The Blogger Genius Podcast

Want to know how a paid workshop helps you grow your true fans? Today, I've got Carrie Forrest from the blog, Clean Eating Kitchen, on the show to share her story. Carrie has grown a very successful food blog, but over the last few years, she felt like something was missing in her business, interacting directly with her audience. By creating paid workshops, she's been able to show up live with her community, and build real relationships. The reason why you want to grow your true fans is because these are the people in your community who will buy all your offers, give you guidance, and help you plot the direction of your business. As someone in the wellness space, Carrie also found this connection incredibly satisfying. She's been able to be of service to her community and better understand what her audience wants from her, as she moves her business forward. The relationships she's been able to cultivate by hosting paid workshops, has made her fall in love of her blog even more! I think you'll be inspired by her story. Show Notes: Paid Workshop Live Training—July 21st 1:00pm CT MiloTreeCart Clean Eating Kitchen MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Clean Eating Diet Recipes + Tips FB Group Sugar Free Challenge with Carrie Forrest FB Group Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Join the Paid Workshop Live Training on July 21st at 1:00pm CT I'm incredibly excited to announce that on July 21st, which could be tomorrow, depending on when you're listening to this, because this is going to drop on the 20th. On the 21st at 12:00pm Central Time, I am hosting a live training, where I will be showing you how you can launch a paid workshop in under 15 minutes. I'm going to go through how to set up a free sales page on MiloTreeCart, and also give you a 14 day launch calendar with everything you need to launch your own workshop. Sign up at Launchplan.milotreecart.com.

Today, I'm talking about how to test your product idea fast. And I've got a story to tell you about this. But before I launch into the episode, I have to say that we've been told the best way to grow our businesses is to give away our best content for free. But what if there was an easy way to monetize what you know by setting up a paid workshop? And what if I could show you how to start selling it in 15 minutes? Come to my live training on July 21st at 12:00pm CT… "The Paid Workshop Launch Plan!" Grab Your Seat for Only $10! Here's what one attendee wrote after my last paid workshop training: "Thank you Jillian, for the amazing info on how to set up a paid workshop. I am so excited to offer this to my audience and to start connecting with them." —Carrie My goal is to save you time, money, and energy, with simple set up and no complicated tech. And by hosting a paid workshop, you get to build a stronger relationship with your audience. If you are an artist, chef, coach, crafter, marketer, whatever your skill… How is that not something you want? At the end of the one-hour live Zoom training, you will know: Exactly WHAT TO TEACH and how to leave your audience wanting more! How to SET UP YOUR FREE SALES PAGE for maximum impact! How to MARKET, CREATE, and HOST your workshop effortlessly! You will also leave with this added toolkit… Our FREE 14-Day Launch Calendar to give you daily tasks and all the templates you need to launch your workshop A FREE Canva presentation template to use for your workshop A FREE 1:1 strategy call with me to get direct feedback on your workshop! (While we'd love you to show up live, if you can't make it, no prob. I'll be sending a link the live video afterwards.) YEP, I'M DOING IT! Isn't it time you started building a new, powerful income stream on your terms? And why am I charging $10? Because you will show up differently if you pay. It will motivate you to move and create and grow! 💪 Can't wait to see you live on the 21st at noon CT! ❤️ If you sign up now, I've got a SPECIAL BONUS for you! It'll be in your welcome email after purchase. Show Notes: The Paid Workshop Live Training July 21st at 12:00pm CT MiloTreeCart Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: The Best Blog Content Tools You've Never Heard Of with Britt Reber She Tripled Her Blog in Less Than 3 Months Doing This… with Anina Belle Giannini How to Build a New Income Stream Fast and Easy with Cristy Harfman

Who doesn't want to grow an online business fast? In today's rebroadcast episode, I'm interviewing online social media coach Kim Garst, and we're talking about monetizing. Her strategy is all about clarity. How can you communicate your message with simplicity. She's also a big fan of showing up live on video, even if it's uncomfortable because it's how your audience and potential customers get to know you! Also, we talk about the power of an email list. This is an asset you own. These are people willing to buy from you. So don't take it lightly! Also, if you're ready to grow your digital product empire, start with a paid workshop! Need a workshop topic? Grab our free workshop idea worksheet. And if you want free help setting up your workshop, please book a call with me here. Show Notes: How to Set Up a Paid Workshop MiloTree Pop-Up App Kim Garst Catch My Party Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: What's Working in Social Media Right Now with Jeff Sieh How To Grow a Successful Business as a One-Woman Show with Lisa Steele Make Real Money Teaching Online Classes with Cynthia Samanian Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

