Choosing Tools to Help You Create (and Stick to!) a Budget

Choosing Tools to Help You Create (and Stick to!) a Budget

Be sure you don’t miss a thing! Subscribe to receive updates by email. Or if you use a feed reader, subscribe to my RSS feed! Thanks for visiting!Before I get started sharing the pros and cons of various budgeting programs, I wanted to point you to the comments on Monday’s question of the day. [...]

Creating a Healthy Blog/Life Balance

Creating a Healthy Blog/Life Balance

The following is a guest post from Sherri at Zen Family Habits and Serene Journey:
When I first started blogging I was filled with excitement. There was the excitement of my very first subscriber (that wasn’t a relative), the excitement of getting my very first comment, and the excitement of a big name blogger taking notice [...]

Question of the Day: How Do You Organize Your Finances?

Question of the Day: How Do You Organize Your Finances?

This week we’ll be talking about organizing your finances, with a look at various budget programs, investment options and tools for meeting your savings goals.
To kick it off, I thought I’d start with a question of the day:
How do you organize your finances?
Do you use a budget?
What budget system do you use?
How do you [...]

Giveaway: Organize Your Paper Clutter with Simplify 101

Giveaway: Organize Your Paper Clutter with Simplify 101

I’m excited to introduce you to one of Organizing Your Way’s new advertisers this month — Simplify 101.
I’ve been reading Aby Garvey’s Creative Organizing blog for a year-and-a-half or so, and she has a way of presenting ideas and tips as if she’s your next door neighbor or best friend, the one you always turn [...]

Weekend Reading, 2/20/10

Weekend Reading, 2/20/10

Another week gone by, and we’re one step closer to spring!
Most days I do my best to ignore the snow that still covers the fields around our home. When the sun is shining, I can almost convince myself that it’s a beautiful spring day outside with the frogs talking amongst themselves and the purple martins [...]

Using Advertising as a Revenue Stream on Your Blog

Using Advertising as a Revenue Stream on Your Blog

Yesterday we talked about affiliate marketing as a way to earn money on your blog, and today I want to share what I know about advertising.
First, a little about my background. I majored in business administration with a minor in marketing. Then, at the height of the housing bubble, I worked as the office manager [...]

Affiliate Marketing, Disclosures & Earning an Income from Your Blog

Affiliate Marketing, Disclosures & Earning an Income from Your Blog

As part of my blogging series this week, I want to take some time to tackle the elephant in the room — earning an income from your blog. We’ve all heard people say that you can’t earn money blogging, but we also know that people like Dooce and Problogger make significant incomes from their blogs.
So [...]