Can Mommy Bloggers Still Make a Living?

[bowies]

I'll be happy when these die out.

[Deleted]

Has anyone heard of a blog called Love Taza? They seem to make a mint. Her husband quit his banking job to help her run it. They have a lot of sponsors including a big hotel chain which pays them to take their family on vacation to places like Hawaii and Colorado.

Her content comes off as kind of artificial and sterilized imo but she has a lot of fans.

[heyjude]

Sept 4, 2015 11:04:11 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

Has anyone heard of a blog called Love Taza? They seem to make a mint. Her husband quit his banking job to help her run it. They have a lot of sponsors including a big hotel chain which pays them to take their family on vacation to places like Hawaii and Colorado.

Her content comes off as kind of artificial and sterilized imo but she has a lot of fans.

She's the Queen bee of the mormon mommy bloggers.

[saz]

I used to love mommy blogs but I don't think there is a single one I still follow religiously. I don't care if they die out or not but they are just no longer interesting to me.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 4, 2015 11:21:47 GMT -5 saz said:

I used to love mommy blogs but I don't think there is a single one I still follow religiously. I don't care if they die out or not but they are just no longer interesting to me.

I think this is another factor to the downfall of blogs - there's just so many out there that they aren't interesting anymore.

Then again, we keep having this conversation and the blogs just keep reinventing themselves to make them interesting enough to keep readers.

[jln]

The 2 mommy blogs I followed are both defunct and I haven't found anyone else I enjoy. Now I just go to blogs for recipes.

I am into couponing so I have a couple that I follow religiously for coupon matchups. And those ladies make money by having a coupons.com widget on their sites. For each person that prints a coupon they're paid .42.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

I knew this from the last time we discussed her. Has she admitted it on the blog?

[jln]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

Color me shocked. For a man, I presume?

[2curlydogs]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

For another woman? Or was everyone else on the planet correct?

[heyjude]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

WHERE DID YOU HEAR THIS?!!'

[Velar Fricative]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

Oh wow. I didn't hear this.

[Deleted]

People can only stay interested for so long. I think many people have made their life so public through social media that most people no longer feel the need to read about a random mom yapping about her life. If a mom wants to feel like she's not alone in the world, look no further than Facebook. Most successful bloggers that are still in it are also using other methods of making money, book deals, Instagram sponsors, consulting, sponsorships that go well beyond a blog post, etc. No one cares that Susie made tater tot casserole last night and Billy shat himself in bed.

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

Off to read! lol

[Velar Fricative]

I'm confused reading the article, because I'm dumb. So sponsored content is like what I see on my Facebook feed that makes me think at first that my friend is posting it but instead it says "Sponsored" on it. How does that work on blogs (since I don't read them)? So Dooce lady will write a blog entry, and then the next entry will be something she didn't even write but appears like it would be something that she wrote? Or does it pertain to what the reader wants to read? I don't even know what I'm asking really.

[Velar Fricative]

Sept 4, 2015 11:31:14 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

People can only stay interested for so long. I think many people have made their life so public through social media that most people no longer feel the need to read about a random mom yapping about her life. If a mom wants to feel like she's not alone in the world, look no further than Facebook. Most successful bloggers that are still in it are also using other methods of making money, book deals, Instagram sponsors, consulting, sponsorships that go well beyond a blog post, etc. No one cares that Susie made tater tot casserole last night and Billy shat himself in bed.

Right. I feel like it's all "been there, done that." If you weren't among the first mommy bloggers out there or have a really unique story or have a husband who wears purple pants and makes a ridiculous facial expression when you show him your BFP, then you're just being redundant and no one will care. 

[ttt]

I know I'm going to sound all "yeah I knew this before it was cool" but this never really seemed like a viable profession or business model to me.

[lexus]

Sept 4, 2015 11:32:25 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I'm confused reading the article, because I'm dumb. So sponsored content is like what I see on my Facebook feed that makes me think at first that my friend is posting it but instead it says "Sponsored" on it. How does that work on blogs (since I don't read them)? So Dooce lady will write a blog entry, and then the next entry will be something she didn't even write but appears like it would be something that she wrote? Or does it pertain to what the reader wants to read? I don't even know what I'm asking really.

A company pays her to write a blog post about using their product or their services and likely requiring photographic evidence. So she couldn't even pretend that her family used this product in their craft or recipe because she needs photos to supplement and document it.

[eclaires]

Sept 4, 2015 11:35:00 GMT -5 ttt said:

I know I'm going to sound all "yeah I knew this before it was cool" but this never really seemed like a viable profession or business model to me.

I think it's probably okay for some extra money or to fund a hobby - like shopping - where you post outfits and things you review because you can get stuff you enjoy anyway for free. But supporting an entire family and even other workers seems unsustainable to me.

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2015 11:11:07 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Sept 4, 2015 11:04:11 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

Has anyone heard of a blog called Love Taza? They seem to make a mint. Her husband quit his banking job to help her run it. They have a lot of sponsors including a big hotel chain which pays them to take their family on vacation to places like Hawaii and Colorado.

Her content comes off as kind of artificial and sterilized imo but she has a lot of fans.

She's the Queen bee of the mormon mommy bloggers.

Right. The point is, they seem to be doing really well. I read somewhere that typically those kinds of corporate sponsors like Sherwood or Boden pay $10k for a blog post on their site. And they do several a month. It's kind of unbelievable when you start to add it up.

[josieposy]

If they aren't talking about food, I'm not interested.

[Deleted]

^ Kelle Hamptob's blog seems to be dying too. One thing that hurts them is their kids growing up and out of baby/toddler cuteness.

[redheadbaker]

Sept 4, 2015 11:36:57 GMT -5 lexus said:

Sept 4, 2015 11:32:25 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I'm confused reading the article, because I'm dumb. So sponsored content is like what I see on my Facebook feed that makes me think at first that my friend is posting it but instead it says "Sponsored" on it. How does that work on blogs (since I don't read them)? So Dooce lady will write a blog entry, and then the next entry will be something she didn't even write but appears like it would be something that she wrote? Or does it pertain to what the reader wants to read? I don't even know what I'm asking really.

A company pays her to write a blog post about using their product or their services and likely requiring photographic evidence.

And the FTC requires this to be disclosed at the beginning of the post, but since it's almost never enforced, many bloggers don't do it.

[taratru]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

what was her blog name again?  I'm old.
JK.  I should read the thread. 

[pixy0stix]

I'm down the gomi rabbit hole.

Remember the "I won't wear yoga pants cause it inspires lustful sin in men" blogger? She's being sued because she chopped down 6 trees on her neighbor's property so that she could get "unobstructed views" from her house. wtf?!

[taratru]

Sept 4, 2015 12:28:03 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm down the gomi rabbit hole.

Remember the "I won't wear yoga pants cause it inspires lustful sin in men" blogger? She's being sued because she chopped down 6 trees on her neighbor's property so that she could get "unobstructed views" from her house. wtf?!

SHUT UP. 

[pixy0stix]

Sept 4, 2015 12:31:20 GMT -5 taratru said:

Sept 4, 2015 12:28:03 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm down the gomi rabbit hole.

Remember the "I won't wear yoga pants cause it inspires lustful sin in men" blogger? She's being sued because she chopped down 6 trees on her neighbor's property so that she could get "unobstructed views" from her house. wtf?!

SHUT UP. 

Swearsies - getoffmyinternets.net/christian-leggings-blogger-being-sued-because-of-some-trees/

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 4, 2015 12:28:03 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm down the gomi rabbit hole.

Remember the "I won't wear yoga pants cause it inspires lustful sin in men" blogger? She's being sued because she chopped down 6 trees on her neighbor's property so that she could get "unobstructed views" from her house. wtf?!

WHO DOES THAT?!

[AJL]

Mommy blogs are dumb.

I really hate Dooce.

[pescalita]

The part about everyone clicking on everything in 1994 because they could is cracking me up.

[laurenpetro]

Sept 4, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

you know who we havent talked about in a while? russian, mail order bride, chemicals will turn my baby gay mommy.

her husband left her.

How do you know this?