Every waking moment I had, I had a laptop in front of me and my husband would always joke

and say, oh, are you blogging over there?

And it wasn't until we really started to have a conversation and me to see to him, listen,

this is a business.

This isn't me just doing something for fun.

It's the mindset.

It's that mindset piece of you treating it that way

so that others will. Because no one else ever will until you do.

Welcome to the full-time influencer podcast. I'm your host, Tina Lee, and I'll be sharing industry

knowledge and social media tips through weekly interviews with established creators and Q&A sessions.

Our goal is to help you decode social media, become a full-time influencer, and do what you love for a living.

Let's dive in.

Hi, Jenny. Thank you so much for joining me today on the full-time influencer podcast.

So first, I usually like to start off by asking our guests to just briefly introduce themselves their journey so far and what they do. Yes, of course, Tina. First of all, thank you so much

for having me on. I'm so

excited to have this conversation with you. I, my name is Jenny Melrose. I started off online

back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, is the way I like to say it. I started actually a food block

back in 2009 called the Melrose family.

And during that time, I just had my first daughter, who was six months old.

And over the course of 10 years, I was able to grow it.

I replaced my actual teaching salary as a teacher in New York, just based on sponsorships.

So I was able to replace my salary and go full time as a blogger, an influencer, working

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