Blogging Meant for Business

Since we have heard from so many of you who are enjoying the peek behind the scenes of the blogging business in this week’s podcast episode (so glad!) we thought we’d point you folks to another resource on that subject: our 3-part series on how to start a journal, grow your audience, and earn money.

It is something we in fact wrote a few months ago, mostly to have a single spot to send anyone who asked about it (it is one of the most frequent questions we get asked, even to this day). But since we never published it to everyone’s feeds as an actual journal post, it is admittedly not the easiest thing to find, and we realized most of you likely have not even seen it. So for anyone who wants to dive in, simply click this link or the image below.

And if you still have not caught this week’s podcast episode (#8), we had a blast talking to Emily Henderson, Justina Blakeney, and Nicole Balch about sponsored posts. Paid content is a big part of the blogging world these days, both for journal writers and journal readers. So we had a candid chat with these three professional design bloggers, and they cleared up some misconceptions by peeling back the curtain on topics like negative feedback, transparency, and yes, even how much money there is to be made. We are so grateful to Emily, Justina, and Nicole for their honesty and we learned A LOT.

Psst – For any podcast newbies, there is a detailed walkthrough for getting began here. It simply takes a few clicks and it is free!