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10:21 am
August 28, 2011
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Kay Lynn Akers
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The best money I spent on my blog was buying the Thesis theme. I bought it before I'd really made any money and it was a leap of faith.
The second best (which has been the best financially) is asking Crystal to help manage advertising.
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2:02 pm
August 28, 2011
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Mike – Saving Money Today
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Hiring Crystal to handle my advertising has been huge for me. I don't have to spend time dealing with advertising requests and my ad revenue has gone way up…double win!
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7:03 pm
August 28, 2011
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TightFistedMiser said:
Hiring Crystal for my advertising was probably the best money spent. Although I don't know if that should count since she works on commission. A few years ago I hired someone to optimize my Adsense on a commission basis and that worked out very well too.
Thank you so much for the kind words!!!
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7:04 pm
August 28, 2011
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Kay Lynn Akers said:
The best money I spent on my blog was buying the Thesis theme. I bought it before I'd really made any money and it was a leap of faith.
The second best (which has been the best financially) is asking Crystal to help manage advertising.
Wow, thank you too for the great reference!!!
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7:06 pm
August 28, 2011
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Mike – Saving Money Today said:
Hiring Crystal to handle my advertising has been huge for me. I don't have to spend time dealing with advertising requests and my ad revenue has gone way up…double win!
You guys are blowing me away. Thank you. I am so glad I've been able to help!
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7:58 pm
August 28, 2011
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Cents To Save
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Crystal is helping me with breaking in to the advertising arena! I appreciate her knowledge and her efforts! She is wonderful.
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8:44 pm
August 28, 2011
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Crystal sounds like a huge help!
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9:29 pm
August 28, 2011
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I am very happy with the money I spent on my logo design. I have also been pleased with my upgraded HootSuite so that I can schedule bulk tweets.
I think I want to hire Crystal next!
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7:09 am
August 29, 2011
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Cents To Save said:
Crystal is helping me with breaking in to the advertising arena! I appreciate her knowledge and her efforts! She is wonderful.
Thank you so much. All of these kind words are starting my week off with a big bang. Thanks.
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7:13 am
August 29, 2011
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The Penny Hoarder said:
OOo…I second that. Buying a Mac a few months ago has made blogging so much more enjoyable. :)
I also just finished upgrading to a VPS last month and I think it was worth the money. I like knowing that I don't have to worry about GoDaddy taking my site offline anytime I get a traffic boost.
Glen Craig – Free From Broke said:
Best $ moves – Better hosting (each time I've upgraded it's been better), a paid theme (Thesis), and a professional header (via Peter at Logos for Websites).
Also buying my Mac.
Doctor Stock – Invest in the Markets said:
What is a VPS?? Thanks.
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8:41 am
August 30, 2011
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Financial Success for Young Adults said:
Best expense so far has been moving off of blogger and spending 10 bucks a month for Hostgator.
Next I would have to say buying a digital design package that is basically photoshop for inexperienced people. I've used this to create multiple banners, graphics for posts, etc.
But to date, I really haven't spent that much on the blog. I really don't want to spend too much money until I start to see consistent income. A move to thesis or genesis might be next.
What is the digital design package you purchased? Was it easy to use?
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8:50 am
August 30, 2011
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Barbara Friedberg
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Squirrelers said:
Great topic, Suba! I'm looking forward to reading everyone's responses here and seeing more come in.
As for me, the best thing I did with the blog was just buying the domain and taking the plunge. I had never owned a website before, but just made the inexpensive purchase and got going.
The worst? I probably could have spent more time looking at premium themes. I like Thesis, Genesis, and actually like Headway too. So, it was my lack of investment here that I think about:)
Really, my biggest investment by far has been time. I started it on a lark and as a hobby, and my interest level just took off from there. Time is valuable, and I've invested way more than I ever thought I would. It's been great though. Going forward, I'd like to explore getting some help with a few certain aspects of running a blog. Spending time on more fun aspect of the blog, while outsourcing a few other parts of it, might be a good move. Plus, many bloggers try to be jacks of all trades. Might be better to get specialized help on some things as necessary.
Squirrelers and all-I concur. Ditto, everything you said. Spent more time than money, as I have a propensity to want to do it all—- and that is impossible!
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10:03 am
August 30, 2011
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Hard to say, but the contests have been really great at boosting subscriptions and readership.
Sounds like a lot of great praise for Crystal! I'm already outsourcing carnival submissions so maybe I'll try advertising for some time!
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10:21 am
August 30, 2011
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MyJourneytoMillions said:
For me it is outsourcing stuff I don't know/do
1) Jesse from PF Firewall is a freaking animal freelancer – I am working with actually RIGHT this moment to fix my site that is broken lol (literally as I write this post).
2) Using Melissa from MomsPlans – she does all my carnival work. AMAZING money spent.
I'll second this — haven't hired Jesse but he's been a great help whenever I've needed it, and Melissa from MomsPlans is doing a great job with my carnivals.
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