011: Making The Leap To Full-Time Blogging with Beth Moncel from Budget Bytes

Making the Leap to Full-Time Blogging

Another week, another episode! We hope you've been enjoying the FBP podcast so far. We've sure had fun making it! Today's episode features Beth Moncel from the awesome food blog Budget Bytes.

So many of us hope and dream that one day we could make blogging our full-time job. Well, Beth was once one of us, but now she's actually living the dream! However, this didn't just magically happen. Instead, Beth did a slow transition from corporate to self-employed, and it made the switch a little less stressful.

In this inspiring episode, Beth reveals:

• What it was like transitioning from her day job to working for herself
• How she got started on her blog
• Why she switched from Blogger to Wordpress and how it affected her blog
• How she managed her time while working full time and running her blog simultaneously
• How social media has contributed to her success
• Her top 5 tools she couldn't live without
• The one thing she wishes she did sooner
• How she is planning on getting into video

Resources:

• Budget Bytes
• Blogger platform
• Wordpress.org
• Yoast SEO plugin
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Google Analytics
• PicMonkey
• Budget Bytes Twitter
• Budget Bytes Pinterest
• Budget Bytes Facebook
• Budget Bytes Instagram
• foodbloggerpro.com/beth