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10+ Of The Best Free Blogging Resources

Last Updated: February 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Are you looking for the best free blogging resources?

If so, then you’ve come to the right place!

Maybe you are thinking about starting a blog, or maybe you want to work on growing the blog you already have.

I love to help people start and grow their blogs because starting my blog is something that truly changed my life for the better, and I now love what I do.

I started Making Sense of Cents and have built a great business with it. It has allowed me and my husband to leave the day jobs we disliked to pursue something that we love.

Now, we travel full-time, make a great living, have a flexible schedule, have more time to spend with loved ones, and we are able to retire early.

But, it definitely didn’t start out that way.

I randomly started my blog and had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know how to make money blogging, how to get traffic to my site, what SEO was, and more. My blog started as a hobby, and I was completely clueless. [Read more…]

20 Of The Best Entry Level Work From Home Jobs

Last Updated: February 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Looking for entry level work from home jobs?

Are you wondering, “How can I work from home with no experience?”

I know it may seem like every job out there today requires several years of experience. This makes it very difficult to find a job, especially if you are brand new to the field and trying to get your start.

It can be difficult to find a way to make money from home when you are brand new, but it’s not impossible to find entry level work from home jobs.

Everyone has to start somewhere, and if you want to start working from home, then I have a great list of no experience work from home jobs for you to look into.

Now, just because these jobs, businesses, and ways to make extra money don’t require experience, it does not mean that they will be easy! Remember, good things don’t come easy.

You may have to learn a new skill, take a course, and so on. [Read more…]

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

Last Updated: November 23, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 17 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…]

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

Last Updated: February 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 15 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…]

How To Create and Set Up Your Custom Blog Email Address

Last Updated: October 30, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Want to learn how to create and set up your blog email? Here’s how you can create a professional email for your blog domain.

Do you want your own custom email address for your business? For example, mine is [email protected]

If you want something other than [email protected], and something more professional, this is something that you can easily do too.

In fact, I recommend that all business owners do this.

When it comes to creating your website, having a business email is important because it helps create a professional image as well as builds trust for your business.

Today, I will show you exactly how to do this, either free with Bluehost, or paid through G Suite. Either way is easy and I highly recommend choosing one of them.

If you haven’t started a blog yet, I recommend first starting with my tutorial – How To Start A WordPress Blog. [Read more…]

How To Launch Your Website in WordPress

Last Updated: October 30, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - Leave a Comment

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Are you wondering how to launch your website in WordPress?

Perhaps you have the “Coming soon” message still on your homepage, and you’re not sure how to get rid of it.

No worries, this is extremely easy to do and is simply just a few clicks.

In today’s tutorial, I will show you how to launch your website in WordPress.

If you haven’t started a blog yet, I recommend first starting with my tutorial – How To Start A WordPress Blog.

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How to launch your website in WordPress.

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How To Write and Publish Your First Blog Post On WordPress

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

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After you have created your blog, you may be wondering what to do next. Today, I’m going to teach you how to publish a blog post on WordPress.

If you’re new to blogging and/or WordPress, then learning all of the little steps can be intimidating at first. However, that is completely normal!

Blogging is new to most people, so there will be things that you have to learn. I don’t consider myself very “techy” and I still managed to learn, haha.

If you haven’t started a blog yet, I recommend first starting with my tutorial – How To Start A WordPress Blog.

Once you have designed your website, you’re probably going to start wanting to publish some blog posts. No worries, though, this is easy!

With the easy steps below, you will learn how to publish a blog post on your new blog. [Read more…]

How to launch your website in WordPress.

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