Leaving academia to blog full time with Samantha Radford

04/19/23 • 43 min

Do The Brave Thing™ Online Business Podcast with Kate Doster

In this episode of the Do the Brave Thing Online business podcast we’re interview Dr. Samantha Radford of Evidence Based Mommy

We chat about:

Doing the Brave Thing & leaving a tenured-tracked professor position
Why she decided to host a summit about breastfeed & her own struggles with it
If A students really do make BAD entrepreneurs
How her family & friends reacted to her leaving her “amazing” job to be a blogger
Different ways to make money blogging
How to decide what mentors, coaches, and courses to invest in
How she found time to blog & create products while working & having 3 kids
And more

Get a ticket to Samantha’s free summit - Breastfeeding & Beyond Baby hood going on April 24—28, 2023 at https://breastfeedingbeyondbabyhood.com/

Resources mentioned:
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Love Your LIst - the complete email marketing, sale & mindset mega course taking you from creating you first freebie, to your first launch and everything in between.

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Connect more with Samantha:
Website: evidence-basedmommy.com
Instagram: @evidence_basedmommy

Her podcast - Evidence-based Mommy
Bio:
Dr. Samantha Radford uses her background in chemistry and public health to inform her site Evidence-based Mommy, where she combines science and wellness to help moms and kids thrive. Samantha is also the host of Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood, a week-long online event designed to support and celebrate parents breastfeeding / chestfeeding past the first year.

Samantha has 4 kids of her own.

Free things:

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In this episode of the Do the Brave Thing Online business podcast we’re interview Dr. Samantha Radford of Evidence Based Mommy

We chat about:

Doing the Brave Thing & leaving a tenured-tracked professor position
Why she decided to host a summit about breastfeed & her own struggles with it
If A students really do make BAD entrepreneurs
How her family & friends reacted to her leaving her “amazing” job to be a blogger
Different ways to make money blogging
How to decide what mentors, coaches, and courses to invest in
How she found time to blog & create products while working & having 3 kids
And more

Get a ticket to Samantha’s free summit - Breastfeeding & Beyond Baby hood going on April 24—28, 2023 at https://breastfeedingbeyondbabyhood.com/

Love Your LIst - the complete email marketing, sale & mindset mega course taking you from creating you first freebie, to your first launch and everything in between.

To learn more about Mike’s Stupid Simple SEO course - Watch is 100% free training -How To Scale Your Traffic With SEO So You Can Make More Money Blogging
//

Did you like the show? Let me know - DM me @kate_doster now.

Connect more with Samantha:
Website: evidence-basedmommy.com
Instagram: @evidence_basedmommy

Samantha has 4 kids of her own.

Free things:

2 Years Worth of Email Ideas

Bundle Tool-Box Guide

Freebies that serve & sell course

Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

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[LQ] How to start & grow a podcast (+ my podcasting process)

This week’s episode is a listener’s question.
Got something you’d like me to cover on the show? Head over to www.katedoster.com/ask now. On today's show we're tackling:

What tech you need to record & edit your podcast

What mics I use

-How to get listeners

-How long it take to produce a podcast episode start to finish

-My biggest podcasting regrets and more.

Programs to record your audio -
Audacity (free)
Spotify for Podcaster (free to record & host)
I’m currently using Hindenburg I got it free from my Amex Business Card.

For podcasting with guests
Zoom.com
zencastr.com
Microphones I’ve used - Blue Yeti & Blue Snowball

Mic arm stand
[Music] Pond5 - Where I get my podcast background music from. Click here to save 20% off your order.
Podcast hosting:
Podbean (my old one) does has ad network
HelloAudio.fm - my current podcast host you can host private podcasts too.
Podcast work flow is inside Trello Magic.