Crystal Paine | Blogger, Money Saving Mom

How to Become a Successful Blogger

Crystal Paine is a consultant, speaker and the founder of MoneySavingMom.com which has grown since 2007 to be one of the top personal finance blogs on the web–averaging over 1.5 million unique visitors per month. She is the author of Say Goodbye To Survival Mode and Restore Your Passion for Life. In addition to running her own business, she serves as a consultant to executives and business owners in the areas of brand development, online growth and social media strategy which makes sense because she has over 750,000 Facebook fans! For more information on Crystal, visit MoneySavingMom.com.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How moneysavingmom.com got started (3:14)
• Recommended sites and resources for bloggers that you recommend at the beginning (9:04)
• Tips for getting advertisers at the beginning and how to avoid coming off as “salesy” with readers (11:30)
• Crystal’s must-have tools for her business (18:00)
• Advice for handling work-life balance and blocking out noise (19:49)

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