Almost two years ago, I published my first Ask Me Anything here on Making Sense of Cents. That went super well, so I decided to make it more of a regular thing!
Ask Me Anything is literally that – you can ask me anything. If you’re struggling to figure out what to ask, here are a few of the topics you may want to know more about:
- Personal finance
- Blogging
- My life
- Travel
- RVing
- Sailing
- Being location independent
- Business
- Making extra money
- Questions about my dogs
And so on, and so on.
Seriously, ask me anything in the comments below, and I will take the time to answer every single one. Of course, please nothing inappropriate or creepy. I’ll let you be the judge of what is creepy, I guess, haha!
All right, go for it, ask away!
P.S. If you’re looking to see all of the comments and questions, make sure to hit “Older Comments” or “Newer Comments” below. The comments break apart in pages once there are over 50 comments.
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I am trying to build an email list but I need a physical address and I am trying to blog anonymously – any tips on going around that hurdle?
What about a PO Box?
How do I go about “finding” my target audience for my blog niche? Is this the same as SEO, Pinterest, etc…? I keep reading on multiple sites to ‘find and write to your target audience’.
Thank you for this opportunity to ‘ask anything’!
I think it’s more about who you want your target audience to be?
OK, is there any way you can start a blog or email list for free?
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I think Mailchimp offers a free service when you are below a certain number of subscribers.
Hi! My husband and I would love to see the country from our RV. However, he takes a strong pain medicine every day. How do you manage daily medications/prescriptions and health care outside of your home state?
Hey Jessie!
I talk about what we do here – https://fund-rise.live/2016/08/liberty-healthshare-review.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Michelle,
Ask you anything. ..here goes: I could use your help with kicking off my blogs and building traffic.
I have been following you for a year and thought who better to ask than you. I’m in the process of having my website developed, I’ve read your blogging training course, I’ve utilized your affliated marketing training course and have been received approved links to apply to my site when it’s up and running.
I need assistance with getting traffic to my blog. I’ve kind of become discouraged and have not been as active as I should be.
I have mentioned my site before: http://www.layoffsequalnewjobs.com
Any input would be great. I could use a mentor????.
Sherice
Have you tried all of the methods listed here – https://fund-rise.live/2019/04/how-to-earn-money-blogging.html%3C/a%3E ?
Creating pins for Pinterest, SEO, Facebook, Instagram, guest posting, taking part in interviews, and so on are all key.
Pinterest is definitely a place bloggers and affiliate marketers want to concentrate their efforts at getting reciprocal traffic and referral traffic for years to come by placing their links with fresh pin content descriptions. Pinterest is still seen by many people as a social network but actually, a search engine just like Bing, Google and YaHoO!
Hi Michelle,
I am growing my email list, but I am not seeing the revenue yet I would like. I am debating using more ad money to help grow my list as I keep reading that this is so important. Was there a minimum email list size or range that you feel is necessary to make an online business viable? I know this is extremely subjective as quality is more important than quantity, but wondering how far I might need to go! 🙂
I don’t think there’s a minimum, it’s all about quality. 100,000 emails that were bought from a list seller is going to prove much worse than someone who gained 1,000 subscribers the right way.
Hey Michelle,
Here is my question for you,
Do you pay yourself a monthly/bi-weekly/weekly salary (like, a set amount) or just manage all your income as yours, instead of business income? It is obviously all yours haha, but I was curious if you have a set amount, kind of like an employee getting paid, and why you’d choose one option over the other.
Thank you in advance!
Thank you!
Hey Jess!
I’m an LLC with S Corp election, so I have a salary for some of my income.
Michelle,
Do you mind sharing your marketing strategy a little? I’ve seen your income reports and they’re very impressive, but how much are you spending in ads to achieve that? Or is your traffic all organic from SEO?
Thanks!!
I don’t spend much in ads. I am hoping to start doing that more very soon, though!
Almost all of my traffic is free – SEO, Facebook, Pinterest, email, direct.
You can convert free traffic faster because your content drives traffic from all corner of the internets. The key to success is write longer pages to increase your online profit potential. 1,500 words or more published daily Monday thru Friday. Hope this helps.
I have a question about seasonal posts – if I have a “fall decor” post, should I pin to Pinterest when autumn starts? or a few weeks before? When do you post (& more importantly, pin to Pinterest) your seasonal posts, as the season is happening, or before it starts?
Thanks so much!!!
Usually pinning ahead of time is better.
I don’t have many seasonal posts, but when I do, I usually try to publish them 1-2 months ahead.
Hi Michelle,
This is Mila, first I have to thank you again for your kind advice. I’m so glad I read your blog and have chance to learn from you!
After 2 months struggling and thinking, I came up with plan and contents, now I’m working on the building part! It’s a new start! There are so many new blog hosting, is WordPress still your top pick?
Hello!
WordPress is not hosting. But, yes, WordPress is still preferred for me over the other platforms (if that’s what you’re asking).
Hi Michelle,
For a beginner would you recommend starting off with one of the easier to navigate options, Wix for example, or just starting straight with Wordpress and learning as you go?
I definitely recommend WordPress.
Hi Michelle!
So glad to know you wanna receive questions cause I have a good one.
I would like to know if you recommend amy investing website/ books?
You are a great saver and your business has profits so,may I know where are you investin in?
Where can I start learning where to invest my money?
I am still in the process of making “enough money to invest” but wanna be there soon so I wanna be prepares for the mext step.
Many thanks and all the best,
Hello!
1) Here’s a bunch of personal finance books that I recommend – https://fund-rise.live/2016/06/personal-finance-books.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
2) I highly recommend reading this – https://fund-rise.live/2018/09/how-to-start-investing-for-beginners.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Most bloggers quit at the 6 month mark because of exactly what you just said.
You just have to keep going – that is if you want to 🙂
Hi Michelle,
I want to kindly find out if you designed your website yourself because I intend to start mine and don’t know how to go about it. What advice would be most beneficial to that end?Also, what platforms do you use to professionally edit and organize your blogposts?
Thanks!
For my first few designs, they were done by me. The current one was done by someone else 🙂
For the platform, I recommend WordPress.
Hey Michelle! I would love to start a blog about my journey taking care of my son who has adhd/mild autism. I need an outlet, and I would like to help others by sharing my experience. Could I also make money with this topic?
I’ve never done research on the topic. There are many, many topics so it would be impossible for me to be an expert on them all and know exactly how they make money 🙂