Making money

What Do Bloggers Need to Claim for Taxes?

December 15, 2011 By Melanie Nelson 9 Comments

If you’re a blogger and aren’t sure if you need to pay taxes, it will depend on whether you’re making money with your blog and whether you consider your blog a business or a hobby. I received the question below and Amanda Henson of High Impact Mom researched the answer and wrote it up. Dear [...]

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Four E-Books Your Blogging Friends Will Love: A Gift Guide for Bloggers

November 27, 2011 By Melanie Nelson 1 Comment

Whether you’re looking for ideas for your own Christmas list or trying to figure out what to buy for your blogger, you’ll want to check out this list of four e-books bloggers need to read to help them build successful blogs. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginning, intermediate, or seasoned blogger, each of these [...]

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Planning Your Blog Posts With an Ebook in Mind

July 5, 2011 By Guest Poster 13 Comments

One of the benefits of writing an ebook is the ability to create an additional product from work and research you’ve already used elsewhere. I love re-purposing high-quality content and presenting it in more than one format. With that in mind, I want to give you some tips for planning blog posts with the goal of eventually creating an ebook.

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5 Best Business Practices & the Tools You Need to Succeed

September 27, 2010 By Melanie Nelson 2 Comments

There are a lot of things that go into a successful business and having your peers respect you as a professional and an authority. Some things are tangible and others less so. Sometimes all it takes to get the job is to make sure you have a reputation of respecting your customer. I’ve run into [...]

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Helpful Blogging Links: How Do I Sell My Own Blog Ads?

April 2, 2010 By Melanie Nelson 1 Comment

Every day I share links to all the tech articles I love on the Blogging Basics 101 Tumblr blog! Subscribe to the Tumblr blog and never miss another article. The Private Ad Sales Model: 9 Tips from Design Mom On Selling Your Own Blog Advertising via ABDPBT. Anna wrote a series about monetizing mommy blogs [...]

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Blogging & Taxes: What You Need to Know

December 28, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 6 Comments

Blogging in 2004 was significantly different from blogging in 2009. Over the past five years we’ve seen an explosion in how people use social media and how we make money from it. In 2004, it was hard to find a professional blogger; blogging was still very much a community-based hobby. These days, it’s unlikely to [...]

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Understanding the New FTC Guidelines: Your Questions Answered

October 8, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 11 Comments

If you’re blogging professionally or even semi-seriously you’ve likely heard about the new FTC guidelines regarding bloggers and how we disclose any relationships with companies who have paid us to endorse or review products. As is usually the case when something changes, rumors and misinformation are swirling. This article seeks to give you a basic [...]