2014 has been an amazing year for my blogging career. I've been keeping my little journal here since 2008 but never really pushed myself to go at it as a career. It was just a little blog where I shared my thoughts, a way to keep the writer side of me going while trying to pay the bills with a full time job out in the "real world".
As I continued with my full time job I started writing for AWS {All Women Stalk} and helped them create their wedding section when they were still a small site with just a few different categories.
I was making connections but still felt like I wasn't really sharing my voice, I was just writing round up posts with focus on searchable keywords.
Then last year came the opportunity of all opportunities, an internetship as a blog assitant for East Coast Creative! I was on cloud 9 when I received the email from Monica and Jess that I got the job!
Working as their intern and then being hired as a blog assistant gave me the confidence to finally push my own blog and create a space where I could not only share my thoughts, but get paid to do so!
I know that readers sometimes hate sponsored posts, especially if they don't feel authentic. But, I'm a Philly girl and I'm as real as it gets! I'm not going to share something with you that I don't like and I'm not going to write up a post just for the sake of getting paid.
I tell it like it is. Everything I share on here; the good, the bad, and the ugly moments in my life, come from my heart.
Now I may not share every ugly detail, but some things in life are not meant to be shared. Oh I could name a few celebs who need to learn that!
So as a thank you for helping me feel more confident and for being amazing readers I teamed up with a few other bloggers to share a $150 giveaway!
One lucky winner will receive a $50 gift card to Target, a $50 gift card to Starbucks, and $50 right to their paypal account...sweet!!
Giveaway runs until Sunday 12/21. Good luck!
The ladies who are hosting with me:
Rafflecopter Form:
Andrea Troutman andreatroutman@ymail.com
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