054: How Bloggers Become Entrepreneurs with Jeni Elliott from The Blog Maven

Welcome to episode 54 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! In this episode, Bjork talks with Jeni Elliot from The Blog Maven.

Jeni Elliott knows that just doing the work isn’t going to turn your business dreams into a reality. Instead, she’s a proponent of doing the right kind of work, using both tactics and strategies to achieve your overarching goals, and maintaining a work-life balance.

She got her start not in the blogging world, but in the business world, where she helped small business owners meet their goals. As an avid blog reader, though, she found that she could apply her strategies to blog businesses and see profound impact. So, she made The Blog Maven her career’s work, and along the way has learned what it takes to turn a blogger into an entrepreneur.

In this episode, Jeni shares:

• How you can have a business and still have a life
• Why a good website isn’t the only thing you need
• Whether or not “making money” is an acceptable blogging goal
• What the difference is between a blogging tactic and a blogging strategy
• What tactics entrepreneurs can use to build their business
• If food bloggers should think of themselves as a source of recipes
• How you can find a niche that your audience is interested in
• Why finding solutions is different from providing recipes

Resources:

• ConvertKit
• The Blog Maven

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