield-Thomas back with us this week for round two, talking about money blocks that hold teachers back from making money outside of teaching. Of course, there's not a lot we can do about our teaching salaries -

Developing an Abundance Mindset with Denise Duffield-Thomas

Jul 31st, 2022 31m 37s

This week is special because I’m joined by money mentor, Denise Duffield-Thomas and we’re talking about 2 things that teachers find challenging; maintaining an abundance mindset and applying that to pricing for your business Abundance is someth

11 Ways to Boost Your Blog Post SEO

Jun 19th, 2022 2s

SEO, when implemented properly over time, can provide a major boost to your blog traffic and your overall income. For each blog post you write, you need to have a clear, repeatable, SEO process to make certain that you’re maximizing search engi

How to Start Optimizing Your Blog for Search Engines

Jun 12th, 2022 15m 16s

Search Engine Optimization, SEO for short, is an essential piece of any blog growth strategy, but it generally has an air of mystery around it. There are lots of definitions floating around - some that seem to contradict each other - that use

How to Start Paying Yourself as a Blogger

Jun 5th, 2022 14m 23s

Last week I shared my system for tracking income and expenses, but knowing where your money is coming from, and where it’s going to, is only part of the process. Most likely - if you’re like the vast majority of business owners - when you start

How to Track Your Blogging Income and Expenses

May 29th, 2022 19m 4s

When I started blogging I did everything I could to avoid looking at any numbers other than page views. For months I was “too busy” or I “forgot” to update my income and expenses report, so it just didn’t get done. This is a very common mistake

What Is Passive Income? And How Does It Work for Bloggers?

May 28th, 2022 16m 14s

Passive income is often seen as the holy grail of the side hustle. There are many - especially online - who present themselves as passive income specialists, lying on a beach all day, sipping fruity beverages, and listening to their phone cha-c

3 Ways to Use a Blog to Get Out of Teaching

May 15th, 2022 10m 21s

At this moment there are an unprecedented number of educators looking to get out of teaching. It’s a sad, and more than slightly terrifying, prospect, to be sure. But it’s also understandable… I’m not going to start in on the state of educatio

How Much Does It Really Cost to Start a Blog?

May 15th, 2022 19m 10s

A blog is a quick and ebay way to start marketing an existing business OR start making money while you decide exactly what your business is going to be. In terms of building authority, establishing and strengthening relationships, and providin

May 15th, 2022 12m 11s

What should my blog be about? That’s one of the first questions you have to answer when starting your journey into blogging. And it’s one that many people get stuck on. Of course, your blog niche can be literally anything. The only limit is yo

8 Free & Easy Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic

May 15th, 2022 11m 47s

When it comes to your blog audience, there’s no denying that size matters. While your blog traffic is not the most important thing when it comes to profitability, you’ve got to have someone to sell to. And if you’ve ever felt that your blog isn

5 Primary Ways Bloggers Make Money

Apr 17th, 2022 16m 4s

When I started blogging, and told people about it, I heard a lot of, “Yeah, but how do you actually make money with a blog?” At the time, I will admit, I had no idea. But I knew it was possible, so I kept going. Even a couple years later when I

3 Things Successful Bloggers Do That Others Don’t

Apr 10th, 2022 11m 26s

As of this writing, there are over 600 million blogs on the internet. That’s a lot. However, not all are active and not all are profitable. Why? There are a number of reasons blogs don’t make money, but the most common are these 3: It’s a hob

7 Pieces of Bad Blogging Advice You Should Ignore

Apr 3rd, 2022 15m 3s

The internet is full of blogging advice, and a lot of it is really useful. Unfortunately a lot of it used to be useful, but became outdated 20 years ago, and some of it is just plain wrong. So how does a budding blogger discern the difference?

How Blogging Can Benefit (or Help Build) Any Business

Mar 27th, 2022 12m 55s

One objection I hear over and over again when I talk to people about blogging is that what they do is different, so they don’t need to blog. This is a very common misconception. The fact is that I have a hard time coming up with any business th