I started blogging in 2000, although I spent years working in print, writing for magazines and newspapers and selling a book. In 2009, I decided to focus on my web publishing full time, growing an online publishing network called the Offbeat Empire, which serves over 3 million pageviews a month.

Offbeatbride.com

Launched January 2007 | 2.2 million monthly pageviews

“Offbeat Bride is one of the highest-trafficked wedding blogs in the world.” -Source

I publish the web’s most popular website for nontraditional brides, featuring daily posts about wedding trends, advice, and bride profiles for over 250,000 unique visitors a month. I built traffic from scratch using SEO and SMO techniques, and now receive over 2.2 million monthly pageviews. I act as director of business development, ad sales, and marketing, and manage an editorial staff of three.

Offbeatmama.com

Launched September 2009 | 400,000 monthly pageviews

In a web filled with mommyblogger drama and cheap corporate shilling, Offbeat Mama’s positive, supportive voice stands alone.

After requests from hundreds of Offbeat Bride readers, I launched Offbeat Mama in September 2009. The site has developed a committed following among nontraditional mothers in the US and abroad, getting 400,000 pageviews a month, with my most popular markets being hip cities like Seattle, New York, London, Portland, San Francisco, and Sydney, Australia.

Offbeat Mama topics range from serious stuff like step-parenting and birth stories to light things like offbeat family portraits and celebrating of cute mom jeans. While we do feature hip parenting products, we focus on indie businesses and are completely transparent about our sponsors.

Offbeathome.com

Launched February 2011 | 400,000 monthly pageviews

Dedicated to helping you create a comfortable space for yourself in this world, Offbeat Home celebrates occupants as much as we ogle over decor porn and DIY projects. We’re not especially into fetishizing furniture or unattainable decor, but we love to explore how people authentically integrate and express their personalities through their homes.

Unlike our sister sites, Offbeat Bride and Offbeat Mama, Offbeat Home is both un-gendered AND non-relationship-based. Offbeat Home is just about YOU and YOUR SPACE. Not other people … although we do have a category dedicated to Offbeat Entertaining, full of fabulous dinner parties and brunch potlucks and nights in.