The Blogger Genius Podcast

Today my guest is Melissa Johnson from the blog, Best Friends for Frosting. Melissa has built one of the most beautiful and successful lifestyle blogs out there. In this conversation, we talk about the best ways to monetize and grow a lifestyle blog, what it's like working with your husband, how to experiment with selling products, and tips for working on sponsored posts with brands. Melissa has been at this a long time, and you can tell by all her wise advice! Listen now!

This week my guest is Max Bonds from the blog, Tried and True Mom Jobs. With her blog. Max shows moms how to easily find lucrative jobs working from home. We discuss a variety of online jobs available and how much they pay. We also talk about how Max started her own blog a year ago, and grew it to where it is today. If you are looking for interesting ways to make money online, or how to grow a blog quickly by solving a need, you'll definitely want to listen to this episode!

#044: How To Get More Pinterest Traffic by Crushing the Pinterest Algorithm with Jennifer Priest

Today my guest is Kara Maria Ananda from KaraMariaAnanda.com. Kara is an expert in the healing and wellness space, and has built her successful online business creating health-related courses for women. In this interview, we talk about Kara's journey from healer to teacher, and how she organically grew her business to help solve her customers' problems.

This episode demonstrates that it is possible to get to 6.6 million pageviews in 2 years of blogging, because Caroline Simmons of Swaddles N Bottles did it! And the best part is she loves sharing all her tips and tricks. In this episode, Caroline and I discuss how Pinterest has fueled her blog growth, and how she strategically uses group boards to find new opportunities.

Today I'm interviewing Jenny Melrose from The Melrose Family and JennyMelrose.com. Jenny is a blogging expert on how to win working with brands. We get into it all in this interview. Want to know how to reach out to companies you want to work with? What to write in your email? How many times to follow up? How much to charge? If you are an influencer or want to become one, you must listen to this!

Today I'm interviewing Divine Mwimba from the blog, Ladies Make Money Online. Divine shares all her tips on how to grow your business using Pinterest. After she started as a wedding planner, she figured out how to use Pinterest and email marketing to find bridal clients in Canada.

Today I'm talking to Sarah Cook, from the blog, Sustainable Cooks. This conversation is all about what not to do as a blogger. Sarah made all the mistakes in the book, but if you look at her blog now, you'll see it has transformed into something beautiful!

Today, my guest is Deepak Shukla from the SEO agency, Pearl Lemon. We take a deep dive into an SEO strategy called the Skyscraper Technique. The best part is that anyone can use this technique to grow their organic Google search traffic. You just have to know how. In our conversation, we talk about what the skyscraper technique is, why it's so successful, and how you can build your entire business around it! If you're trying to grow your traffic in a meaningful way, definitely listen to this!

Today I'm back with my friend, and MiloTree Community Manager, Paula Rollo. Paula is an affiliate marketing pro. She's back on the show to share her advanced affiliate marketing tactics. If you want to grow your affiliate income, don't miss this!

Today my guest is Nicole Culver, founder of the food company, Blissful Eats, and creator of her own business consulting and coaching business. In this episode, we talk about how to know when you need to pivot your business. Nicole started her granola company in 2011, got it into Whole Foods, but ultimately decided to shut it down to focus on her consulting and coaching business. And this has lead to even bigger success.

Today, my guest is Danielle Liss, lawyer and founder of Hashtag Legal, a law firm specializing in online business.  In this interview, Danielle and I delve into what you need to know to protect yourself legally as an influencer or blogger or online entrepreneur. We talk about how to incorporate your business, how to negotiate with brands, what GDPR means, and whether you should copyright your work!

This week my guest is Stephanie Parker from the popular food blog, Plain Chicken. We delve into how she figured out how to make a family income as a food blogger, where she and her husband could quit their corporate jobs, travel, and become creative entrepreneurs.

You never know who you're going to get into a Lyft with at a conference. Lucky for me, it was Gabrielle Blair from the blog, Design Mom, and founder of the Alt Summit Conference. Listening to her, I learned so much about how to be a super successful creative entrepreneur. Gabby was one of the first design-focused bloggers, and she paired that with being a mother to six kids.

Today, I'm talking with Instagram expert, Sue B. Zimmerman. We talk about how to win on Instagram NOW -- what's working and what's not. Listen to me in the hot seat as Sue critiques my Catch My Party Instagram page. She was definitely blunt, but since I'm always looking to learn, I was interested to hear what she had to say. I think you will be too!