Paying off the mortgage takes a looooong time, so being smart and patient is critical, which is why mortgage automation tricks are so important. Once you’ve made the decision and set things up, your debt will slowly start to go down on it’s own, while you can focus your effort on new ways to make money or cut costs.
Luckily, there are 3 mortgage automation tricks that anyone can do that will take YEARS off of your mortgage. There’s truly no reason to not be implementing these!
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Of all the inspirational books out there, it is these personal finance books that have the ability to completely change your life. They reveal timeless and powerful principles, yet for some reason these concepts are kept from most of us as we go through school!
Which just makes it even more important to make sure you read as many personal finance books as you can. They will not only help you build wealth, but they’ll completely change the way you think, feel, and act…and for the better! Your life will literally be better after reading these. Your only regret will be that you didn’t start them sooner.
So get ready to fill your Amazon cart and library checklist. These are the best personal finance books out there and ones that every single person should read.
If there’s one worry I hear the most from fellow mom bloggers, both new and old, it’s this: “I think my blog’s too broad. I need to niche-down but I don’t know how.” This worry has haunted me from the very beginning of my first blog…and to this day, it still sneaks into my head sometimes.
But the reality is that this just isn’t true! You don’t need a well-defined niche to have a successful blog. Some of the most successful blogs out there are massive, with so many different topics and categories that they basically become experts in everything.
You can succeed with a broad topic blog. People do it everyday!
I can’t tell you how excited I am at this discovery. I’m a total LUSH bath bomb addict, but as you may or may not know, those things are expensive! They are hands down the highest quality bath bombs you will find, but at $7-$8 a bomb, it becomes a true luxury.
But I can’t pay that much every time I want to relax in a bath!
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It took me a really, really long time to accept that site speed is one of the most important factors when it comes to increasing traffic to your blog. Google likes it, Pinterest likes it, users like it. Any longer than 3-4 seconds for your blog to load and (supposedly) your traffic starts dropping off by double digit percentage points.
That means that for a lot of us, increasing site speed could increase our traffic by double digit percentage points.
The pot gets even sweeter from there because most ads run smoother when your site loads faster, so if you’re on an ad network, you could also start seeing higher RPMs.
There’s a really easy way to know if blogging is for you – you start a blog. You go through the ups and downs, you survive some spells of burnout, but you power through. And before long, little thoughts creep into your head that you could (and maybe should) start a second blog.
That’s when you know it’s for you. When you want even more of the craziness, the ups and downs, and the unbelievable fulfillment.
And you should start a second blog. When done the right way, a second blog will make your first even better and will achieve profitability (or whatever metric of success you are using) in a fraction of the time your first did.
There’s no question that the right course can be a game changer for whatever topic you’re looking for. For blogging, they can be even more powerful because little changes can have exponential impact. And that is exactly what happened for me when I finally discovered Kelly’s SEO course and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that it’s the best SEO course for mom bloggers (and really anyone) that you can find (and ironically, it’s not nearly as expensive as many of the courses being marketed these days).
But first, let me just emphasize how important SEO is for bloggers, website builders, and small businesses. Pinterest may be quick and simple and word of mouth may be potent, but SEO can skyrocket your success. And better yet, it’s stable, so the growth will stick.
Not only will it help you to show up on Google, it will also help you with social media platforms like Pinterest and Facebook. And best of all, it will increase the quality of your website because, really, that’s what Google is all about – providing the best content for whatever your question or need is.
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