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I'm completely new to blogging, where do I start?
First of all, welcome to Start a Mom Blog! You’re at the right place and I’m so happy you’re here! If you have started to read a few articles about blogging I know you may already be overwhelmed. Don’t stress, relax, there is a lot to learn, but you can do it. Like any new skill, blogging takes time to master, so please don’t feel lost of confused, that’s what I’m here for, to help you!
I’ve managed to build my blog from $0 to over $10K while raising two under two, and you can do it too. I’ll share with you everything I know.
If you are brand new to blogging, here is a great post outlining the different ways you can make money with a blog. It features moms just like yourself who have built successful blogs on different topics, from fashion, to home decor to finance. It always inspires me!
Once you’re inspired and you know you want to do this, then head on over to my Blog by Number course. It’s a step by step course with printables, lessons and video tutorials to guide you in building a professional blog. At the end of the course you’ll have a blog ready to share and be able to make money from home.
If you’re ‘newish’, you know a bit about blogging and you may already have a blog up, but you need a better plan. Then you are welcome to download my 12 Month Plan that helped me grow my blog to over $9,000 per month. Get the 12 Month Blog Plan here.
If you’re ‘newish’, you know a bit about blogging and you may already have a blog up, but you need a better plan. Then you are welcome to download my 12 Month Plan that helped me grow my blog to over $9,000 per month. Get the 12 Month Blog Plan here.
How long does it take before making money with a blog?
Most bloggers who dedicate the time to grow a successful blog will start seeing money come in after 4-6 months. The Blog by Number course will give you an amazing head start on starting your blog. Many bloggers start off with a few dollars each month and then grow to a few thousand after a year. Here is more detail on how 11 mom bloggers have started profitable blogs and are earning money online, and making over $1,000 per month after a few months.
How much time does blogging take?
The first few weeks of blogging is the most overwhelming. But once you have your blog set up and you have a few posts created, it takes a few hours a week to maintain. It all depends on how much you want to post and what your vision is for your blog.
Now that my blog is established I spend about 2 hours a day on my blog, and most of that time is answering emails. In the beginning you won’t have many emails to respond to, so you can focus on creating content and building a network.
Blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. It is extremely flexible and you can work early in the morning (like I do), over nap time, or super late at night when the kids go to bed.
Most bloggers get overwhelmed in the beginning and stop. But once you get into a good rhythm, it is not difficult to maintain a successful blog while raising little kids.
Here are my favorite time-saving tips:
How much does it cost to blog?
Blogging is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to build a true business. In all honesty, all you need is a self-hosted blog, a decent theme (and there are plenty of great free themes) and time. A self-hosted blog costs under $5 per month, and on most sign up packages you can get a free domain name too (the www.thisisadomainname.com).
Click here to start your blog today! You can do this, I’ll be with you every step of the way.
When I started blogging the only things it cost me was the $5 for my self-hosted blog and lots and lots of coffee. 🙂 It wasn’t until my blog was 4 months old that I bought an upgraded theme, signed up for an email marketing service and started using services to sell my products (Blog by Number – the course just for moms). Now my blog makes over $10,000 per month and it costs me under $500 to run it. Most of that money goes to my email marketing service and the course platform I use to host my products.
Compared to any other work from home job a mom can do, blogging is one of the LEAST expensive with a HUGE potential for amazing income!
Let’s start your blog today!
Is it possible to make money with a blog?
Yes! It is very possible to make money with a blog, even if you’re a busy mom and you have little time to invest. If you can dedicate a few hours a week to growing your blog, you can build a very successful online business.
There are five main ways to make money with a blog:
- Affiliate Marketing – promoting a product with a special link unique to you. When someone makes a purchase through that link, you get a commission.
- Sponsored Posts – being paid for writing a blog post promoting a product.
- Products – creating your own products such as ebooks or online courses.
- Services – offering virtual assistant services writing content, managing email or offering online consulting.
- Advertisements – placing ads on your blog that generates money based on traffic and clicks.
How do I find a profitable blog niche?
Deciding on a topic to blog about is one of the hardest decisions new bloggers make. If you’re stuck, answer the following questions or use the printable to help guide you.
- Your Passions: What do you love to do? What can’t you stop talking about?
- Your Strengths: What are you really good at? What do people compliment you on?
- Your Growth: What do you want to learn? Where do you want to improve in your life?
- Is it Profitable? And most importantly, what problem are you solving? People are willing to pay to fix a problem 🙂 So if you want to monetize, you need to provide a solution. What niche are you going after and how do you want to help them?
What should my first blog post be about?
This is what I recommend for launching your blog. And when I say launching, I mean advertising it to the world and letting people know you have a blog (posting to Facebook, pinning on Pinterest, emailing your friends, etc). Your site may already be live on the internet, but you’ll only get 1-2 visitors a day if you don’t send any traffic to it.
