The Blogger Genius Podcast

Jillian Leslie | MiloTree.com
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I'm Jillian Leslie, host of Blogger Genius and founder of MiloTree (https://milotree.com/) —the simple, all-in-one platform that helps bloggers and creators SELL digital products, GROW their email lists, and BUILD their social media followings. I'm also an online business strategist and Stanford MBA. 🚀 Start for FREE: Sell a digital product, offer a freebie or lead magnet, and grow your social media followers today—FREE! No credit card required. 👉 Sign up here: https://milotree.com/join/free Each week on Blogger Genius, I interview successful bloggers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts to uncover what's working right now in the digital space—so you can monetize smarter, grow faster, and build a sustainable online business. 💡 If you're a blogger or online entrepreneur looking to turn your audience into income, this podcast is for you! I dive deep into real-world strategies, ask tough questions, and leave you with actionable takeaways in every episode. Let's grow your business together! Got questions or feedback? I'd love to hear from you—email me at jillian@milotree.com. 🎧 Listen now and start building your online business today!

  1. 1d ago

    How to Sell a Digital Product Without an Audience ($1,200)

    Want to see the demos? This episode has screen-share walkthroughs. Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6jvrMl9VhUM?si=msksiy9rQeE0aD8h If you are wondering how to sell a digital product without an audience, Dana's story is the place to start. Dana was a brand-new college counselor with zero followers, no Instagram audience, and no email list. But she turned what she knew into a simple $29 roadmap for stressed-out parents and made $1,200 in her first month. She did not go viral. She did not run ads. She did not post every day and hope the algorithm noticed her. She started with people. First, the people who already knew her. Then communities filled with the people she could help. Then a few creators who already had access to her ideal buyers. If you have a digital product but no buyers yet, this is the strategy to copy. You do not need traffic first. You need the right people, one ring at a time. If you are still deciding what to sell, start with these easy digital downloads to sell now so you are promoting a small, specific product people can understand quickly. Show Notes: MiloTree Start with a free MiloTree account Upgrade to a paid MiloTree plan Get the free First 10 Customers AI prompts Watch this episode on YouTube Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes YouTube Spotify Other Episodes You Will Like: This AI prompt gets you your first $27 digital product sale 3 AI prompts to build digital products that sell How to turn what you know into a digital product The digital product stack strategy for creators Make your first $1,000 selling digital products

    10 min

  2. Jun 12

    Sell What You Know: These 3 AI Prompts Turn a $47 Guide Into $6,000/Month

    Watch the episode on YouTube so you can see Jillian generate 3 product ideas optimized to sell.   One of the biggest mistakes creators make is thinking they need to be famous before anyone will buy from them. But a digital product business does not require you to be a guru, a huge content creator, or a polished expert with a massive audience. It requires you to be useful. And most people are already useful. Every job, business, hobby, and life experience gives you knowledge someone else wants because they are a few steps behind you. The question is not, "Am I expert enough?" The better question is, "What problem can I help someone solve faster than they could solve it alone?" This is the same idea Jillian teaches in how to turn your personal experience into income with AI. Your experience becomes valuable when you package it around a specific result. Show Notes: MiloTree Start with a free MiloTree account Upgrade to a paid MiloTree plan Get the 3 Product Ideas AI Prompts Watch this episode on YouTube Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter   In this episode, Jillian show how to figure out what to sell from your own experience, how to price it correctly, and how MiloTree's AI Product Finder and AI Product Roadmap can help you go from "I have no idea what to sell" to a product ready to launch. Jillian also created a free PDF called Three AI Prompts to Find and Launch Your Digital Product Before Your Competition Does. The prompts walk you through the exact thinking process behind this episode. Prompt 1 finds your product idea using a before-and-after transformation. This helps you stop selling a topic and start selling the result your buyer wants. Prompt 2 identifies the dominant buying trigger. Is your product helping someone make money, save money, save time, reduce pain, move toward happiness, or raise status? Prompt 3 locks in the price, format, and product scope. This keeps you from turning a simple product into a six-month project. The goal is not to build something huge. The goal is to build something clear enough to finish and useful enough to sell.   Other Episodes You Will Like: How to turn personal experience into a digital product people buy How to find your first digital product idea in 3 questions 5 AI prompts to build a digital product business from scratch Why ebooks are dead and transformational products sell better How to build a digital product stack from one offer