What are secret ways to monetize your blog that you need to know? I am interviewing Christina Hitchcock, and Corinne Schmitt, the two women behind The Smart Influencer. They coach bloggers and online entrepreneurs to work smarter and grow their businesses. In this episode, we take a high-level view on all the secret ways bloggers monetize and what the journey actually looks like! We talk about: How not to get caught up in being busy How not follow what others are doing How to think about creating content people want to read How to work with brands And why creating products is where the big money is! Show Notes: MiloTreeCart Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok The Smart Influencer The Smart Influencer Podcast It's a Keeper Wondermom Wannabe Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Intro 0:04 Welcome to the Blogger Genius Podcast brought to you by MiloTree. Here's your host, Jillian Leslie. Jillian Leslie 0:11 Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the Blogger Genius Podcast. I'm your host, Jillian Leslie and I am a serial entrepreneur, I build businesses with my husband. And I've also been recording this podcast for four years. The product I am most excited about right now that we are building is called MiloTreeCart. And it is a way to easily sell and get paid for digital products on the internet. Somebody recently said to me what does that really mean? So I wanted to tell you what it is and also why we built it and a little bit about our philosophy. So what it is, is if you want to set up a paid workshop, a membership, coaching and coming soon digital downloads, this is the platform for you. We offer you unlimited products, and the best part, free sales pages unlimited that we host for you that you can set up in 5 to 10 minutes. Now, we do not charge a monthly fee like a lot of our competitors, like SamCart or ThriveCart or Kajabi, or Teachable, we are a much less expensive platform than these, we only make money when you do we take a 5% transaction fee. And that is it. And we did this because of our philosophy. Our philosophy is we want to put out incredibly easy solutions for you. And the best part is we want you to have fun with it. It's so easy to use. We want you to get creative, thinking of all the products that you could sell to your audience. So head to milotreecart.com, sign up for your free account, start creating some digital products and see what connects with your audience. If you'd like me to help you get set up, just email me, jillian@milotree.com. And we'll get on a call and we'll get you set up. For today's episode. I've got a really good one. I am interviewing Christina Hitchcock, and Corinne Schmitt and these are the two women behind The Smart Influencer. They coach bloggers and online entrepreneurs to work smarter. Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

What Is this new SEO surround sound strategy? I've got my good friend, Alisa Meredith, back on the show to talk about it. Alisa now works at SEMrush, a tool used by online businesses for SEO and content marketing. The "surround sound strategy" is all about being where the conversation is already happening in your niche. You can use SEMrush to help you find opportunities, or you can DIY it yourself. The goal is to look for roundup content published by other blogs or websites about your niche that might mention your competitors, but not you. Then your job is to see if you can reach out to get yourself added. Ask yourself... Where are people already talking about what you talk about, and how find more ways to get in front of them? Show Notes: MiloTree Easy Payments Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Alisa Meredith SEMrush Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

Today, I've got Josh Elledge, from Up My Influence, on the show, and we are talking about how to up your price. What we really talk about is how to value yourself. If you've ever wondered how people sell those high ticket items, like coaching packages, services, products, etc., Josh shares all the secrets. Much of how it's done is by building relationships with the people you want to sell to, then to sell them on the outcome they hope to achieve. Josh also recommends adding a money-back-guarantee to any high ticket offer. He also recommends selling the personal relationship that customers has with you. This is where understanding your own self-worth comes into play. Josh and I also talk about how you must always validate your offer, to make sure it's something people actually want. He shares the steps he uses to validate the high ticket items he sells. For all of us who struggle with imposter syndrome or who feel uncomfortable charging what we really deserve to be paid, this podcast is a must! Show Notes: MiloTree Easy Payments Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Up My Influence Jillian's Appearance on Up My Influence Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Get Your Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet to Come Up With an Idea to Teach I wanted to take a short break to ask you a question. Now that we are halfway through the episode is this getting the juices flowing? Are you now starting to think about possibly selling a digital product, and if you are starting to think about it, but you're not sure where to begin, I recommend you start with a paid workshop. And if that seems like a lot, and you want to hone in on an idea, I have a worksheet to help you. If you go to milotree.com/workshopidea, you can get my worksheet and really hone in on something specific you could teach to your audience. But here's the best part, you can set this up in MiloTreeCart as a product with a sales page that you can fill out in about 10 minutes. And then you can go test it, put it in front of your people, send it to your email list, see if people are interested in this, see if they buy from you. And if a couple people buy, go build out the workshop, if they don't, go try a new idea. This is how you're going to continue to test with MiloTreeCart. And remember, setting up your products in MiloTree Cart is absolutely free. The way that we monetize is we take a small transaction fee off of sales. So we only make money when you do. This is the perfect platform to test to have fun play around, set up a bunch of stuff. And if you have any questions always know you can reach out to me at jillian@milotree.com. So again, get your worksheet go to milotree.com/workshopidea. Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

