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How to Add the Required Affiliate Disclosure to All Your Blog Posts Automatically

How to Add the Required Affiliate Disclosure to All Your Blog Posts Automatically

  Let me tell you a little story.

For years I knew that I needed to add an affiliate disclosure statement to the top of all of my blog posts in order to be compliant with laws.

So, I manually typed out my disclosure at the top of my posts, every time.  Well, unless I forgot.

Then I would freak out when I happened to notice weeks later that I hadn’t added it.  Not good.

Then one day, I saw…

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Why You Should Start a Blog {and Why You Shouldn't}

Why You Should Start a Blog {and Why You Shouldn’t}

Do you want, more than pretty much anything, to be one of those successful bloggers?

In this post, I am going to share with you guys the reasons why I think you should start a blog.

I may be biased, but I think blogging is super awesome!  Blogging is a great way to share your ideas, talents, and skills with the world to inspire or help others.  It is also an awesome way to connect with others,…

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2 Epic Blogging Mistakes I Don't Want You to Make AKA Why I Failed at Blogging for Years

2 Epic Blogging Mistakes I Don’t Want You to Make AKA Why I Failed at Blogging for Years

Epic blogging mistakes …. eeeeek!

Are you ready for some real talk, girls?

Let’s chat.

There are 2 reasons why my blog was a failure for years.

Actually, I could say blogs, because I started and failed at several of them.  Yup.

I have no idea why it took me so long to figure this out.  I mean, with all the studying I had done on blogging, I’m sure that many posts and courses I went through…

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Post your First Blog Post - a Step-by-Step Guide

Post your First Blog Post – a Step-by-Step Guide

In this post, I’ll show you the exact steps to take to post your first blog post on WordPress!

These are the same steps I take when I post each blog post on my blog.

Nothing was more intimidating to me than actually posting my very first blog post.

I really had no idea what I was doing or what technical steps I should be taking, so I just kind of winged it.  I basically opened up a new post,…

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How to Start a Blog with HostGator: The Ultimate Guide

How to Start a Blog with HostGator: The Ultimate Guide

Several years ago – before I started my first self-hosted WordPress blog, I was totally clueless.  I needed a start a blog guide so desperately!

These days there are no shortage of “how to start a blog” tutorials to be found on Pinterest, but when I started out, they were a lot harder to find.  When I did find a tutorial of some sort, it wasn’t that easy to follow.

I was still confused.

I think…

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How to Design Pins for Pinterest in 5 Easy Steps

How to Design Pins for Pinterest in 5 Easy Steps

Do you have no idea where to start in creating Pinterest-optimized pins?  Does it seem like nobody is ever clicking through to your posts from your pins?  Having beautifully designed pins is a HUGE factor in getting traffic to your blog or website – learn to design pins for Pinterest right now.  

    p.s. – It’s super easy and fun!  AND I’ve got a special goodie for you to downloadwhen you’re…

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The Epic Pinterest Course You Should Take ASAP

The Epic Pinterest Course You Should Take ASAP

Honestly, because I only just launched this blog and don’t have a lot of monthly stats to share, I wasn’t planning to share this Pinfinite Growth review quite yet.  I mean, I personally don’t have all of the results to show you to prove how amazing my favorite Pinterest course really is.

But then I thought about my main goals for this blog, which is to help you succeed at blogging.  And I…

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Show Time Dance Recital Scrapbooking Kit Mega Bundle

Show Time Dance Recital Scrapbooking Kit Mega Bundle

It’s dance recital time!!

Mariah and I are super excited about creating this dance recital digital scrapbooking kit because we love dance, dance costumes, and all things glitter, sequins, and sparkles!  My girls’ dance recital is coming up very soon, and so we thought making a dance kit would be perfect.  This kit is focused on jazz dance, but it works just as well for any dance class.  The…

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New Dance Scrapbooking Kit!

New Dance Scrapbooking Kit!

