The Do You Even Blog Podcast

Today we're walking through the process of creating & selling your digital product, start to finish! Natalie (The Suitcase Entrepreneur) is here to help us find an awesome idea (soooo hard), validate our products, and launch stuff!Shoutout to my bloggers with less-than-huge audiences. This is for y'all.Show notes & more here: https://doyouevenblog.com/how-to-launch-your-dang-course-with-a-small-audience-natalie-sisson/My monetization megapost here: https://doyouevenblog.com/how-to-monetize-a-blog/Enjoy!----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog

Kaila is an Instagram consultant & strategist--and is here to answer ALL of my Insta questions. We cover a T O N of content is this one.What to put in your bio.How to use linksHow to be DISCOVERABLE (I wasn't lol)HashtagsWhat type of content works best?STORIES! Lots of tips and tricks here.and more.Full show notes here: https://doyouevenblog.com/instagram-growth-a-comprehensive-path-to-10k-followers-kaila-ruan/Enjoy!----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog

Spencer Haws (Niche Pursuits) is an OG PLAYA in the blogging world.Whether it's SEO, Pinterest, Affiliate Marketing, or buying & selling niche sites, he's had major success with it all.We chat about...EXACTLY how much should you use keywords in your content (for SEO?)Why internal linking is awesome & super easy low-hanging fruitWhy you SHOULD seriously look into buying a blogShow notes, resources, and transcripts here: https://doyouevenblog.com/keywords-internal-linking-simplifying-seo-spencer-haws-niche-pursuits/----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog

Y Combinator is a famous startup accelerator that has produced companies like Stripe, Dropbox, AirBnb, Instacart--and Nate Matherson's LendEDU.LendEDU has made some serious dough as a blog (and helped many a student loan borrower!), so we talk about about his blog's "pivot," how he gets traffic (and how he's looking to EXPAND), and more.----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog

Amanda from https://www.millennialtraveller.com/ is my guest today--an existing blogger who is thinking about starting a podcast!She asks me a bunch of questions, and I answer them. E-Z.Show notes & blog post version here: https://doyouevenblog.com/beginner-podcasting-faq-everything-you-need-to-start/***MORE PODCASTING RESOURCES***Podcast launch checklist - https://doyouevenblog.com/podcast-launch-checklist/Getting a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc (video) - https://youtu.be/AAJeUZCIXvEMy Podcast tools & workflow (video) - https://youtu.be/4sCyz4jD5rc----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog

Here's the "What Why What Formula post: https://doyouevenblog.com/what-why-what-formula/What is your blog about?Why should we follow you (as opposed to all the other blogs in your niche?)What's in it for ME (to follow you?)You must, must, MUST tell every website visitor these three things.----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.

This episode is short and specific--and even if you don't NEED this information today, it's good information to have.Evan Porter (https://wordsbyevanporter.com/) is here to share his nasty experience getting his content stolen, and every step he took to try and fix it!Handy (but hopefully you never need it) <3 <3SHOW NOTES & LINKS:  https://doyouevenblog.com/what-to-do-if-your-blog-content-gets-stolen/----- This podcast is sponsored by Freshbooks! -----They've hooked my audience up with an extended 30-day free trial, found here: http://freshbooks.com/doyouevenblogJust enter "Do You Even Blog" in the "how did you hear about us?" section.It's thanks to Freshbooks that this podcast is possible--so go show them some love! It's also a fantastic product for online businesses and/or freelancers.

Podcaster? Want to be one? This is the annual State of Podcasting address!* Industry growth* How to grow YOUR show* State of monetization* Launching in 2020Enjoy! Apologies for poor audio. I recorded in a car ;)More podcasting tutorials >>>> https://doyouevenblog.com/category/podcasting-tutorials/

Bullet journals are super trendy right now, and for good reason--they're a useful way to stay on top of your priorities, stay focused, and be more productive!Today, Matt Ragland is back on the podcast to walk us through bullet journaling techniques and productivity strategies.Full post here: https://doyouevenblog.com/bullet-journaling-for-productivity-matt-ragland/******Special thanks to today's sponsor, Freshbooks!Freelancer?Online business?Blogger w/ expenses and revenues?Freshbooks is for you! It's an incredible tool, AND it's thanks to them the DYEB podcast is possible--so go show them some love!Head to Freshbooks.com/doyouevenblog and enter DO YOU EVEN BLOG in the "how did you hear about us" section.❤️❤️❤️

Jim Harmer, Founder of Income School, shares insights on building profitable niche sites in 2020. Topics include Google SEO, growing traffic across multiple channels, leveraging YouTube, overcoming setbacks in entrepreneurship, the power of 'smiles folder' and 'people I'm going to prove wrong,' handling troll comments, the importance of choosing a broad topic for niche sites, and focusing on audience and value creation.