Welcome to the Blogger Genius Podcast brought to you by MiloTree. Here's your host, Jillian Leslie. I am Jillian Leslie, your host, and I am so happy that you are here because you want to grow your online business. So I am rebroadcasting one of my most popular SEO episodes from a couple months ago with my very good friend, Paula Rollo. In this episode, we're talking about five SEO wins to get you more traffic. Now, if you've not listened to this episode, I highly recommend you do. And if you have listened to this episode, this is a good one to repeat to see how many of these tips you have put into practice. Before I get started, I wanted to ask you a question. Are you a blogger or content creator with an audience? So you've got an email list, blog traffic, social media followers, any of those, or hopefully a combination of those? Well, if you are not monetizing your audience selling digital goods directly to them, I have something exciting for you. It is called MiloTreeCart. And it is the new payment platform David and I created to help creators like you, female entrepreneurs, sell easy digital goods to your audience. So what does that mean? Well, right now, you could sell a paid workshop, you could sell a membership, you could sell coaching, you can even sell digital downloads, although there's a little hack you need to do by setting it up with a Google link, like in Google Drive. We are rolling that out momentarily. But it is a free platform to use. We only charge a small transaction fee on sale. So while you're testing, while you're creating free sales pages that we host, while you're seeing what your audience wants from you, it's all free and it's fun, and it's easy. And we built this for you because we feel like there is such an opportunity for you to get off of this social media treadmill and really connect with your community. You have any questions? Email me at jillian@milotree.com I would also love to get on a call with you to help you set this up. But go play around. So head to MiloTreeCart and go see how easy this is to turn on a whole new income stream. Here is the transcript to this jam-packed SEO podcast episode with Paula Rollo. Show Notes: MiloTreeCart Free Workshop Idea Worksheet MiloTree Pop-Up App Paula Rollo SEO Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Blog Post Checklist Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: Get More Traffic With These New SEO Tactics with Paula Rollo Smart SEO Strategies To Get You More Traffic with Casey Markee (Rebroadcast) How to Grow Your Traffic with the New Google Update with David Leslie Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

In this solo episode, I'm sharing how I see successful creators continue to build six and seven figure businesses. They do this by: Solving real problems in the content they create Cultivating an audience of people wanting to buy from them Selling products and services directly to their audiences Leaning into "selling" Having multiple income streams I also debunk the myths around: Course creation Knowing exactly what your audience wants from you so you don't need to test People caring about your back catalog of content I share how easy and inexpensive it is to create products and services with MiloTreeCart, our new payment platform for female content creators. My recommendation is to create a digital product and go try to sell it! It's easier than you think! Show Notes: MiloTreeCart Free Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: The Best Blog Content Tools You've Never Heard Of with Britt Reber She Tripled Her Blog in Less Than 3 Months Doing This… with Anina Belle Giannini How to Build a New Income Stream Fast and Easy with Cristy Harfman Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

Today, I've got TikTok expert, Keely Stawicki, on The Blogger Genius Podcast, to share her best tips on how to use TikTok to grow your business. Keely shares tips on not only growing your followers on the platform, but how to grow your actual business with TikTok! Think of TikTok as a free discovery platform. Your job is to get your message in front of the right people, then figure out how to funnel those people from TikTok to where you want them to go. Keely shares how she thinks about her own content creation, how she attracts the right people to her, and how she sells her products and services to them. Hopefully this episode inspires you to start creating content on TikTos. It definitely has for me. In fact, please follow me on TikTok at @milotreeapp and watch my journey. Show Notes: MiloTree Easy Payments Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Rebel Keely on TikTok Rebel Keely on Instagram Marketing with Keely on TikTok Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Today, I've got TikTok expert, Keely Stawicki, on The Blogger Genius Podcast, to share her best tips on how to use TikTok to grow your business. Keely shares tips on not only growing your followers on the platform, but how to grow your actual business with TikTok! Think of TikTok as a free discovery platform. Your job is to get your message in front of the right people, then figure out how to funnel those people from TikTok to where you want them to go. Keely shares how she thinks about her own content creation, how she attracts the right people to her, and how she sells her products and services to them. Hopefully this episode inspires you to start creating content on TikTos. It definitely has for me. In fact, please follow me on TikTok at @milotreeapp and watch my journey. Show Notes: MiloTree Easy Payments Paid Workshop Idea Worksheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes MiloTree on TikTok Rebel Keely on TikTok Rebel Keely on Instagram Marketing with Keely on TikTok Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify

My first interview with Dara Sklar from Learn With Dara, where she shared 9 productivity hacks to save you time, was so popular, I invite her back to share 5 more productivity hacks to save you even more time. Today we dig into five more tips to give you more bandwidth as an entrepreneur. In this interview, Dara and I talk about: How to automate repetitive tasks The importance of documenting your tasks Why you want to piggybank on your current tasks How to set up simple procedures in your business How to outsource If you enjoyed Dara's first appearance, you're in for a treat with this one! Show Notes: MiloTree Easy Payments Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter MiloTree Pop-Up App Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Catch My Party Learn With Dara BetterLinks Ecamm Loom Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: 9 Productivity Hacks to Save You Time with Dara Sklar Are Limiting Beliefs and Imposer Syndrome Holding You Back with Maria Conde? How to Overcome Negative Self-Talk with Laura Fuentes Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… If you are looking for ways to grow your community whether that be email whether that be social media, right now head to Milotree.com install the MiloTree app on your blog and it will do the work for you. Let it do the heavy lifting for you. Let it pop up in front of your visitors and ask them to follow you on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, join your list, check out the exit intent but really get your community growing. And we'd love to help you with MiloTree. And I will see you here again next week. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!