Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Super Simple Food Photography Tips

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Great images make people want to share your recipes. Here's some simple food photography tips that will make your dishes look absolutely delicious. 

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

Lessons learned from Sushi and the Sahara

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I thought I was taking a break this weekend, turns out the school of life was teaching me how to be a better blogger

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Fun Cooking with the Kids

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What's more fun on a cold, wet, snowy day than cooking with your kids. We've been busy in the kitchen making egg roll wrappers filled with spinach and cream cheese filling. 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

You Can't Phone it In and Succeed

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You can't phone it in and expect success. To succed with blogging you must create value, provide something for the reader... and that doesn't happen from copy/pasting someone else's content. 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Looking for a good book to read?

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I just finished Catch Me by Lisa Gardner... here's my review. 

Monday, February 18, 2013

How to Write Powerful Blog Posts

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When you're blogging to make money you have to creat powerful blog posts that move people to do what you want them to do. That's the topic from today's mastermind.

Powerful writing that converts. Come check it out. 

Friday, February 15, 2013

Mexican Crock Pot Chicken

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Looking for a delicious, and simple mexican crockpot chicken recipe? Look no further. This is one of the best I've tasted, and easy as throwing everything in the crockpot and turning it on! 

Monday, February 11, 2013

When It Gets Frustrating How Do You Just Keep Going?

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Sometimes when you start something it ends up being harder than you thought, takes more energy and time and can even be very frustrating. 

What you need to know how to do is just keep swimming. That's what we talked about on the Monday Morning Mastermind.  

Friday, February 8, 2013

50% off Resistance Bands Workouts Today Only

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If you're looking for a great workout nothing beats resistance bands workouts for simplicity, ease and being so darn portable. 

Holly Rigsby, The Fit Yummy Mummy just came out with a whole new resistance bands workout video series feature exercise bands. Get them here today for 50% off until midnight.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Why Is No One Clicking Your Banners?

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It's called ad blindness, or banner blindness. It happens when people get on the internet. They get so focused on what they are looking for (generally content or a solution) that they just don't see anything else... including your banners. 

There is a cure though... cure banner blindness

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

You're Failing Because You're Making it Too Complicated

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I struggled in internet marketing for years. I did a million different things, followed every shiny new ball, every gonna make you a millionaire launch... to no avail.

I realized my failure was caused by a couple things. I was making it too complicated... and I wasn't playing to my strengths. 

Here's what I do now to keep it simple and successful!

Monday, February 4, 2013

Magnet Dolls ~ A Review After a Year...

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I always wonder when people do reviews if they really like the thing that seems cool right when you get it or does it turn out to be a dud later and they just never come back and tell you.

Hanna got these magnet dolls and dollhouse over a year ago. Thought we'd revisit the review and see if our opinions on things have changed. 

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sometimes You Just Need to Take Some Time Off

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Army Wives is one of my guilty pleasures. When I take a break I love to watch full episodes online.