It’s dance recital time!!

Mariah and I are super excited about creating this dance scrapbooking kit because we love dance, dance costumes, and all things glitter, sequins, and sparkles!  My girls’ dance recital is coming up very soon, and so we thought making a dance kit would be perfect.  This kit is focused on jazz dance, but it works just as well for any dance class.  The colors are deep and…

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Show Time Dance Recital Digital Scrapbooking Kit by MK ScrapStudio

Show Time Dance Recital Digital Scrapbooking Kit by MK ScrapStudio

It’s dance recital time!!

Mariah and I are super excited about creating this dance recital digital scrapbooking kit because we love dance, dance costumes, and all things glitter, sequins, and sparkles!  My girls’ dance recital is coming up very soon, and so we thought making a dance kit would be perfect.  This kit is focused on jazz dance, but it works just as well for any dance class.  The…

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School's Out For Summer Kit by Mariah's Designs & Designs by Kelley

School’s Out For Summer Kit by Mariah’s Designs & Designs by Kelley

Please note this listing is for the kit only.  If you are wanting the bundle, click here.

Mariah and I are SUPER excited to be releasing our 2nd kit to you guys!!  We are so in love with the colors in this one – it’s so bright, summery, and fun.  It’s perfect for those end of the school year photos or summertime fun pages.  We hope you love it!  This is a special iNSD release, and you can grab…

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School's Out for Summer Mega Bundle by Mariah's Designs & Designs by Kelley

School’s Out for Summer Mega Bundle by Mariah’s Designs & Designs by Kelley

Here is the School’s Out for Summer MEGA BUNDLE!  Check out all the pretties you get in this bundle for only $2 during iNSD!!

  Phew!   What do you think?  We really went to town creating for this kit because we just couldn’t get enough of the pretty colors!  Check out these pages created with the kit and/or bundle:

  by Kelley

  by Martina using the main kit

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Birthday Blast Digital Scrapbooking Kit by Mariah's Designs and Designs by Kelley

Birthday Blast Digital Scrapbooking Kit by Mariah’s Designs and Designs by Kelley

Happy iNSD 2017!!

This iNSD is super special for my 10-year-old daughter and I because we have created our first kit together!  It was so much fun, we plan to create many more.  Well, actually we have now created 2, and the second will also be released this weekend so keep your eyes peeled!!

Birthday Blast is a red & black birthday kit perfect for scrapping birthday photos created by Mariah’s…

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Teen Boy Gift Ideas - 12 Awesome Picks

Teen Boy Gift Ideas – 12 Awesome Picks

Gavin, my oldest son, is turning 14 next month, so I’ve been scouring Amazon for great teen boy gift ideas.  My son is a gamer, but he is also outdoorsy and enjoys building activities.  I have come up with quite the gift ideas list, so I thought I would share this with you guys.  Looking through gift idea posts is something I love to do around birthdays because I always seem to get some great…

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Photo A Day Challenges - The Ultimate Roundup March 2017

Photo A Day Challenges – The Ultimate Roundup March 2017

I really tried to get this month’s roundup of photo a day challenges put together as quickly as possible, but that proved a tad difficult!  Some of the challenges don’t post their prompts until the 1st of the month, so I couldn’t really work ahead on it.  Nevertheless, it’s up much earlier than last month, so I’d say I’m doing pretty good.  I hope you enjoy the challenges! P. S. – If you aren’t…

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Kelley Hays Digital Scrapbooking Gallery

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Healthy Candy Bars - No Refined Sugar

Healthy Candy Bars – No Refined Sugar

These bars are officially titled “Life-Changing Candy Bars” at our house, but really they are just some amazing, wholesome, healthy candy bars, and I hope you guys love em as much as we do!

*Disclaimer: There are some affiliate links in this post which just means if you buy something via a link in my post, I’d get a commission.  It doesn’t cost you anything extra at all. :)

I really don’t think…

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