The Blogger Genius Podcast

To take a break from the stresses of life this Thanksgiving, and to focus on what really matters, and those we love, I thought I'd rebroadcast the guided meditation I recorded last year on gratitude. When I re-listened to it this week, I saw how much calm and peace it gave me focusing on what I'm truly grateful for. I hope it does the same for you. If you're interested. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this meditation is on gratitude. Find a comfortable place where you can sit down or lie down and close your eyes. And let's start breathing. Breathe in and out. And in and out. On this breath, picture, a giant wave crashing over you. So, ready, breathe in. A giant wave crashes over you. And as you exhale, the water retreats, and so does a little bit of the tension you're holding in your body. So, let's try that again. Breathe in, let the wave crash over you. And as it retreats, exhale feel a little more tension, leave your body. Let's do that one more time, breathe in. Feel this wave crash over you. And as the water retreats, a little more tension leaves your body. And now, let's scan our bodies because there are usually some extra places where we hold tension. When I mentioned a place, see if you can relax it just a little bit more. Let's first focus on our eye sockets. Can you feel them relax just by focusing on them? And now let's move down to our jaws. We tend to hold a lot of tension in our jaws. Oh, feel it relax. And now, let's move down to our throats and to our shoulders.

Who doesn't want to grow their online income? You're in luck. In this episode, I'm interviewing business coachKim Garst, on how to make more money online. This is her specialty. Her strategy is all about clear messaging, showing up on video so people get to know, like, and trust you, and using your email list to drive sales and repeat sales. Also, as the online world becomes more crowded, it's even more important to dial in all of these pieces. Also, as a way to grow your income, come to my live training on Nov. 17th at 12:00pm CT on How to Set Up a Paid Workshop in 60 Minutes. It's only $10 and it might transform your business! Show Notes: How to Set Up a Paid Workshop in 60 Minutes MiloTree Easy Payments 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!

Do you sell products? Steal this strategy from Susan Bradley, ecommerce marketing expert. In this episode, we talk all about what goes into building a successful ecommerce strategy. We talk about product validation (which goes beyond asking your mom), finding your audience, how to talk to your customers in an authentic way, how to build excitement around your product, and what your metrics and conversion rates should really look like. We also talk about imposter syndrome, how building a company is hard work, and how the answer is always consistency. If you sell products or are thinking of starting (and you know I think this is a pillar of every successful online business today), don't miss this episode. Stop Giving Your Content Away for Free! Come to My Live Training! Jillian Leslie 0:11 Hello, friends. Welcome back to the Blogger Genius Podcast. I am your host, Jillian Leslie. And I'm so happy you are here. I don't know if you can tell, but I have a smile on my face. And it's because David, my husband and partner and I have been so busy rolling out our new product called MiloTree Easy Payments. What I wanted to share was my why, why did we create this. And it's really because of you, because of my audience because of the creators that I interact with on a daily basis. So, I'm always so blown away by what people build and create and the content that they share. And there are two pain points that I continually hear creators struggle with, and one is how to monetize. They're giving so much away for free. And they're feeding the algorithms, but they don't have as much to show for it as they would like. And the second is that they have to deal with all these platforms. And that technology is tricky and difficult and frustrating. So, David and I said could we find a way to help creators monetize their audiences and what they know, by creating memberships. Teaching workshops, selling their services. And make it so easy for them to get paid to sell their offerings to manage their back-end businesses and make the technology lean and simple. On November 17th, Alisa Meredith and I are hosting a training for $10 to teach people how to set up paid workshops in under 60 minutes. And in order to set up a paid workshop, let's assume it's going to be an hour long teaching session. The only technology you need is Zoom, an email service provider like Mailchimp, or ConvertKit, or MailerLite and three, MiloTree Easy Payments. I would love it if you came to this workshop. In order to sign up, all you do is you go to workshop.milotreecart.com. Take a look at our sales page. This took me about 10 minutes to set up. And with your easy payments account, you will get one just like this and we'll host it for you. Just briefly how can a workshop move the needle for your business? One, you are monetizing your audience monetizing what you know instead of putting out so much free content. Two, you get to show up live for your community and hear what they're struggling with. So, you know what direction to move your business. Three, because the platform is so easy to use, you can experiment with memberships or coaching. And the best part again with you in mind is there's no monthly fee to use MiloTree Easy Payments. We charge a small transaction fee so we don't make money until you make money. This way we are 100% aligned. Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: How To Grow a Successful Business as a One-Woman Show with Lisa Steele How To Figure Out What To Sell with Kaycee Geeding How to Win Selling on Shopify with Elle McCann 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!

