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A Mom Blogger’s Honest Review of a LadyBossBlogger Course

May 5, 2020 by firstcomesfamily Leave a Comment

With all of the downtime I’ve had lately, I dove headfirst into LadyBossBlogger’s How to Start a Money Making Blog by Elaine Rau. It is the perfect time to put time and effort into this blog and bring a better experience for my readers. How to Start a Money Making Blog breaks it down so that the newest to the more seasoned bloggers can find rich information in it. 

Although I have been blogging for 4 years, the amount of knowledge in this course made me realize how much I didn’t actually know. As embarrassing as it is to say, I actually haven’t made a profit from my blog yet. Surprising right? A lot of people assume that you make money if you have a domain and a blog. Wrong. So needless to say when I started learning exactly How to Start a Money Making Blog, I was ecstatic!

The course is broken down into 13 parts…

  1. Discover Your “Why”
  2. Find Your Niche
  3. Claim Your Blog Domain
  4. Create Your Target Audience
  5. Design Your Brand
  6. Set Up Email Marketing Strategy
  7. Social Media Foundations
  8. WordPress Basics
  9. SEO Best Practices
  10. Curate Strategic Content
  11. How to Make Money Blogging
  12. Legal Aspects
  13. Promoting Your Brand + Blog

Don’t be fooled at how many topics there are, they are extremely dense with information. In fact, I’ve already gone through it and am planning to go back through it this week! It was like Elaine knew exactly where I was lacking and put it all in this course. Reading along was so easy and felt as if it came straight from a friend. 

What I’ve Learned…

  • An email list is what will grow my blog and secure an audience.
  • Consistency is key!
  • Organizing Pinterest to help drive blog traffic.
  • Privacy Policy and disclosures are a must.
  • Focus on SEO and it will help in the long run.
  • What brands look for in a collaboration.
  • How to make my blog legal.

As a mom, having loads of content ready to post seems to be a weakness of mine just because I’m so busy. Elaine breaks down several different content planning softwares and hacks that I have been implementing. It’s already helped me feel prepared and ready to increase my engagement. 

I can admit the legal side of blogging was a bit overwhelming at the beginning and something that I had NO CLUE about until completing How to Start a Money Making Blog. Tracking my income and expenses, registering my business (yup, I said this blog is my business), and abiding by FTC and Copyright laws are among the things that are now apart of my blogging workdays.

Promo Code

I have teamed up with LadyBossBlogger and Elaine to offer you a 40% off of ANY LadyBossBlogger Courses using my code: SHIEANN. She offers courses for any level of blogger or Instagrammer.

Giveaway

Now for the fun part, head over to my Instagram here to enter a giveaway for one lucky follower to access How to Start a Money Making Blog.

Giveaway rules are:

  1. Follow me @firstcomesfamily.mama
  2. Follow @ladybossblogger 
  3. Follow @elainerau 
  4. Like this photo and tag a friend in the comments! 
  5. Earn extra entries by tagging more friends

The contest will run from May 6, 2020 until May 20, 2020. The prize will be a @LadyBossBlogger course of your choice valued at $600. The giveaway winner must post a photo of themselves on their feed talking about winning the course in order to claim the prize – PROFILES MUST BE PUBLIC NOT PRIVATE. Please email ladybossblogger@gmaill.com your published link and state which course you’d like to win (can’t be a bundled course and limit one course per person). Must be 18+ years old to enter. Giveaway is available to contestants worldwide. Disclaimer: This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram.

Additional Resources

  • 7-Day Make Money Blogging
  • 21-Day Build A Better Blog
  • 5-Day Master Affiliate Marketing
  • 3-Day Become An Instagram Influencer

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2nd time mamas🤰🏻 When did you start to show with baby #2?! 

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Some people have asked if we know the gender and t Some people have asked if we know the gender and thanks to @sneakpeektest , we do 😆💙💗

@sneakpeektest is an early gender DNA test that can be done right at home! It takes about 20 minutes to do and has 99.9% accuracy. Once you send your sample in, you can find out the gender as fast as 72 hours (you can even have the results sent to a third person to do a reveal). 

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Our fam is growing by one little babe 🥰 We’re Our fam is growing by one little babe 🥰 We’re thrilled to announce that Baby #2 is arriving October 2021 💙💗

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We spent 1 week in NY (where I’m from) to see fa We spent 1 week in NY (where I’m from) to see family that we haven’t seen since 2019 and it was the best ever! We had plans of traveling up there often last year but well we know how that story goes 🙄 

Every time we visit our family, it makes me wish I lived in the same city as them or even just driving distance. Being able get breakfast with my papa or hang out at my mom’s. But until they all move to Florida this is our usual.✈️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Does your family live near you?! 

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#AD When I was a teenager, I always thought I had #AD When I was a teenager, I always thought I had the worst skin yet everyone told me I had great skin. I think it was mostly because it didn’t look airbrushed like girls in makeup ads. Eventually into my twenties, I learned to love my skin. To love the way my cheeks get rosy. To love the way my eyes are shaped. To love the glisten of oily skin at the end of a long day. 

It makes me sad that I spent so many years wondering why my skin didn’t look like a magazine model’s. But it makes me even more happy that now at almost 27 (yikes that makes me feel old😆) I have finally accepted and embraced the beauty that I’ve had all along. @tula helps me day in and day out with their clean skincare products made of probiotics and superfoods! Let me tell you, I feel like my skin just left a spa after every cleanse ✨ 

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I remember being a little girl and helping my Dad I remember being a little girl and helping my Dad pack up our @igloocoolers for a day out! #AD 
#IglooPartner So it’s nostalgic to pack up our @igloocoolers Little Playmate for a picnic on the beach 
with my little one (obviously we have a pink one!) Two things are certain during our beach picnics: sand 
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Hey, @lee_boogy can we go to Savannah, GA again an Hey, @lee_boogy can we go to Savannah, GA again and eat for 3 days straight? 😋 This breakfast was from @bmatthewseatery  and I’m still dreaming about that biscuit 😍

Every vacation, I like to thoroughly plan out where to eat. Literally, we never eat anywhere unless I’ve stalked it on IG, Yelp, and Facebook. I mean hey, I like good food and don’t want to be disappointed 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

👋🏻Anyone else like this?! 

