The Food Blogger Pro Podcast 114: How to Run a Successful Blog as a Partnership with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer
How to work with different personalities, divide responsibilities, and split your income with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer.
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Welcome to episode 114 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer from Thriving Home about working as a partnership on their blog.
How to Run a Successful Blog as a PartnershipA blog is typically started as a sole venture, but Polly and Rachel decided to start their blog, Thriving Home, as a team.
While they both have different personalities, they use those differences to their advantage to divide tasks and grow their business. But even though they’re running their blog as a team, anyone can take lessons away from the way they treat their blog as a business. You’ll learn how they made their first $1, the most important thing that makes their partnership work, and the intentional way they invest back into their business, and more.
In this episode, Polly and Rachel share:- How Polly and Rachel met
- Why they decided to start a blog together
- How they work with their different personalities
- What they focused on when they first started blogging together
- How they compliment each other
- How they navigate difficulties in a partnership
- What their State of the Unions look like
- How they divide responsibilities
- How they handle constructive criticism
- How they decided to start working on their blog full-time
- How they divide their income and how they decide what to invest in
- Why they set up their business as an S-Corp
- What their typical days look like
Resources:
- Thriving Home
- Dave Ramsey
- From Freezer to Table Cookbook - releasing September 12!
- Profit First
- ConvertKit
- Leadpages
- Shopify
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.