092: How to Make $40K in the First Year of Blogging with Chelsea Lords from Chelsea's Messy Apron

The thing she did when starting her blog, where her first year income came from, and what she would do differently now.

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Welcome to episode 92 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week, Bjork talks with Chelsea Lords from Chelsea’s Messy Apron about making $40,000 in her first year of blogging.

Most bloggers start out with the long-term plan in mind: they probably won’t make much money in the first year or two, but it’ll pay off in the end. And while this path works for a lot of people (Bjork and Lindsay included!), other bloggers decide to do it a bit differently.

Chelsea Lords from Chelsea’s Messy Apron hit the ground running with her blog and ended up making $40,000 in just the first year. Today, she talks about the first steps she took on her path to success, how today is different from that first year, and what she would have done differently looking back.

In this episode, Chelsea shares:

• What her first step was to stating her blog as a business
• Why she underestimated the amount of money she would make in her first year
• Where her first year income came from
• The equation she used to calculate how much to charge for her first sponsored post
• How she balances family & work
• Why it takes her 15 hours to make a blog post
• How she decides what posts to make videos for
• What her Facebook strategy looks like
• What she would have done differently looking back

Get the resources for this episode at foodbloggerpro.com/92

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