What is your Blog Worth

  Every now and then I get curious when other bloggers talk about how much their blog is worth and how they figure that out. Now that my little blog is bringing in income, I thought I would check a popular site to find out how much my site is worth. Color me shocked when it said this:

 170,000.00

Of course I am talking not about this blog, but my baby blog that I oh so love. I really should dedicate more time to this one but really this one is a log about how the other is doing and I hope a path to helping other new bloggers become blogging goddesses someday!

So maybe check out this site and see how much your blog is worth! Feel free to share the amount and a link in the comments!

http://www.blogcalculator.com

Blogging Tip - Get in the Group

One of the key things to blogging is social networking these days and one of the best ways to network and grow I have discovered is to make sure you know the right people and are in the right blogging groups. The best blogging groups I have found so far are organized not on forums but rather facebook groups. This could change in the future but for now this is how it is. 

I am in three that I check on multiple times of day. They provide different things. One is very exclusive and I couldn't get you into it if I tried. They find companies that need reviews and then make sure those in our group get them and do them well. Another group is all about support in social marketing and SEO, and the other is a group run by a blogger who gets us paid posts for a commission of her own and goodness she does she deserve it. All three groups save me a lot of time and help my blog grow and make sure I have a lot to do.

Remember Blogging Is Not Just About Readers!

It is also about your relationship to other bloggers and companies that count on you! 

Has GoDaddy Been Hacked

FACT: GoDaddy has many websites including it's own down! 

According to many sites including littlecrunchy.com godaddy is Hacked.

It is not yet confirmed though and as of 4:00pm EST no motive has been posted. 

WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS? 

Because they can Might be the real answer

Just because one can do something doesn't mean one should however! 

Another theory is that it was hacked because of #SOPA support, only anyone who knows both GoDaddy and SOPA issues knows that GoDaddy listened to the people and stopped supporting SOPA last year! So what is the real deal with this? 

One thing is for certain, bloggers and businesses who have sites down right now from this ARE suffering for it. They are losing business and maybe minutes off their lives from the worry of it. 

Blogging Tip: Be Specific

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 Dear Blogger,

         When you post to complain about how companies do not want to work with you as they are looking for Niche blogs, take that as a hint! Do not go trying to talk them into seeing that you post about what they are looking for too! Over all blogs are not what the market wants! I know it might be hard to find your Niche but you need to do just that. If your blessed with more then one Niche, make TWO blogs!

         This is not a new tip, but an important one to remember. If you want to blog about books and mommy life, make two blogs, else make a blog about Mommy Books or Children's Books!

         You can do this! You really can. Write about what you love and if you love many things, make more blogs! It is what readers want, it is what google wants, and it what clients who hire or work with bloggers want. If you want to make money blogging you need to be specific!

                                                                                                           All the best,
                                                                                                        Not Yet A Blogging Goddess

A Blogging Goddess Award

I present this award to the Blogging Goddess behind the blog http://bargains4wahms.com

With a hurricane heading for her home she took the time to try and help me save my blog form a disaster. While she was not able to fix it, she spent a lot of time working on it and helping me work through some panic attacks over it. 

You can get an idea of where her heart is by following one of the links at the top of her blog dedicated to sharing with her readers assistance programs that might help those in need from house cleaning for caner patience to explaining public benefits for the disabled. 

Bargains4wahms is packed full of information from couponing 101 (I need to read more!) to the current best buys. I am really inspired by all her hard work and dedication to her blog. 

She currently has over 13,000 facebook fans and you could be the next one! http://www.facebook.com/Bargains4Wahms and over 4,000 followers on twitter. https://twitter.com/bargains4wahms

She has a big blog with a big heart. She didn't have to take all that time to try and help a smaller blog like my own and she asked for nothing in return. I am very lucky to know her and be blogging next to her! 

Back Up Your Blog - Not Kidding

  If your like me, you might have started out on Blogger and hosted with them too. In blogger there is an option under settings that says backup. It saves a file to your computer. I thought that meant my blog was on my computer. Oh how wrong I was. Let me start at the beginning!

   I was welcomed into a blogging program to work with a company. They give me a coupon code to order from them to review them on my blog and I put their blog button that they provide the HTML for on my blog.

   About Noon today I do this. Suddenly my beautiful blog is a mess. The side bar is at the bottom and no links work. So I take the button off. Only damage done and I can't get my blog to function, and I can't fix it. Nothing is working. For hours nothing is working. I get help from a few other bloggers and they can't figure it out either. What I thought was a back up was not and it did nothing to fix the issue.

 Now if I hosted with a hosting company and not blogger then could turn my blog back to how it was before noon, before I messed it up. As I am blogger hosted however, there is virtually not customer service. What can one expect from a free service thought right? I guess I expected more.

  My blog designer gets back to me and then she starts working on it. She fixes many of the things I and others played with trying to fix it in the first place but is stuck like us on the links and side bar. I think she got the links to work before she had to get to bed tonight. I would imagine her head is hurting too. LOL She is very relaxed and understanding about this. I promised to pay her for the fix.

   I have blogging partners now insisting though that I move to wordpress with a host and I can't blame them. With a blog that has near 800 posts and is bringing in money, I can't afford for it to be down and those I partner with need to be able to depend on me. I am behind on reviews and I have a paid sponsor post that needs to go up as well. Not to mention all the paid sponsor posts that are already on my blog that I am responsible for keeping up and active on it! I love all those I work with and I want to make them happy.

   I wish I would have switched to wordpress at the start of the year. Everyone said I should and I didn't see the point. I promise I understand now. So if your a little blogger like me trying to make it in a big blogging world, my opinion is to get on wordpress with a host. Yes, this little blog will be moving over there at some point as well! First thing first, get my first blog moved and safe and working, and looking good.

  I am not sure if I will ever be a blogging goddess or if I will ever be aspiring to be one. One thing is certain I am learning a lot and I will not give up as this is something I love!

Free Canvas

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREE CANVAS!

I love deals like this, they are great for getting gifts for the holidays. The grand parents love photos of the little ones of photos of them with the kids doing fun things. What is better than free? I like that with a canvas you don't need a frame! That saves on money for such a gift too. 

With these deal you can get the free 8 x 10 or put $40 towards a larger canvas, the larger the better too. I love large photos over mantels or sofas or beds. 

And to think, there is a lesson to be learned here as well! 

More on this later!