What to do BEFORE you monetize your blog.

Hello everybody! I can’t even begin to tell you how many emails I get from you lovely folk asking me all sorts of questions about blogging. The one blogging question that I get more than any other is how can someone monetize their blog. There really is no easy answer to that, but I am going super in depth to tell you all about how I have monetized my blog. I’ve talked about this topic before several times, but the questions are still coming in so I figured I haven’t done a good enough job yet! Like I said, I want…

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April Traffic & Income Report.

I hope you are of the mind ‘better late than never’ because I am way behind on my April Income Report. I have mentioned before how it takes a while for Blogher to update the previous month’s revenue which is why my posts are usually about two weeks into the month. Well two weeks into May I was moving back to school, starting my nannying job, and my head was not in the game. I completely forgot about my income report! But now worries – I am righting that wrong! Better late than never, right? Why do I do an income report? I know…

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ASUS T300 Chi: The Ultimate Blogging Computer.

As a blogger, I might be a little more attached to my computer than even the average teenager. I spend countless hours writing, editing, and promoting my work on top of what you might expect a nineteen year old girl to be using their laptop for – Netflix and online shopping. With all of the time I spend on my computer it is so important that I have a flexible computer that I can take on the go with me – I often try to get work done whenever I find a free moment, so I find myself with my…

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Get Over Your Selfie: Join #TheUsProject!

This post brought to you by Soffe. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Mostly Morgan. Instagram is hands down my favorite social media platform because I feel like you can learn a lot more about people through photos than you can through status updates or tweets, and it is interesting to see the world through somebody else’s eyes. My Instagram is certainly my most personal social media account and one where I feel that people can best get to know me. One of my all time favorite pictures! #Cousins #TheUsProject A photo posted by Morgan Ann Timm…

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Instagram Themes: Your Ultimate Guide!

Blogging has changed the way that I use Instagram SO much. I never used to worry about branding, or proper hashtagging. If I liked a picture I would post it, even if it was out of focus or grainy or didn’t mesh with the surrounding pictures. But now Instagrammers everywhere are being very deliberate in the things that they post – creating Instagram themes resulting in beautiful feeds where each picture perfectly transitions to the next. While my feed is nowhere near the caliber of some of my favorite Instagrammers, I have been working on being more thoughtful about what…

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