So before you advertise your blog, I would advise having 3-5 pillar posts published. These are in depth, 2,000+ word articles that each address a certain main problem of your niche. They will lay the foundation for your blog and share very well on social media. People will see them as ultimate guides or resource tutorials.
Take your time crafting these and share all of your best advice. You want people to come to your blog and be blown away by your posts, even if there are just four.
For example, if you blog about breastfeeding, here are a few examples of great pillar posts:
- The Ultimate Guide to Breastfeeding a Newborn – 6 Month Old
- The 100 Benefits of Breastfeeding
- The Pros and Cons of Breastfeeding vs Bottle Feeding
- Everything You Need to Know about Breastfeeding and Bottle feeding
- The Essential Products You Need If You Decide to Breastfeed
- How to get Traffic to a New Blog without using Social Media
- How to Make Money With a Mom Blog from Small, Medium and Large Mom Bloggers
- 25 Awesome Post Ideas For Your Blog
- A clear blog menu
- A good profile picture
- An About Me page
- A Disclosure Page – if you are using affiliate marketing
- A way to contact you (you can add this to your About Me page)
- Links to your social media pages
I have a blog but need a step by step plan.
I know where you are. You may be spinning your wheels not knowing what to do next. You’ve posted, you’ve shared and you’ve pinned. But somehow you just feel lost and like you’re blogging without direction.
I want to share with you the 12 Month Plan I used to grow my blog from $0 to over $9,000 per month in less than a year. Of course, results aren’t typical, but if you put in the time and effort, I am positive you’ll be able to make a few thousand after 12 months of following this plan. Yes, it takes time, but so does anything worthwhile.
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I don't have time to blog, help!
I am constantly testing new time management strategies, but the ones that work well for me are:
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- Knowing what to say Yes and No to.
- How to Prioritize Your Life with a Simple Method
- 8 Practical Tips to Maintain Balance as a Work from Home Mom
- Get a Bullet Journal – I love how much time this saves me!
You can do it. You just need to know what to focus on! 🙂
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Hello! I hope all is well! I’m following along the blog by numbers and I love it! I’m in 9th grade where you’re showing us how to claim our Pinterest account on yoast….the previous grade we were told to add the plug-in rankmath….I’m new to the website thing. I’m assuming we shouldn’t have two SEO plugins? I googled how to add to rankmath but just wanted to make sure if using rankmath going forward would be or should I switch? Thank you!
Hello! I loved everything in your blog, it’s so helpful and clear! but I’m not being able to download the free blog plan, it’s showing an error message. Would you send me by e-mail?
Hi Suzi,
I’m looking to jump onboard your blog building bundle BUT, I get about niche down and finding your perfect niche market, which is stay at home/ busy, busy moms I guess you can talk with great authority about being that person. But… what if your a dude?? It’s seems to me all your marketing efforts are geared towards the ladies , blog templates images etc what about dudes? and men oriented pursuit blogs? Sure there’s a lot in your material they would be of great interest- is it for guys as well??
Hey Suzi!Long time student here, and a big fan!
I have looked over and searched your site on info about website security…
I just wish I understood it all better, and knew who to trust in pointing me to a good company who isn’t out to charge an arm and a leg, and actually does the job!
I have been using Sitelock on my old blog that I am closing soon, and went to stop my Sitelock services for that blog, and found out they had automatically locked me in to another year of services without my approval!! So now in order to get out of the contract they say I must pay $300!
Who has money like that? I’m super frustrated and wonder who do you use for your website security, and why you chose them? I really don’t want to step in to a trap again.
Thanks so much!
Hi. Do I need to charge tax when selling digital printables on my blog? (California)
Hi Suzi! I bought your blog by number course. I’m at the part where we’re adding our logo. It won’t let me add my logo. I’ve been on support with Bluehost. No one can seem to figure this out. My question is, can I just bypass adding the logo and go straight to adding my freebie for the 7 Secrets?
Which course should I take if I want to learn how to sell a product. I have a product I’ve made that I want to sell (printable) but I need to know the in’s and out’s of how to actually process transactions, set up a shopping cart on my blog, etc.
Hi Suzi! I’m working on the Blog by Number course. I LOVE the new organization. It flows very well. You do a great job explaining and showing all of the steps. Thank you! I do have one question. I’m using the Astra template as you suggested. When viewing my site, I noticed that all of my pages appear in the Main Menu. I checked the Dashboard. It showed only “About Me” and “Blog” in the Main Menu. I deleted the Main Menu and viewed my site again. All of the pages are STILL showing in the Main Menu. Where did I go wrong?! Thanks for any assistance you can provide!
I actually have a similar problem. I was trying to put more menu options next to the ‘about me’ page. So, basically split up my blog posts into different menu categories. I still can’t figure out how to do it without buying anything extra.
Did you have any luck with your problem?
Hi, what is the proper sizing for photos in my blog and for the featured image? I don’t want it to be too big as it slows down my site.
Hello! First I am interested in your courses but I am not a mom and I already have a blog set up but not much content on it. What Course is best for me to get up and running with the content and optimizing the site?
I meant to say monetize the blog not optimize. Thank you for your help.
Suzi,
Thanks for all of your help. Quick question, why do you need a FREE business email in your Bluehost dashboard and a paid business email address in your Bluehost dashboard with G Suite? Wouldn’t you then have two emails and how would you go about using both? Thanks so much in advance for your help.
You don’t need to mess with G Suite if you’re not using it. G Suite are Google business apps that let you use your own domain and not Gmail. The free Bluehost email is all you need. You don’t even have to create an email account. You can create a forwarder and have [email protected] forwarded to a Gmail, Yahoo or any other address. You wouldn’t be able to send from that address with a mail client like Outlook.
trying to find your seo checklist but the link was not working on your blog https://www.startamomblog.com/beginner-seo-tips/ do you still have it
The page is there, but it has an SSL problem. You might be getting a mixed content error. That’s where the page is secure, but something like a picture link on there isn’t.
Hello,
I was on your watching your channel which lead me to your website where you have these wonderful options for helping with getting our own blog started. I wanted to just get more information on the bundle that costs 197.00.
I am a mommy of two who has always wanted to start my own blog, I just honestly do not know where to start, So I am reaching out haha
Hopefully you can help me.
Thank you
GIGI
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Hi Suzi!
The more that I learn about blogging the more I want to know all about it. I was just wondering who are some of the bloggers that you follow who have helped you get to where you are right now? Also, do you have any resources on learning a lot of the blogging terminology? Sometimes, some of the verbiage that you (or maybe someone from the comments in your Mastermind classes) use I am just not familiar with. I would just like to be a little bit more well versed. Of course, I know a lot of this is on the job training so to speak, but it is nice to know where to look 🙂
Thank you for your time!
I just purchased the Printables by Number Course today with the understanding that I would also be getting Resources by Number Course. It didn’t show up as purchased though. I’m wondering what happened.
Also, I recently purchased the Blog by Number Course, but as far as I can tell, I didn’t get access to the bonuses.
Thank you,
I believe I purchased the Blog By Number ebook twice. Is there a way I can get a refund?
Thanks!
Theresa
I noticed when trying to do the coloring book pages, that if you search for “cute coloring for kids” it will bring up some outlines of the pictures, instead of having to remove the color. There aren’t a lot, but any little bit saves time.
Hi Suzi! I just joined your Blog by Number course and it’s amazing! I’m just having trouble finding the fill-in-the-blank templates and instant blog mentioned on the course page. I know I’m just missing it, but any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you for such awesome resources!
Did you ever find the Instant Blog? I was wondering the same thing!
Hi Courtney, did you ever find the instant blog?
Hi Suzi! Your site and your courses have been so helpful as I’m exploring starting a blog–thank you! I’m wondering if you have thoughts on using the Genesis framework, a) when starting and b) at all? Many thanks again! 🙂
👋🏼👋🏼HI SUZI!!
👩🏽💻 Long time student here!
💻 I have A LOT of your courses and could not possibly say enough good things about you!
👩🏼🏫 Your teaching style is wonderful.
👩🏽🔧I have used Blog By Number to start my dream of building my own little space on the internet.
I have been working hard to get my site off the ground, and despite being a LONG time student, I have sort of only recently gotten up the nerve to actually launch 🚀 my site.
😬 So, I feel like I know a lot…thanks to all of your amazing courses…but am just getting my feet wet as far as actually taking action.
👩🏼 However, I would not any other person in the world helping me navigate this journey other than you, Suzi!
⭐️ You are THE BEST!
📺 No exaggeration at all here–I play your YouTube videos ALL DAY while I’m home. They keep me motivated and…even if I’m not sitting there totally focused on it…I am still listening and learning with you in the background of my busy life!
📄 You’ve mentioned in your content and videos before that you like to write most of your blog posts in a Google Doc and then copy/paste them into WordPress (Gutenberg).
🎥 Is there any way you could do a video on your amazing YouTube channel that shows your exact process of how you accomplish this?
📝 Sometimes I have trouble with formatting, etc.
🔲 Also…it separates pretty much EVERY LINE into a separate text/paragraph block. Is that normal? Is that okay? Will a lot of text blocks slow down my page/site?
👁🗨 It would be awesome if you could do a little screen-share video showing us your process.
🔆 You have a way of explaining things that is unlike any other.
🙌🏼 Thank you!
