How to Launch & Monetize a Blog in 2025 Ft. Jannese Torres of Yo Quiero Dinero
Brown Ambition
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week on Brown Ambition, Mandi welcomes back powerhouse guest Jannese Torres entrepreneur, author of Financially Lit, host of the award-winning Yo Quiero Dinero podcast, and now, a new mom.
Together, Mandi and Jannese sit at the “Brown Table” to get real about:
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How motherhood reshapes entrepreneurship, boundaries, and time management
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Breaking free from people-pleasing and stepping fully into self-advocacy
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Why owning your platform (through blogging, newsletters, and websites) is still critical in 2025
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The truth about monetizing blogs: ads, SEO, and building passive income the right way
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Navigating social media overwhelm while protecting your mental health
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Jannese’s journey from six-figure engineer to six-figure food blogger and financial educator
You’ll hear candid reflections on the messy balance of career, family, and identity—and why building digital real estate can change your financial future.
Links and Resources:
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Connect with Jannese on IG: @YoQuieroDineroPodcast
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Learn more about Financially Lit and her courses: yoquierodineropodcast.com
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Sign up for her Blogging Bootcamp (open until Sept 22!)
👉 Don’t forget to check out BrownAmbitionPodcast.com for more career and money tips.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm Marcus Grant. |
| 0:07.9 | And I'm Michael Florio, and together we host the NFL fantasy football podcast. |
| 0:13.1 | Ready to dominate your fantasy league this season? |
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| 0:46.9 | Hey, hey, BAA fam. |
| 0:48.7 | Welcome to Brown Ambition. |
| 0:50.3 | This wasn't the show that I envisioned for this week. |
| 0:53.0 | In fact, it's not at all the show that I envisioned for this week, but it's so much better. Everything in life that's meant to be will be. And I am so excited to be joined at the brown table today with my girl, Janice Torres, B-A-F-M. I know y'all are not new to this. You are true to this. You know Janice is the host of the Yocato |
| 1:11.1 | Donato-Denado podcast. She's also the powerhouse author of the personal finance book, |
| 1:18.1 | Financially Lit, which if you're watching on YouTube, I don't know. Janice has everything, |
| 1:23.2 | everything she's done is advertised right now. We have awards. We have books, the accolades. |
| 1:29.7 | I love it. I am in, I'm honestly inspired to get my own background together. But honestly, |
| 1:36.5 | Janice is a new mama. So she knows I am just happy to have my own damn space right now. |
| 1:42.3 | I've been fighting for some, I've been fighting for a door in this |
| 1:45.8 | house for way too long. And B.A. Fam, if you're hearing Janice's name for the first time, |
| 1:50.9 | where have you been? I'm not sure. But let me just give you a little bit of background. |
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