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Top Posts of 2012, Our most popular and sought after articles of the year!

by Amber Edwards January 4, 2013
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I always find it interesting to see what people love to read on my site. Especially since then I can know exactly what types of articles you all love to see the most. Then I can write more of them! I thought it would be fun to take a moment today to look back at [...]

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How to Find Review Opportunities with and without a blog.

by Amber Edwards October 5, 2012

I am asked quite often, where do I find all these great products that I review on JadeLouise Designs. How does a review blogger get started to find review opportunities? Do you have to have a blog to get review opportunities? Well, I've been working on this article for a very long time now, gathering [...]

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Write an Ask Letter, Pitch Letter for Review products + Sample letter

by Amber Edwards October 4, 2012

When it comes to hosting reviews and giveaways on a blog, you may be wondering, "How in the world can you afford to buy all that stuff?" Well the answer is, I don't. Our reviews and giveaways are always sponsored by a company, where it is a trade for JadeLouise Designs promoting their company and [...]

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How to increase Facebook Page Posts fan interaction. The Facebook Page Posts Conundrum.

by Amber Edwards August 27, 2012

Ever since Facebook went public and added in their new Edgerank system to determine which Facebook page posts and friends status updates show up in each person's news feed; bloggers and businesses have been struggling with trying understand how to get their status updates to show up in their fan's news feeds. JadeLouise Designs has [...]

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Blogging Tips: How to Always Have Fresh Content to Blog Blogging 101

by Amber Edwards August 4, 2012

I'm often asked how do I manage to come up with so many topics and am able to publish so many articles while still being a Mom, wife and homemaker. I have fresh content every day with the exception of Sundays and the occasional Saturday. How do I find the time? What could I give [...]

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How to Write a Blog Post #NaBloPoMo

by Amber Edwards June 28, 2012

When it comes to writing a blog post, you want to be able to write something engaging that your readers can enjoy and will want to comment on! But how do you get started? How do you write a blog post? Do you just jump right in and start writing and tweak later? What makes [...]

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Blog Button Tutorial: How to Make A Blog Button for Blogger and WordPress; Blogging 101

by Amber Edwards May 28, 2012
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It is time for our next edition in our blogging tutorial series; how to create your own blog button or some like to call it a blog button tutorial! The first part of this blog button tutorial will give you step by step instructions on how to create a blog button and insert it into [...]

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Facebook Page Updates: How It Affects You And What You Can Do About It.

by Amber Edwards May 25, 2012

Facebook is at it again, they are changing what types of posts and stories show up in your news feed, without your permission and you have no say! It's amazing just how little control we have over our very own news feed!  If you haven't heard yet, Facebook has now limited yet again what you [...]

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#Bloggers! Join The ONLY Mom Blogger Owned & Operated Affiliated Network! #MVMGroups

by Amber Edwards April 17, 2012

I’m quite excited to tell you about a new opportunity for bloggers! I’ve been part of a blogging community named Moms with Voices Media. It has been a great ride, full of amazing blogging women who have helped me learn a lot, and it provides great support as well as paid opportunities, product reviews, Giveaway [...]

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5 Reasons Why I Don’t Like Your Blog. It’s Not You…

by Amber Edwards March 20, 2012

So being in the blogging world I visit a lot of other blogs finding amazing resources, recipes, tutorials, DIY projects, amazing creative writing and so much more! I think I frequent on average about 150-200 blogs a week! I have my usual blogs that I visit often, either weekly or daily. But for the most [...]

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How To Protect Your Business From Fraudulent Bloggers

by Amber Edwards March 12, 2012
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So you are a business, large or small it doesn't matter, and you've just received a request to have a blog review your products. What do you do? Do you immediately dismiss the idea because you've never done that before and you don't know how or why? If you do, you will be doing a [...]

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How to Blog: How to Write Product Reviews

by Amber Edwards March 1, 2012
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If you are new to the blogging world, you may have a lot of questions about how to blog. It's quite a bit to take in all at once. That's why many seasoned bloggers like myself write articles like this one, to help you learn how to blog. We remember what it was like when [...]

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So you want to Blog…what you need to know to start blogging.

by Amber Edwards December 30, 2011

“I want to blog, but how do I get started?” I’ve actually been asked this question quite often lately; and so I thought, what a great blog series! Mind you, I’m in no way an expert but I can definitely help you get started, hopefully point you in the right direction, and give you some [...]

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