Learn how to explode your email list with an easy, fun email challenge. It's easier than you think. In this episode, I'm interviewing Haeley Giambalvo. Haeley is an old time blogger, but she started a new gardening blog called Native Backyards about a year ago. At first Haeley's email list was growing slowly. Then she created her 4-week simple email challenge, and it helped her grow her list by over 700 subscribers in two months. Topics Haeley and I discuss in this episode: How to come up with your email challenge idea How to set up and run your challenge just using email and a Facebook group How to keep your audience excited during the challenge How to create products to support your business What to do when the challenge is over! What you will see, after listening to this episode, is that an email challenge doesn't have to be complicated. Just use Haeley's straight-forward strategy and you'll be amazed how quickly you can grow your list. Show Notes: How to Set Up a Paid Workshop MiloTree Easy Payments Native Backyards Design Improvised Catch My Party Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music

In this episode, with Emily Eggers from the food blog, Legally Healthy Blonde, we're talking about how to 10x your traffic using Facebook Groups. Over the last year, Emily grew her blog traffic from 1,000 sessions to 100,000 sessions by strategically targeting Facebook groups on niche food topics with millions of members. She figured out how to share her recipes in these groups, and optimize them for maximum engagement. And she's done this by only targeting 3-4 groups! Topics Emily and I discuss in this episode: How to target the right Facebook groups How to structure your posts for maximum engagement How often to post and when How to convert your Facebook traffic into email subscribers and affiliate sales How to work on SEO at the same time Ready to 10x your traffic? Don't miss this episode! Show Notes: "How to Get Paid for Your Knowledge" Workshop MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist Legally Healthy Blonde Mediavine Food Bloggers Central Facebook Group Casey Markee Cooking with Keywords Course Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music Join our Nov. 17th Workshop to Learn How to Get Paid for What You Know Jillian Leslie 0:11 Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the show. I'm your host, Jillian Leslie. And I want to invite you to a special workshop I'm hosting with my friend, Alisa Meredith, she's a marketing expert. And we are hosting a workshop to teach you how to set up a paid workshop in under two hours, using MiloTree Easy Payments. I've been asking in my Become A Blogger Genius Facebook group. By the way, if you are not a member, please go to Facebook and join. I've been asking people, if you could set up a paid workshop easily would you do it? And the answer I'm getting is a resounding yes. So Alisa and I decided to host this $10 workshop. So, we're doing a paid workshop to teach you how to run a paid workshop. We're going to go step-by-step it is much easier than you think it is. And I'll show you how to use MiloTree Easy Payments as the best and easiest way to get paid for it. What are the advantages? One, you start monetizing your audience. Two, you start learning from your audience. Three, you start to build out other products like other workshops or a membership just by doing it up. And four, this is going to give you the drive to get out there and just start. So, head to milotree.com/paidworkshop to get on my email list. And I will email you all of the details. It's going to be November 17th, at noon Central Time, but you're going to get a recording of the Zoom call afterwards. I'd love you to show up live but you do not have to. We're also going to give you a PDF that steps you through setting up your paid workshop. I think this is going to be super cool. I would love to see you there. So, head to Milotree.com/paidworkshop and you will get all of the details. Other Blogger Genius Podcast episodes to listen to: Smart SEO Strategies To Get You More Traffic with Casey Markee (Rebroadcast) How a Facebook Group Can Catapult Your Business with Christina Jandali Why It's Worth Growing an Engaged Facebook Audience Right Now with Melanie Ferguson 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!

