The Do You Even Blog Podcast

Show notes and takeaways here: http://doyouevenblog.com/podcast/jess

Have you ever dreamed of quitting your job, selling your stuff, and traveling long-term? (and paying for flights ENTIRELY from travel hacking points?)

How about living and saving off of side-hustles? How about getting your blog featured in multiple news outlets, including Glamour magazine?

Today's episode was SO much fun; I got to sit and chat with some real-world friends of mine, Nate and Jess from RoundTheWorldCouple.com.

They're amazing people (and hilarious by the way), and I've been fortunate to follow their journey in real-time. This includes:

• "stumbling" into local and national press coverage, driving massive traffic to their blog
• Living minimally and crushing side hustles to save up $80k+ in 18 months
• Travel hacking their way across the globe (literally. 25+ countries)

Nate and Jess are amazing, and I know you're going to enjoy their journey!

Just a quick update on some REALLY COOL blog tools I've found recently.

SmarterQueue - single best social media management tool for Bloggers

KWFinder - Awesome SEO tools at half the price of competitors

Bear, Sinoguo, GorillaPod, and more!

For links to all tools mentioned, head to https://doyouevenblog.com/podcast/new-blog-tools

I'm in love with this episode with Brendan Alan Barrett from StartInPhx.com (Today's show notes are at http://doyouevenblog.com/podcast/4)

I'll admit I was hesitant to bring Brendan on the show at first, as he's not a "typical" blogger (whatever the heck that means, but you get the point).

He's not making money the traditional ways, he's not trying to grow 493,209,102 page views each month, and he's not publishing blog posts consistently.

Why? He doesn't need to.

Brendan is taking a different approach to blogging/content marketing (a very well thought-out approach) that we can ALL learn from.

There are serious gems of knowledge and wisdom throughout this episode, especially in the last 20-30 mins.

About Brendan

Brendan Alan Barrett is a top sales producer who has generated millions of dollars in revenue.

In addition to running his own sales organization in the civil engineering and construction industry, Brendan provides coaching and consulting to sales teams and business owners. His practice focuses on identifying and prioritizing prospects that can be turned into sales quickly.

In doing so, Brendan helps his clients to generate revenue and customer testimonials that fuel more scalable and less labor intensive business development efforts for year-over-year growth.

Enjoy the show!

Raina is a WORLD-CLASS coach, mentor, and all-around thoughtful person and friend!
Today we're going to

• reveal our 2024 "word of the year"
• Ask (and answer) some helpful questions for annual planning
• Generally talk shop!

Find Raina here: https://rainawillick.com/

Show notes and takeaway summaries from today episode can be found here: http://doyouevenblog.com/podcast/sarah

Sarah Peterson is one of my top 3 bloggers of all-time. Seriously.

She is a content marketing wizard who cranks out 10,000+ words a week for Unsettle.org and Sumo.com. If you don't know, Sumo provides tools for online entrepreneurs; their websites reaches 1 out of 7 people on the planet every. single. month...and their biggest channel has been content marketing. And who helps them engineer that?

Sarah Peterson does.

In addition to producing some of the world's top content for bloggers and entrepreneurs (seriously), she is founder and author at Unsettle.org, where she helps others build the online business and life they dream of. Her writing on that site is A+++++.

(note: If you're pressed for time, check out the interview summaries and takeaways here, or in the last 10-15 mins of the episode. )

Today, we dive into:

• Sarah's "smile box," (you'll just have to listen).
• The secret to kickstarting your brain into content mode during the rare free time (spoiler: there's no secret).
• The incredible power of focus and how to limit interruptions.
• Why you should NEVER PUT MINDLESS ADS ON YOUR BLOG.
• and more :)

There are some incredible takeaways in this interview, as Sarah is a brilliant content marketer. Enjoy.