I have bought your courses under my personal email accounts as well as my website email. Somehow I accidentally posted the about comment before completing the guest info form. 😂
So I added my info here…
Hi Suzi, I was wondering to critique blogs? I followed your advice and others about the layout and always concerned about being too salesy. I am not a stay at home mom, but I am a quarantined dad and our site has to do with investing, saving money and time and have never done an affiliate blog before and my instinct is to be salesy, however, I realize it doesn’t work that way – especially on a blog. Would you be able to take a quick look and give me feedback?
Thanks,
Mark
Hi Suzi! I absolutely love your work! Thanks so much for helping us moms start our blogs! Just had a question about the updated Blog By Number course. In regards to the social media plugin, is there something wrong with the old one that was recommended in the first version of the course? I ask because I am hoping to launch a YouTube channel and I want to grow my following on Instagram as well so I think the plugin recommended in the first version of the course would be a better fit. Just because Social Pug only has Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest options. Your advice means so much to me! Hope to hear from you regarding this. Thanks so much ❤️
I’m trying to get my domain to work on BlueHost…but I purchased it elsewhere (before I learned about your class/ebook). HOW do I connect the two sites? I’m not even sure what to search for ‘HELP’ on at the BlueHost site! Thanks!
*to clarify – trying to get the domain NAME to work with BlueHost. BH recognizes it in the My Domains page, but I can’t transfer the name or redirect it from BH.
Hello Suzi, I’m starting a blog called Patina & Roses. I have already purchased my domain. I started in Bluehost / WordPress. I am switching to WIX, because WordPress was driving me crazy!! It is NOT user friendly. There are many ways to get into WordPress which made it very confusing for me. I couldn’t quite understand what to do. I gave them up. Let me explain also, I had a website about 11 years ago through SBI. I went through a self taught course through SBI and had a big site. It was called Plan An Elegant Tea Party {plananelegantteaparty.com}. I also had a Tea Party Catering business to go along with it. But due to health reasons, I had to give it up and so I closed my web site too. Back then I couldn’t understand the monetizing through the web site and I was giving away a lot of information just for free. So anyway, I guess my question is, would you recommend WIX which has their own hosting. I haven’t committed to a host plan yet. I have however started to design my site and I written some blog posts for it. [they let you do that with out paying anything, you just can’t go live until you pay for hosting]. I am rely looking forward to your reply. Thank you so much for your time and have a Blessed day!
hi there im taking your course and loving it! I was wondering where is the info on setting up the disclaimer page? you’ve talked about telling us how, but haven’t run into it yet, maybe i missed it, thanks!
Suzi,
I saw you on the Teachable Summit and watched your Printables video. Awesome and thank you. I am 63 and creating a career change to convert my live courses to online with Teachable. I need a coach and tech answers. I have studied Teachable Support thoroughly and the Facebook community but it’s not meeting my needs. Is there someone you can recommend? I have even Googled “Teachable coach” without leads. Your advice or guidance is most appreciated. Respectfully, Mark
I have read your “what to blogg about when you don’t know what to blogg about”; but nowhere does it say how the money is actually coming in. Regards, Hasso Schröder
I started my blog through your link through Bluehost. It is frozen on the installing WordPress. I’ve refreshed the page and reentered my setup and it freezes again. I’m lost. Help!
hi suzy I have been interested in trying to start a blog however I am not very computer savvy and things just seem to intimidate me for no reason. its like a lack of confidence or just afraid of failure. want to pay off debt have a fence put around house and some other general things tha need to be done at my residence. so today I went to sign for your ebook by numbers course and want to know if I can use my debit card to pay. I am 63 this year and I need to have order before I can semi retire
At this time I am unable to continue this program
Hi Suzi I just read your blog post about starting a grandma blog. Do you think it’s a good idea to have the name grandma or granny or nana in my domain name? My granddaughter calls me MiMi so I’ve thought about using that but a lot of the grandparent sites I’ve seen have the other names listed in them. Thoughts?? Thank you.
Can you tell me if your course is built to only use with Bluehost? Or can you use another web hosting service?
Hi, Suzi! I’ve just been turned down by two email companies because I don’t have any subscribers and because I will be blogging about wah jobs. I’m so disappointed. Any suggestions for reasonably priced companies for beginners who won’t turn me down?
Ann, who did you apply with? I would recommend MailerLite or Convertkit.
The freebie in your opt-in that’s on every page is one I love but already have, and I can’t get rid of the pop-up! It blocks your entire page on mobile, and a good chunk of text via computer browsing. Can you alter the way it displays? I even get the same freebie/opt-in combo as an additional pop-up on the same page (but that one has an X to close it). Thanks!
Thank you Jess! I just changed it a few days ago – so thank you for letting me know!! I’ll go adjust it now!