114: How to Run a Successful Blog as a Partnership with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer

How to work with different personalities, divide responsibilities, and split your income with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer.

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Welcome to episode 114 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks with Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer from Thriving Home about working as a partnership on their blog.

How to Run a Successful Blog as a Partnership

A blog is typically started as a sole venture, but Polly and Rachel decided to start their blog, Thriving Home, as a team.

While they both have different personalities, they use those differences to their advantage to divide tasks and grow their business. But even though they’re running their blog as a team, anyone can take lessons away from the way they treat their blog as a business. You’ll learn how they made their first $1, the most important thing that makes their partnership work, and the intentional way they invest back into their business, and more.

In this episode, Polly and Rachel share:

• How Polly and Rachel met
• Why they decided to start a blog together
• How they work with their different personalities
• What they focused on when they first started blogging together
• How they compliment each other
• How they navigate difficulties in a partnership
• What their State of the Unions look like
• How they divide responsibilities
• How they handle constructive criticism
• How they decided to start working on their blog full-time
• How they divide their income and how they decide what to invest in
• Why they set up their business as an S-Corp
• What their typical days look like

Resources:

• Thriving Home
• Dave Ramsey
• From Freezer to Table Cookbook - releasing September 12!
• Profit First
• ConvertKit
• Leadpages
• Shopify

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