The Do You Even Blog Podcast

Today? Active vs Passive promotion! What that means, which style works for which audience, and how to nail your strategy :) **** Looking to grow your blog income, but not seeing a ton of value in taking another online course? The Affiliate Workshop launches June 2019. Learn more at https://blogschool.co/taw/ Adios!

It's easy, right? Just look at the big affiliate products that everybody else is promoting, right?? Not unless you're reaching a massive amount of people :) Today we're talking about the "adoption curve," and how to use that idea to find affiliates that are more likely to convert and earn you money. **** Looking to grow your blog income, but not seeing a ton of value in ta...

This is part 1 of a multi-part series to help you make more money from your affiliate marketing. Today we’re diving into the OLD vs NEW ways of promoting affiliate products, a high-level overview of an effective strategy. **** Looking to grow your blog income, but not seeing a ton of value in taking another online course? The Affiliate Workshop launches June 2019. Learn more at https://blogschool....

Howdy Do You Even Blog Tribe! This week on the podcast, I’m doing something DIFFERENT. I’m going to bring you a 5-part series that’ll help you make more money from your affiliate marketing. Today = why this matters, and a broad-level overview of affiliate ‘marketing (for beginners Part 1. What’s working NOW. Part 2. How to find “better fit” affiliates Part 3: Active vs Passive Promotion Part 4: Ho...

Just how specific do you need to be these days in terms of SEO? Does it matter?  Long-time SEO and Credo founder ( https://www.getcredo.com/ ) John Doherty joins us today to talk... * tips for hiring contractors/freelancers * why relationships are crucial to SEO (and life success 😃) * when and where to be more specific Full notes here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/niche-down-seo-john-doherty-credo/...

Joining me today is Liz Stapleton ( https://elizabethstapleton.com/ ), an attorney (and blogger)--and we're here to lay out the legal side of blogging! I created a full guide for this here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/how-to-blog-legally/,  and you can grab Liz's pre-made templates here:  https://elizabethstapleton.com/dyeb They're amazing, super affordable, and will cover your legal...

Online courses are VERY widespread, especially in the blogging & digital marketing niche--and these can often have TERRIBLE c ourse completion and success rates! Today's guest, Melody from  http://herdesignedlife.com/,  is an instructional designer by trade, and is here to help us figure out how to serve and teach our students better (and therefore grow a better business?). Full transcrip...

Today's guest is none other than Tim Soulo--marketing guru at Ahrefs! We're here to chat about link building, SEO, outreach emails, marketing systems, and way more! Full transcripts can be found here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/seo-link-building-not-rocket-science-tim-soulo/ Ciao!

Today's episode is short, sweet, and covers some fancy-pants business metrics--and how bloggers can use them to help grow their blogs :) Enjoy! No show notes today, but did you know I just launched a free SEO course?  You can find it here! -  https://doyouevenblog.com/60-minute-seo/ Pete

Biz coach and marketing strategist Kyla Roma stops by to share with us how to... * figure out which social channels will serve us best * build a brand that resonates with our followers * build a "life proof" business. Full takeaways here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/questions-better-blogging-brand-business-coach-kyla-roma/ Boom!  

Here's a bite-sized bonus episode w/ Dan and Lindsay from Follow Your Detour! You can catch their previous, full episode here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/pitching-sponsorship-growing-instagram-follow-your-detour/ No show notes for today. Have a good one, blogger! --Pete

This is part 1 with Dan and Lindsay from  https://www.followyourdetour.com/ ! We're going to chat: * how they learn what strategies will work for their blog/brand * how to connect with and pitch blog sponsors * how they grew their Instagram following to 40k+ in 2 years. and more! Ciao ;)

Traveling Tanya started her blog in mid 2018, and has been joining me every 3 months to share her journey as a new blogger! This is part 3 of a year-long case study, and you can find parts 1 and 2 located here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/12-month-new-blogger-case-study/ Enjoy!

When it comes to writing (or better yet, communicating) with an audience, there's nobody better to learn from than Jeff Goins ( https://goinswriter.com/hello/ ) We chat about:  * How to deal with critical/negative feedback * Why you shouldn't build a business because you want freedom * 3 vital questions that'll make you a better writer. Show notes here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/mo...

Howdy , bloggers! Today's awesome guest is Liz Eischen from Kitchen Table Finances ! Liz's backstory is kinda amazing--from living with gypsies abroad to competitive rifle shooting to globetrotting with a non-profit, to blogging--she's done a lot and learned a ton. In this episode, we chat about: That backstory, duh. Productivity (and "anti-batching" Don't know what e...

Marketing is all about tension. How can we as bloggers and online business folks--use this in a practical way? No show notes, Blog Tribe. ;) Have a great weekend blogging! --Pete

Britney is an "SEO Scientist" at Moz.com! She's an incredible speaker, SEO, data nerd, and podcast guest :) Show notes here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/reverse-engineer-seo-success-britney-muller Follow Britney on Twitter here:  https://twitter.com/BritneyMuller Enjoy!

Seriously? Is there a better method for teaching and learning out there? What do you think? Hit me up on twitter if you have any thoughts:  https://twitter.com/doyouevenblog See you next week for more awesome blogging interviews ;)

Today's guest is one of THE people who first got me into blogging & SEO: Glen Allsopp ( https://detailed.com/ ). Yes, I'm over here nerding out just to have the chance to speak with him. Please head to the full post sometime and drop us a comment!  https://doyouevenblog.com/seo-legends-glen-allsopp-future-link-building In this episode, we chat about: * How to position your blog to at...

Cat Alford ( https://www.catherinealford.com/ ) has been one of the most requested bloggers to be on this show, and for good reason! She's just awesome 😃 She's a long-time writer & blogger, but what impresses me most about her is her confidence and  hustle.  Her sponsorship outreach story straight-up motivated me to "get after it" in my own business. Full show notes here: ...

Alisa is the content manager at Tailwind, and is here to share some best practices and fresh 2019 strategies to drive Pinterest traffic :) Full post here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/tailwind-tribes-drive-traffic-2019-alisa-meredith In this interview, we chat about… Are group boards really dead? (for driving traffic?) How to analyze Tailwind Tribes (to determine which one’s will work for YOU) To wh...

Liz Wilcox from The Virtual Campground is one of my FAVE people in blogging! Full notes here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/create-early-super-fans-home-run-offer-liz-wilcox Here's what we chat about on this episode: Why making a personal connection EARLY is so valuable How Liz treated her first 300 email subscribers An amazing strategy to reverse-engineer an early products idea and way more. Bo...

Wish you could get more stuff done? Write more? Be more effective and publish more content? We all do ;) Today, Todd Henry ( https://accidentalcreative.com/ ) joins us on today's show to chat about doing creative work that matters, being more productive, writing every day, and more! Full blog post is here:  https://doyouevenblog.com/todd-henry-prolific-ship-more-work Enjoy, blog tribe. I <...

What's the one thing that'll lead to more followers, sales, comments, traffic, and growth? People engaging with your content more/better. And what's one way to leverage that in your blogging? Using examples, stories, metaphors, and other awesome copywriting techniques! Kaleigh Moore ( https://www.kaleighmoore.com/ ) is a veteran writer who has blogged for some incredibly brands, and...

Passive income. Difficult? Sure. Complicated? Not necessarily... In this little conversation, I'm digging through the 4 ingredients to make truly passive income from your blog and online business. 1 - monetized (or an offer that converts) 2 - funnel 3 - traffic (or acquisition) 4 - a calculator (for ROI)   The takeaway?  Don’t overthink the general strategy.   1. Find an offer that works (thr...