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Making Sense of Cents is a free personal finance and lifestyle blog, run by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner, that earns revenue mainly from advertising and affili...

makingsenseofcents.com · Founded 2011 · 39 public sources · Updated about 17 hours ago

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What Tools Making Sense of Cents Uses

Personal finance blog sharing money-saving and side-income tips

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13 tools · grouped by what Making Sense of Cents uses
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    WordPress

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    Blog
    “Eventually, I switched things up to become more professional and take my blog more seriously such as: Switched to self-hosted WordPress (https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2014/08/how-to-start-a-wordpress-blog-on-bluehost.html).”
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    “Eventually, I switched things up to become more professional and take my blog more seriously such as: Switched to self-hosted WordPress.”
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    “I have been on self-hosted WordPress ever since, and I highly recommend it.”
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    Pinterest

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    Social media
    “I spend ten hours a week writing posts, making Pinterest graphics, and filtering affiliate and sponsorship offers.”
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    “Created social media accounts for my blogs, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.”
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    “Michelle leverages Pinterest as a major traffic driver, creating visually appealing pins for posts that are rich with affiliate links, tapping into a user base actively searching for solutions and ideas.”
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    Tailwind

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    “Tailwind - This is for scheduling on Pinterest. (https://www.tailwindapp.com/)”
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    “Tailwind - This is for scheduling on Pinterest.”
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    BigScoots

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    Other
    “BigScoots - I am self-hosted on BigScoots. (http://bigscoots.com/)”
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    “I am self-hosted on BigScoots.”
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    Google Docs

    · 2 mentions
    “Google Docs (https://docs.google.com/) - This is how my editor and I go through the articles that I write and she fixes, haha!”
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    “Google Docs - This is how my editor and I go through the articles that I write and she fixes, haha!”
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    Teachable

    · 2 mentions
    Education
    “Teachable - My two courses are on Teachable. (https://teachable.com/)”
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    “My two courses are on Teachable.”
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    PicMonkey

    · 2 mentions
    “PicMonkey (https://www.picmonkey.com/) - I use Picmonkey to create images for Making Sense of Cents.”
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    “PicMonkey - I use Picmonkey to create images for Making Sense of Cents.”
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    Social Pug

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    “Social Pug (https://devpups.com/social-pug/) - This is for social media sharing of my blog posts.”
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    “Social Pug - This is for social media sharing of my blog posts.”
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    Pretty Links

    · 2 mentions
    “I use PrettyLink for my affiliate links. This tool allows me to make my affiliate links look cleaner, and it's easy to change affiliate links across my site simply by just using a PrettyLink.”
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    “PrettyLinks - I use this tool for affiliate links.”
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  • Facebook logo

    Facebook

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    Social media
    “They each work ten hours a month editing, doing social-media marketing, monitoring my Facebook groups, and running admin support for my two courses.”
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    “Created social media accounts for my blogs, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.”
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    AdThrive

    · 1 mention
    Advertising
    “I make 5% of my income passively through display-advertising commissions on the blog through Adthrive and 25% from sponsored posts.”
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    Twitter

    · 1 mention
    Social media
    “Created social media accounts for my blogs, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.”
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    Verizon

    · 1 mention
    “We stayed at campgrounds, camped on public land, and had a little Verizon hotspot to ensure we could run the online business remotely.”
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