Ep #49: How to be a Successful First Year Blogger

We hear it all the time — the blogging world is saturated. It’s harder and harder to be successful as a blogger, let alone a food blogger. If you’re thinking that too, then you’ll be inspired to listen to today’s interview on How to Be a Successful First Year Blogger with Mariah Mercurio. You’ll be surprised with the results Mariah achieved in her first year as a food blogger!

My biggest goal was to create a schedule and a process for myself. — Mariah Mercurio #choppedpodcast Click To Tweet If you're wondering if you can monetize with low page views, you can. You do not have to have a million page views to make money. — Mariah Mercurio #choppedpodcast Click To Tweet

I completely was able to replace the money I was making from working full-time from the blog. Just know it takes time and you have to continue to put the work in and it will happen. — Mariah Mercurio

Our goal at ChoppedCon is to help you be your best. We hope these tips on how to be a successful first year blogger withe Mariah Mercurio is helpful to the important work you’re doing every day!

Now, go forth and Be Your Best You!

Featured Content – How to be a Successful First Year Blogger with Mariah Mercurio

Here are some of the highlights of my discussion with Mariah, where we discuss:

• Learn about why Mariah started her food blog
• Mariah had support from her husband to get started as a blogger
• How Mariah developed her food photography skills
• Mariah talks about how creating a schedule was very important for her success
• Mariah had big goals for her blog, and she talks about how she achieved those
• Why Mariah has decided to start over as a blogger
• What Mariah’s goals are with the new blog she’s starting
• Mariah talks about her favorite Pinterest strategies
• Mariah also talks about her overall social media sharing strategies

Show Notes

This episode includes references to some resources you might find interesting. Here they are:

• Learn more about today’s guest, Mariah Mercurio with her site, Mariah’s Pleasing Plates
• Why not give Mariah a shout-out on Twitter and Instagram to say thanks for the Chopped Podcast interview!
• Mariah talks about the blog Chelsea’s Messy Apron site and her ebook How I made $40K My First Year of Blogging
• Mariah recommends the book Ask by Ryan Levesque to find your product market
• We talk about the Smart Passive Income podcast
• We talk about indoor lighting and I shared my favorite and cheap indoor lamp that Shawn and I bought at Costco, it’s the Snap-On LED Worklight and the Lowel EGO Digital Lighting Kit
• We talk about some networks that you can join that can help you pitch your blog to brands. We talk about Collective Bias, Clever Girls Collective,
• Related Episode: Check out Episode featuring Karly Campbell talking about Creating Your Dream Food Blog Career
• Connect with Chopped Academy Online:  Instagram  | Twitter
• Connect with Marly: Namely Marly |  Instagram  | Twitter
• Production, music, graphic art & sound design by Shawn Beelman

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