So I've finally gotten around to updating my annual hardwood flooring trend post, and if you want to check it out, you can find it here: Hardwood Flooring Trends for 2020. I'm actually a bit late already and have to play catch up. And, it's not even finished yet. I was supposed to do this at begi
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10/24/2019
Yes, I've been VERY busy. Thankfully, due to all the SEO I've done over the years, my website can sustain itself. This is one of many benefits of SEO traffic - it's passive and long lasting. No, you don't need to blog everyday. My site gets over 500,000 pageviews/day - from the combo of SEO and
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10/21/2019
We all get further ahead by helping each other rather than competing and tearing each other down. Two heads are better than one. I think we all inherently know this. But, more often than not, we forget it. So I want to share one way that networking and collaborating has just worked for me in the
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08/24/2019
I mean I knew it would be hard, so this is not a huge surprise. I tried it 2 1/2 year ago and gave up. This time, the opportunity fell into my lap unexpectedly and I had a friend selling her blog. I knew there was no way I could handle it myself, so I paired up with a friend. (she also has her
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08/08/2019
As many of you know, my friend and I bought a new blog in May. It's called Healthy Savvy & Wise. This new blog allows us to blog about blogging and personal finance/frugal living tips. This is kind of like our side hobby. We bought this from a friend as she wanted to sell her blog so she can wo
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07/06/2019
Every time I think I have this blogging thing figured out, I get a curve ball. So last week there was a google core algo update. Yuck. It's the first time Google announced an update ahead of time Thankfully my Google traffic only dropped 15%...and miraculously my affiliate income (which mainly
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06/11/2019
Did you know that the carpet companies recommend that you steam your carpets every 12-18 months? 12 months for heavy traffic areas such as family rooms, hallways, etc and 18 months for low traffic areas such as bedrooms? And, if you don't the warranty on the carpet is voided. One could argue th
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06/03/2019
My blog has been doing very well. And, I mean very well...as in generating a very full time income. (In fact, for many it would be 2 full time incomes). My goal is to keep growing. So, I keep trying to learn and grow and diversify. I've been taking a bunch of steps lately to do that (including
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05/21/2019
My main website has been doing VERY well and earning a very full time income. One of my closest friends and I talked last summer about creating another site. Managing 2 sites is challenging, but doing it together as a team is much easier, especially since we each know how to do different things
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05/14/2019
Are gray paint color out? No, of course not. But, colors and home decor do evolve over the years. Cool grays were all the rage 5 to 10 years ago. Now, tastes have evolved to warm grays. These are often called greige...and that's a mixture of gray and beige. People often wonder how to pronounc
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05/06/2019
