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Why All Bloggers Need An Email List

April 20, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Why All Bloggers Need An Email List My biggest blogging mistake is that I waited years to start an email list, and then even longer to take it seriously. I finally started taking my email list seriously around 2016.

I was about to launch my course, Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing, and realized that I really needed an email list. I was collecting the occasional email address about a year before then, but I was doing absolutely nothing with it, and I don't think I even had any email optins on Making Sense of Cents – there was no way for people to subscribe!

So, when I was creating my first course, I realized that I really needed to learn anything and everything about building an email list.

I had no clue how anything worked. I didn't know how to send a newsletter, I didn't know how to get people to join my email list, and so on and so on. [Read more…]

How Jodi is making $7,000 a month blogging in a very narrow niche

April 12, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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How Jodi is making $7,000 a month blogging in a very narrow niche #howtostartablog #makeextramoney

Today, I want to introduce you to Jodi Carlson. Jodi has a blog in a very narrow niche– Girl Scouts, and she does quite well. I know a lot of people who think that having a narrow niche will hurt your ability to earn money blogging, but that’s not true at all! Jodi is proof of that. Despite only blogging part-time, she earns around $7,000 a month from her blog.

Jodi was a Girl Scout Leader for 25 years and works full-time as a web designer. She was able to take what she missed about being a Girl Scout Leader and pair that with her knowledge of web design to create a profitable blog in a very narrow niche.

Since starting her blog four years ago, Jodi has experienced a lot, from rebranding because of copyright issues to building an amazing and loyal audience. Jodi’s story is incredibly inspiring because she shows you that blogging in a narrow niche is actually a real possibility. [Read more…]

How I Made Money Blogging From Home In March 2019

April 10, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 19 Comments

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Welcome to March 2019's business report where I show you how I made money online and traveled full-time last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my business report each month.

This all started out as my extra income report because, in the beginning, it was all about the money I was earning from my side jobs. In my side income reports from the beginning, I included all of the income I made except for what I made at my day job.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly business reports consist of the many ways I earn a living with my business. [Read more…]

How To Use AppSumo To Grow Your Blog

April 4, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 7 Comments

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Today, I am sharing my AppSumo review with you. This article is sponsored by AppSumo but is 100% my opinion.

I want to share with you a website that I am using to improve Making Sense of Cents.

AppSumo partners with software companies and promotes INSANE deals on tools to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, and freelancers grow and scale their business. Since they started in 2011, AppSumo has run 1,600 deals and saved their customers over $500,000,000.

Yes, you read that right.

Tools that are typically hundreds of dollars a month are in the AppSumo store for a limited time at price points like $49. AppSumo has helped launch household names like Dropbox, MailChimp, and Evernote, just to name a few. You can find tools for social media automation, SEO optimization, site design and development, and everything in between. [Read more…]

How I Made Over $1,000,000 in Photography Without Being a Pro

March 29, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 15 Comments

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Today, I have a guest post from Marc from Vital Dollar. He is sharing how he had a few photography-related websites and even with no real photography experience, was quite successful with them. Hopefully, you'll find this super encouraging like I did. Enjoy!

Photography can be a tough industry. While high-profile photographers can make a lot of money, most photographers struggle to make a good income from their work.

Many photographers need to do a few different things in order to earn a full-time income. Things like freelance writing for photography blogs or magazines, writing books or ebooks, creating online courses or other digital products, running workshops and seminars, licensing stock photos, and selling prints are all possible supplements to income made from client work. [Read more…]

How I Made Money And Traveled Full-Time In February 2019

March 4, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 29 Comments

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Welcome to February 2019's business report where I show you how I made money online and traveled full-time last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my business report each month.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly business reports consist of the many ways I earn a living with my business. [Read more…]

How I’ve Made Over $1,000,000 From My First Course Without a Big Launch

February 20, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 30 Comments

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How I’ve Made Over $1,000,000 From My First Course Without a Big Launch #makemoneyblogging #makeextramoney I created Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing, my first online course, in July of 2016. And, after two and a half years, I have earned over $1,100,000 from it.

This was without any webinars, Facebook Lives, any guest posts, a “launch” period, or anything else. It's an evergreen course that has mainly spread through word of mouth.

Most people are completely shocked to hear this, because when most people think about running a course, they think of an intense sales period with a huge team and lots of live videos.

However, my course has pretty much just been me, no big promotions or videos.

This doesn’t mean that creating my first course came easy to me.

Creating an online course is a lot of work, no matter how you do it, and I decided to create them on my own terms. I want to be comfortable with how I create and run my courses and make sure they fit with the rest of my business plan. [Read more…]

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