At ease! Since this blog is written from the heartfelt experiences of a military wife, there's no need to stand at attention. In fact, things are pretty loose around here.

Patricia, also known as Military Wife, posts on topics ranging from her children along with tidbits about her life as a military wife (or, as she mentioned in an e-mail reply, a 'married single parent').

"My readers consist mostly of parents. I like to connect with other parents and give tips when I have them or compare stories and get advice. Kids do not come with instructions. All parents are kind of winging it and learning as we go along," Patricia mused on her readership.

Typically done several times each week, the number of posts depend the daily events of family life but Patricia finds the frequency perfect. "It fits my schedule a majority of the time," she stated.

Not only does the blog fit her schedule but it seems to also fit her ideal reader since more traffic appears over the weekend when parents the world over have a bit more down time.

There's a lot of content - from free to sponsored - available for them and this review focuses on ensuring that all of it is accessible to the right parent at the right time.

That would start a task a simple as moving the search box from the footer up above the scroll. That way, visitors could make more use of it and the extra data provided by Google's back end would help Patricia get another angle on her reader's interests.

Another consideration would be to have the horizontal, pink button navigation lead to her popular Labels as opposed to a mix of link exchange partners and housekeeping items.

Patricia's blog is a testament to how much stay at home and work at home parents - mother's in particular - network. With sidebars full of social network widgets, links and carnivals, it's easy to see why Patricia leads the troops of a blog linking event, or meme, called Musical Mondays while participating in a regular photo posting event called Wordless Wednesday.

More than a year in, though, it may be time to consider going AWOL on networks that don't perform by either bringing in traffic or leading joint venturing opportunities like Musical Mondays. Any remaining space in the sidebars and footer can be optimized with appealing monetization options that convert in addition to occasional sponsored post spots.

"I have paid advertising spots available on my blog and I have done a few paid posts. I would like for it to make more. I plan to keep blogging and hopefully increase my readers which will give me  better opportunities for paid posts."

HerProBlog.com salutes you, Patrica, and encourages you to keep blogging to reach your goals!

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Blog Name: Stay At Home Mom & Military Wife
Blog URL: http://sahmilitarywife.blogspot.com/
Blogger(s): Patricia
Platform: Blogger
Age: 1 year, 3 months
Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/StayAtHomeMilitaryWife