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What Is A Blog, How Do Blogs Make Money, & More

Last Updated: November 23, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 10 Comments

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What is a blog and how does it work? Can you really make money blogging? How much do bloggers make?

Over the years, I have received many questions about blogging. People want to know what is a blog, how they work, is it really a way for people to make money, and so on.

I completely understand all of the questions. While blogging has now been around for more than a decade, it’s still a fairly new way to earn money. I still have people give me funny looks when I tell them what I do for a living.

But, I didn’t really know what a blog was when I first started mine. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

I didn’t know how people made money from blogs or anything else like that.

Pretty much everything I learned about blogging was through trial and error, and I made a lot of mistakes over the years, haha! Honestly, it’s because of those mistakes that I’m where I am right now.

My life has completely changed because of blogging. I was able to quit a job I didn’t love, I travel full-time, and I can retire pretty much whenever I want.

It’s funny to think about how far I’ve come, especially since I had no idea what blogs even were. [Read more…]

User Interviews Review – Make $50 To $100 An Hour Sharing Your Opinion

Last Updated: November 16, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Welcome to my User Interviews review!

If you are searching for paid online studies, then I have a great website for you to learn more about today – User Interviews.

There are many consumer research companies that pay people like you and me to share their opinions. Companies then use these opinions and feedback to improve their products and services.

Pinterest, Spotify, Macy’s, Home Depot, Trip Advisor, and more use User Interviews to gather feedback from users about their latest products, apps, and websites. In exchange, participants make $50 to $100 per hour or more for sharing their opinions and feedback.

This User Interviews review is going to explain what this site is, how it works, and how you can earn extra money by sharing your opinions – which is one of the things I did in order to make extra money to quickly pay off my student loan debt.

Back when I was paying off my student loans, I did a lot of things to make extra money – I sold items on eBay, managed social media for companies, mystery shopped, and took paid online studies. [Read more…]

How I Grew From 0 Subscribers To Over $100,000 On YouTube In Less Than One Year

Last Updated: November 11, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 13 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to get started on YouTube and how to start a YouTube channel for beginners? Here’s how Erika went from 0 subscribers to over $100,000 on YouTube in less than one year.

Everyone has heard of YouTube, and pretty much everyone has watched at least one YouTube video in their life.

In fact, according to YouTube, there are over 2 billion users who watch at least one video on YouTube each month.

That is a ton of people!

If you’re interested in starting a YouTube channel, then please read further.

Today, I want to introduce you to Erika Kullberg.

Erika Kullberg is a nationally-recognized personal finance expert and has been featured in Business Insider, CNBC, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post and more. Her personal finance YouTube channel has grown to over 70,000 subscribers and 4 million views in less than a year.

Yes, this means that it is not too late to get started on YouTube!

I asked Erika to take part in an interview on Making Sense of Cents about her growth on YouTube. [Read more…]

16 Best Online Jobs For College Students & How To Start

Last Updated: November 10, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 3 Comments

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How can college students make money online? This list of the best online jobs for college students will show you how.

More and more people are attending college and working at the same time. This may be those who are going straight from high school to college, adults going back to college, those working towards more degrees, and so on.

I had to work throughout high school and throughout college, and I will admit that it was tough at times.

While almost all of it was in-person, hourly jobs, I would have loved to find something online instead! It would have made it much easier to balance work and school if I had a flexible, online job like I do now.

I didn’t find out about blogging until towards the end of my time at college, and I wish I would have learned about working online sooner as it would have helped me greatly. [Read more…]

How to Make $3,000 Per Month (or More) Self-Publishing Romance Novels– Without Writing a Word

Last Updated: November 4, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 13 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to make money writing romance novels?

Amazon forever changed the game of self-publishing. There are thousands, if not a few million, writers in the world today quietly pulling in six and seven figures per year writing and self-publishing.

One of the hottest niches in self-publishing is romance. And, it’s because romance readers are prolific readers.

Today’s guest poster, Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial, talks about how to make money writing romance novels – without you ever having to write a word. She also has a course – Make Money Writing Romance in 60 Days.

Yuwanda has appeared here before talking about how to make money writing romance. She’s an expert in the niche.

So I’ll turn it over to her now to let her tell you about this really creative way to capitalize on the romance writing and self-publishing craze. Enjoy! [Read more…]

How To Become a Freelancer and Make a Full-Time Income

Last Updated: November 17, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Today, I have a fun interview to share with you that will show you how to become a freelancer.

I recently had the chance to interview Ben Taylor. Ben has been freelancing since 2004, and he has worked for dozens of companies.

Yes, this is a career path that you can learn!

As Ben will tell you in the interview below, a freelancer can be anything. You can be a freelance designer, personal trainer, nutrition coach, online teacher, virtual assistant, writer, and more.

If you are looking for a new business or even just a side hustle so that you can learn how to make extra money, learning how to become a freelancer may be something that you want to look into.

In this interview, you will learn:

What a freelancer is, who they work for, what they do, etc.
How much a new freelancer should expect to earn
How a person can find their first freelancing job
The steps needed to take to make money as a freelancer

And much more!

He also has an informative course called Freelance Kickstarter. This course takes you through the step by step process of creating your own freelance business.

Check out the interview below for more information. [Read more…]

What You Need To Know About Affiliate Marketing For Beginners + How 17 Bloggers Earned Their First Affiliate Income

Last Updated: November 8, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 16 Comments

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Are you interested in learning about affiliate marketing for beginners?

Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways to monetize your blog because it’s somewhat passive, and it’s something that can truly help your readers when done well.

That’s why, today, I want to talk about affiliate marketing for beginners. I’m going to start with some background on myself, why I love affiliate marketing, what affiliate marketing is, and how you can get started.

I’m also sharing what other bloggers have to say about affiliate marketing. I asked bloggers who took my Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course to answer a few questions, such as:

When they started their blog
When they earned their first affiliate income (how long it took them to earn it, how much it was for, and how they felt)
Their top tip for bloggers trying to get their first affiliate sale.

Their answers are super motivating, and I am so excited to share them all with you. [Read more…]

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