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Monetising Your Blog Through Blogging Networks in 2020*
When I first started my blog way back in 2012, very few people earned anything from it. Blogging was purely a hobby and occasionally, if you were lucky, you’d get a new launch product through the mail to write about. But it wasn’t really a profitable or viable job choice. At the time I was still on maternity leave, and then I went on to retrain as an accountant. But in 2015 things had started to change, people were making money off their blog, myself included. By June 2016, what I was earning contributed enough to my earnings that I could feasibly become self employed. It’s been a long road,…
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Teaching Your Kids About Internet Safety*
If your child as a smart phone, or any device that can be connected to the internet, it is important that you have a frank conversation with them about using the World Wide Web responsibly and safely. Obviously the internet has a huge range of advantages; sadly, we’d be lost without it. However, it can also be very dangerous, especially for those who haven’t been educated properly on what could be lurking on the other side of the screen, like elderly people or children. If you’re unsure where to start when it comes to teaching your youngsters about internet safety, an independent day school in Oxford have put together the…
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Creating an Outdoor Play Area Your Kids Will Love*
If you’ve been trying to figure out exactly how to make your garden as useful and enjoyable as possible, then the following tips should help to inspire you. There’s nothing better than providing your little ones with the perfect outdoor play area for them to enjoy. It’s also a great way to utilise the garden space that you have available to you and help to keep them active and enjoying the great outdoors. Create Zones There are lots of different ways in which your kids can enjoy themselves outdoors, with different play ideas to keep them entertained throughout each season. By splitting your garden into different zones, you can create…
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Why You Should Get Away from Home in the Winter with Kids*
As a mum, holidays are always an important time no matter what season. Obviously, my family loves going away during the summer and that is when most parents feel they have to keep their children occupied. The six week holidays are a long time, so if we don’t get away and make it special, I feel like I am letting my daughter down. The same goes for the winter holidays. During the autumn and winter months, my daughter gets up to four weeks from school and I don’t want her to stay cooped up at home. I know most people don’t agree, but by the end of this post I…
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Dressing Babies Up For Appropriate Weather*
One of the things new parents want to make sure that they get right is how they dress up their babies depending on the time of year. It is not hard to dress babies up during the fall or spring when the temperatures are generally quite comfortable. That is because there is very little guesswork that comes in unless it is an unusually warm or cold day. This means when you have a pile of hipster baby clothes that are meant to be put on your baby during the cooler months since the material is meant to be warm then you will want to use it during cooler fall, spring,…
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5 Finance Solutions to Improving Your Credit Score*
Before becoming an adult, actually until I left university and entered the world of work I had no idea what a “credit score” was so of course I had no idea just how important one is. Your credit score is much more important than you would ever first think, it can affect you getting a credit card, or a mortgage, or even something as small as a contract mobile phone. If you’re wondering what a credit score is, it’s a rating that shows money lenders just how good you are at paying it back. If you never want to borrow money, fine but a lot of people like to buy…
