The Life of a Blogger

Many of you have followed my on my journey of this small personal blog, and I've made some incredible friends from it.

Not to mention, I met a gal in New Orleans who also had a small family blog but then launched the New Orleans Moms Blog site. She encouraged me to launch KMB, and now I've expanded to CMB.

I never would have thought that this small blog would have opened so many doors of opportunity for me. I've been running multiples sites/blogs since 2013, and I've loved every minute of it.

This space does get neglected from time to time, but I hope you follow me over at KMB.

It can get a little crazy running multiple sites, and that's why I had to enlist the help of CoSchedule to keep my head on straight and also to be able to be a HUMAN PERSON and not attached to my computer 24/7.

Have you used CoSchedule? After I started KMB, I was ALWAYS glued to my computer and social media trying to make sure I was continuing to grow this local resource. I would seriously wake up and post on Facebook every day.

Finally some other sites in the City Moms Blog network suggested using CoSchedule so I gave it a shot with the trial period. My life was forever changed!

Not only did it allow my Managing Editor to actual edit in WordPress while she was actually editing it a post, she could schedule to multiple outlets without having to leave WP at all. For us, it was a game changer and freed up time that we desperately needed.

Blogging can be fun, but it can also be cumbersome with all the social media that goes with it.

CoSchedule also has handy tutorials that show you step-by-step how to use the program. They are also very responsive with any questions you might have. Sometimes that is hard to find in a very web-based world!

They have many features including a marketing calendar, social media scheduling, workflow management, WordPress, Google Docs, Evernote, and Chrome Extension.

I love connecting with friends on social media, but it's also nice to actually step away from the computer and enjoy life away from technology. CoSchedule has allowed me to find a balance and have the best of both worlds!

I hope you give it a shot and happy scheduling my friends!

Natalie

February Happenings

I seriously have been meaning to post more here, but I haven't found the time between KMB and now starting CMB!

However I wanted to share here if you haven't seen on my Instagram or Facebook that we are expecting our 3rd child! 

It's exciting and scary, and the baby is due in July. We are also excited to announce that we are having a third boy! I am totally outnumbered 4 to 1 and 5 to 1 if you count the dog. 

I'm 20 weeks as of Sunday and of course totally slacking on bump photos. 

Ignore the poor lighting, apparently taking bump photos from my phone instead of my big camera doesn't look so great. Oh well I'm too lazy to get it out so these will have to do. 

Happy Valentine's Day friends!