I admit it, I'm partial to wordpress. But there are so many other blogging platforms out there that it can make a bloggers head spin to decide which is the best way to create a blog that you love. One of the first things you need to decide, is what is the goal of your blog. Are you looking: to just make friends blog about your family is it a hobby that is part time or full time do you want to make money and take in ads are you looking to be a professional writer or blogger Defining your…

Last time I left you with five (ok, 5 and a bonus and then some,) Easy SEO tips you can be applying to your blog right now to bring in more traffic. Unfortunately, that article got so long, I had to break it up into a second post, so here are the rest of my tips to assist you in nailing down some mom blogger SEO. While tons of traffic wont always equal tons of money, it does allow you the first step in capitalizing on CPM ads. For a site with a lot of page views, CPM can be…

If you are a blogger using Wordpress (install on your own hosting plan) and are independently wealthy and can pay for whatever your heart desires, then don't bother to read this. But, if you are like the majority, you are not wealthy and the thought of being able to afford a Wordpress theme that does exactly what you want it to do makes your brain itch. And themes matter. Designs matter. Layout matters. And on top of all that, if you are using a free Wordpress theme, it probably has some things that just don't work right. So what do…