What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Blogging with LaKita Anderson
SHOW NOTES: Episode 82
What can you learn from 10 years of blogging?
Today, we are joined by LaKita Anderson, a food blogger, to talk all about her blogging journey over the last 10 years. LaKita is the creator of Simply LaKita, a food blog that shares simple weekly recipes with a modern twist on comfort food. What began as a creative hobby, developed into a small business and she was able to grow her creative passion into a full-time business and leave her corporate career.
On today’s episode, LaKita shares how she went from working in project management to becoming a full time blogger 10 years ago and about how she started blogging as a hobby to share her family recipes and brands began reaching out to her for partnerships. LaKita shared that she found success in blogging even though she was not doing the “right things” when it comes to growing a blog and you don’t have to be perfect from the start. We chat about listening to your own voice and learning to do your own thing because not everyone’s business has to look the same, why it is important to build relationships with your followers and not only be focused on growing a big blog, and why it is important to stay authentic to your audience and to your brand.
LaKita shares how being confident is sometimes a learned skill and takes time and practice, why networking and community is an important part of blogging, and why it is important to be flexible and learn to adapt and be open to changes to help your blog grow. We talk about how you don’t have to love every aspect of your business, why you don’t have to just focus on one thing to make money, and why you should question whether the time you are spending on your business is worth the money you’d be making.
This was such a great conversation with LaKita and we hope you learned a lot from her blogging journey! We want to hear how this episode helped you! Let’s continue the conversation over on Instagram (@sparkmediaconcepts). We’d love to hear from you!
IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVERED:
- How you can find success in blogging even though you might not be doing the “right things” when it comes to growing a blog
- Listening to your own voice and learning to do your own thing because not everyone’s business has to look the same
- Why it is important to build relationships with your followers and not only be focused on growing a big blog
- Why it is important to stay authentic to your audience and to your brand.
- How being confident is sometimes a learned skill and takes time and practice
- Why networking and community is an important part of blogging
- Why it is important to be flexible and learn to adapt and be open to changes to help your blog grow
- How you don’t have to love every aspect of your business
- Why you don’t have to just focus on one thing to make money
- Why you should question whether the time you are spending on your business is worth the money you’d be making
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Connect with LaKita on Instagram @simplylakita, on her Facebook facebook.com/simplylakita and on her website simplylakita.com
- Join the Ultimate Blog Bootcamp!
- Check out the Blog Depot!
- Check out last week’s episode here!
- Connect with us on Instagram at: @sparkmediaconcepts
MORE ABOUT THE ULTIMATE BLOG PODCAST:
Welcome to The Ultimate Blog Podcast! This podcast is for you if you’ve ever wanted to learn blogging basics so that you can start your own blog or if you have been a blogger for years but are struggling to grow or need inspiration and community.
Every Tuesday we will be sharing a new episode where we will cover topics from the basics of starting a blog, monetizing and growing your site, to finding the inspiration you need to keep going. You will also find guest interviews with experts on different blogging topics as well as interviews with bloggers who’ve been in your shoes.
Amy Reinecke and Jennifer Draper are bloggers themselves who want to encourage you to believe in your potential, step outside the norm and step into a life where you create your own schedule, your own success and your own story.
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