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Welcome to the Launch Your Blog Biz Podcast

Welcome to the Launch Your Blog Biz Podcast

This is our space to get real with you and share our best strategies for starting a blog, building an audience, and earning a full-time income online.

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Ads, Redesigns and Rebrands

This episode is an honest chat about some of the things I've been prioritizing lately.

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Lauren McManus
March 22nd, 2022

Selling Our First Website

I take a look back at the journey from starting to selling our first blog, and how it changed my life.

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Lauren McManus
March 8th, 2022

Imposter Syndrome + How to Overcome It

Today, I’m sharing my experience with imposter syndrome, and how you can learn to recognize it so you don’t lose momentum on your journey to blog biz success.

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Lauren McManus
February 22nd, 2022

Understanding Pinterest Traffic in 2022 (with Kate Ahl)

I’m speaking with Kate Ahl of Simple Pin Media, whose entire business is focused on driving traffic from Pinterest.

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Lauren McManus
February 8th, 2022

From Lawyer to 7-Figure Biz + Legal Issues Blog (with Amira Irfan)

Our student Amira Irfan created a very successful 7-figure blog, and she started making money her first month blogging. She's sharing her secrets to success.

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Lauren McManus
January 25th, 2022

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone This Year

Today, I’m taking a deep dive into the place where growth happens: Outside of your comfort zone. 

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Lauren McManus
January 11th, 2022

Our Year Wrapped: 2021 + What’s Next

We finally made it to the end of 2021! It's time to wrap up the year with a recap of our ups and downs, and check our mindset as we head into 2022.

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Lauren McManus
December 28th, 2021

From $206k in Student Loans to Super Successful Entrepreneur (with Natalie Bacon)

Natalie shares updates and new insights on her growing blog biz, including how and why she switched from selling online courses to an online membership program.

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Lauren McManus
December 14th, 2021

Introvert Turned Biz Coach Earning $10k/Month (with Mia Brox)

For introvert Mia Brox, blogging seemed like the perfect way to express her creative side and make some extra income, while staying out of the limelight. But she soon realized she would have to step out of her comfort zone to grow her blog to the next level.

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Lauren McManus
November 30th, 2021

$238,000 of Debt to $20k/Month Profitable Blog [with Debbie Gartner]

Guest blogger Debbie Gartner shares her incredible rags to riches blogging success story, along with her best tips and advice for new bloggers.

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Lauren McManus
November 16th, 2021

SEO Pt 2: 3 Biggest SEO Mistakes We Made + 3 Tips for You (with Noah Riggs)

In this second part of our 2-part SEO series, Noah Riggs goes into detail with me on the big SEO mistakes when we started Create and Go.

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Lauren McManus
November 2nd, 2021

SEO Pt 1: Do You Need an SEO Strategy for Your Blog? [With Noah Riggs]

We have a long, dark history with SEO traffic. It was so frustrating, and we were at a loss as to how we would ever fix our SEO--until we brought Noah Riggs onto our team. This is part 1 of a 2-part series on our SEO journey.

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Lauren McManus
October 19th, 2021

Theory vs. Practice: How to Do and Achieve More

I’m sharing my thoughts, strategies, and tips on how to identify and navigate the theory and practice arenas so you can do and achieve more.

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Lauren McManus
October 5th, 2021

Running a Blog Business With Your Ex

Many of you know that Alex and I used to date. Now, it's time to tell the other side of our story, and share our tips for running a blog biz with your ex.

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Lauren McManus
September 21st, 2021

Too Busy? When It’s Time to Get Help

If you want to run a successful online business, at some point, you’re going to need to hire help. But how do you know when you've reached that point?

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Lauren McManus
September 7th, 2021

Make Money Blogging Pt 3: Selling Your Own Products and Services

Last episode, I shared the first half of how we make most of our income: affiliate marketing. Now, I’m sharing the second half: Selling our own digital products.

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Lauren McManus
August 24th, 2021

Make Money Blogging Pt 2: Affiliate Marketing

I’m sharing what did work for us -- specifically, how we make the majority of our income...

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Lauren McManus
August 10th, 2021

Make Money Blogging Pt 1: What Not to Do

As we often do here, we’re first sharing what did NOT work out for us before we share what did...

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Lauren McManus
July 27th, 2021

Building an Audience Pt 3: Creating Relationships and Fans

You can set up your business in a way so that the money that you make is pretty passive.

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Lauren McManus
July 13th, 2021

Building an Audience Pt 2: Building an Email List

If you have any kind of online biz, you need an email list and you need to understand how to connect with your audience through email.

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Lauren McManus
June 29th, 2021

Building an Audience Part 1: Getting Visitors to Your Blog

The very first step that you need to take to start earning some money from your blog is to get some people in the door.

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Lauren McManus
June 15th, 2021

How to Create Content That Stands Out

The kind of content that makes people remember you and want to read, listen, or watch everything you have to say.

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Lauren McManus
June 1st, 2021

Transition from Full-Time CPA to Full-Time Blogger

You could probably say that Alex and I took that leap a little prematurely and it was definitely based more on feelings and desires rather than serious logic and rational decision-making.

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Lauren McManus
May 18th, 2021

How Much Time and Money Does It Take to Invest in a New Blog?

I don’t want to use the term “wasted,” because ultimately everything that we spent and every failed lesson learned led to our successful path today.

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Lauren McManus
May 4th, 2021

What Should I Blog About? Choosing Your Niche

Our first blog was born from passion, but we ultimately decided to pivot towards popularity, which then translated into profits

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Lauren McManus
April 20th, 2021

How We Started Blogging with a Failure

But despite this motivation and willingness to do whatever it took, our first blog still flopped.

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Lauren McManus
April 6th, 2021

What Running a Blog Really Looks Like

I can tell that they think I just take some photos and write some stuff about them and put them on the internet.

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Lauren McManus
March 25th, 2021

The 5 Reasons You Should Be Blogging

The reasons why you are doing this are what will continue to propel you forward through the tough times.

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Lauren McManus
March 25th, 2021

Our Story: From 9-5 to Over $100k/Month Blogging Business

Because podcasts provide a platform for us to really get real with you -- in ways we’ve been unable to before.

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Lauren McManus
March 25th, 2021
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