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DIY 1st Birthday Set Up💕 Vivian turned 1 right DIY 1st Birthday Set Up💕

Vivian turned 1 right in the middle of quarantine last year so we opted for a virtual party (everyone tuned in via FaceTime) but of course I still had to decorate for my girl! Here’s a few tips for anyone wanting to DIY their kiddos birthday party!

•Balloon Garlands from amazon are only like $10 and SO easy. Probably took us 20 mins to this (we blew them up with a bicycle pump)

•Pinterest everything! The tassels and name banner are both made by me and I found the tutorials on Pinterest!

•The cake is all box and store bought but I bought small cake pans to give it the cute small look! Again easy especially since she smashed it. Most grocery stores offer free smash cakes (ask the bakery!)

•Make an amazon wish list of gifts you’d like for your kiddo that way it’s easy for friends and family to mail them to you!

•Take tons of pictures! I can’t believe I’m already planned her 2nd birthday 😭

🎈What are your DIY party tips!? 

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I talked on stories yesterday about how Vivian’s I talked on stories yesterday about how Vivian’s speech isn’t as advanced as other kiddos her age. It’s something I don’t chat about too much, but maybe I should. When I share these struggles, I’m simply doing it so that some other mom who is in a similar situation doesn’t feel alone. ❤️

It takes a lot to be vulnerable and open on social media. Opening up with things that weigh on my mind isn’t easy, but I can tell you that the love and support I receive on here makes it so worth it. My favorite thing about this community is the support! It’s crazy how we live in a world physically lonely at times yet so full in our social media family!

⬇️Soo, share your favorite blogger or IGer that is open, honest, and makes you feel like their friend! 👯‍♀️
#AD Tell me if this sounds like you.. Picking up #AD  Tell me if this sounds like you.. Picking up toys ALL day long, running errands, giving baths and singing songs then realizing you forgot to feed yourself?! Because it’s literally me and it’s why I love Dole Boosted Blends® Protein for lunch when I’m busy with ya know, mom life 😅 

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Kicking off February the only way we know, with sw Kicking off February the only way we know, with sweets 🍓 We went to @parkesdale for strawberry milkshakes and strawberry shortcake. It was AMAZING (we have an extra milkshake in the freezer 😋) 

🥰I’m declaring that a trip to @parkesdale is now a February tradition for our family as it is for many other Tampa Bay families. 

💌What are your February traditions?! Valentine’s baskets? Heart pancakes? Share with me! 

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Are you even a mom if you don’t make cinnamon ro Are you even a mom if you don’t make cinnamon rolls into the shapes of hearts for Valentine’s Day?! I’ve seen this all over Instagram the last few years and had to do it with Vivian! She loved them and even ate them breakfast, lunch and dinner😆 

Lately she has been the pickiest eater and she is soooo choosey with what she eats. I know kids get in phases but dang it makes me feel like I’m failing. Makes me feel like I’m not doing a good enough job of feeding her. I know I definitely could give her more fruits and veggies but still 😫

What’s the craziest thing your kid demanded to eat instead of the delicious meal you prepared?!😆

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Ya know what’s ironic? Yesterday I hopped on sto Ya know what’s ironic? Yesterday I hopped on stories to chat about how I handle my toddler’s tantrums and the rest of the day was a nightmare of tantrums and today was the same 🙃 

I got a DM yesterday saying that I’m a super mom and while that’s flattering, it’s far from the truth. Instagram is a highlight reel and while I try to be super transparent with y’all, not everything makes the cut to IG. Kinda like how I sat in my laundry room to take a few deep breaths while my kid was freaking the f out. Or how I just want to crumble and cry because I’m trying so hard but sometimes I just can’t keep up with the big feelings of my toddler 😭 

Although things look like rainbows and butterflies on Instagram, it definitely does not mean we have it all together. We’re all just hanging on by a thread by bedtime 👏🏻😓

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Do you remember the last time you went on a vacati Do you remember the last time you went on a vacation to sleep?!

As a mom, the thing I look forward to on any trip is S L E E P😴  It’s crazy how you take for granted simple things like sleep and sitting in bed watching the show of your choice. But sometimes it’s SO needed. I’ve recently been focusing on filing my own cup up and this was exactly what I needed.😌

This past weekend my sister in law and I had a girls trip that our husbands actually surprised us with at @omniorlandofl 👏🏻 (they were buttering us up for their golf trip) We spent the day at the Spa and had my first hot stone massage 🙌🏻 Swipe to see the making of this pic and my SIL falling off the bed😂

If you were to take a kid-free vaca right now, what would you be doing?!

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Today, I lost my patience. More times than I’d l Today, I lost my patience. More times than I’d like.

And I can’t help but feel so guilty because of it. It’s not her fault that I’m having trouble handling my emotions while she’s learning to understand her own. But how many times can you say “Please stop touching that”?! Not every day is perfect. Some days she’s an angel, other days she’s a little devil. Each age has come with new challenges and boy is the toddler stage the hardest yet 😣 Constantly reminding myself that she still doesn’t have an understanding of her actions and emotions! I have to admit I use that as an affirmation almost and it truly has helped me parent better at times.

How do you handle the BIG feelings of toddlers? Help a mama out 😖

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