Meet my friend Allie she shares an amazing learning curve whilst being a mum and working online, blogging and making an extra income. If you’ve ever doubted what skills you could bring to the table as a parent, Allie will show you how.
Over to you Allie !
“What do you do?” That is usually a question I dread. Why? Because for years I was a “stay at home mom”. I didn’t bring in an income. I cared for my children, volunteered at their school and was home cleaning, cooking and basically being a mom and wife. That is what I did. I got paid with hugs and kisses. There is no shame in staying home but I felt I needed more.
For years I struggled with the inner me. I went to college and have a degree, there is more for me out there. But then I also thought about how hard it would be to leave my children and home to commute to a job I may or may not find pleasing.
The bottom line was that we never really needed the extra income, so I was content with running the house, kids and family.
As my kids grew and were at school for longer periods of time along with activities, I again grew restless. Now I was thinking about the extra time I had that I could put to use by earning an income. I tried a few jobs around town but I confess, I hated all of them.
Then one day I went online and searched “online income”. It was worth a shot, why not research if I can earn an income from home. I would have the best of both worlds!
That was 3 years ago.
The first year was trial and error. I entered contests, I gathered points for literally pennies a day, I became an affiliate marketer and I started a blog. All in hopes that I could earn some money online from home.
I worked hours upon hours every week to gain maybe $5. It was very frustrating.
The second year I decided to focus on my blog and some affiliate marketing.
Focus was the key for I started to see some progress and get a taste of some money coming in. And it felt very fulfilling. But I still felt like I needed more.
My third year into my online income journey, which happens to be around January 2013, I finally put everything together to create a thriving blog and social media presence that caters to work from home moms. I love what I do. I help small mom home businesses market online through email marketing, blogging and social media. I know how confusing the online world can be so I dedicated my time and energy to guiding small business moms online.
I wish I knew then what I know now because my journey to online income would have been much quicker. But since it has not been and I have learned from many mistakes, I feel I can help moms not make the same ones I did.
“What do you do?” I don’t dread that question any more. I answer, “I help moms find their dreams online, just like I did.”
”Allie owns and writes Ramblings of a WAHM blog where she has talked about earning an online income. She has expanded her venture into helping work at home moms market their businesses online through blogging, social media and SEO. She loves to talk and write about services and tools that help make life easier for the mom that has a small business from home.”
Allie also has a Free E-book you can access here get yourself a copy whilst you can.
Hey Mathy!
Thanks so much for letting me share my story with you and your readers!
I want to encourage moms to seek out their dreams and feel they can. If more work from home moms talk, more will know they can do it also.
~Allie