2016 Review and 2017 Goals
Happy New Year! I can't believe 2016 has ended and 2017 is here already! This is going to be such a huge year for me! It's my 10 year high school reunion year (although I don't think my school does reunions anymore). It's also the year that Nick and I get married and move into our house! And of course, what you are all here for, it's another year of growing the blog and getting to know all you blog lovers! 2016 review 2016 was the first full year of posting on this blog. At the beginning of the year ...
DECEMBER 2016 BLOG INCOME
This Month’s Top Post: House Update #2 – 268 Views This Month’s Runner Up: Paycheck Series: Choosing Your Budgeting Direction – 266 Views It's interesting to watch the sinuous waves of blogging stats. Last month I had huge growth in followers but not much income. This month, my income was almost triple last month but my follower growth was less than a third. Progress is progress though. I know that I can't focus on too many pieces of the puzzle at once or things will fall apart. Here's how the stats looked for December. DECEMBER 2016 INCOME STATEMENT Revenue Ads – $131.69 Affiliate - ...
Say Goodbye to Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Reverse Budgeting & the Cash System
This post is part of a series. To start the series from the beginning, click here. To browse through the series, click here. Let’s recap on reverse budgeting and the cash system. Reverse Budgeting Reverse budgeting is a three-step savings process. The first step is to determine how much money you want to set aside each month for savings. If you aren’t ready to start putting money into savings yet, no problem. You can still use the model and implement saving when you are ready. You will also want to create your spending goals or budget for each category at ...
How to Automate Your Media Kit
In my last few Blog Income Reports, I've mentioned that I was working on creating an automated Media Kit. I am very happy that my media kit is now complete! Before you read the post, open my media kit in a new tab so it will be easier to follow along. The header I began the post with a simple image header. The image includes a photo of me on the left with a short bio on the right. I created this image as one graphic in PowerPoint. Clicking this image takes the reader to my About Me page. Social ...
