All posts by Jeni B.
002: How to Leverage Online Courses to Build a Thriving Membership Site, with Sarah Mackenzie
What started out as a hobby for today’s guest, Sarah Mackenzie, has exploded into a podcast with over 1 million downloads that reaches tens of thousands of listeners each month. But Sarah’s favorite? The membership site where she brings the very best authors, events, and online courses to her audience…and makes a healthy income for her family. This ride […]
Continue reading001: The Smarter Way to Run Your Online Business
I’m Jeni from Biz Mavens (formerly the Blog Maven!), and in today’s episode, we’re laying the groundwork for a new podcast that bridges the gap between blogger and entrepreneur. Blogging and online business have become a rat race…but it’s time to get off the hamster wheel of publish/promote and STEP UP to being a CEO, […]
Continue readingWant to make a big splash with your blog in 2020? This might change the way you think.
Do you ever wonder where this whole blogging thing will take you? At the start of every year – or even just the start of a new month – you might look at that calendar in front of you, with all those blank boxes just waiting to be filled, and hope that something amazing will […]
Continue readingShe wanted $60K/year from blogging. What she got was even *better.*
You already know you’re working too much. That little “hobby blog” turned into Gol-dang-zilla the moment you decided to make money from it. The posting. The planning. The social media free-for-all. …and that’s why you need to see what happened to Leslie. About 15 months ago, Leslie made some powerful changes on her blog, and […]
Continue readingThe Kind of Success That Will Burn You Out (+ HOPE for the weary blogger!)
ONE MILLION DOLLARS. That’s how much money most folks think they want to make with their blogs. Sure, it starts out simply enough. Y’know, follow a basic tutorial on “how to start your blog” and actually blog from the heart when you first start out. But as soon as you paste some ad code in […]
Continue readingIs your blog’s subscribe machine missing THIS vital element?
WARNING. There’s a silent killer prowling your website. It starts out as a simple oversight — something you forgot to add when setting up your mailing list. But as your traffic grows, the effects of this disease multiply. This condition often goes undetected for years…because you THINK it’s “taken care of” (you have a pop-up, […]
Continue readingThinking of a redesign? You’re probably wasting your money. (+how/why to calculate your blog’s conversion rate)
It absolutely reeks of cheese. That question web designers ask you, like you’re supposed to know the answer. And they ask it with one eyebrow up and a smirk, like they know SO MUCH more than you, when really? They’re just trying to sell you a website. The cheesy, gimmicky, stick-a-spoon-down-your-gullet question: . . . […]
Continue readingYou don’t have a traffic problem. Instead? It’s THIS.
Jet off to any blogging conference, and you’ll see the same thing: A sea of bloggers clad in Professionally Feminine tops (forget the fact that they were in yoga pants and a ratty old t-shirt just 24 hours ago). Elevator pitches at the very tips of their tongues, poised like a skydiver with the plane […]
Continue readingNEWS FLASH: Social media is NOT a blogging strategy.
Want to hear something disturbing? It’s the cry of anguish that goes out every time Pinterest changes its algorithm, and it sounds like this: WHY MEEEEEEEE? It reminds you of Nancy Kerrigan after she got taken out at the knees by one of Tonya Harding’s thugs before the 1994 Olympics…unless it doesn’t remind you of […]
Continue readingHow to Simplify Your Blogging Life with Tsh Oxenreider
Admit it. You’re tired. All those late nights fueled by coffee, churning out blog posts and creating pinnable graphics… They’re just about to do you in. And just when you think you’re just about to get a big break? Along comes another brand new blogger whose stats blow yours out of the water. And you’re […]
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