Have you ever wanted to do a blogger collaboration project? Do you even know what it is and how it can benefit your blog?

It is amazing to see the sheer number of blogs in existence every day. A good way to tell is the size of a typical blogger Facebook group.

I am a member of many of these groups and they tend to range in size from 5,000 to 100,000 in membership.

You would certainly think that the ability to collaborate on there is pretty easy right or so it seems.

The truth is many groups are started with a purpose like to answer questions or concerns for beginners who are struggling.

While other groups are great for experienced bloggers who are in the growth phase and those are the groups best focused on collaboration.

In this post, I spent some time interviewing Maria about her blogging success to date.

You will learn about who she is and her unique niche as well as how she did her exciting collaboration.

Who is Maria?

My name is Maria Halcumb and I run a blog called literallysimple.com. I mostly focus on minimalism which is the idea of creating a life that is prioritized to meet your intentions.

The tag line that I frequently use for the website is;

be more, want less, gain quality.

It is an idea that has taken me through life itself.

In the last year, I decided to consume less and create more and out of that I created a business and a blog.

I prioritised my life in a more efficient way and I am now on a debt free journey.

So, I write about all things minimalism and how finance, health and career can be related to prioritising and minimising your life.

Whether that is stuff inside your home or ideas. I write about all of those things on the blog so you can check it out.

Why do you do what you do?

I think initially it had to do with the fact that I became a Mother and I realised that I could not do everything at the same time. I'm not superwoman.

My career changed a little bit, I am a middle school teacher but to stay at home with my daughter I changed career.

So I write curriculum and I work from home now but that had its own set of challenges.

Working at home is challenging in itself. I'm not physically in the office.

I am a creative person so I was feeling that my creativity was not being utilised to its fullest after I left the classroom.

The blog has been a creative outlet and my tutoring business has also been a way for me to remain creative.

What do you enjoy most about what you do?

The thing I enjoy about blogging or working from home is freedom. I have a lot of creative freedom and a lot of time freedom.

Which comes with a lot of responsibility. If you don't ever schedule time to do anything then nothing gets done.

It really comes down to freedom. I have so much more freedom if I need to change plans or go in a different direction.

Nobody is telling me, no you have to do it this way. I could just drop it and try something else. I could really be experimental I guess.

Who was your role model growing up?

Ah man, I've had so many people that, some people I don't know, I just read their books.

Initially, my parents have always inspired me to do things...