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When should I start hiring help for my blog? Who should my first hire be? Am I ready to start building my team? How do I know whether I can afford to hire? And how do I make sure that the person I hire is going to be any good? These are just a few of the common questions we receive over and over again from the bloggers and online business owners that we work with. Because let’s face it–knowing when to hire and who to hire first is confusing at best! The thing is, hiring can feel a little overwhelming sometimes, but you don’t need to go from zero employees to full-time team members right off the bat. There are a ton of creativeRead More

Let’s face it—figuring out all the ins and outs of the blogging world can be a little overwhelming sometimes!  Whether you are just getting started or have already been blogging for years, it often feels like the more you learn, the more questions you have! In fact, that’s exactly why I created Elite Blog Academy—it is a proven step-by-step framework that shows you exactly how to create a successful, profitable blog…without all the overwhelm. Since 2014, thousands of EBA students have been able to apply this framework with incredible results.  It’s a system that works, and it just keeps getting better. In fact, we’re pretty sure our next version of the Elite Blog Academy Course—EBA 4.0—is going to knock your socks off! Of course there’sRead More

It’s a little hard to believe, but the holiday season is right around the corner and will be here faster than you can say Trick-or-Treat! So the big question is this—are you ready? If you are anything like me, this is about the time of year, before all the craziness has started, where you swear to yourself that THIS year will be different. THIS will be the Christmas you’re finally organized, the Thanksgiving where you don’t have to make fourteen trips to the grocery store, including one right before the store is closing on Wednesday night. THIS will be the year you stop running around like a crazy person and instead enjoy cozy nights at home in front of the tree. THIS will be the yearRead More

When we think of customer service – we often think of complaints, right? After all, we usually only reach out to customer service when something goes wrong during one of our own purchase experiences. What if we told you that complaints are only a small piece of the customer service picture?  Let’s think about the Walt Disney Company, this company is incredibly popular worldwide, and has only continued to grow in popularity.  It also renowned for its superior customer service. That’s not a coincidence. In the beginning, most bloggers are hyper-focused on building our content and growing traffic so that we can ultimately monetize our blogs.  After all, that is the dream, right, the big goal that nearly all of us are aiming for? ButRead More

As bloggers and business owners, we have to be up to date on all of the latest technologies, so you’re probably already familiar with or even an avid user of Google Drive. When we began adding freelancers and hiring people onto our team, Google Drive started getting a whole lot more complicated. We had freelancers delete projects they shared a long time ago and once one of our team members even accidentally restricted permissions on a document that others on the team needed the next day. Something just wasn’t working. We absolutely relied on Google Drive to share documents but there was a lot of room for error…And so we decided it was time to find a better way. That’s when we discovered Google TeamRead More

Missed attending ACTIVATE live? Don’t worry! We are bringing ACTIVATE straight to you. For a limited time, you can pre-order videos of the main session for $197 or the main session with the pre-conference workshop for $297. That’s $200 off our regular pricing! ACTIVATE 2018 was a life-changing experience for all who attended, one where attendees walked away from our 2-day event with an action plan for success; one that they could begin applying immediately to their blogs. Not only was ACTIVATE a fully immersive experience, it also brought more clarity, purpose, and direction to the attendees’ blogging journeys than they ever thought possible. This is your chance to get the same sense of clarity, purpose, and direction!  From refining your message and creating contentRead More

Goals. We all have them.  And whether they are big or small, those goals can often lurk in the back of our brains and live there, unfulfilled. The thing is, we tend to push our goals to the end of a very long and never-ending to-do list. After juggling deadlines, work, health, and family, most of our time and energy is zapped by the end of the day. Where do you even find the time to go after the bigger picture stuff? And, what do you do when you actually want to start crushing your goals? For starters, you need a plan! You see, the only way to accomplish and even crush your goals is to get organized. This means taking big goals and breakingRead More

We all struggle to find balance every now and then, but as moms–especially as moms of young kids–who are also trying to blog, it can be particularly tough! There’s always someone begging for snacks or saying “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,” on repeat. We can barely fit in time for all the stuff that WE need to do, let alone  the things that we need to do for our kids. But what if we told you there’s a way to fit in time for yourself and your blog, or that you don’t actually have to choose between being a mom or being an entrepreneur. What if we told you that you can absolutely rock the socks off of both roles? Sound like a pipe dream? The thingRead More