146: $75,000 in Year 2 with Kate Kordsmeier

How to view your blog as a business from day 1, better serve your email subscribers, and hire help with Kate Kordsmeier.

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Welcome to episode 146 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks with Kate Kordsmeier from Root & Revel about how she generated a full-time income from her blog in just two years.

$75,000 in Year 2

One of the most common questions we get on Food Blogger Pro is when bloggers should start monetizing.

What do you think?

6 months? A year? 1,000 followers on Instagram? 10,000 page views per month?

Kate believes you should start monetizing as soon as possible (as in day one), and in this interview, you’ll learn all about the ways she has monetized and grown her blog over the past two years.

In this episode, Kate shares:

• How she knew she needed a change from freelancing
• Why finding the Pinch of Yum Income Reports were helpful
• How she was intentional with her learning
• How she started viewing her blog as a business over a hobby
• Her approach to affiliate income and sponsored content
• What her weekly affiliate email is like
• How she uses tags to segment her email list
• How she found people to help her with her blog

Resources:

• Root & Revel
• 046: How Kate Kordsmeier Doubled Her Income with Freelancing
• Pinch of Yum Income Reports
• Kate’s 2017 Income Report: “How I Made $75,000 Blogging in Year 2”
• Mediavine
• ButcherBox
• ConvertKit
• Simple Pin Media
• Mediawyse
• Kate’s business coaching
• Follow Kate on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest

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