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BlogHer series: Career advice to my younger self

BlogHer series: Career advice to my younger self

This post is part of a BlogHer series that has bloggers from different walks of life sharing the career advice they’d give their younger selves.

8 reasons to join the BlogHer ad network

8 reasons to join the BlogHer ad network

Becoming part of an online ad network is one way to earn money blogging. Here’s the scoop the popular women’s blog community as well as a few others.

My second act: blogging my way to career reinvention

My second act: blogging my way to career reinvention

At the invitation of SecondAct.com, bloggers in the #blog2012 challenge are using today’s posts to write about their own second acts. Here’s mine.

A writer’s guide to career reinvention

Are you ready for a change? If you’ve been thinking of jumping out of your current occupation and into a new one – like freelancing – here’s a little inspiration. From December to February, I helped produce Reinvent Yourself, a series on career reinvention for BlogHer, the women’s blog network (Editor’s Note: I’m also a [...]

My latest freelance gig: BlogHer's Reinvent Yourself series

My latest freelance gig: BlogHer’s Reinvent Yourself series

As freelance editor of this career reinvention series, I’m wrangling bloggers, editing and using social media to promote our work.

Thinking of joining BlogHer ad network? Here's what to know

Thinking of joining BlogHer ad network? Here’s what to know

Joining an ad network is one way to earn money blogging. Here’s the 411 on BlogHer Publishing Network, the ad network run by the popular women’s blog community.

Check it out: WordCount featured on BlogHer front page

Check it out: WordCount featured on BlogHer front page

Pardon a bit of shameless self promotion, but I’m delighted to report that BlogHer is running a WordCount post on its front page today. The post is Insider Interview Tips from Top Writers. BlogHer is an online community for and about women and women’s issues. The company runs a separate ad network on approximately 2,500 [...]

How to pick a topic for a blog

You want to start a blog but don’t know what to blog about. When picking a topic, consider what you know, what you want to know, what’s popular and what’s needed.

WordCount joins the BlogHer ad network

WordCount joins the BlogHer ad network

WordCount has joined the BlogHer ad network. It’s time to turn my two-year-old enterprise from a nonprofit to a money-making venture.

Lisa Stone on BlogHer: The women's blog network comes into its own

Lisa Stone on BlogHer: The women’s blog network comes into its own

Four-year-old BlogHer has become so successful it now competes with some of the largest women’s magazine publishers for Fortune 500 advertising dollars and will “quite likely” be profitable for the first time in 2010.

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Michelle V. Rafter

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