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My guest today is Christina Butcher - the hair behind Hair Romance, one of the world's leading beauty sites, and a New York Times best-selling author. Christina is on a mission to help women everywhere fall in love with their hair. In this episode, Christina shares how she keeps her content fresh after 11 years, her first steps into the world of video, and how she is now taking the conversation beyond “just hair” with her community. Connect with Christina: + @hairromance on Instagram + @mrandmrsromance on Instagram From my heart to yours… Join my free Work of Heart Community Connect with me on Instagram Get your free ‘6 Steps to Stellar Storytelling' Guide
Christina Butcher is the founder of Blue Cactus Press, a small Tacoma-based press that focuses on poetry, fiction, and essays. She shares how she ventured into Tacoma’s literary and books arts scene to create books...
Our series finale introduces author Traci Foust in the voices of a couple dozen other writers from both seasons of the podcast, featuring original musical composition and a song by Maiah Wynne.Click here to buy a copy of Traci's memoir, Nowhere Near Normal.Click here to check out more of Maiah's music.Thank you to the following storytellers for lending their voices:Adam Strong, Brianna Barrett, Christina Butcher, David Ciminello, Davis Slater, DeAngelo Gillispie, Domi Shoemaker, Felicity Fenton, Geronimo Tagatac, Jackie Shannon Hollis, Jason Arias, Jennifer Robin, James A. Gilletti, Kate Gray, Kate Ristau, Kevin Sampsell, Kimberly King Parsons, Margaret Malone, Mark Russell, Mo Daviau, Rick Hall, Samuel Snoek-Brown, Stephanie Strange, Stevan Allred, Suzy Vitello, Tammy Lynne Stoner, Yuvi Zalkow.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sttspod)
"Still Clutching Maps" a selection of poems written and narrated by Christina Butcher To read more of Christina Butcher’s work, including her recently published chapbook, Still Clutching Maps, please visit www.writebrave.org To see this week's episode artwork, check out Michelle Lynette Baldwin's artwork here Thank you to the following sound FX creators at freesound.org: FoolBoyMedia, juskiddink, Timbre, Owl, waveplay, RutgerMuller, an_tony, sengjinn, hinzebeat, Tito Lahaye, ERH, copyc4t, dingo1, JetSmith88, godspine Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sttspod)
Check out all the episodes: sttspod.comClick here to rate us on iTunes. Otherwise, please share this episode with your friends and family -- new episodes arrive every Tuesday!Storytellers featured in Season One are: Kate Ristau, Jason Arias, Rios de la Luz, DeAngelo Gillispie, David Ciminello, Jenny Forrester, Zach Ellis, Domi Shoemaker, Paul E. Lapier, Kate Gray, Reema Zaman, Davis Slater, Daniel Elder, Geronimo Tagatac, Gina Ochsner, Sean Davis, Samuel Snoek-Brown, James A. Gilletti, Christina Butcher, and Jude Brewer.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sttspod)
In which Jeff and KC get deep with Army veteran, poet, and podcaster Christina Butcher, covering a wide variety of interesting topics, including: the silliness of casual racism; growing up in El Paso; Jeff making googley eyes; dog drama with Rusty and the neighbors; a kitty's quest for freedom; serving one's country in multiple ways; "Doin it for the BAH"; civic duty; learning languages; KC's journey through multilingualism; the glasses of love; writing for local publications; more googley eyes; getting rid of old journals; and more toilet talk! Closing Song: "Wish I Knew You" - The Revivalists Shouts out in this one: Jeff's TenPal Katherine Jore William Turbyfill of Literally Tacoma Joshua Swainston and Jackie Fender of Creative Colloquy and Michael Fitzgerald of Destiny City Comics! Plugs: August 19 - Dockyard Derby Dames Mixed Skater Bout - Pierce College, Steillacoom, Washington August 27 - Join Christina at the Pearl Street Market as she reads and sells her book "Still Clutching Maps" Podcasts: Oly Update by OlyArts Literally Tacoma Shattered Worlds RPG Get involved in the show! Find us on Facebook: Everything is Awesome Podcast With Jeff and KC Join our Facebook group, Friends of Everything is Awesome! on Twitter: @EIAPodcast or by email: everythingisawesomepodcast@gmail.com
If there are three things Christina Butcher (aka a New York Times Best Selling Author, the Mrs of Mr & Mrs Romance, and the hair behind Hair Romance) knows - it's balance, boundaries and growing big communities. Christina juggles not one but three hugely successful businesses and she does it with grace, kindness and some simple (but super powerful) systems and strategies that help her stay on track. In this episode she's dishing all of her juiciest tips to help you grow an audience of raving fans, be crazy productive (without the burnout) and beat procrastination for good.
ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging
Note: you can listen to this podcast above or load it up on your device on iTunes here. Is it Really Possible to Make Money From Your Blog? Today's episode is about whether it is really possible to make money from your blog. We take a close look at how many bloggers make money, the methods you can use, and the realities of earning money as a blogger. Money text on euro bills by Dani Rönneberg on 500px In this Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about: How much money bloggers make 37 different ways to make money blogging How I make money blogging 11 examples of bloggers who make money blogging The 4 things it takes to build a profitable blog Further Resources 37 Ways to Make Money Blogging How much money ProBlogger readers make from blogging Not all of our readers try to make money from blogging. This is how much money our readers who DO try to make money from blogging say they make (based on results from a survey we ran recently): 4% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make over $10,000 a month 9% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make $1,000 - $9,000 a month 7% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make $500 - $999 a month 17% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make $100 - $499 a month 25% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make $10 - $99 28% of bloggers who try to make money blogging make made under $10 a month 10% of bloggers who try to make money blogging say they don’t make anything Examples of bloggers making money blogging Nikki Parkinson - stylingyou.com (style and fashion) Tsh Oxenreider - theartofsimple.net (simple living) Chris Hunter - bikeexif.com (motorbikes) Christie Burnett - childhood101.com (parenting) Gavin Aung Than - zenpencils.com (cartoons) Lucy Feagins - thedesignfiles.net (design) Caz and Craig Makepeace - ytravelblog.com (travel) Brooke Schoenman - herpackinglist.com (packing/travel) Christina Butcher - hairromance.com (hair) Jadah Sellner - simplegreensmoothies.com (smoothies) Michaela Clark - tradiesva.com.au (tradies, va’s) Further Reading Can You Really Make Money Blogging? 7 Things I know about Making Money Online Ways to Make Money on Your Blog: The Money Map Theme Week: Make Money on Your Blog by Partnering with Brands Partnering with Brands: Advertising 101 Partnering with Brands: Ways to Collaborate and Earn an Income Partnering with Brands: The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Media Kit Partnering with Brands: Marketing Yourself Partnering with Brands: Putting it All Together and Getting Started The Full Blog Monetization Menu: 60+ Ways to Make Money with Your Blog Creating Product Week: How to Create and Sell Products on Your Blog Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi there. It’s Darren Rowse from ProBlogger here. Welcome to episode 32 of the ProBlogger podcast. Today, we’re answering one of the most frequently asked questions that I get about blogging. The question, can you really make money blogging? It’s a question I get a lot and it’s one where there’s a lot of misinformation going around the blogosphere. I want to clear that up and give you a realistic answer to it. You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/32. Hi. My name is Darren Rowse and today, we’re answering the question, can you really make money blogging? This is an important question and I want to answer right up front in this podcast series because there are a lot of misconceptions out there. I see a lot of bloggers coming into blogging with expectations that I just don’t think are realistic, so I want to give you a realistic answer to the question.