If you wish to get paid for blogging, you have to take it seriously.  Use self-hosted blog and you must learn the right blogging guide from the experts who have made 5 or 6 figure online income. They will share their knowledge  if you buy their e-book or join their program.  If you think that you can learn on your own by using a free hosted blog and watching or asking blogger friends, here are some disadvantages:

• You can’t get enough information and you are wasting your time . 
• You take your friend’s time. Will he be able to answer your constant queries?  Some are reluctant to share their knowledge.
• Most of sponsors only approve if you are using self-hosted blog. You can get an optimum result if you’re using WordPress blog from WordPress.org (self-hosted blog or paid hosting).

I would recommend three learning resources for moms or those who wish to work from home and make money blogging.  The 3 resources are from the experts in Internet Marketing area, quite good and affordable for ordinary folk like us.

Buy the right e-book written by the expert. I don’t recommend you to buy a book as e-book is much cheaper and it has more to offer in the form of additional bonus.  I would recommend “Blogger’s Paycheck Guide”package, perfect blogging guide for beginners. The package consists of 5 volumes of easy step by step manual guide to provide clear and distinct path to blog success.  The package has lots of additional bonuses:  12 part videos “SEO for WordPress”, Plug-In-Profit Blog Template Designs, Pre-Written Copyright Free Articles, and mystery gift.  On top of those bonuses is free one month email consultation with the author. The author is John Yeo, an experienced Internet Marketer, a successful blogger, a parent who dedicates to help children of single parent. You can’t get this consultation when you buy a book at the bookstore. All is for only $47. Please check it out  if the offer is still available.

Watch video series.  I would recommend Quick, Easy Video Series  Blog Cash Mentor.  You will receive a video every month to guide you step by step how to make money blogging. There will be  other extra bonuses and the good news is free one month email consultation with the founder, John Yeo. It is also backed up by 30 day money back guarantee. The price is $27 monthly but it may increase anytime. Please check it out  if the offer is still available.

Online coaching. Mompreneurhub Internet Marketing Hub is the most affordable online coaching for you to start an Internet Business with blogging. For only $20 per month, you’ll be given a lesson or module every month and assignments to complete your lesson.  You will have an access to learning materials at your convenient time and have unlimited Q & A sessions via emails. You will learn techniques to be applied to your business. The good news: you can have a sneak peek for 7 days trial for the first module.  The founder is Moon Loh, a successful Mompreneur in Internet Marketing area with her blogging business.

The 3 learning resources above  will teach you how to set up a WordPress blog for the first time . The decision is up to you whether you prefer to read e-book, watch the videos series or take online coaching. It is worthy to learn blogging for cash, and you will find the benefits of blogging such as:

• Hone your writing skill and develop your unique writing style.
• You will be internet savvy. You are no longer an amateur blogger but a professional blogger.  
• Earn income online. The cost that you spend for learning will be paid off as you make money from your blog.
• You may pass your knowledge to your teenager so he can earn to finance his tertiary education.
• Blogging business is the lowest investment compared to selling physical products  online.

If you still have doubts and have questions such as how to get started, how to make money with a blog and what if  you don’t like to write, please find the answers from The Keys of Profitable Blogging.

You may notice that some websites have a little eye-catching icon before the URL. That’s called Favorite Icon or Favicon. I use it for my WordPress blog. You can get it too from MaxBlogPress Favicon. Please note that this plugin is only for Worpress blog, self-hosted blog.  I’ll share 7 simple steps to create a favorite icon for WordPress blog by using  MaxBlogPress Favicon.  Here are the installation steps:

1. Download the file from MaxBlogPress Favicon into your computer
2. Open the WordPress Plugins, choose “add New”
3. Upload the file and click “install”
4. You will see the MBP favicon is among the installed plugin, click “activate”
5. Once your MBP favicon activated, open WordPress Settings, you will see MBP favicon there. You will be asked for registration through email confirmation.
6. You can choose the pre-selected icons from MBP or upload your graphic from the computer and click “save”.
7. Once your icon is activated, please refresh your URL.

Shall you need a help with the installation, there is MaxBlogPress Forum or  watch video How to Install a Favicon on a WordPress Blog  to help you. You can view favicon “Learning Mama” if you’re using browser Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. 

I had 3 blogs set up using Blogspot previously. Each blog was created for different reasons. Kidzpuzzle blog has all product reviews of my online store, Kidzpuzzle. Enrich Learning blog is to support my Facebook group. Vie-my story is my personal blog. When I first joined Mompreneur Internet Marketing Hub, I just realize that my previous blogs look amateur to me. I followed what other bloggers did and unfortunately, I followed the wrong crowd.

By taking up a coaching at Mompreneur Internet Marketing Hub, it changed my attitude toward blogging and I’m learning to blog again in the right way. I need to focus on certain topic in my blog and treat my blog as a serious business. So, I set up a blog using WordPress. I chose a topic that is close to my heart, moms and kids. The blog Resources For Moms And Kids is about sharing of my journey as a learning mama. I am not selfish anymore, talking about myself and family though I still relate my experiences in certain topics and I hope that my new blog will benefit moms and their kids.

My previous blogs look like this. I’m actually ashamed to show you but I show you anyhow. So, you may learn a lesson from me.