    9 min

  3. Jun 5

    3 AI Prompts to Build Digital Products That Sell ($7,582/Month)

    Watch the video on YouTube to see the demo. Get the 3 prompts here for product ideas people will buy.   ChatGPT can build you a digital product in minutes. It can make it look polished. It can write the guide, outline the template, and even help you create a sales page. But here is the problem: ChatGPT does not automatically know if your product is positioned correctly, priced correctly, or tied to a transformation people actually want to buy. That is why so many creators end up with beautiful digital products that nobody buys. In this episode, Jillian shares three AI prompts that fix the parts ChatGPT usually misses: the transformation, the purchasing trigger, and the price plus product scope. These are the pieces that can turn a generic idea into a product someone understands, wants, and is willing to pay for. Show Notes: MiloTree Start with a free MiloTree account Upgrade to a paid MiloTree plan FREE: Download Jill's AI prompts for creating products that sell Watch this episode on YouTube Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter The $7,582/Month Example In the video, Jill walks through a simple example: a coach who helps women navigate a midlife career change. Her first product is a $47 offer called The Midlife Career Reset: Find Your Next Move in 30 Days. That name works because it does not just describe the topic. It describes the buyer's future. She is not buying "career advice." She is buying clarity, relief, and a next step. Here is the math Jill shares: 110 sales of a $47 product = $5,170 40 buyers add a $19 transferable skills worksheet order bump = $836 8 buyers add a $197 private 90-minute career strategy session = $1,576 Total: $7,582/month. This is not magic. It is a product ladder. The first product solves an immediate problem. The order bump adds a useful next tool. The upsell gives buyers access to the creator's personal help. If you want to build this kind of structure, read how to create a digital product stack that turns one offer into a bigger business. Why MiloTree Makes This Easier You can run these prompts in ChatGPT. They will help you think more strategically before you build. But if you want the easier version, MiloTree has this functionality built in for free. Inside MiloTree, the AI Product Finder asks you three questions and gives you three product ideas fully spec'd out: product name, suggested price, what is included, who it is for, the transformation, and how long it should take to build. Then you pick the product you like best and it loads into your MiloTree dashboard, set up and ready to sell. You still need to create the product and upload it, but MiloTree helps there too. The Product Roadmap gives you a step-by-step plan for building it, with AI prompts to help you create it faster and personalization prompts so it does not sound like generic AI. CTA: Start with a free MiloTree account to test your first product, freebie, or social pop-up. If you want unlimited products, unlimited freebies, order bumps, upsells, and funnels, upgrade to a paid MiloTree plan. Your Action Plan Here is what Jill wants you to do next: Copy the first prompt. Run it in ChatGPT. Look for the product idea with the clearest transformation. Use the second prompt to find the strongest purchasing trigger. Use the third prompt to price it and shrink the scope so you can finish it. Set it up in MiloTree and start testing. You were probably not stuck because you could not create a digital product. You were stuck because you were guessing. The guessing is what changes today. CTA: If you want the prompts Jill mentions in the video, grab the free AI prompts here. If you want MiloTree to generate your product ideas for you, sign up for MiloTree free. And if you are ready to build without limits, choose a paid MiloTree plan. Other Episodes You Will Like: Your first digital product idea in 3 questions Why ebooks are dead and what creators should sell instead 5 AI prompts to build a $5,000/month digital product business How to turn your personal experience into income with AI The digital product stack strategy for creators

    8 min

  4. Apr 28

    Ebooks Are Dead: 3 Shifts Creators Are Making to Earn $2K–$7K/Month Selling Digital Products

