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This episode is a bit different. I have two guests today, both of whom are new-ish bloggers who have worked hard and seen amazing results in their first months of blogging.

It’s my pleasure to bring you a casual conversation with Lily from The Frugal Gene and Ms. FAF from Frugal Asian Finance.

Lily -> 9k views/month in 3 months, 2-3 podcast bookings, 1k+ Twitter followers….and she also brings in roughly $7k/month just from her AirBnB rental(!)

Ms FAF -> 17k views/month in 4 months, incredible engagement on every single post, and she has incredibly helpful monthly blog reports.

We chat about

• How these 2 ladies have helped each other grow their blog traffic and engagement.
• The supreme importance of real-world blogging relationships
• How bloggers over-emphasize traffic and analytics
• Is having paid software really going to make a dent in accomplishing your goals?
• Gender/ race opportunities and limitations in blogging (why isn’t anyone talking about this?)

Listen to my conversation with Lily and Ms. FAF.

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ShowNotes and Links Mentioned.

• Lily’s blog, The Frugal Gene (show her some love!)
• Ms FAF’s blog, Frugal Asian Finance (show her some love!)
• Ms FAF’s blog traffic reports (they’re helpful as heck)
• Frugalwoods – personal finance blog
• The Frugal Girl – personal finance blog (can you tell these peeps are frugal yet?)
• Financial Samurai – personal finance blog (Sam is a master. His episode on the Noah Kagan podcast is a great listen)
• Dayne Shuda (also an upcoming podcast guest by the way!)
• Glen Allsop (Viperchill, Gaps.com, and Detailed.com) I love this guy.
• Rosemarie Groner – Founder of $100k/month blog Busy Budgeter (I interviewed her here!)

[Read more…] about An inside look at 2 new bloggers who are crushing it – Lily and Ms. FAF

Philip Taylor (@ptmoney, ptmoney.com, FinConExpo.com) is a founding-father of blogging communities.

He is the driving force behind one of the most successful digital media/blogging/finance conferences, as well as a long-time personal finance blogger.

In this sit-down, we talk:

1. FinCon origins and PT’s favorite moments,
2. Harnessing the power of a blogging “tribe,” and creating loyal, passionate communities,
3. Being your own blogger,
4. Which bloggers he’d pick for his basketball team,
5. and more.

((Scroll to the bottom of this page for the summarized episode takeaways)) [Read more…] about 010 Maximizing blog impact – FinCon founder PT Money

It’s fair to say Rosemarie Groner (@busybudgter, http://www.busybudgeter.com/) is brilliant. An ultra-successful blogger and a master of quick growth, she grew her blog…

• from $0 to full-time income in 10 months,
• from $0 to $18k / month in 1.5 years,
• from $0 to $100k / month in 2.5 years

Her blogging team at the Busy Budgeter has grown from just her to 5 full-time employees (and still growing)…and her community of “Pennys” is enormous.

In this interview, we dive into:

• How to get in contact with influential people, craft perfect pitches, and build real relationships
• A step-by-step walkthrough for huge Pinterest traffic growth.
• Why she STOPPED publishing her monthly income reports, and what she’s doing instead (hint: it’s so dang good)
• Lessons learned from being a state trooper and opening an in-home daycare
• & more!

She is an absolute delight to speak with, and it’s easy to see her brilliance (I don’t say this lightly). [Read more…] about 009 How Rosemarie built a $100k/month blogging empire.

Eden (@edenfrieden, http://edenfried.com) is a new-ish blogger who has steamrolled herself to blogging success.

Steamrolled.

She was almost a full-time law school student before she quit everything to blog…full-time.

In this episode, we dig into:

• What it took to DO that,
• How she struggled for 6 straight months,
• How she overcame it and grew a HUGE following on Facebook and Pinterest
• How she monetizes consistently, even before she had thousands of followers.

BONUS: Just below today’s show notes, and at the end of the podcast episode, I’m going to break down the top 3 takeaways from my interview with Eden.

It’s short, sweet, and to the point! #actionable

(Also, if you want to listen to the takeaways, skip to the last 5 minutes of the podcast episode).

Listen to my episode with Eden Fried

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Show Notes

• Eden’s Website: http://edenfried.com/
• Hermoine Hair
• BoardBooster – Pinterest Automation (I’ve heard mixed reviews)
• TailWind – Pinterest Automation (a MUST for Pinterest growth)
• Eden’s Private Facebook group (10k+ now!)
• Buffer – Social Media Automation
• How to Start a Blog (for $10 in 10 mins) – my own guide to getting a fully functioning blog up and running SUPER quick.

3 key takeaways from Eden Fried’s year one blogging success

1 – Any one of you can do this, and we all want to quit sometimes (oftentimes)

Eden said this over and over.

She makes great money now, has a loyal following now…but she’s not the blogging Aladdin who found the success genie the rest of us could never find.

Eden is a human. I’m human. Neil Patel is human. [Read more…] about 008 How to get massive blog results in year one – Eden Fried