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ChooseFI | Financial Independence Podcast

How To Rock A Blog Without the Painful Learning Curve

ChooseFI | Financial Independence Podcast

Jonathan Mendonsa & Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media, Inc

Business, Careers, Investing

4.85.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Most people panic when they see mass layoffs coming—Ashley Barnett and her husband started a temp agency. Ashley, blog editor for ChooseFI, turned the 2008 financial crisis into an opportunity by launching a business in the middle of the chaos. That pivot ignited her passion for personal finance blogging and taught her the online skills that would define her career. Ashley's Journey [00:01:40] Ashley shares her background starting in personal finance and blogging, including how she became a self-taught content marketer beginning in 2005. The Temp Agency Story [00:04:17] Ashley and her husband started a temp agency as a proactive measure during the Great Recession Recognizing opportunities amidst adversity "We should start our own company." Importance of Blogging [00:12:31] Ashley's blog was a pivotal point in discovering side hustles and personal finance strategies How blogging can lead to new career paths "You can make money outside of a W-2 job." [00:14:12] Skills for Blogging [00:20:14] Essential blogging skills: content creation, SEO, and audience engagement "Creating content is the absolute number one, most important skill you can have as a blogger." "It's just those little things that say I'm an amateur." [00:22:52] Networking in Blogging [00:24:09] Building genuine relationships within the blogging community Attending conferences and using social media to foster connections Engage with other bloggers on social media and offer support [00:26:51] Webinar Announcement [00:34:32] Upcoming webinar focusing on content creation and blogging strategies "Now is the time to cultivate online skills." [00:36:10] Resources: ChooseFI Blog Visit choosefi.com/hitpublish for more resources [00:36:46]

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Choose FI Radio.

0:10.0

The blueprint for financial independence lives here.

0:20.7

If you're looking to unlock the secrets to financial independence and early retirement,

0:25.8

you're in the right place.

0:27.6

Stay tuned and join a community of like-minded people who are getting all fans to hear

0:32.4

and taking control of their lives in the pursuit of financial independence.

0:36.6

Choose FI, your home for financial independence on live.

0:41.8

We are slowly easing our way back into interviews and it's a lot of fun to get chance in the

0:55.9

opportunity to do this.

0:56.9

To be honest, as we're approaching our interviews in light of what's going on in the world,

1:01.5

it actually has changed the approach that we're actually taking in the types of content

1:05.0

that we're fostering and one of the things that we're really, we're looking at these

1:07.9

interviews right now.

1:08.9

We're looking at it through the lens of resilience, through the art of the pivot and through

1:13.3

what we believe will best serve our audience right now.

1:15.7

In many cases, maybe that involves retraining, rescaling, retooling.

1:20.2

I think this episode is going to provide all of that and more.

1:24.5

We're going to be speaking with Ashley Barnett.

1:26.4

She is actually our blog editor and chiefs.

1:28.7

She's been with us since 2018, but her story as effectively a self-taught content marketer

1:36.2

goes back to 2005 and Brad, I mean, there's just, there's so much here.

1:40.7

Yeah, there's an incredible amount here.

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