Today as I was going through my emails I had at least 10 emails from PR companies asking me to "spread the word" about their products or services on Tough Cookie Mommy. Those of you who are bloggers and are reading this post already know where I'm going with this. Of course, I have time to spread the word about your product because this blog is just a hobby and I have no other responsibilities besides providing free advertising and promotion to every company that asks me to. Insert sarcasm here. Let me begin by saying that it takes a tremendous amount of work, time, creativity, and money to run a blog. Yes, I said money. It costs money to pay for web hosting, blog design, owning a domain, etc. I'm sure those of you who are not bloggers are probably incredibly shocked to learn this information. Also, if you follow me on social media, you know that I rarely go to sleep before 2 AM. That is because I am busy writing posts, answering emails, fielding conference calls, … [Read more...]
The Secret of Blogging Sucess
This week, I received an email from a fellow blogger asking me about something that I had implemented related to my blog. She thought it was a great idea and wanted to know how I had done it. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised because there was a time when I was on the other end of that email trying to learn as much as I could about everything having to do with blogging. As soon as I had a chance, I promptly responded to her email and explained to her the steps that I took to implement that new idea. That evening, she emailed me back thanking me for the information and for taking the time out to respond to her and to explain everything. Since this fellow blogger was so grateful, it got me to wondering if there is a sense of secrecy to this whole blogging thing. I can recall that, during my early days as a blogger, there were many veterans who were eager to answer my questions about a variety of topics related to which blogging platform to use, blog design, … [Read more...]
