Today’s guest will not only share her journey of starting as an anonymous blogger and becoming a published author – but also how she balanced her family life which is most interesting to me. Dana and I share a lot of the same values so this episode is very dear to my heart!
Dana White is a wife, a mother, author, podcaster, and blogger over at A Slob Comes Clean. I’m seriously so inspired by her and how she is able to do all that while keeping her family as a #1 priority. She inspires me SO much. She recently wrote a great book: How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind – make sure to get to the end of this post to win a copy 🙂
Show HighlightsÂ
In This Episode, Dana and I talked about:
- Wanting to write and what prevented her from it
- Starting blogging as an anonymous author
- Gaining clarity in the direction of your blog
- Balancing realness and authority
- Owning that you DO bring value to your audience
- Monetizing the blog
- Meeting your audiences need by creating a product for them
- How Dana got her book published
- Interesting insights about the publishing world
- How Dana connects with people at conferences
- Not feeling competitive
- Dana’s family and work balance (SOO GOOD)
Quotes and Takeaways
- “My business can suffer but my family can’t” – Dana White
- “There is such value in someone truly being able to relate to you” – Dana White
- People are tired of the polished and perfect, they’re like “Tell me what it’s really actually like.”
- “People need help getting from AÂ to BÂ – you don’t have to be at Z to help someone, you just need to be past B” – Dana White
- “When you only see the end product, that’s not as encouraging as seeing the reality.” – Dana White
- “Answer your existing audience’s most persistent question, or if I’m in a certain mood I might say their most annoying question” – Dana White
- “The value of a conference is not necessarily in the sessions that you attend it’s really in those relationships that you make” Â – Dana White
- “Helping others while not competing, shows such strength in knowing who you are, and being confident in your abilities.” – Nelli Pavlenko
- “I know that if I would just keep on going I’d be bigger than I am right now but that’s not what matters to me.” – Dana White
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Giving God the Rest of Me – Dana’s ebook
- Gumroad – the online shopping cart that I use to sell my book and coaching packages
- ConvertKit – the email marketing platform that I use and absolutely love!
- Mompreneur Show on iTunes!
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