10 Facebook Groups for Growing Your Blog or Business
Are you using a large Facebook groups list to help grow your blog or online business? If not, you may want to consider it. Using an effective Facebook groups list can help explode your blog or business’s growth in several ways. Not only do Facebook groups provide a community of like-minded individuals that you can…
Rakuten Review 2025: Pros, Cons & Tips to Boost Earnings
I first downloaded Rakuten in August of 2016 and over the past several years, I’ve accumulated $984.08 in cashback. At just over $123 each year, that’s good for a free $10 per month I’ve had the app installed. (The average member earned $90.16 in 2023, according to Rakuten).[1] This review covers my ongoing experience, explores…
18 Best Places to Take Paid Online Surveys (Up to $50/hr)
Paid online surveys are often presented as an easy way to make quick cash, but not all platforms are worth your time. With so many options out there, it can be challenging to figure out which ones are legitimate. Having spent over 10 years testing and evaluating survey platforms, we’ve learned which sites consistently deliver…
17 Things to Include in Every Single Blog Post
What’s the one thing all bloggers need to be successful? Traffic. They need traffic, in the form of new (or returning) readers, to come digest, appreciate, and share the content they’ve spent tons of time creating. They need traffic because it’s the source for the one thing we’re all after — customers. Now, the challenge…
50 Smart Ways to Promote Your Blog (And Get Free Traffic)
You just put the finishing touches on a brand new website and you’re excited to share it with the world. After dozens of hours of hard work, you’re finally ready to let the flood gates open. There’s only one problem. You built it, and they did not come. Soon you realize that promoting a new…
23 Places to Find Free Stock Photos for Your Website
When it comes to making your blog or business website look professional, quality photos are a must. While you might have heard the advice to “take your own photos,” many of us don’t have the right equipment, knowledge, or skills needed to capture the image we desire. That’s where websites offering free stock photos come…
How This RN Turned a Blog into a $2 Million Side Hustle
If you had asked me three years ago what I envisioned my future looking like, a blog side hustle wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. According to Pew Research Center, self-employed Americans accounted for 10% of the national workforce in 2014[1]. But as for me? I had no intention of contributing to that 10%. If…
10 Easy Ways to Save Electricity (and Reduce Your Bill)
You don’t need 100 ways to save electricity in order to see a major difference on your next energy bill. You just need information on our 10 proven ways to save electricity at home to get started. It’s summer, the time of year for backyard grilling, lounging poolside, and…skyrocketing electric bills. That last element isn’t something most…
How to Start a Blog in 2025 (Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners)
Starting a blog was one of the best decisions I ever made. Before starting my blog, I was burned out, working 60+ hours a week at a job I didn’t like where I felt unfulfilled (and was certainly underpaid). I didn’t have time for myself, let alone my family, friends, or any semblance of a…
6 Ways Tailwind Helped Us Build a Six-Figure Side Hustle
A few years back, I watched an episode of ABC’s Shark Tank that forever changed the way I thought about our business. I cannot for the life of me remember the product the gentleman was pitching, but what I will never forget is just how small that entrepreneur must have felt when Mark Cuban humiliated…