In this episode, with my friend and marketing expert, Alisa Meredith, we're talking the truth about courses vs. memberships. If you've thought of creating one or both, you don't want to miss the episode. I think you'll be surprised by some of our conclusions. Topics we discuss in this episode: Yes, there is a group of people willing to pay your for your expertise, call these your raving fans Setting up a membership or workshop is easier than you think Course are tricky and get outdated People join memberships for the content, but stay for the community People are more forgiving if you show up live We all want connection! Less is more! Please join the workshop ($10) on Nov. 17th Alisa and I are hosting, showing you how to set up a paid membership in under two hours. It's going to be fun! If you're looking for new ways to monetize your blog and online business, I think you'll find this episode very interesting! Show Notes: MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments Alisa Meredith MiloTree Easy Payments Workshop Catch My Party Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know Cheat Sheet 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: How to Start a Membership to Inspire Others with Roland Denzel How to Grow a Successful Membership by Loving Your Members with Amy Sadler How to Set Up a Paid Membership Program with Ease with Melissa Lanz 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!

Want to find out how to make easy affiliate money now as the holidays approach? Wait until you hear this episode of The Blogger Genius Podcast. I've invited my friend, Jeannine Crooks, from affiliate network Awin, back on the show, to share her tips and tricks for monetizing on Black Friday, the holidays, and beyond. In this episode, we talk about: How Black Friday sales are coming earlier this year and how to prepare How to create easy niche holiday shopping guides How when in doubt, to feature products from Etsy How to pick the right affiliates to promote How to incorporate live selling this year What types of gifts are trending this year And why any noun in a blog post could be an affiliate link! Your job as a blogger is to solve problems for your readers. I always say, affiliate marketing is the easiest way to do that. Especially during the holidays, lean into your area of expertise and start making suggestions your audience will thank you for! This episode will get you ready to kill it during the holidays, so don't miss it! And don't leave money on the table! Show Notes: MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments Awin Share a Sale Catch My Party Outschool Cratejoy Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know Cheat Sheet All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music

If you've been wondering how to start a membership to inspire others, wait until you hear this episode of The Blogger Genius Podcast. This week, I'm talking with Roland Denzel, from EatMoveLive52. He is a life and wellness coach, and hosts a membership program to inspire others to get healthy. In this episode, we talk about Roland's journey from overweight kid to healthy adult, how he turned his experience into a book, and how that book launched his online business helping others loss weight and lean into health. Roland and his wife lead their membership together. To Roland, this is more than a business (although he shares the business lessons he's learned along the way). This is a calling. If you have something on your heart you want to share in a membership, definitely listen to this episode. And remember, we can help you get started with MiloTree Easy Payments! Show Notes: MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments EatMoveLive52 Roland Denzel Instagram Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know Cheat Sheet All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music

In my newest episode of The Blogger Genius Podcast, I'm talking with Jenny Melrose, an influencer marketing expert. We're discussing how to set yourself up for successful brand work. This is the second time Jenny's been on the show, and I'm delighted to have her back! In this episode, we talk about: How the influencer marketing space is growing as brands see the benefits How to pitch directly to the brands you want to work with Why you don't want to add prices to your media kit How to pitch "your audience" to brands and not "yourself" Why you want to think of yourself as a business owner and not a blogger chasing pageviews How Jenny uses Instagram to get close to her audience If you're wanting to up your sponsored content and brand ambassador game, and not sell yourself short, this episode is must-listen! Show Notes: MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments Jenny Melrose Sway Group Jenny Melrose Pitch Guide Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know Cheat Sheet All Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Spotify Amazon Music

In my newest episode of The Blogger Genius Podcast, I'm talking with Cheryl Norris from Bakes by Brown Sugar. We're discussing how Google Web Stories can seriously boost your traffic. If you haven't heard of Google Web Stories yet, you'll want to stick around to learn what they are, and how easy they are to create. If you are not making Google web stories yet, this episode will get started. For Cheryl, it was the added traffic from her web stories that got her accepted into the ad network, MediaVine. In this episode, we talk about how: What Google Web Stories are and where to find them Cheryl's amazing traffic results from creating Web Stories How to create Web Stories quickly and easily yourself using the Google Web Stories WordPress plugin What should go into your Web Stories How you need to experiment with the Web Stories you create because not all will take off If you are working to grow your traffic, this episode is so good! Don't miss it! Show Notes: MiloTree MiloTree Easy Payments Beta Tester Bakes by Brown Sugar Web Stories WordPress plugin Become a Blogger Genius Facebook Group Free MiloTree Blog Post Checklist 5 Secrets Successful Bloggers Already Know Cheat Sheet 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: How to Take Photos Like a Pro with Cheryl Norris Get More Traffic With These New SEO Tactics with Paula Rollo 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 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!