344: Blogging with a Full-Time Job (Part Three) – Running a Niche Blog with a Partner with Sara Mohr and Louisa Williams

02/15/22 • 54 min

Leaning into a niche, blogging as a partnership, and focusing on short-term goals with Sara Mohr and Louisa Williams from Real Meals Modified.

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Welcome to episode 344 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Sara Mohr and Louisa Williams from Real Meals Modified in Part Three of our Blogging with a Full-Time Job series.

Blogging with a Full-Time Job (Part Three)

Can you believe we’ve reached the last episode in our Blogging with a Full-Time Job series? In this three-part series, we’ve been interviewing a few Food Blogger Pro members about what’s working (and what’s not) when it comes to balancing a full-time job with blogging.

And in this final installment of this series, we’re chatting with Sara Mohr and Louisa Williams! In addition to working full-time as licensed speech pathologists, they also run Real Meals Modified, a food blog featuring dysphagia-friendly recipes.

You’ll hear how they started their blog, how they determined their niche, what it’s like to run a blog with a partner, and how they find time to work on their blog with their busy schedules.

Whether you’re a solo blogger or you run your blog with a partner like Sara and Louisa, we know you’ll have lots of takeaways from this episode!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Sara and Louisa met and started their blog
What speech pathologists do
What dysphagia is
What they find challenging about running a blog together
How they juggle blogging with their full-time jobs
What tools they use to run their blog
Why they’ve been focusing more on short-term goals lately
What they’ve learned blogging in such a specific niche

Resources:

Real Meals Modified
The IDDSI Framework
Get Started With Real Meals Modified
Asana
Voxer
EOS
Follow Sara and Louisa on Facebook and Pinterest
Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group
Check out the Food Blogger Pro YouTube channel (and subscribe while you’re there!)

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to [email protected].

Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

Leaning into a niche, blogging as a partnership, and focusing on short-term goals with Sara Mohr and Louisa Williams from Real Meals Modified.

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Blogging with a Full-Time Job (Part Three)

You’ll hear how they started their blog, how they determined their niche, what it’s like to run a blog with a partner, and how they find time to work on their blog with their busy schedules.

Whether you’re a solo blogger or you run your blog with a partner like Sara and Louisa, we know you’ll have lots of takeaways from this episode!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Sara and Louisa met and started their blog
What speech pathologists do
What dysphagia is
What they find challenging about running a blog together
How they juggle blogging with their full-time jobs
What tools they use to run their blog
Why they’ve been focusing more on short-term goals lately
What they’ve learned blogging in such a specific niche

Resources:

Real Meals Modified
The IDDSI Framework
Get Started With Real Meals Modified
Asana
Voxer
EOS
Follow Sara and Louisa on Facebook and Pinterest
Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group
Check out the Food Blogger Pro YouTube channel (and subscribe while you’re there!)

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to [email protected].

Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

Previous Episode

343: Blogging with a Full-Time Job (Part Two) – How Focusing on SEO Led to $2,000 Monthly Earnings with Cree Carraway

Focusing on SEO rather than social media, implementing keyword research, and sharing content authentically with Cree Carraway from Cooking With Bliss.

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Welcome to episode 343 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Cree Carraway from Cooking With Bliss in Part Two of our Blogging with a Full-Time Job series.

Blogging with a Full-Time Job (Part Two)

Welcome back to our Blogging with a Full-Time Job series! In this three-part series, we’re interviewing a few Food Blogger Pro members about what’s working (and what’s not) when it comes to balancing a full-time job with blogging.

And today, Bjork is chatting with Cree Carraway from Cooking With Bliss. From sharing content on her blog to working her full-time job to raising her family, Cree has a lot on her plate (both literally and figuratively!) all the time.

In this episode, you’ll hear how she strategically focused on SEO to increase her traffic and join an ad network, how she started doing keyword research, and what the impact of earning an income from her blog has been on her life.

It’s an inspiring conversation that will encourage you to reflect and make progress on your own goals. Enjoy!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why Cree decided to launch her blog
When she decided to really focus on growing her blog’s traffic
What business lessons she has learned over the years
Why she decided to focus on SEO rather than social media
What it felt like to start earning money from her blog
How she started doing keyword research
How she balances her blog with her full-time job
How she narrowed her blog’s focus and started sharing content more authentically
How she’s been strategically growing her email list

Resources:

Cooking With Bliss
Mediavine
SEO for Food Blogs course – available for FBP members!
FBP Podcast Episodes with Casey Markee
Keysearch
Semrush
Cooking With Keywords
The Defined Dish
Follow Cree on Instagram and Pinterest
Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group
Check out the Food Blogger Pro YouTube channel (and subscribe while you’re there!)

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to [email protected].

Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

Next Episode

345: Building Long-Term Relationships with Brands – Running a Creative Production Agency with Alisha Cohen

Starting a creative production agency, using social media to book clients, and nurturing long-term relationships with brands with Alisha Cohen from LISH Creative.

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Welcome to episode 345 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Alisha Cohen from LISH Creative about running a production agency and shooting content for brands.

Building Long-Term Relationships with Brands

As content creators, a great way to earn an income doing what we love is to partner with brands that we love. But how do we find those brands, and more importantly, how do we work with them on a long-term basis?

That’s what we’re chatting about today with Alisha Cohen!

Alisha is the founder of LISH Creative, a creative production agency that produces colorful, eye-catching photography, video, and stop motion for some of the world’s most distinguished brands.

In this episode, you’ll hear how she launched her business, what it’s like running a production agency, how expanding her social media presence has helped her book clients, and what some of her best tips are for nurturing long-term relationships with brands.

In this episode, you’ll learn: