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How I Afford to Blog

UptownOracle — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:00:16 +0000

This is a post I have wanted to write for a while now, but the recent talk on Twitter about expenses of blogging made me think I should pull it forward in my schedule. Blogging does have expenses, and some of these are things you wouldn't really think of if you aren't within blogging/website development etc. It’s often the same people who think blogging is ‘just typing a blog post’ that think this is a completely free hobby, or an easy full-time job for some. So, I wanted to be completely transparent about how I afford to host this blog, own a domain, have a paid theme, and of course pay for a lot of the products you see in my posts.

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Blogging 101: Creating a Media Kit

UptownOracle — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:00:26 +0000

A media kit for bloggers is usually used to show off yourself and your blog/YouTube/social channels to brands you want to work with. Marketing and PR professionals also often use them to better understand whether blogger X, Y and Z will be a good fit for the product they want to promote.

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Blogging 101: Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers

UptownOracle — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered how other bloggers make money from their blogs outside of brand deals? Or you know about affiliate links but you just don’t know how to use them for your content? Well this is the post for you. I’m going to talk all about affiliate marketing, and how to best maximise your […]

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