• Blog,  Blogging

    Should You Start a Blog?

    We are spending a lot more time at home right now.  And the financial future of our country is very unknown!  Have you thought of starting a side hustle?  Starting a blog can be a low cost way of bringing in some extra money. You can work at your own pace When you start a blog, you can put an hour at a time into it.  Or you can turn your blogging into a full time job.  The time commitment I make to my blog changes as my schedule changes.  I am a teacher who works summers.  This week I am not scheduled to work so I anticipate putting a…

  • Blog,  TpT

    When You Need to Spruce Up Your TpT Products!

    I spend so much time creating my products on my Teachers Pay Teachers store, the last thing I want to do is go back into the files and start changing things.  But to keep your store at the forefront of popularity, it is necessary sometimes to go back and rework some of your products. TpT is constantly changing it’s features and what works, it is important to keep your store caught up! You Find an Error This is an easy one.  When you find an error in your products, you need to fix it. I have on two separate occasions had customers graciously reach out to tell me of small…

  • Blog,  Blogging

    How to Turn a Blog into a Side Hustle!

    Starting a blog was something I didn’t put much thought into… at first.  I used an already existing Gmail account and just activated a Blogger account.  I put together a few posts, tried to set up Google ads, sat back, and waited… and waited… and waited… It was quickly evident that this half-baked attempt to start a blog was not going to be the key to my financial freedom. So at this point, I was faced with a decision… do I throw in the towel?  Or so I invest some money, a lot of time, and figure out how to do it the right way.  Fortunately, I chose the latter.…