    Watch the entire YouTube video here. I've watched thousands of creators sell digital products. The ones selling ebooks and how-to guides? It used to work. They could make thousands. But now they're struggling. There's a small group doing something completely different — and they're making $2,000 to $7,000 a month. Nobody's talking about what they changed. Today I am. Show Notes: MiloTree Sign Up for MiloTree FREE: Transformational Product AI Prompts FREE: Product Goldmine AI Prompt FREE: Digital Product Ladder AI Prompt Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Shift 1: Stop Selling Information — Start Selling a Transformation An information product that used to work: "The Complete Guide to Meal Planning." 40 pages, $17. The transformation product: "The 7-Day Meal Prep Jumpstart: Overwhelmed to a Full Freezer in One Weekend." $27. Same topic. Totally different product. The guide says "here's what to know." The jumpstart says "here's where you'll be in 7 days." When someone buys a guide, they're buying a book. When someone buys a jumpstart, they're buying a version of themselves — the version who has it together, who has a full freezer, who isn't scrambling at 6 p.m. You're not selling a product. You're selling your customer their future self. And AI can't give that away for free. More examples: Before: How to Grow Your Instagram → Now: 1,000 Followers in 30 Days Before: How to Start a Budget → Now: The Debt-Free in 90 Days Playbook See the pattern? A specific result, a specific timeframe, a clear starting point. The Transformation Product AI Prompt "I have experience in [add your niche]. My audience struggles with [add the problem]. Give me five digital product ideas that promise a specific transformation, not just information. Each one should include: 1) A product name that states the result and timeframe, 2) Where the customer starts (their pain point), 3) Where they end up (the specific outcome), 4) Why someone would pay $27 to $47 for this instead of just Googling it or using AI. Make them specific, achievable, and something I could create in one afternoon." Shift 2: Don't Write an Ebook — Build a System The ebook: "How to Plan Your Content Calendar." 50 pages. The customer has to read it, figure it out, apply it. Most never finish. The system: "The 30-Day Content Calendar Framework." Fill in five blanks, follow the decision tree, done-for-them calendar in 20 minutes. One makes the customer do the work. The other does it for them. And systems are actually easier to create. You don't need 50 pages — you need a framework. A system can be: A fillable PDF workbook A template they can customize A checklist or decision tree A spreadsheet A swipe file with fill-in-the-blank frameworks The System Builder AI Prompt "I'm creating a digital product called [add your product name]. Instead of writing an ebook, help me design it as a fill-in-the-blank system. Include: 1) What the customer fills in about their specific situation (3-5 inputs), 2) What the system gives them back (the personalized output), 3) The step-by-step framework — what does each page or section do?, 4) How the customer gets to the promised result without reading more than two pages. Keep it simple enough that I can build it in a Google Doc or Canva template in one afternoon." Shift 3: AI Can't Be You This is the one nobody talks about. AI can write an ebook. AI can build a template. AI can create a framework. But AI cannot be you. AI can't look at someone's business and say "skip that, do this." AI can't bring your years of experience to their problem. AI can't make someone feel seen. That's what people pay the most for — not your product, you. Put yourself in everything you sell. And if AI scares you, here's the flip: once you make this shift, AI becomes your accelerator. It builds your templates faster, your frameworks in an afternoon, your sales pages in minutes. AI does the heavy lifting. You focus on being you. How to Set Up and Sell Your Product in 15 Minutes Here's how easy this is with MiloTree: Click Digital Download in your dashboard Add a name, price, and description Upload your PDF Click one button — MiloTree's AI writes your sales page Connect Stripe so you get paid directly (MiloTree doesn't take a cut) Share your link everywhere 15 minutes. Product, sales page, checkout. Done. Add a freebie to build your email list. Set up a tripwire on the thank-you page. Add order bumps and upsells to turn $27 customers into $50+ customers. It's all built in. Start free on MiloTree — no credit card required → Other Episodes You Will Like: This AI Prompt Turns $0 Into $10,000/Month (Digital Product Stack Strategy) How a $27 Product Leads to $2,000 Customers (Digital Product Ladder) Sell Coaching Online With These 2 AI Prompts

    8 min

  5. Mar 18

    5 AI Prompts to Build a $5,000/Month Digital Product Business (From Scratch)

    Everyone wants to make $10,000 a month selling digital products. But most people haven't made their first sale yet. So before we talk about $10K months, let's talk about five AI prompts that build a real digital product business from scratch — no audience, no email list, no products needed to start. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9aG8F9Y9JlM?si=SsXbeLmhOuCbGBxj But first, the most important thing: this is not about being perfect. It's about being fast. The creators who make money test faster. They put something out, see what works, double down on the winners, and kill what doesn't. Your first product might flop — and that's not failure. That's data. AI lets you test five ideas in the time it used to take to build one. So stop overthinking. Start testing. Show Notes: MiloTree Sign Up for MiloTree FREE: 5 Prompt Digital Product Starter Kit FREE: Product Goldmine AI Prompt FREE: Digital Product Ladder AI Prompt FREE: Six Purchasing Triggers Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes YouTube Spotify Ready to Start? Start with MiloTree's free plan — no credit card required. Or go straight to the $19/month plan to test multiple freebies and products. Most people who find success faster invest in themselves from the start. Setup takes about 15 minutes. There's a 14-day money-back guarantee. And if you need help, you'll talk to real humans — not chatbots. Start Selling With MiloTree Now! Other Episodes You Will Like: How a $27 Product Leads to $2,000 Customers (Digital Product Ladder) This AI Prompt Turns $0 Into $10,000/Month Sell Coaching Online With These 2 AI Prompts

