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As in most lines of work, some bloggers also have aspirations of fame and fortune! For some the personal fulfillment of blogging and having a platform to share their thoughts and feelings is enough. For others who would like to take it further and perhaps earn a bit of revenue from blogging, there are definitely ways to monetise your blog, something I touched on in my post on Blogging Tips a little while ago.

One of they ways to earn money from blogging is to accept and write sponsored posts for companies. This is a concept that has yet to become popular in South Africa. Internationally however, bloggers have been doing this for quite some time now and some of them making quite a packet from it! I am not talking about link based advertising, which more often than not is not disclosed but actually blogging about a product or service for a company and receiving payment in return.

As with most things in life there are various trains of thought on this subject, some for and some against it. I believe that as long as you are honest about which posts are sponsored and disclose this to your readers, there is no harm in doing it. The most important thing is not to spam your readers with endless posts that are not relevant to your website or readership.

Myscoop recently launched a campaign, in the hopes to bridge the gap between bloggers and businesses, in a such a way that will benefit both sides. In essence this new concept is set to introduce businesses seeking to gain exposure for their products or services, to bloggers, creating a platform where bloggers can get paid for putting unique, relevant and high quality content on their blogs.

The benefit for bloggers is an opportunity to blog about and share great new products and services with their readers. In turn businesses will receive great exposure for their brands, products and services via the online platform of the blogger, as well as across social media platforms.

This can be a win-win situation for all concerned and of mutual benefit to the blogging community, readers and businesses a like.

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a beautiful life

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Hi everyone I thought I would give you a bit of a heads up on a website that I am in the process of developing! At the beginning of 2013 I realised that I had come to a bit of a cross roads, in my life and blogging career. Although fulfilling to a point, I found that some of the blogging I was doing was not meeting my need to be creative and express myself. This called for a bit of introspection and re-assessing my long-term goals going forward.

After some very hard thinking and soul-searching I realised that I needed to go in a more creative direction. Those who know me well, know that I have a passionate love of food and this is generally how I express myself, creatively, on a day-to-day basis. Another passion, vague obsession actually, that I have developed is photography – so what better way to express myself than through food-photography.

At the beginning of last year I had a vision of starting an on-line style magazine. At this early point of development, I was uncertain what direction this website would follow but I started it anyway. Well a year later I have found out exactly what it was destined to be, I think the concept was there all along, I simply needed time to realise it!

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Without further ado, I would like to introduce you to “a beautiful life”! Yes, you guessed it, at the heart of this website is my love of Food and Photography with a bit of travel thrown in for good measure. If you already follow my recipes this will be their new home, I will not remove anything from Super Mom Lifestyle(SML) but I will be publishing all of my new recipes, food-related reviews etc on “a beautiful life”.

I will in no way be closing down SML, “a beautiful life” will simply be a new addition to the family!

I would love you to pop over and have a look at a “beautiful life”, check it out and see what you think. I would love your feedback, it is still very much a work in progress and I am learning new things each day, which is the most wonderful part of this journey.

You will not find any poncey over the top recipes on the site, I am aiming to share my love of food with you –  fresh ingredients, simple easy to follow recipes, delicious food – cooked from the heart – MY JOURNEY WITH FOOD!

I would also like to develop a readers area on the website, where readers can share any recipes that they love but I will let you know when that is launched. To keep up to date with new recipes, news and foodie events please pop over and follow “a beautiful life” on Facebook and Twitter 🙂

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