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Ask Me Anything

Last Updated: September 23, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 246 Comments

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more info.

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Last year, I published my first Ask Me Anything here on Making Sense of Cents. That went super well, so I decided to make it more of a regular thing!

Ask Me Anything is literally that – you can ask me anything. If you’re struggling to figure out what to ask, here are a few of the topics you may want to know more about:

  • Personal finance
  • Blogging
  • My life
  • Travel
  • RVing
  • Sailing
  • Being location independent
  • Business
  • Making extra money
  • Questions about my dogs

And so on, and so on.

Seriously, ask me anything in the comments below, and I will take the time to answer every single one. Of course, please nothing inappropriate or creepy. I’ll let you be the judge of what is creepy, I guess, haha!

All right, go for it, ask away!

 

P.S. If you’re looking to see all of the comments and questions, make sure to hit “Older Comments” or “Newer Comments” below. The comments break apart in pages once there are over 50 comments.

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

Comments

  1. Emmanuel Chidiebube says

    November 5, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    Thanks for this opportunity, Michelle.

    My question borders on blogging, business and making extra money.

    What would you suggest I do to grow my insurance blog. It’s almost 2 years now but we are not making a reasonable income from it. Are there alternate ways you know for this insurance blog to make more money, at least $2,000 per month.

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      November 6, 2018 at 10:19 am

      You’ll have to find new ways to grow your blog, if you think you’re already doing everything.

      Reply
    • Paul Uduk says

      February 12, 2020 at 11:47 am

      Hi Emmanuel. I clicked over to your website to see how I could help you with your question on how to make up to $2000 from your website.

      Here is the one question you must answer:

      Who is your target audience – insurance companies, insurance agents, advertisers, or the general public?

      Once you decide, write irresistible posts that would make your target audience come back for more.

      Everything else will flow from there. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  2. Timea says

    November 6, 2018 at 10:52 am

    I am curious Michelle what you did when you first started blogging to increase traffic to your site.

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      November 6, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      I started it all as a hobby, so I didn’t actively do anything with the goal of trying to increase page views.

      Reply
  3. Jamie says

    November 6, 2018 at 3:25 pm

    If you would suggest any business to start to be location independent what would it be?

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      November 6, 2018 at 4:34 pm

      The only one I’ve done is blog 🙂 I recommend that, for sure!

      Reply
  4. Scott Larkin says

    November 7, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    This concerns two things about the make money om Pinterest course. The first is a statement about a problem I encountered I was able to fix, and hope if anyone else encounters this it will be helpful. The second concerns what to do if I have an active very healthy Pinterest following.

    1) When I first started the instructions on preparing my Pinterest account to interface with WordPress, the instructions stated I had only to insert the verification code into any blog post and then have it verified. It said this on many sites and video explanations. However that did not work.

    First I have a web page hosted through Godaddy. The instructions for wordpress.com and wordpress.org are different. In the case of .org, (which is what you have if you install wordpress independently under your own url and domain name differ from the instructions supplied on most web sites.

    What was required is that all changes must first be made on the back end through Godaddy. The verification code must then be inserted on another *web page* and not into a blog post. The web page must be in the same directory as the index.html file in the root directory of the web page. The other page must also have meta tags such as description and tag attributes supplied in the *other* page. This does not work if you attempt it in the index.html of your web site.

    2) The instructions state I should change any Pinterest boards which do not relate to my blog. Given that I have an average of 78,000 views per month, 1700 engaged, 2500 followers, and 230 boards, I don’t consider making all but four of my boards “secret” a viable option. Is it reasonable for me to continue while not following that instruction. I just don’t like the idea of booting 2,000 followers out into the cold.

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      November 7, 2018 at 1:34 pm

      Which Pinterest course are you referring to? I don’t have one.

      Reply
  5. Scott Larkin says

    November 9, 2018 at 8:06 am

    Mea Culpa. I confused Mom’s Make Sense with Making Sense of Sense.

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    November 10, 2018 at 8:06 am

    Do you use a plugin to list your affiliate statement on your blog post? Or how do you list the statement below the blog date.

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      November 10, 2018 at 3:05 pm

      It is built into my theme. I do talk about different ways to automatically do this in my course.

      Reply
  7. Michelle White says

    November 18, 2018 at 4:34 pm

    Hi, Michelle! When you first started, how did you balance a full-time job with your blogging, and how did you know it was time to leave your company to pursue blogging full-time? I’m thinking I have two years until I will be debt-free and able to leave my job, so I’ll be juggling three income streams (full-time agency work, part-time private practice, and blogging) for two years.

    Reply
  8. Jenny says

    December 5, 2018 at 9:08 am

    Hi Michelle,

    I have been writing blog posts on my website, twice a week for about one year. I can see that traffic is improving but I’m struggling to monetize the blog.

    The main problem is that I don’t really know/have any product/ service to offer to my audience. It’d be great if you can share your insights or point me in the right direction to bring my blog to the next level. Here’s my site thinkmaverick.com. Thank you for your time
    .

    Reply
    • Paul Uduk says

      February 12, 2020 at 12:03 pm

      Hi Jenny. I’m interested in knowing how your blog is doing right now. About 14 months have gone by since you posed your question so I believe your site is picking up a sizeable traffic and you’ve been able to monetize your effort.

      By way of advice, you should be crystal clear about who your target audience is and focus entirely on satisfying them. That is the biggest lesson I’ve learn in this long journey.

      Good luck.

      Reply
  9. Renata says

    December 26, 2018 at 2:38 pm

    Hello Michele…how can I make extra income if I’m a fully employed person and my contract for employment is about to end ???

    Reply
  10. Bryan says

    August 6, 2019 at 1:42 am

    My friend was asking if she could start blogging about stuff in the US even if she’s not based in the US? I don’t know if you already talked about this, What does geographical location matter, can you blog about a what does geographical location matter?

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      August 6, 2019 at 1:07 pm

      I don’t think your geographic location matters, as long as you aren’t pretending to be something that you aren’t.

      Reply
  11. Paul Uduk says

    February 12, 2020 at 11:32 am

    Hello Michelle,

    Yes It’s been a while since you did ask me anything.

    I’m a student of both your How to Start a Blog Free Course and Making Sense of Affiliate marketing.

    Hope this question meets your approval.

    As I earlier mentioned, I make 100% of my income offline. To increase the share of the income I make online to at least 10%, last year I started learning blogging, SEO and affiliate marketing and all that. I’ve still not made up to $10 online yet but I’m still learning and investing in new online courses. So here is my question:

    Below are the URL of some prospects I’m courting. Is there anything that I can do to make these sites rank higher in particular keywords? What would be your approach if you were in my shoes? 

    I want a basis to approach the companies and say these are the 1, 2, 3 things you need to do to make your website rank higher. Should I get a responsive ear, then you will be our technical consultant to get the projects done. How can we make this work?

    https://www.mouka.com/
    https://vitafoamng.com/
    https://www.bergerpaintsnig.com/
    https://www.aiicoplc.com/
    https://africaprudential.com/
    https://www.unitedcapitalplcgroup.com/

    Best regards,

    Paul

    Reply
    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      February 12, 2020 at 11:42 am

      Hey Paul,

      I’m not sure if I understand your question. Are you trying to buy these websites?

      Reply
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