    10 min

  6. Feb 23

    This Simple AI Strategy Turns $27 Into $11,000/Month (Here's How)

    Watch the entire episode on YouTube here. Everyone on YouTube is telling you to use AI to slap together a digital product and start making money overnight. I'm going to be honest with you — most of those people are selling you a fantasy. I'm not saying AI isn't powerful. It is. But the way most people are using it, they're setting themselves up to fail. And I can prove it because I've watched it happen hundreds of times. In this post, I'll show you the simple AI strategy that took one creator from a $27 product to $11,000/month — and break down exactly how you can do the same. Test Fast With MiloTree You're not just creating any AI product — you're creating a specific product for a specific person that hits a specific trigger. And you can test this incredibly fast. In my MiloTree dashboard, I click "digital product," give it a name, a price, and a short description. With the press of a button, MiloTree generates an AI sales page for me. I can tweak a few things and I'm done. Live sales page, ready to share. 15 minutes, start to finish. No website, no complicated tech. If it sells, great — build on it. If it doesn't, no problem. Tweak it or try another idea. The speed of testing is everything when you're starting out. 👉 Try MiloTree's Grow Plan for $19/month (paid monthly) Show Notes: MiloTree Sign Up for MiloTree FREE: Product Stack AI Prompt FREE: Digital Product Ladder AI Prompt FREE: Six Purchasing Triggers Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Related Posts How to Build a Complete Digital Product Stack The Product Ladder Strategy Explained Make Your First $1,000 Selling Digital Products Why Your Email List Prints Money

    8 min

  7. Feb 16

    How to Pivot from Ad Revenue to $12,500/Month Selling Digital Products

    ✨ Start selling your first digital product for free in 10 minutes with MiloTree! ✨ Watch the video of the episode on YouTube here. If you're a blogger watching your ad revenue plummet after Google updates and AI disruptions, you're not alone. Traffic losses of 50-70% have become the new normal, leaving thousands of creators wondering if their years of hard work were for nothing. In my newest video, I shared the incredible story of Melanie, a registered dietitian and low-carb food blogger who transformed her dying blog into a thriving digital product business. In just 90 days, she went from $700/month in ad revenue to $6,500/month. Ten months later, she's now making $12,500/month—nearly three times her pre-crash income. The best part? She used the same expertise, the same email list, and the same audience she already had. She just changed her business model. In this post, I'll walk you through Melanie's exact week-by-week strategy so you can replicate her success, even if your traffic has tanked and your ad revenue has disappeared. Show Notes: MiloTree Sign Up for MiloTree's Free Plan 6 Purchasing Triggers Download The 3 AI Prompts You Need to Create a Freebie Cheatsheet Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes YouTube Spotify Start Building Your Digital Product Business Today If you're watching your ad revenue disappear, if Google has crushed your traffic, if you're wondering whether your blog is still viable—I want you to hear this: Your work isn't worthless. You just need a different monetization strategy. You already have everything you need: ✅ Expertise (even if you don't think it's "expert level") ✅ An audience (even if it's small) ✅ Credibility (your existing content proves you know your stuff) What you need now is a platform that makes it easy to test, launch, and scale digital products without getting bogged down in complicated tech. Try MiloTree free—no credit card required. Set up your first coaching offer, workshop, or membership in minutes. Test it with your audience. See what works. Then scale it. Melanie went from $700/month to $12,500/month in less than a year. Your journey will look different, but the strategy is the same: Stop giving your expertise away for free Start with coaching to validate demand Scale with workshops and upsells Build recurring revenue with memberships Move fast and test often Ready to find your one gold mine product? Download my free AI prompt that will help you identify the exact product you should build first. This is the same framework I used with Melanie to uncover her digital product strategy. Your expertise is valuable. It's time to start charging for it. Let's go. Other Related Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes You'll Enjoy: The 5 Digital Products Creators Will Use to Make $10K–$50K/Month in 2026 How to Automate Your Digital Product Sales and Make Money While You Sleep How to Double Your Revenue with Order Bumps and Upsells (Without Getting New Customers) Why Your Email List Prints Money (And Exactly How to Build One Fast)

    7 min

  8. Feb 9

    This AI Prompt Turns $27 Customers Into $2,000 Customers (Digital Product Ladder Strategy)

    Watch the video on YouTube here. Most creators are stuck on an exhausting hamster wheel. They're constantly hunting for new customers to buy their $27 product. Let's say they make a hundred sales in a month. Great job! But next month, they start all over, hunting for those same $27 customers again. But what if that same customer became worth $2,000 to your business? Same effort to acquire them, but 235 times more profitable. Show Notes: MiloTree Sign Up for MiloTree FREE: Digital Product Ladder AI Prompt FREE: Product Goldmine AI Prompt Join The Blogger Genius Newsletter Subscribe to the Blogger Genius Podcast: iTunes YouTube Spotify The $27 Trap: Why Most Creators Are Leaving Money on the Table Here's what most of us do: We create that one product, price it at $27, and pour all our energy into getting new people to buy it. We're constantly putting up Instagram posts, Pinterest pins, writing blog posts, sending emails, running ads. And even when it works, the math is terrible. Let's say you get 100 new customers at $27 each. That's $2,700. Sounds good, right? But next month, you need 100 more new customers to make that same $2,700. It never ends. You're always hustling for new people. Meanwhile, those 100 customers you already have? They trusted you enough to buy once—but you're ignoring them while you chase strangers. That's where most creators are leaving thousands of dollars on the table and burning out. If you're feeling this exhaustion, you're not alone. In my post on why people won't pay for information anymore, I talk about how the old model of selling one product isn't working in 2026. The solution isn't more hustle—it's a smarter business model. What Is a Digital Product Ladder? Here's what smart creators do instead. They build what I call a digital product ladder, and it completely changes the economics of your business. Instead of selling one thing and moving on, you create a journey for your customer: The 6 Rungs of a Product Ladder Freebie/Lead Magnet – This is how you earn their trust. They end up on your email list. Tripwire Product ($27) – Something small that goes deeper at solving their problem. They buy it, get results, and now trust you even more. Product Bundle ($97) – A comprehensive solution combining multiple resources. Course or Coaching ($297) – Premium transformation and deeper support. Membership (Recurring) – They're paying you every month for ongoing value and community. Mastermind/High-Touch Program – For serious implementers who want direct access to you. Same customers. One acquisition cost. But instead of making $27, you're making over $2,000 over time from that same person. And here's the beautiful part: Each sale after the first one costs you almost nothing. They already know you. They already trust you. They are easier to sell to than a complete stranger. This is exactly why I teach the upsell and order bump strategy inside MiloTree—it's the fastest way to increase your customer lifetime value without finding new customers. Your Action Plan: Start Today Here's what I want you to do right now: Step 1: Grab the AI Prompt Download my complete Digital Product Ladder AI Prompt — it's free. Run it for your topic tonight. Don't wait. Step 2: Sign Up for MiloTree's Free Plan Sign up here — no credit card needed. Set up your freebie lead magnet, test it, and see how easy this all is. Step 3: Build Your Full Ladder When you're ready to build your full ladder, upgrade to one of our paid plans. They start at just $19/month. Most people do this within the first two weeks of signing up. What gets them upgraded? The ability to offer multiple freebies to grow their email list faster—so they have more people to sell to. The Bottom Line With MiloTree, you have everything you need to turn that $27 customer into a $2,000 customer. Stop chasing strangers. Start building real relationships. That's how you get to $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 a month without burning out. Other Related Blogger Genius Podcast Episodes You'll Enjoy: How to Pivot from Ad Revenue to $12,500/Month Selling Digital Products The 5 Digital Products Creators Will Use to Make $10K–$50K/Month in 2026 How to Increase Your Revenue with Upsells and Order Bumps How to Automate Your Digital Product Sales and Make Money While You Sleep   Ready to build your product ladder? Start with MiloTree's free plan →

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I'm Jillian Leslie, host of Blogger Genius and founder of MiloTree (https://milotree.com/) —the simple, all-in-one platform that helps bloggers and creators SELL digital products, GROW their email lists, and BUILD their social media followings. I'm also an online business strategist and Stanford MBA. 🚀 Start for FREE: Sell a digital product, offer a freebie or lead magnet, and grow your social media followers today—FREE! No credit card required. 👉 Sign up here: https://milotree.com/join/free Each week on Blogger Genius, I interview successful bloggers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts to uncover what's working right now in the digital space—so you can monetize smarter, grow faster, and build a sustainable online business. 💡 If you're a blogger or online entrepreneur looking to turn your audience into income, this podcast is for you! I dive deep into real-world strategies, ask tough questions, and leave you with actionable takeaways in every episode. Let's grow your business together! Got questions or feedback? I'd love to hear from you—email me at jillian@milotree.com. 🎧 Listen now and start building your online business today!

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  • Creator
    Jillian Leslie | MiloTree.com
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    412
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    © MiloTree 2025
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    The Blogger Genius Podcast

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